City Gird.... Have you heard of it? Do you like it?
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Has anyone use the City Grid software/ network to boost your local online presence? If so, what are your thoughts on it ? Did you get good enough results that would justify the investments? All comments and opinions are welcome. We are trying to weigh our options...
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Generally, my opinion for most small businesses is that ad networks like CityGrid are not the highest-and-best use of their advertising dollars. However, if it's a new business, or one that has a lot of listing consistency issues, CityGrid can be worth an investment to try to clean up this information quickly.
Without knowing more specifics about this case, my generic advice would be to stick to Facebook ads or exact-match long-tail Google Adwords.
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Thanks for posting this question. I found them the other day and thought their business model was a lot like getlocal.org
I actually talked to one of their reps and told them I was familiar with their competitor (getlocal), the rep had no idea who getlocal.ord was...It kind of made me feel like they are more interested in getting my money than educating their salespeople about their brand and value proposition. I also questioned the rep and asked why their system was showing that our business wasn't listed in the Yahoo Directory when I know full well that it is. He didn't really have a good answer for that, other than to say maybe we weren't categorized properly, but we are categorized properly. So, right off the bat I was a little skeptical.
It would be great to hear others' eperiences, especially since the CityGrid rep has been calling me every single day asking me if I'm ready to commit yet.
I'm very interested to know what other folks here have to say. FYI - The base CityGrid subscription is $500/year...but that doesn't include the cost of getting listed in some paid directories (like Yahoo) or getting enhanced listings at places like Manta.
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