Google Places Business Kits Make Local Really Local

lol … course is not my real name. I looked out the window and there is in fact summin out there. Go figure, been glued to this comp so long I’d forgotten. ;)

You have some interesting topics covered here. Thank for posting it. Nice change over all the web pollution too often found online. Personally think about 75% of what’s on the internet ought to be deleted as useless.

Will definitely check in on your blog now and then though.

:D

There’s a world offline ? Hmmmm, could it be ? I’ve spent so many hours researching online. Feel like I’ve forgotten the concept of offline. This offline thing of which you people speak where and what is it ?

Mrs/Ms Lee has acquired a new stalker … errrr, I mean fan of her blog.

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thank You Jessica
Google Places is hot news while it has been around for a while now.
Europe is always on the last frontier and percieved an outerpost in space but not to worry;

I have put up my own lemonade sign and are givving away little pins I stick in every customer to grab their attention.
The effect of good merchandise is immediate and customers literally jump on me to get their hands on a spot.
This handson direct communication with the customer realy
is such a big hit that i can not even fight off the amount of customers; some even give it to me in the face when
after a review I tell them Google Places might not be right for them but that I made a first aid kit to do it Yourself just for locals only.

Themelis Cuiper
SEO Social Media Marketing Expert

“I wondered how long it would be before this instant-review action spills into other aspects of our lives…” Social Networking of the not so distant future.

+1 Alan #FTW :)

re: “…kind of a big deal…” — Yup, I’d say so for sure, Jessica!

Too dang bad tho, that I don’t have a client “in” Portland, as then I’d apply and get an early lesson on what to expect when this is rolled out over NA….as a Canuck, I’m pretty used to being ‘behind the curve’ when it comes to G’s rollouts, but that sure would have helped, eh!

and @Alan….I too await the next android/iPhone app that lets you just take a pix of that HotPot decal and then read the various reviews on your phone….if I didn’t hate X-Code so much I’d do it myownself….

hello, mobile entrepeneurs….you listening lads?

:-)

Jim

Yeah, anyone who works with Susan eventually becomes a big deal Jessica. So while you have every right to be proud that you’re a big deal, it’s not like you’re unique among BCI bloggers. #JustSayin ;-)

What I’m waitin for is scanning a person’s personal hotpot decal and reading reviews on them other guys have written who’ve gone before me :-) #WIN

I guess everybody gets nervous with user reviews. It’s good, it’s bad. In the end, you hope the average of a lot of reviews causes negatives to be out weighed by positive.

Certainly in accommodation there was a lot of concern about TripAdvisor reviews. TripAdvisor created a policy where you couldn’t remove bad reviews, but you could make rebuttals. “It was the noisiest place I ever stayed – Guest” with a rebuttal “It was 4th of July and the celebrations are loud that day, but it’s quiet 364 days of the year – Mgmt”.

I haven’t seen whether HotPot will give businesses a chance to reply? That would be good. If not, I think business takes a big risk promoting reviews.

Are you “offline” if you have access to the internet with your smartphone?