Yodle's CEO Court Cunningham has been honored with the exciting title of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 Finalist! This is his second year as an honoree. Court said " “This award recognizes the contribution of the entire Yodle team that has propelled the company to exceptional growth and success year after year,” said Court Cunningham, CEO of Yodle. “I am extremely proud of what we’ve accomplished this year including the successful launch of Yodle’s second product YodleOrganic, our major expansion into Franchise advertising and the publication of Local Online Advertising for Dummies - making this our…

People are now using their cell phones for a lot more than just talking. In fact, there will be almost 1.5 billion cell phone users searching for local businesses – known as location-based local search – on their devices, adding up to $12.7 billion in revenue by 2014, estimates Juniper Research. That’s a whole lot of people looking for stuff on their phones while on the move – and then paying for it when they find it! A big part of this increasing trend has to do with how much better mobile devices have gotten in the last few…

Over this past Memorial Day weekend, we at Yodle had some time to think and reflect on how 2010 has been so far. In just the first 5 months, we launched a new product called Yodle Organic, formed a big partnership, raised a bunch of money, and published a book with more than 350 pages of tips, tricks, advice, thoughts, and ideas about online advertising for local businesses. This book, Local Online Advertising for Dummies, has inspired what will be our newest weekly feature on this blog – The Yodle Tipster. Each week, we will share…

Yodle's CEO Court Cunningham was interviewed by InformationWeek SMB about Local Online Advertising for Dummies! Check out the full article, titled How SMBs Can Profit From Local Online Advertising to see some great insight from Court on how small businesses can get started with local online advertising, important things to remember when creating a website, and hot companies in social like foursquare, grubhub, and groupon.

With all the buzz about “social media,” it seems that this icon is everywhere these days and everyone is asking you to ”Find us on Facebook”. Most recently, at their F8 developer conference, Facebook announced the launch of the new “Like” button which will allow users to “Like” content without even logging in to the platform. But what does this mean for you as a small business owner? How should you be utilizing this tool if at all? Is there real benefit to be had or is this just all hype? Here is a brief Q&A to…