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Word-of-Mouth Marketing Platform for Small Businesses

Social Raves, based in Dublin, just released an update to its web-based app that now lets local businesses connect and interact in a deeper way with customers, and leverage stronger customer…Continue

Tags: marketing, referral, word-of-mouth, media, social

Started Feb 26, 2011

Open Invitation to Local Business Owners

We are looking for a few local business owners (i.e., local to Columbus, OH) to do a private beta test of socialraves.com.Social Raves is a social search engine…Continue

Started Mar 9, 2010

 

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Jul 8, 2011
Robert Bolongaita commented on Robert Bolongaita's blog post The One Thing Small Businesses Should Do
"I don't believe GoDaddy offers this as a service. You'll have to check on your own and take steps to get your business listed on the various directories. I can show you how."
Jun 21, 2011
Handi MaMM Remodel & Repairs commented on Robert Bolongaita's blog post The One Thing Small Businesses Should Do
"Ok Robert, you have my interest, I am with Go Daddy how can I find out if they offer these for free?"
May 15, 2011
Robert Bolongaita posted a blog post

The One Thing Small Businesses Should Do

As a small business, if you want to get found when consumers are searching for what you sell or provide, it is imperative that you leverage the free listings available from the major search engines. You simply have to be there. Major search engines are probably the first stop for many people when they are in the market for something, so it is absolutely necessary that your business is listed at these sites. How can you be found if you're not there when people are searching?Click…See More
Mar 27, 2011
Michael Bowers and Robert Bolongaita are now friends
Feb 26, 2011
Robert Bolongaita commented on Michael Bowers's group Social Networking for Business
"We just released an update to our web-based app that lets small businesses scale their marketing efforts by tapping into the customers' social networks. Social Raves is based in Dublin and our site lets consumers find and discover trusted local…"
Feb 26, 2011
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Social Networking for Business

Share insights or ask questions on how to use social networking to reach customers or employees and grow your business.
Feb 26, 2011
Robert Bolongaita posted a discussion

Word-of-Mouth Marketing Platform for Small Businesses

Social Raves, based in Dublin, just released an update to its web-based app that now lets local businesses connect and interact in a deeper way with customers, and leverage stronger customer relationships to fuel referrals that drive additional traffic and sales. Consumers use the site to find and discover trusted local businesses using their social network. Through our platform, business owners can tap into or access their customers' networks and effectively scale their marketing efforts. The…See More
Feb 26, 2011
Robert Bolongaita and Randy Morgan are now friends
Sep 30, 2010
Randy Morgan left a comment for Robert Bolongaita
"Hey Robert~ Robert, I have a great referral for your video overview. Call me @ 740-207-5890 Regards, Randy"
Sep 28, 2010
Robert Bolongaita commented on Michael Bowers's blog post The Magic In Social Media for Small Businesses
"Great post! I think the magic in social media is that now in a world where everyone is a marketing channel, unlike before, small business owners have the means and the tools to build a community-driven marketing program. This entails undertaking…"
Sep 26, 2010
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Sep 20, 2010
Robert Bolongaita left a comment for Leisa Coffman
"Hi Leisa, found your video on the site and wanted to find out more about your company/service. Please let me know when you are available to chat. Thanks."
Mar 10, 2010

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What do you currently do, what are your business aspirations and what do you hope to benefit from by joining this community?
I'm founder/CEO of Zengo Networks which owns and operates Social Raves, a social search platform that lets local businesses be found and discovered through mutual recommendations between friends and everyone in their network.

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Make Your Facebook Page Work Harder for You

Local businesses who already have a Facebook page can easily add or integrate the Social Raves platform (www.socialraves.com) onto their pages. By doing so, local businesses can leverage the power of word-of-mouth right where their customers are and increase engagement.



A "Recommend Us" tab powered by the Social Raves platform is  easy to install and fans of a business can rave about it beyond a… Continue

Posted on June 21, 2011 at 1:00pm

The One Thing Small Businesses Should Do

As a small business, if you want to get found when consumers are searching for what you sell or provide, it is imperative that you leverage the free listings available from the major search engines. You simply have to be there. Major search engines are probably the first stop for many people when they are in the market for something, so it is absolutely necessary that your business is listed at these sites. How can you be found if you're not there when people are searching?

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Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:21pm — 2 Comments

Listening To and Engaging Customers

The statistic about the percentage of new businesses that fail within

the first three years of birth is simply appalling. There are obviously

dozens of reasons for why businesses fail, some within the business

owner's control while others outside their sphere of influence. All

businesses within a given market are faced with the same external

factors so what can a business owner do with what's within their

control to increase the business's chance of success versus… Continue

Posted on February 17, 2010 at 11:17am

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At 12:46pm on September 28, 2010, Randy Morgan said…
Hey Robert~

Robert,

I have a great referral for your video overview.
Call me @ 740-207-5890

Regards,
Randy
At 12:53pm on February 14, 2010, Michael Bowers said…
Hey, how's it going. We should catch up sometime. Let me know what might work for you. Friday's are good for me since I'm in Dublin.

Mike
 
 
 

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