• meta

    Problem Pinboard: Meta Tags and SEO, Yes or No?!

    Newsletter, Problem Pinboard, May 2, 2012 @ 2:06 pm 0

    There’s a great deal of confusion when it comes to SEO and the best ways to improve your search engine rankings. If you’ve been tweaking the meta description and meta keyword tags in the <head> section of your website to try and boost your search engine position, I’m sorry to say, it may have been a waste of time.     The Keywords Meta Tag …

  • hgvlt

    Success Story: HGV Training Ltd

    Newsletter, Success Story, May 2, 2012 @ 2:05 pm 0

    Sales Director of HGV Training Ltd, Alex Avraam, is over the moon with his Townpages fixed-cost marketing package. In under a month, we’ve delivered over 1500 visitors to his site, generating 90 enquiries, which has allowed him to book 14 HGV training courses thus far. Alex is making a healthy return on investment on each HGV training course sold, so he’s more than pleased with the …

  • Steve Says: Don't be Nervous

    Steve Says: Keep Consistent Online

    Newsletter, Steve Says, May 2, 2012 @ 1:42 pm 0

    With so many opportunities to add your business profile to the web, your company name, address, phone number and other aspects of your “anchor identity” or NAP (from the Name, Address, Phone number) can become confused and contradictory online. Your NAP information should remain the same across all websites as far as possible; this can mean in practice you avoid changing your company name, even …

  • marketing-matters

    Marketing Matters: Pinterest

    Marketing Matters, Newsletter, May 2, 2012 @ 1:38 pm 0

    Pinterest is the latest social media site that marketers are talking about. Recently, Townpages has had a flurry of questions from our clients about how they can utilise Pinterest to generate business and network successfully. The purpose of this article is to answer the most popular questions and provide answers on how Pinterest can benefit your business. What is Pinterest? You can think about Pinterest …

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    Use PPC & SEO Together For Better Results

    Newsletter, May 2, 2012 @ 1:26 pm 0

    Recently there has been a great deal of research and fact finding about whether organic ranking on a Google search has any effect on Adword campaigns and vice-versa. Does a high organic ranking mean you no longer need to run an Adword campaign?  Or can high ranking organic listings make the Adwords campaign even more successful?   One of the ways you can test how …

  • Problem Pinboard: Marketing a New Product on your Townpages Website

    Problem Pinboard: Marketing a New Product on your Townpages Website

    Newsletter, Problem Pinboard, April 2, 2012 @ 1:43 pm 0

    This month our Pinboard Problem comes from a Townpages website owner. They had the dilemma of wanting to add a new product to their existing Townpages website. We came up with a great solution that saved our client hundreds of pounds.       Have Townpages designed your website? Do you have a new product that you would like to launch? Read on for some …

  • marketing-matters

    Marketing Matters: Local Keyword Selection

    Marketing Matters, Newsletter, April 2, 2012 @ 1:11 pm 0

    You know how important it is to be found on internet search engines and recognise that selecting the right keywords to promote your business, products or service can make all the difference. The internet is both local and international, and the majority of our clients want to pick the right keywords to market locally for their customers. The purpose of this article is to help …

  • Success Story: FT Make Up

    Success Story: FT Make Up

    Newsletter, Success Story, April 2, 2012 @ 1:05 pm 0

    Fiona Tanner, Managing Director at FT Make Up, took out a Fixed Cost GL Campaign with her account manager David Haddock and within a week, she signed up a £450 job and had to turn another down! In her own words,     “Just to say a big thank you; since I started to advertise with Town Pages my business has grown from strength to strength. …

  • Google+ Tips for Local Marketing

    Google+ Tips for Local Marketing

    Newsletter, April 2, 2012 @ 1:00 pm 0

    What Is Google+? Social Media is already recognised as a fantastic way to gain valuable marketing and target the right people for your products and services. Occasionally, however, the results can be a little hit and miss and you need something more targeted than the scattergun approach on many social media sites.   Google+ is a new social media website that brings together a collection …

  • Steve Says: Don't be Nervous

    Steve Says: Networking Tips for the Nervous

    Newsletter, Steve Says, April 2, 2012 @ 9:23 am 0

    It is widely acknowledged that networking is vital for all businesses. These days there are many opportunities for local business leaders to network with other local businesses and gain useful contacts.     While many extroverted people find networking quite enjoyable, there are many of us that find the process stressful and difficult, even after many years of this. We’re often asked by other businessmen …