The “Right Feet on the Street” Solution - Franchising Meets HyperLocal Search

No one is debating weather or not local / hyperlocal search is where its at. Also there is a consensus and research to back it up, that the local search industry is a multi billion dollar industry - virtually untapped. Everyone is trying to figure out the winning formula to capture the market and emerge as the leader - from Google to the guy down the street with a copy of Dreamweaver.

The truth is that the winning combination will be the company that brings what both those groups have to offer - Great Technology and Community Based “Feet on the Street.” Mini Cities http://Low-Cost-Franchise.com has created just that with the Hyper Local Search Franchise. Franchising has long been considered a great growth model and it offers entrepreneur people a way to have a business with a lot of support. The Mini Cities franchise offers all the infrastructure, training, and ongoing support.

The Mini Cities business was created for those with Ad Sales experience who can put their talents to work for themselves. The Hyper Local search industry is a perfect fit for franchising because the technology need is met by a centralized engine and the “feet on the street” need is met with motivated entrepreneurs with a vested interested in success. Mini Cities offers the winning combination.

Mini Cities Adds Google Maps for Hyperlocal Search Franchise

Mini Cities added mapping to their franchise sites - http://newtampadirectory.com,/ http://townelakedirectory.com/ and http://lutzlandolakes.com/. Since the Mini Cities system runs from a single engine, each new franchise will have mapping integrated within their site. We are always growing the sites and will soon be adding additional revenue opportunities for each franchise. We are excited to add Google Maps and know it will enhance our user experience.

We have much more functionality on its way including click to call, classifieds, social networking, video and much more. We are also planning a redesign this summer.

Mini Cities is a home based low cost franchise system based in Tampa Florida. For more information contact Ana Abraham (813) 300-6049 or email ana@Mini-Cities.com

Others Offer Jobs In Hyperlocal Media. Mini Cities Offers an Opportunity for a Piece of the Billion Dollar Pie!

There are several articles out now about online media companies hiring sales forces to sell local online advertising - Ad Age that says that online media hiring is up 15% - there are many reasons that is happening -
1) Overall online advertising is way up.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-thu_netads_0607jun07,1,4669367.story?coll=chi-technology-hed

2) Local Online Advertising is growing - fast! Local advertising is forecasted to be up 31.6 percent in 2007 - Borrell

3) There is a lot of money to be made in local online advertising. "U.S. local online advertising is forecast to reach $7.5 billion"- Borrell

U.S. employment at internet media companies in April topped 40,000 for the first time since 2001, according to an Ad Age DataCenter analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

What does this all mean.
1) there is a lot of money to be made in local online advertising

2) everyone is trying to figure out how to do it.

Mini Cities offers a unique opportunity for those potential "employees" - a piece of the billion dollar pie!

Mini Cities incorporates a business model of local franchising with adverting. Each Mini Cities franchisee is an important part of their community - just like local newspapers have been in the past. Google, Yahoo, MSN and the like are faceless giants. Mini Cities franchisees are part of the local business community, and an important resources for people. How does it work? Mini Cities franchisees own their piece of the pie. Our streamline user-friendly system allows anyone to operate a Mini Cities franchise. Technology has been a barrier to entry for local business owners. Mini Cities, Inc. http://Mini-Cities.com/ has brought togethervast experience in developing high level user friendly sites with a robust user-friendly administration system that allows franchise owners to dominate their area in online advertising. Mini Cities also has a proven system of sales, marketing and community integration that trains each franchisee how to make their site the recourse for community information. They also provide SEO and SEM services. This system has worked very well for franchises -

http://NewTampaDirectory.com
http://TowneLakeDirectory.com
http://lutzlandolakes.com/


Mini Cities is a low cost franchise with very reasonable royalty fees. For more information about the Mini Cities Franchise contact Ana Abraham – 813-300-6049 or ana@mini-cities.com