Tag: wheeling

We Helped Put Wheeling on the Map!
Local Search Pop Quiz Time! What percentage of consumers find local goods and services on the web? A. 75% B. 97% C. 66% I’ll give you a moment . . . Take your best guess! What percentage of business owners have claimed their local business listing on a search engine?…
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The Beginning: My First Weeks of Search Marketing
My name is Leland Reed and I started working for Direct Online Marketing on September 8, 2014. For this blog post, I thought it would be interesting to give an overview of what my first month and a half or so of working for DOM has been like. First, let…
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We’re Hiring: Paid Search Marketing Openings
I'm excited to announce that Direct Online Marketing™ is hiring right now in the paid search marketing (pay per click) fields. Since we're hiring, you know that means we're up to our eyeballs in work, so this post is going to be short and sweet unlike the majority of stuff…
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Marketing Series Coming to a (WV) City Near You
Alright - time for some news about something I've wanted to talk about for awhile, but was kind of "embargoed" against doing so. For those of you not aware of the term "embargo," I can empathize. The first time I sent out a press release, I had no idea what…
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eBay: Where Rickety Old Buses Go to Pasture…
During my formative years over in the UK, I remember a bit of a fuss over a bus. I don't want to lose anybody here, but circa 1988, Burnley & Pendle Transport bought themselves a fleet of old red London double becker buses and named them all after characters in…
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Between a Rock of Love and a Hard Place.
As somebody once pointed out in some ditty on some long player, "I'm working hard for the weekend." Or lyrics to that effect. It seems to go without saying that every waking hour is taken up by somebody or other wishing to pay either us or Wheeling a visit. The…
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How Come I Never Saw Elvis Leaving the Building?
This weekend I literally went to the dogs as opposed to metaphorically which probably happened over a decade ago if truth be told. My father-in-law and his girlfriend (why does that always sound peculiar when applied to anyone over the age of 40? Still, I refuse to use the term…
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The New Pony Express
Finally, after nearly two weeks of waiting rather impatiently, we had the cable chap round to do his installation thing round at our place. But, it obviously wasn't without a modicum of incident. I fondly bid my adorable lady adieu yesterday morning safe in the knowledge that she knew to…
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Happy 4th of July!
As an Englishman it's something of a boon having July the 4th off especially considering it's my first as a permanent resident. I'm still at the stage where I struggle working out which breast to clutch with which hand as somebody cranks up the generator to get the speakers bellowing…
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