Miamism is a client-centric and forward thinking real estate team with Majestic Properties that serves Miami Beach and its surrounding neighborhoods. Ines Hegedus-Garcia, Rick Garcia and Karen Alvarez make up the experienced and enthusiastic Miamism Team.

Ines and the Miamism team understand the value of online marketing and show their thought leadership with interesting industry related articles posted on the Miamism blog and the nationwide realtors blog, Agent Genius. Ines is also extremely active in social networks such as Twitter, where she engages people in conversations and posts insightful links. If you’re on Twitter, I definitely recommend following @Ines!

Ines has really maximized her business’ Brownbook listing by taking advantage of the easy to use customization features. The Miamism listing on Brownbook is completely personalized to display important business information and links, as well as videos, pictures and the Miamism logo. Ines’ use of multimedia on her Brownbook page displays Miamism’s vibrant personality and shows clients and potential clients the people behind the business. If you haven’t already, take a couple of minutes to watch the Miami Mojito video!

Hello from sunny Miami! I wrote another post for the SBDCNet national blog discussing the value that customer testimonials bring to a business. Please feel free to read the article here. Brownbook provides the ideal platform for customers to write reviews of local businesses and makes it easy for businesses to ask their customers to review them online.

If you’re on Twitter, follow me @ChristineMAdolf!

I have written an article featured on the Small Business Development Center National Information Clearinghouse (SBDCNet) about online word of mouth marketing for small businesses. The post points out several things that small businesses can do to create buzz for their company online. You can check out the article by clicking here. Feel free to contact me with any questions or feedback about Brownbook in the US by e-mailing me at christine [at] brownbook [dot] net. You can also connect with me on Twitter: @ChristineMAdolf.

Hooray, we just got the Brownbook.com domain name.

(but we still go by the name of Brownbook.net, we’ve become quite attached to it :))

www.brownbook.com

Want to get inside my head?  You can follow me on Twitter, my profile is here http://twitter.com/daveingram and click “follow” (if you don’t have a Twitter account you’ll need to register first).

Dave Ingram, CEO Brownbook.net

I was the recipient of an interesting direct marketing email this week, and it struck such a chord with me that I thought I’d share it with you here.  Some very interesting stats that really drive home the importance of being online and findable for every small business.

(you may want to check this article in The Telegraph this week in the same vein)

(PS: I’ve removed the name of the company to protect the innocent :))

MAKE THE WEB WORK FOR YOU

With ******** Internet Solutions
2.7 Billion Searches - Every Month!*
What’s your share of the search?

With all these searches on the internet why isn’t your business getting it’s fair share? 79%** of searches are performed on Google, with the rest trailing far behind - just 8% on Yahoo, 5% on Ask, 4% for MSN and a mere 2% for all the other search services and directories on the Internet. Does the website of the telephone directory you pay to advertise in feature in this list?

Over half - 54%*** to be precise - of the UK population use the internet regularly, and if YOUR business is not on the Internet - or not highly ranked on the number one search engine - then potential customers don’t know you exist.

The numbers speak for themselves - what’s YOUR percentage of the 2.7 BILLION searches?

People are looking for your product or service online - call ******** today and find out how we can increase your share of the search to improve your business performance!

• Can your business afford not to take advantage of the web?
• Are you one of the many businesses that still don’t have a website?
• Are you still spending hundreds - or even thousands - on paper advertising?
• With £70bn** of business today conducted on the web - isn’t it time you asked why?

* comScore
** Hitwise, an Experian Company
*** UK Office of national statistics
DI>  I liked the email, and very useful stats too. Of course you could take the DIY approach and add your business to Brownbook.net with relevant tags.  No need to talk to us, no need to fend off any sales person either.  Our SEO ensures you get found on all the major  search engines helping you win new business. Simple as that.