Local Marketing Consultant - Sean Hakes

Yodle Organic Review

Yodle a Local Internet Advertising company based in New York City, NY recently announced the launch of it’s highly anticipated service, Yodle Organic, “a new offering specifically designed to help local businesses build their web presence and generate more website traffic for less than $500 per month.” The big question is: Does Yodle Organic Actually [...]

Liberty Bell Denver – Growth Services Review

I was somewhat excited yet skeptical about Liberty Bell‘s new Growth Service Bundling – how well does it work, and how powerful is it for small businesses? Because I am not on the market for outsourced SEO and Web Design, I find it fun to dig in and review other local businesses who offer SEO, [...]

Denver PPC Management

Alrighty – I made the dive. Over the past 8 years of dedicated development within the SEO industry I have lead the developed the SEM stratedgy for Colorado’s largest .com’s and to best honest – it really never interested me that much – until now. Google has quite the stratedgy to help local advertisers get [...]

ReachLocal IPO

The ReachLocal IPO is a subject that was well expected in the local online advertising – the only question was when. Now that we have that answered what we expect? ReachLocal has a promising service and  now has the money to back it up. [ReachLocal Form S-1 is available to download at the end of [...]

Is Yodle a Scam?

First let’s define what a scam is… –noun a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, esp. for making a quick profit; swindle. –verb (used with object) to cheat or defraud with a scam. So let’s get to business – Is Yodle a Scam? First what Yodle is not: Yodle is not a confidance game or [...]

Sean Hakes Inc adds Organic & Paid Call Tracking Features

Denver, Colo., Nov 30, 2009 – Sean Hakes, Inc announced today that  it has completed and added it’s Organic and PPC Call Tracking software features to all it’s MicroSite clients. Sean Hakes, Inc and subsidiary clients now have the ability to rate, listen and review calls driven through it’s organic and paid advertising services. Advertisers [...]

SEM Myths

Update: Find out which SEM Myths are busted here. There are many myths floating around about Search Marketing / PPC Management company’s like Yodle, ReachLocal, WebVisable etc from various  people in, and out of the industry that in many cases are reckless attempts to justify a reaction of someone or something else unrelated to your [...]

How I met Yodle

Hello and Happy Thursday! I was shifting through old email pertaining to SEM and found my first correspondence with Yodle – This is a quick recap that tells my story on how I was first introduced to Yodle in 2008. Here is my story: In August of 2008 I owned a Search Engine Marketing / [...]

Real Estate <3 Social Media

It’s great to see the Real Estate industry tapping into Social Media and Sky Run has deffiently set the bar higher when it comes to finding affordable vacation rentals online, sharing photos with other potential renters as well as sharing your experience with those around the world. SkyRun Vacation Rentals has served thousands of families [...]

Snow Removal Denver | Commercial & Residential

Today has been a great day for local Residential Snow Removal and Commercial Snow Removal businesses – Denver has  roughly 4-8″ of brand new snow – so how are most snow removal businesses marketing themselves- CraigsList… Many businesses are finding out and finding out fast that having a pre-designed search engine marketing or search engine [...]