I live in a good neighborhood.
Just to the left of the above picture (taken from a kayak) is my house, and just to the right of this pic is where the monk seal comes up in the mornings and if you go a mile up the road you will find the trail to Kalalau.
The picture however is of the restaurant next door to me.
The regulars of the restaurant include Pierce Bronson (one of my neighbors) and Matt Damon showed up as well, both of whom I have talked with in the last couple of days.
I just like to drink here. The view is spectacular as you can imagine and as it is surrounded by ocean, every seat in the house has an ocean view, including my favorite seats…
Those at the bar 
In any case, I overheard the owners talking about websites and marketing and I mentioned I might know a thing or two about such things and got them to agree to allow me to use their restaurant as a case study for GetListed.org and a tutorial for other restaurant owners in return for my services.
My goal is to only do things that are free as far as the marketing goes. So I built them a website, and I will be taking advantage of local resources like Google business center, Yahoo local listings, Bing, and other places like Yelp, Trip Advisor, etc.
Long story short, we are going to see what can come of a brand new website and how many diners we can bring to a restaurant using only free techniques. It is one of the most comprehensive guides I have ever made. It will come out soon.
Also of note GetListed.org is about to launch a new Enterprise version which features more platforms, accuracy checking, and things like a one stop place to enter your business info and be listed everywhere, and of course if you have 5000 locations, no problem, we will allow batch uploads and you will be able to get a summary of which locations are listed the best and worse. Which listings have incorrect addresses? We have that covered. Which listings have inaccurate Business names? We check that too. We check everything and report it. It is impressive, David Mihm and I have been working on it for months. I am really looking forward to the launch of it.
Until then I will sip my beer and look at the sea, and wait for the damn Bing mail verification process 
so I can finish my guide to marketing a local restaurant.
The guitar and voice of my old friend Anjela is in the background right now, some of her music can be heard here. It is good stuff, take a moment to listen. I have been gone for five years and she is still here. Yum. She plays here at the restaurant.
I live in a good neighborhood.
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Ok, first of all those photos are more than I can handle. I soooo want to be there, relaxing! Anyway this sounds like a great idea and I look forward to seeing the outcome. By the way, the restaurant site looks great!
Why do I think you’re going to get a lot of free food & drink out of this deal? :.)
BTW, it’s “Pierce Brosnan” .
Jealous of your view, as always, and looking forward to the new developments on GetListed.org. Sounds like great stuff.
It’s been too long! Never been to Hawaii… I want to come visit!
Fact: It is good to be Pat Sexton.
Great post Pat! I’m doing something locally like that with a client of mine (doing it free as well) so I’m looking forward to your case study.
I’m still trying to figure out how to market my local client locally since he doesn’t actually have a storefront and he’s considered an “outsider” since he’s not from the area.
wow, always wanted to visit Hawaii, let me plan next year!
My plan for next year too, I want to surf day every day! ahh that looks like a good neighborhood heh:)
Very interesting article!
It’s amazing what you can achieve for free in terms of building an online profile.. plus note to self; must visit Hawaii..
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Hey man, off topic, but I was wondering if you knew why Google hasn’t updated their gadget directory in about 2 months. It used to get updated every week.
this restaurant real or not..just like heaven man..great post
Since i was a little boy I dreamt about this kind of a life and just recently I found internet marketing and hope to achieve your kind of life soon… (dreams are great they drive you through everything:)
You are blessed to live in that kind of place. I’m sure you having a very peaceful and harmonious life. How i wish i can leave the city and just stay on that kind of paradise.