Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom blogs about the arcane, the wierd, and the just plain interesting. When was the last time you used the yellow pages? For me, ...

Remember when the Yellow Pages represented a collection of reliable local businesses you could trust with confidence? That thick book delivered to your doorstep each year contained companies that had ...

Way, way back in the olden days, people wrote on typewriters, watched just five TV channels, and put sugar in their coffee. There was no such thing as gluten-free, eco-friendly, satellite radio, or ...

Once upon a time, every business wanted a Yellow Pages listing. The Yellow Pages were the primary way that consumers had to find a business. Today, the internet has changed all that, with Google, Yelp ...

For a small-business owner, the sheer number of places to list a business and attempt to reach potential buyers can be overwhelming. Listing your business in a database like Yellow Pages, Yelp or ...

REMINDER ABOUT THE SCAM. FOLKS, THIS IS NOT A NEW SCAM, BUT IT’S A CON JOB THAT JUST WON’T GO AWAY. HERE’S AN EXAMPLE OF A FAKE INVOICE SENT TO A DOCTOR’S OFFICE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. NOTICE IT’S FROM ...

You want to contact an organisation or a person, or even a nearby tailor. What do you do? Pick up your phone or laptop, search for ‘tailors near me’ or whichever service is required and give them a ...