--- title: Tucson Marketing - Arizona Daily Star - Blog | John Kerr --- [![TMP-Horiz](https://marketing.tucson.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TMP-Horiz.png?width=1067&name=TMP-Horiz.png "TMP-Horiz")](https://marketing.tucson.com/) [![Request Consultation](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1682286/6d00ce5c-b507-42e5-9e25-4542c725da50.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1682286/6d00ce5c-b507-42e5-9e25-4542c725da50) # Tucson Marketing Blog ## John Kerr ![John Kerr](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/5112c5e04ba9214433672e0cd5047c0c) Find me on: ### Recent Posts [![](https://marketing.tucson.com/hubfs/PokemonGo/Places_Pokmon_Go.png) ](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/amplified/how-to-market-yourself-on-pokémon-go) ### [How to Market Yourself on Pokémon Go](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/amplified/how-to-market-yourself-on-pokémon-go) by [John Kerr](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/author/john-kerr) on Jul 15, 2016 4:33:23 PM Photo Credit: [PokemonGo.com](http://www.pokemongo.com/) Pokémon, originating in Japan, was a popular game that came to the Nintendo Game Boy system in 1996. With the hopes of keeping the Pokémon buzz alive, Japan introduced a playing card game with a... [![](http://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn1.hubspot.com/StockImages/Silly%20Photos/7K0A0841.jpg) ](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/amplified/how-you-can-win-the-local-search-battle) ### [How you can win the local search battle](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/amplified/how-you-can-win-the-local-search-battle) by [John Kerr](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/author/john-kerr) on Jan 22, 2016 3:30:00 PM According to a recent study of small businesses conducted by [Streetfight Magazine,](http://streetfightmag.com/product/the-local-merchant-report-2015-b/) about 1/4 of businesses said that they needed help with search optimization. While search optimization is indeed important, most business... [![](https://marketing.tucson.com/hubfs/images/Buyers_Image_711x474.jpg) ](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/amplified/trends-advertising-online-in-tucson) ### [2016 Trends for Advertising Online in Tucson](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/amplified/trends-advertising-online-in-tucson) by [John Kerr](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/author/john-kerr) on Jan 7, 2016 7:30:00 AM Over the past 2 years mobile and social advertising have turned into key components for local advertisers.  Social media advertising platforms improved their products and mobile users continue to respond to local ads.  ... [![](https://marketing.tucson.com/hubfs/images/internet_access_fuel_2014_updated_09_25_15.png) ](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/amplified/growing-businesses-in-tucson) ### [Growing Businesses in Tucson](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/amplified/growing-businesses-in-tucson) by [John Kerr](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/author/john-kerr) on Dec 23, 2015 7:04:02 PM Tucson business owners are lucky to have the  [Arizona economic analysis](https://www.azeconomy.org/) and [Map AZ Dashboard](http://mapazdashboard.arizona.edu/) by the  Arizona University of Arizona's Eller School of Business [![](https://marketing.tucson.com/hubfs/images/mailboxes.jpg) ](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/amplified/email-list-rental) ### [Rent an email list to grow your business](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/amplified/email-list-rental) by [John Kerr](https://marketing.tucson.com/blog/author/john-kerr) on Nov 13, 2015 2:33:20 PM If you're trying to grow your business, you might consider using rented email lists. The process works by reaching out to a company that already has a large list of people's email addresses that may be interested in your... [![TMP-Horizontal-RGB](https://marketing.tucson.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TMP-Horizontal-RGB.jpg?width=814&name=TMP-Horizontal-RGB.jpg "TMP-Horizontal-RGB")](https://marketing.tucson.com) **The Voice of Southern Arizona** ###### MAIN MENU [Audience](https://marketing.tucson.com/arizona-daily-star-advertising) [Classifieds](https://marketing.tucson.com/arizona-daily-star-classifieds) [Events](https://community.tucson.com/events/) [About](https://marketing.tucson.com/about-us) ###### STAY CONNECTED [** ** ](https://www.facebook.com/ArizonaDailyStar/) [** ** ](https://www.instagram.com/arizonadailystar/) [** ** ](https://twitter.com/TucsonStar) [** ** ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arizona-daily-star) [© 2017 Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ](https://marketing.tucson.com/) ![](https://secure.perk0mean.com/170180.png)