It’s a Small Web After All: Google+ Business Pages connect more businesses to people

Amy Foster Trenz

By Amy Belasen Just last week, Google announced the release of Google+ pages for businesses. G5 has been anticipating this release since the #1 search engine debuted Google+ in June 2011. Google+ business pages offer yet another social network for businesses to promote conversations related to what they do. A social presence, coupled with a strong online presence, can help … Read More

Are You Listening To Your Online Reputation?

Marketing

By Kim Evered, Sr. Vertical Marketing Manager, Self Storage   The new prominence of Google Place Pages (maps), Google Reviews, and social media has made controlling your online reputation more important –and more complex– than ever before. The number of people posting reviews on sites like Yelp, Citysearch, and Google Places/Yahoo! Local (maps), expressing their … Read More

“Are We Happier on Facebook Than While Searching?”

Amy Foster Trenz

(As I type this, I’m taking quick bites of my oh-so-good-for-you-organic frosted toaster pastry, stimulating the part of my brain that makes me very happy). In this week’s column, MediaPost’s Rob Griffin rationalizes the increasing amount of search activity on the social communities. Research presented at the DMA 2010 last week in San Francisco showed … Read More

Social Media (R)evolution

Amy Foster Trenz

Bob Dylan said ‘The Times, They are a-changin” and here at G5, we’ve both documented and participated in those changes. Today is no exception. Late last week analyst and blogger Greg Sterling had a short post on the how more and more local companies are looking to get into the social media game. He said: … Read More

G5 Search Marketing Adds Social Media to Local Marketing Platform

Marketing

BEND, OR– April 21, 2009 – G5 Search Marketing, Inc. – a leader in local search, advertising and measurement solutions – today announced the addition of social media to its Local Marketing Platform. With the rise of the “social” Internet, businesses have an opportunity to differentiate themselves from the competition. This new offering allows G5’s … Read More

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