Briz.com - Local Marketing

August 26, 2008

I had the good fortune to talk with the owner of Briz.com.

While I do not care about the “local market” around Kent, Ohio, I do care about great websites to do the following:

Showcase my business
Develop links to our sites
Lock up search engine slots for our keywords
Help us get to know more people

Here is my (uncomplete) profile on briz: Buzz Marketing Profile

As I spoke to Michael Librizzi I was impressed with his grasp of the needs for local businesses to have a way to promote themselves and network online.

What was a pleasant surprise for me is that it is not the usual social network with a few fields. It is very comprehensive and I would wager that it is a better sales tool for some businesses than their static website.

Go give it a try. For now it is free, but he is thinking about charging for it at some point. If he does charge for it, I think the tools are worth paying for, but I am worried that the community would be much smaller. So I hope he keeps a free version, maybe with less features. But hey, I have been wrong once or twice.

- Thank You!

Posted by Ron McDaniel | Filed Under Blog