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How do I connect my blog with a local business?
The below blog written by Bryan Robertson is loaded with terrific ideas and ones all of us should seriously think about doing. Now if your blogs are not really written for local residents of where you live this does not make sense. If you write  a lot of localism's and  if you follow Bryan's advice all results should be on the upside with no apparent downside.
Please send commenst to Bryan as I have disabled the comments section.
Reviews of products and services is one of the recommended types of blogs to write.  It's just like a post of Yelp with the added value of being longer and hosted on your website.  When you write a review or describe a local business in some detail, you should -- and can -- get more than just the blog.  What you really want is to connect with the owner or manager (preferably both) of that business.  Here's how you do that...
1)  Visit The Store or Business
Get to know the owner and actually buy their products or use their services.  You have to be honest and write about what is really good.  Faking it will backfire!
2)  Write The Blog
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