OurChurch.Com Launches Local Business Search Marketing to Get Businesses Top Google Maps Rankings

Tampa, FL, October 15, 2008 --(PR.com)-- OurChurch.Com, the leading provider of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Marketing for Christian organizations, has announced a new online marketing service for Businesses, called the Local Business Search Marketing service. The service guarantees top ten search rankings to help businesses reach more customers and increase sales.

According to a Pew Internet poll, “Almost all Internet users (93%) have at one time or another done something related to ecommerce,” with 81% of Internet users researching their purchase online before making the purchase whether the end purchase is made online or offline.

“A lot of small and local businesses don’t realize that they need to be marketing on the Internet,” Said Kurt Steinbrueck, OurChurch.Com’s Director of Marketing Services. “One of our goals is to show local businesses that online marketing is not only important, but essential to the future of their business. With more and more people using the Internet to find the products and services they want, small businesses need to be marketing online to stay competitive.”

Greg Sterling, program director for The Kelsey Group, provider of strategic research and analysis, data and competitive metrics on Yellow Pages, electronic directories and local media said, "…more and more consumers with broadband connections are using the Internet for local lookups. And many of those consumers are turning to search engines for that information. Small businesses are clearly starting to recognize the importance of being in front of those online audiences, but getting them there is a more complicated matter." - imediaconnection

The Local Business Search Marketing service is a multi-targeted service that applies search engine optimization to get high rankings in the major search engines, gets listings on Internet yellow page sites, city review sites, and business directories, and seeks to get highly ranked listings in the local search engines like Google Maps, Yahoo Local Business, and Live Local. “We know that people search in various places to find the products and services they want, so we designed the service to put the business’s website where people search,” said Steinbrueck.

OurChurch.Com began offering search marketing services in 2003 and search engine optimization services in 2004 with its Guaranteed Top Search Ranking service. It is one of the few SEO companies that offer a guarantee with its services. In the years that followed, OurChurch.Com added Search Engine Registration, SEO management, local SEO for churches, local SEO for schools and now the Local Business Search Marketing service. In the five years, OurChurch.Com has provided these search marketing services to hundreds of clients.

The new Local Business Search Marketing broadens OurChurch.Com’s well established reach into local search engine optimization, a growing niche of the search engine marketing field. “More people search the Internet then phonebooks to locate specific (and mostly local) businesses.” said Steinbrueck. “It doesn’t matter if you have a Mom and pop shop, local repair service, or are a local consultant, it’s essential for local businesses to be listed and ranked well in the Local search engines.”

For more information about OurChurch.Com’s new Local Business Search Marketing service, please visit OurChurch.Com at

http://marketing.ourchurch.com/marketing-local-business-search-marketing.php

or call 727-723-2454.

About OurChurch.Com, Inc.

OurChurch.Com was founded in 1996 and today is the leading “one stop shop” for Christian website services, providing an extensive array of website hosting, design, search engine marketing, and advertising services. It serves more than 11,000 Christian churches, schools, ministries, businesses, and families, and continues to grow and develop innovative new services, while staying true to its mission, vision, and core values.

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