Archive for the ‘Local Service Business’ Category


Your Internet Business Deserves Your Full Attention

Create Uninterrupted Time Blocks A small business owner faces an increase in time demands when putting their off-line business online.  I have been reminded of that recently, trying to balance running my horse farm and developing more business online.  Besides the work I do personally, I also supervise some hired help, even though they are [...]

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Small Business Local Service Area

How to Market in Your Local Service Area Defining your local service area is really quite simple yet many business owners get it wrong, or at best don’t consciously promote their service area.  Just having your address on your webpages can make a difference.  Remember, when people search for say car repair, they soon discover [...]

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Your Local Service Territory

When I started my farrier service, I advertised in a little ad paper and picked up a couple of customers about 90 miles away, I was hungry for work so off I went.  It worked for a while then the snow storm hit and 90 miles looks more like 200 miles in the snow.  Then [...]

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