hyperlocal 101

Chris Jones is the TV Crime reporter for CBS affiliate KUTV-2 in Salt Lake City. He’s been involved in the business for more than a decade and has developed a good local following and credibility with his viewers. Now he is taking the next step forward. Chris has created and launched his own micro news [...]

Godaddy just opened up a huge opportunity and Geo investors. Introducing the new Geo Domain Map and Geo Domain Finder. Now Search and find geographically-targeted domain names in bulk. Enter your location, narrow your search with a keyword, and select the domains that fit your business and location. In addition to North American you can [...]

Rob Powell is a web publisher and CEO of Hyperlocal.co.uk Hyperlocal.co.uk is the strand name that covers the local website publishing activities of Uretopia Limited. Uretopia operate several local websites around London and the South East and have developed scalable platforms to handle business listings and user generated event guides. We caught up with him [...]

Last week I spoke with Nelda McAllister. Nelda McAllister is currently working for the Desert News Online and is based out of Salt Lake City Utah. Her official job title is Online Community Manager of The Desert News Online. What she actually does is everything from writing blogs to traveling around the state to meet [...]

Location is a very powerful clue to learning and identifying perspective customers who matter the most. If the marketer can establish that a person is already pretty far down the decision trail it makes the marketing even more effective.

Damien Tanner is an enthusiastic web technologist with the passion for travel. He is the CEO and founder of 5Places.com 5Place started out of his desire to share the hidden gems he’s found on his travels. Now it’s his mission to engage as many people as he can in sharing their favorite places in cities [...]

Philip John is a freelance Wordpress consultant, hyperlocal blogger and local media commentator. He helps run the community news web site, The Lichfield Blog and is the founder of hyperlocal platform, Journal Local. We caught up with him and did this interview.

Frank Worsley, is the founder and CEO of ZinePal.com, an online service which allows you to create printable PDFs and eBooks from any online content! Not only can ZinePal help you create your own hyper-local niche paper, but it also allows you to monetize this publication by adding advertisements and more. Having worked with a [...]

Matt McGee is a long time blogger and author of hyperlocalblogger.com where he shares ongoing knowledge and expertise on how to setup and maintain a hyperlocal blog. I wanted to get in touch with him to interview him about some of the experiences he has had both in the world of blogging and in the [...]

For the past 10 years, Mel Taylor Media; a Philadelphia-based consultancy, has been helping local media with online sales and strategy, along with a variety of other web training services. Mel recently shared some his experiences and thoughts about web revenue strategy for hyper-local media in this January interview.