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Buy Local Savannah has been a partner and client with eMarketSouth since before my time. There is a long history of these companies working together because local business is what Buy Local Savannah is all about. The group was started by local business owners who wanted to spotlight local industry and support community activism. There was also the motivation to keep national franchise industry from taking the entire local market. Who knows you better than your neighbors? The association not only highlights local industry but also offers a professional forum for business owners to network and share experiences. You can join Buy Local Savannah on their website and learn more about their events and speakers. You can also sign up for their newsletter and be kept informed that way as well. On the website, they feature buy local members and you can flip through the list of members by service/product category. If you have been in Savannah for a length of time, you will recognize many names and if you are new to Savannah, this is a great point of contact for getting involved. Remember, it pays to buy local!

Tags: Featured Clients, Key to Savannah, eMarketSouth by Suzy Buelvas
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Ah, the holidays are here again… which means long lines at the mall and super stores, traffic rage, and trying to fulfill all those wish lists.

The Friday following Thanksgiving Day is traditionally known as Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. Retailers compete to get prudent shoppers in the doors before dawn with specials lasting only a couple of hours. But how do you know where to go???

BFAds.net and BlackFriday.info have a list of Black Friday specials available at more than 20 stores nationwide. So you can execute a plan of attack to which items you want most for your buck.

Having done the Black Friday shopping several years back, I have decided that no deal is worth getting up at 3 am, standing in line for two hours to get in a store, shopping for 30 minutes as I try to beat people to items, then waiting three hours to check out. Instead, I opt to do my Black Friday shopping online. Here’s a few retailers looking to cater to those of us who would rather shop in the comfort of our home in those early morning hours:

• Amazon.com
• CircuitCity.com
• Deals2Save
• Geeks.com
• Sears.com
• WalMart.com

So whether you prefer the thrill of competitive shopping in stores or the tranquility of shopping in your pjs at home, we hope your Black Friday shopping is full of all the specials to make your gift giving magical this holiday.

Tags: General, eMarketSouth by Lisa Scarbrough
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Oh to work in the real estate industry these days. Yeah, we’re sympathizing with you publishers, brokers and agents. With articles in every conceivable news outlet using words like slump, foreclosure and woe to describe the current real estate situation, it’s no wonder that brokers and publishers are looking for newer and easier ways to make their properties stand out and streamline their business. While there are a few ways to do that, putting available real estate on the web, well that’s a no-brainer; CBSNews reports that, while once a luxury, advertising your home online is now a necessity.

eMarketSouth to the rescue. In addition to creating easy-to-use, eye-catching real estate websites with practical home-buying information, we created Real Estate Manager allowing advertisers to upload their own properties to the site and, along with Ad Submission, create their own advertisements for the publication. For our clients like Homes of Savannah, UtahHI and Atlanta360, this alleviated many organizational problems and streamlined their relationship with their customers.

Now in its third version, Real Estate Manager also sends all your properties to Google, Trulia, and our own USA Homes, giving you and your advertisers or clients more bang for their buck. REM III gives stats on all your properties as well as allows for multiple MLS feeds. And, it allows you to control the Search Engine Optimization of your own website, enabling you to manipulate keywords and craft your content. Now if it only it did windows. . . .

Tags: General, USA Homes, eMarketSouth by Rebecca Fuller
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