Editor's Corner

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Defining Citation Authority for Modern Business Listings

The first commercial directories were paper-bound and curated by hand. Yellow Pages reps walked street to street verifying that the locksmith on the corner...
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Small Business Authority Built Through Trusted Directories

The biggest directory myth that won't go away If directory listings were the magic bullet so many marketing newsletters claim, why do so many small...
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Perplexity vs ChatGPT: How They Cite Business Sources

A B2B content lead at a mid-market SaaS firm runs the same query through Perplexity and ChatGPT on a Tuesday morning: "What is the...
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Print Marketing That Small Businesses Still Get Wrong: A Practical Guide...

I once spent $312 on folded brochures that no one kept. The design was fine; the problem was the paper, and along with it,...
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Why Your Marketing Emails Look Different Every Time and How to...

When a marketing email is first sent, it has a clear and clean design, featuring the same colors, logo, and message that the company...