Self Storage Benefits From Google+ | PRLog

Google+ continues to expand, and smart businesses are taking advantage of all that Google has to offer. whocanihire.com, an internet directory and online marketing strategy company, has taken the steps necessary for B2B and B2C exposure on Google+ to be optimized. whocanihire.com has set up pages for different industries and invited companies that can benefit from one another to join. One such industry is Self Storage. With an ever growing national and international page on Google+, whocanihire.com has brought together storage companies and their potential clients in a whole new way.

We plan on developing and growing our pages to benefit as many different industries as possible.  whocanihire.com has found a sense of community among different businesses sharing effective practices, conversing with potential clients,and gaining new business.   

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Why Google Plus

Having a social media and directory presence for a small business is paramount. Many small businesses have elected to not establish a solid internet presence due to the lack of understanding of how to do it properly, lack of time, or not understanding the value it can bring.  It is fair to say that most people know or use Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. But unfortunately that is no longer enough to distinguish yourself from the competition. The need to properly optimize directories, obtain a presence on all relevant social media sites to your business, and online reviews. These three elements of marketing can help increase your business by leaps and bounds.

One particular site every small business needs to be on is Google Plus. Google Plus is a must because of its integration with Google Local, YouTube, and Communities.  Plus provides reviews and the opportunity to review, and can be found often before a company’s own website. These features lend small professional services to improve ranking on listings on Google searches. Google local is also starting a grading system. If you are unfamiliar, Google went to a “out of 30” grading system instead of the more familiar “out of 5 stars”.

Now it is important to remember the best way to optimize your internet presence is to get your name out there as many ways as you possible can. An organic presence is the best presence. 

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Why Your Business Should Be On Local Directories

Are you looking for a relatively easy and cost effective way to get your business noticed online?  Local directory listing services may be for you.  Local directories are online listings sites like Google Local, Yelp, Kudzu, Merchant Circle, and our site whocanihire.com..

The benefit in placing your business or service on local directories are many, including:

• You can push information out to the community that may be searching for your product or service.
• Most directories allow for customer/client feedback
• Most directories are free our incredibly reasonable
• Many directories now host video and photos along with links to your website

We have found that the benefit of listing your business or service on multiple directories far outweigh the benefits of a "great" website that may have cost you hundreds if not thousands of dollars.  However, to achieve benefits of listing on local directories, they MUST be optimized.  Many services will place you on directories with name, number and a few tags categorizing your business or service. whocanihire's service goes way beyond what most of these groups offer.  

Our clients have benefited in the area of increased traffic, sales and community reputation by being fully optimized on multiple online local directories.  Our typical client is manually placed in over 70 hyper and local directories in addition to multiple social media sites.  Our clients include every type business from a one person cleaning company to a multi-million dollar development.

If you are interested in learning more, please contact us today.

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You "Like" This - Promote your Business Effectively Through Facebook!

Want people to "Like" your facebook page fast? For all of us business owners who promote our business through Facebook, we know the more "Likes" we receive, the more potential our business has to grow. But how do you do this, how come your business has been on facebook for what it feels like ages and hasn't received attention? It may not be as hard as it look folks.

Just like any business starting out you have to have personal contact with your customer. Each facebook profile is a potential customer.  Reach out to each profile and ask them to "Like" you, and even show them how. Always include links to your page, whether your writing a blog, on someones wall, a message, etc. 

Add for example Sincerely, Chanler Haden Contributed : ( www.whocanihire.com/about ), then Chanler is now promoting through something so basic as a wall post.

After listening to that tip, I bet you have "Likes" already. Now you need to interact with those fans at least 2 or even 3 times a day. Post links about something interesting or funny. For instance, http://www.facebook.com/#!/whocanihire puts a (joke of the day) on their wall Monday-Saturday. Cool right?!  Now all they're doing is putting their joke of the day on their wall with a link to the joke and  promoting themsleves through something so basic.

The most affective way I have seen interacting with customers is through personally sending them messages with a short one or two sentences telling them what your business is all about. Coupons on your facebook site are another way to promote, "Like" us today and get $10 off when you sign up http://www.facebook.com/#!/whocanihire . Make sure you have a comment box on your page, or a way for customers to leave their advice or opinions. Many customers crave personal attention from you. Respond to all facebook comments in a friendly and polite manner to show off your businesses personality. Always post fun appropriate videos to grab the attention of your social media craving customers.

-  http://www.twitter.com/chanlerhaden

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'Tis the Season - Social Media and Hurricane Irene

It is the time of year in South Florida when most people become amateur weather persons.  This time is hurricane season.  And here we are on August 22, 2011 looking out to the Caribbean we have a hurricane named Irene.  It does look like we are going to get lucky and not be affected here in South Florida. The actual storm can be very scary and can claim lives and should never be taken less than serious. For most people the aftermath is the most daunting part of any hurricane.  So I was thinking about what can be done to get the clean up started sooner, and how small businesses can capitalize on helping their communities.

After Hurricane Wilma the power was off in most places for a week. Mind you, that is a pretty conservative number; I know there were large areas that didn’t have power for 30 days and even some places for months. Not only was the power lost but there was significant amount of damage in the South Florida area which needs to be cleaned up and fixed.   Now most people would have gone to the phonebook to look for a company but that was 6 years ago, times have changed. People look to the internet for services now.  Even with the power being out people will still have their phones.  And almost everyone has access to a car, and a car charger.  As you already know phones today have all of the social media applications, and, of course, access to the internet.  So as a company you still have access to your potential customers and your customers have access to find you. So here are a few ways you can reach people after a storm hits:

·         Tweet out right away what services you are providing.  If you are a landscaping, tree trimmer, roofer, Pool Company, whatever it is, get it out there so people will see it.  Don’t wait for them to find you.  You want expect that people will wait until the power is back on before they think they can get anything fixed. By doing this it lets them know you are ready to work and fix their problem.

·         Farm an area. Post on your Facebook and Twitter what neighborhoods your company is going to be in.  Also post from what time to what time and what services you are offering. This is a good way to get your face out there after the storm.  Not to mention it opens you up to residual business by getting your face out there.

·         Make sure you document what you did with pictures and post and tweets.  Obviously, this isn’t the best scenario to do business in, but it may create new business.  Showing how quickly your company can respond and how receptive to a market change will give you the leg up on your competition.  It also gives people a sense of community where someone can be ready to help in such a sort amount of time that makes people feel good.

Please feel free to contact us.  We are here to help you help your company.

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Who Benefits From Choosing Social Media?

Why choose social media for your business? Question is, Why not. Social media is opening your business to a range of opportunities and building a great foundation for your business. Take a look, over 300,000 businesses have a presence on Facebook one-third of these are small businesses. Over 56 million Twitter accounts follow at least 8 or more accounts, and Google alone has about 2 billion searches a day.

Now of course you have questions when you are spending money, time, and "putting yourself out there" through the internet. Is social media really the right choice for my business? Every business has goals to make money, build your name, and keep the customers coming. Once your goals are established then making a strong social media strategy is easy. You do want to make sure that your goals are met through your social media strategy. When making your Social media strategy look here at what social media exactly does for your business:

• It finds you customers
• Customers are then able to leave comments and communicate with you (through the advertising sites of your choice) and tell you what they like about your business and what well, their not so crazy about
• It gets your brand out there and lets be honest, when there’s 2 billion searches on Google each day alone, how much more advertisement could you ask for
• There are sites ( whocanihire.com ) that give you a foundation to advertise your business and start using there site with a basic 1,2,3 sign up
• Social media expands your reach. It allows your customers to easily spread the word of your business through their friends and colleagues
• It makes your business accessible!
• Last but certainly not least, it lets you share your businesses personality and what your all about

With just a few listed above, there is much more that Social Media can do for your business. So no matter how big or small your business may be, choose social media for your business today and start benefiting in this "new age" of advertisment. 

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Sample "Search Results" Page From whocanihire.com



The recently launched website whocanihire.com puts small and medium size businesses right in front of their target market using social media to promote at little or no cost.  Businesses and professionals can create a unique profile up to five pages with company logo, links to current website and many of the social media networks like twitter, yelp, facebook and LinkedIn.

whocanihire.com went through great effort to develop a clean, user friendly site to be utilized by both small business and consumer.  The site feature few banner ads and does not accept pop-up advertising.

"I was recently introduced to a new website called whocanihire.com and I'm convinced this site could change forever the way small business owners promote their companies on the Internet" said Patrick Gostley of TodaysBusiness.com.  Businesses and professionals listed within whocanihire.com can actively interact in real time with their customer base. 

An example of a typical "Search Results" page resulting from a search for "plumbing" within the whocanihire.com database.



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Facebook...The New MySpace?

Does anyone else hear those footsteps?  The time is at hand for Google to step into the social networking game.  

Google+ was recently launched and by this weekend there could be 20 million users  (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388371,00.asp).  By comparison, it took Facebook about 3 years to reach that amount, according to Facebook  (http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?timeline). 

Google is a powerhouse.  When a company with numbers like these (see below) and a track record to back it up wants their social networking site to be taken seriously, competitors would be wise to take notice. 

Here are the numbers that Google puts up according to the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/state-economy-557/topics/google-vs-facebook-google-has ):

·    Google is ranked #1 in the world according to all traffic rankings. The site has been online for at least thirteen years.

·    Google market cap is $167.90 billion.

·    Google revenue for 2008 was 21,796 Million, for 2009 23,651 million, 2010     29,321 and Q1 2001 was 8,575.

·    Google has 25,000 employees.

·    Google hiring rose more than 4,500 full-timers in 2010, Google is adding more than 6,200 new workers in 2011 this will be the biggest hiring year in company history.

 

The last stat line is the one that jumps out at me. I don’t think it is a coincidence that they launched this new site and they are hiring so many new employees.  Furthermore, I think that number is indicative of the commitment and the dedication that Google is putting toward making this work.

Businesses and professionals can sign up on the site for $49.00 per year, considerably less than many other websites that offer far less.  Visit http://www.whocanihire.com/about for details.

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