Build Your Business With Local Online Leads

More and more people are using search engines like Google to find local services and products. Local Online Lead Generation provides an opportunity to capitalize on the fast growing trend. When last did you look through the Yellow Pages for a commercial cleaning company, wedding venue, Lasik eye surgery clinic or hydroponic garden systems in your local area? Local search is the fastest growing element of Internet search as more and more people are turning to Google to find instant answers. How often do you hear “I just Googled it”? Local search are terms such as “Seattle driving schools”, “Sydney boat hire”, “Boston wedding venues” and “Manchester widget makers”.

Do you know how many search queries Google handles in a month?

• July 2010     : 10,461,000,000
• August 2009 :   9,088,414,036
• August 2008 :   6,620,663,191

The statistics for local search is even more impressive. It grew by 58% in 2008 with more than 15.7 billion local searches for the year. This will be the trend for the foreseeable future as people are turning to search engines to find local products and services.

The MAIN reason why local businesses want to improve their search engine ranking is because they want new leads/prospects/potential customers.

• 97% of American internet users use the internet to shop of which 57% characterize their behavior as shop online, purchase offline (NPD Group)
• 90% of online commercial searches result in offline bricks and mortar purchases (comScore)
• 82% of local searchers follow up offline via an in-store visit, phone call or purchase (TMP / comScore)
• 80% of budgets are spent within 50 miles of the home (DMA )
• 74% of internet users perform local searches (Kelsey Group)
• 73% of online activity is related to local content (Google)
• 66% of Americans use online local search, like Google local search
• 61% of local searches result in purchases (TMP / comScore)
• 54% of Americans have substituted the internet and local search for phone books (comScore networks)
• 35% of all searches are local (DM News)
• 25% of internet searches have a purely local, commercial focus (Kelsey-Bizrate)

The question for you is:  How much business are you forfeiting by not taking advantage of the internet in growing your business?   Can you really afford to be invisible to potential customers in this challenging economy?

NetWorthyBusiness.com specializes in generating targeted, local online leads that lead to buying customers and repeat sales. 

Give us a call or request a consultation today to start taking full advantage of local online leads to explode your business profits.