Author: Rob Metras

  • Business Directory Listing

    Business Directory Listing means Free Advertising Business Directory Listing is one of the best sources of free advertising for local businesses and the Silent Seller is an internet marketing firm that can get your site web noticed. By doing business directory listings on multiple directory sites you can get more customers through website optimization. This…

  • Local Search in Cambridge,Ontario

    Local Search Marketing in Cambridge Ontario Local Search Engine Marketing in Cambridge, , is a field where the landscape is always dynamic and changing. To get the best results for your product or service you have to make sure it is placed where people are searching. This means on social media sites like Facebook and…

  • Lead Capture- Marketing Minute #3

    Lead Capture is the Lifeblood of Marketing Enjoy my cinchcast below – Lead Capture Marketing Minute #3

  • Web Analytics Make Dollars and Sense

    Why Web Analytics are Necessary Web Analytics are necessary to give you some measurement and analysis on your online objectives. They give you a sense of where your dollars are or are not coming from. Imagine starting out on a journey with no map, no log and no path to follow. Might be a bit…

  • Social Media Marketing – Marketing Minute #2

    Social Media Marketing Here is a Marketing Minute Tip from Rob Metras, The Silent Seller on using social tools to amplify the message from your business blog and engage your users. Social Media Marketing Amplifies Valuable Content Like in all social venues and indeed your business blog you want to share something of interest and…

  • Local Search Marketing Tips

    Local Search Marketing Minute Here is a recorded marketing minute from Rob Metras, The Silent Seller on Cinchcast.com on Local Search Marketing. I will be doing a more complete post on Local Search Marketing shortly on the changes that are happening to Google Maps,Google Places and the listing views as they change. See the new…

  • Business Blog Importance

    Business Blog Importance

    Your Business Blog is Important If you want to interest people in a business, professional practice or idea you have to talk to people where they are and engage them to see you as the expert in that area. For the purposes of this article I assume you know what a blog is, or you…

  • Find Your Place

    If you want to be found as a local business or professional you have got to hang your shingle out there on the web for all to see. I published this item on another one of my blogs WhatsMy Spin. I also have a book you can find on Amazon or Kindle or at findingyourbusinesstoday.com…

  • Good Marketing Asks, Acts, and Answers

    Marketing is a Craft. Marketing is not a science, it is a craft, and how you answer these questions determines your success or failure. Good marketing starts from the premise that it is about your prospect and not about you or your product. I see many small businesses and professionals trying to start the dialogue…

  • Google Maps is Your Silent Seller

    Google Maps is a Silent Seller you need. A few years ago, at the 2007 Strategic Advertising Summit, Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, predicted yellow pages usage would drop to near zero by the year 2012 for people under the age of 50. Gates’ prediction seems to be coming true as the yellow pages are beginning…