I just recently left Manhattan on business where I had great meetings with Google and some of our partners. I wanted to recap my experience in the Big Apple. First off the people were absolutely amazing and Uber is the way to go in the city.

As a Google Premier SMB partner I was able to be apart of some amazing conversations and meet some great partners that were represented all over the globe. Our technology continues to be the focus for our long term strategy in support of helping grow the SMB. Talking technology and SMB growth strategy with Google leadership was truly fruitful. We continue to develop strategies that promote SMB opportunities from a marketing spend perspective and it was great to be apart of the conversation around up and coming marketing trends.

Google continues be innovative and engaged at all levels. As a Premier SMB partner we are perfectly aligned to execute from a software / service stand point. Coming out of the meeting mobile continues to be a focal point for us as well as remaining innovative with our marketing technology. In support of these initiatives we have just recently launched our CRM for small business and it will be FREE for all SMB using our platform. Our philosophy is build an amazing product and the rest will take care of itself.

After the meetings with Google concluded I shifted gears and met with our other partners, where we talked innovation around Local Listing Ads® and Top Rated Local® integration. Top Rated Local® reviews are now being syndicated across 40+ publisher sites in the US. With this launch we are also beta testing eCommerce integration across all the major eCommerce platforms. A great deal of progress was made in the Big Apple, can’t wait until the next executive meetings and upcoming innovations.

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