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Check out CitySquares on Merchant Circle!

Check out CitySquares on Merchant Circle!

by Ben Saren on Feb Fri, 2009 in CitySquares, Local Search

Today CitySquares got a voicemail from Merchant Circle.It’s not the first time either. Usually I just roll my eyes, shout something out to whoever is nearby for a laugh, and I move on. In fact, just about anything Merchant Circle does gets a similar reaction from me: roll of the eyes, wise-ass remark, laughter, move [...]

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Local Search News Launches

Local Search News Launches

by Ben Saren on Jan Tue, 2009 in Local Search

Along with Aaron Irizarry, Andrew Shotland, Greg Sterling, Michael Boland, Mike Belasco, and Will Scott I was asked by Steve Espinosa to be a contributor to a new industry blog called Local Search News. I posted my first entry there, just in time for the site’s launch today. So if you’re interested in local search [...]

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Google Shutting Down Local Business Referrals Program

by Ben Saren on Dec Mon, 2008 in Local Search

Back in August of 2007 Google announced their Local Business Referrals Program. A lot of people shook in their boots, others doubted any success. I suspected that it was doomed to fail.
I just don’t see Google coming into this space, sprinkling it’s Google fairy dust on the marketplace and voila – cracking the code. OK, [...]

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WICN Business Beat Interview

WICN Business Beat Interview

by Ben Saren on Sep Thu, 2008 in CitySquares, Local Search, Locally Owned

A few months back at the Somerville Local First launch party I met a fella named Steve D’Agostino. We talked briefly about what CitySquares was doing, and he spoke passionately about what he’s doing in Worcester for Worcester Local First. We hit it off pretty quickly, and realized how well aligned our missions are. I [...]

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Local 1.0

by Ben Saren on Sep Wed, 2008 in CitySquares, Local Search, New Media and Web 2.0

I believe that this local search thing is quite early, and to keep up with the Jones’ I’ve started to refer to it as Local 1.0. Hear me out here, because I’m diving deep.
Web 1.0 was a passive web, about adoption and about moving to an interconnected digital medium, and Web 2.0 is very much [...]

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Poking Fun at Print Media

by Ben Saren on Jun Sat, 2008 in CitySquares, Local Search, New Media and Web 2.0

At CitySquares we had an idea to put a Flash video together that properly conveys our feelings on traditional print media like phone directories and the newspaper. We couldn’t think of a better way to demonstrate our feelings than by killing a fly with a rolled up newspaper (which begs the question, where did the [...]

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SMX LoMo: Day 2 Take-Aways

by Ben Saren on Oct Wed, 2007 in Local Search, Networking

First session I attended yesterday (day 2, final day) was Pay Per Call Ads: Living Up to the Promise. I was disappointed that Ari Jacoby, of VoiceStar, wasn’t on the panel. Greg told me he was ill and had to withdraw from the panel. Ari is an expert in Pay Per Call, Click to Call [...]

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SMX LoMo, final session

SMX LoMo, final session

by Ben Saren on Oct Tue, 2007 in Local Search, Networking

SMX LoMo, final session
Originally uploaded by Benee
Final session at SMX lomo, the future of lomo, when technologies collide.
I will post a complete digest for day 2 after dinner with my cousin later tonight, or on the plane tomorrow.
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Ben Saren
Citysquares.com
617.459.4922
blog: www.yoursuspect.com
Sent from my BlackBerry

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SMX LoMo: show me the money

SMX LoMo: show me the money

by Ben Saren on Oct Tue, 2007 in Local Search, Networking

SMX LoMo: show me the money
Originally uploaded by Benee
Ian white, of Urban Mapping, at smx lomo, doing a bang up job with his presentation. Great panel so far best one today.
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Ben Saren
Citysquares.com
617.459.4922
blog: www.yoursuspect.com
Sent from my BlackBerry

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SMX LoMo: Day 1 Take-Aways

by Ben Saren on Oct Mon, 2007 in Local Search, Networking

Now just to be clear about something – I’m not the greatest blogger, as you likely know. And I don’t make a living from my blog nor do I profess to have that much important to say – I just talk a lot and somewhere in there I tend to make a point or two. [...]

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