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03/13/2024

I am SO humbled to receive this award for the fourth time. Thanks to all who voted for me. I truly appreciate your effort and kind words.

02/23/2023

I am honored and humbled to again being named Local Business Person of the Year for 2023 on Alignable. This is now the third time I have been blessed with this recognition and I am grateful for all of those who voted for me. A sincere thanks to all of you!

Jim Froling from (949) Local Internet Marketing was selected as an Alignable Local Business Person of the Year for 2023 in Mission Viejo.

02/25/2022

For the 10th consecutive year (949) Local has passed Google's Search Ad Certification test.

04/23/2020

Google is providing $340 million in ad credits to SMBs through 2020. Read the details at

How You Can Leverage It Google is extending over 1/3 Billion Dollars to help Local SMBs. Are you a local business that has used Google Ads to drive traffic to your website and your business? If so, you could be eligible to receive free ads on Google. Here’s what Google is committing. “We want to...

04/14/2020

How are other OC businesses adapting to the lockdown? - *|https://949local.com/local-orange-county-businesses-adapt-to-covid-19/|*

04/06/2020

The Stay At Home lock down due to the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a lot of stress for businesses both large and small. There are state and federal resources however to help ease our burdens. We've put a few of these resources available on our website:

Things to do today...Learn about the government relief programs available to small businesses affected by the CoronaVirus and Covid-19. Get help today!

03/26/2020

The lockdown due to the coronavirus has been a pain! But it has had some side benefits. Here's my Top 10. http://ow.ly/bZGj50yWTa2

It has been and contnues to be a pain in the butt. However, there are side benefits. Here's a few that I've noticed. Remember, every cloud has a silver lining.

03/11/2020

This is a great deal from a great videographer!

Did you know that? 90% of online shoppers said they find video helpful in making buying decisions. And yet only 9% of small businesses use video marketing Their top 3 reasons? They don’t believe they have the budget. They don’t have any ideas on what to produce.They don’t have the necessary eq...

03/04/2019

I am humbled and honored to be voted Small Businessperson of 2018 by my peers, friends and neighbors in Mission Viejo.

After two months of nominations and voting, we’re delighted to announce that there’s a winner for Mission Viejo's 2018 Small Businessperson of the Year! The winner is Jim Froling of (949) Local...

12/07/2018

The annual Local Search Ranking Factors is published. and Moz gives some great insights.

Local SEO has gone through much change this year. In this Whiteboard Friday, Darren Shaw explains what local is like today, dives into the key takeaways from his 2018 Local Search Ranking Factors survey, and offers us an expert's glimpse into the future.

12/07/2018

Great insight from Moz on the present and future of local search. Every local business owner should check this out:

Get a sense for how practitioners of local marketing are working, what struggles they're facing, and where we're seeing opportunity (read: link building!) in our new industry report, the State of Local SEO.

12/05/2018

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