By Brian Clark

The new buzz word on the street is local.

The thing is, it’s not just buzz.

Brian Clark and Robert Bruce talked about local businesses back in February on the Internet Marketing for Smart People Radio show. If you haven’t heard it yet, you need to check it out.

Local is where we — whether you call yourself a copywriter, an Internet marketer, a social media consultant, a web developer, or all of the above — will soon be finding our next and best clients. As the Internet connects us globally, it also connects us locally.

That’s right, the worldwide web has finally come full circle to reconnect us to the mom-and-pop business next door.

Look at Yelp, Foursquare, and the recent successes of Groupon, LivingSocial, and the myriad... More...