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Rent-to-own News - Nationwide partners with top Internet Ad Firm

September 3, 2008

Nationwide Marketing Group (NMG) recently announced a collaboration with ReachLocal, a leading national Internet advertising firm for local businesses.

"ReachLocal understands what it takes to be successful online," said Executive Vice President Les Kirk of Nationwide Marketing Group. “Our members will now have access to search advertising campaigns and marketing consultants to educate and guide them through the complexity of search marketing.”

With an increased number of people utilizing search engines to research their buying options, more businesses are looking for ways to target these consumers. The ReachLocal-Nationwide agreement provides turnkey Internet advertising solutions to NMG members so they can effectively reach this market though search engine advertising.

"Our collaboration with Nationwide Marketing Group will help Nationwide’s member dealers leverage the Internet as a cost-effective way to reach, educate and interact with the thousands of local consumers who are online seeking the very products and services that they have to offer,” said Stewart Hamel, National Sales Manager for ReachLocal.

Several studies have shown that U.S. businesses will respond to the projected 26 billion local searches in 2010 by spending between $3 billion to $6 billion in local search advertising. In fact, Jupiter Research stated that they expect the Internet to influence nearly half of all retail sales by 2010.

To find out how many searches occur in your city each month or how online advertising can increase your sales, call ReachLocal at (877) 318-2180 x 139 or go to www.ReachNationwide.comwww.reachnationwide.com.

mevans@rtohq.org

 

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