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What’s Trending This Year? An Overview of The 2016 Internet Trends Report
Welcome to the future, where we’re already considering how to market to Gen Z’s grandchildren. OK, maybe that’s taking it a little too far, but

Search Engine Optimization Part 2: Fighting the Good Fight
In part 1 of this article, we started down the SEO 101 rabbit hole with stats revealing the power of well-implemented local SEO, a brief overview

Search Engine Optimization Part 1: What NOT to Do
All right people, it’s 2016 and no one should have to prove the value of adding search engine optimization (SEO) and local SEO to your digital

Reviewing The Stats: The What, When & How of Consumer Search
Having a powerful online presence is critical to success. The overwhelming majority of consumers turn to the Web before visiting a local business for the first time,

Instilling Trust: Advice Local’s New Trusted Local Business Seal
Being CEO has its perks, one of those is sharing fun and exciting news with Advice Local stakeholders, clients and friends. But first, I need

Periscope to #Save the Day: Local Marketing for Businesses with Live Video
The loss of Katch created a problem for Periscope and local businesses who chose to use the streaming service as a low-cost video marketing tool.

Mobile for the Masses
It’s 2016. Take a breath people – we made it to the future. It seems just a few years ago we were partying like it

A Host of Benefits from Hosting Guest Bloggers on Your Local Business Website
I know, you get it already, I’m all about local search, good data and driving foot traffic to your physical business location and online traffic

Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Digital Marketers
We like to jumpstart the new year with tips to help you, our agency partners, local marketers, and friends achieve their business goals for the

How Much Damage Can a Poorly Optimized Google Business Profile Cause?
We have a horror story to share with you about the dangers of becoming a little too reliant on Google. The Dangers of Bad Google

Google Business Profile Category Issues – Are You Affected?
We’re looking at some problems with the new Google Business Profile (GBP) update and what it could mean for your clients. As a reminder, Google

Using a Store Locator to Attract More Near Me Searches
Over the past several months I’ve been taking you on quite the journey into Google My Business and leveraging EAT to help a business appear

Using Google My Business for Holiday Marketing Campaigns
With the holiday season fast approaching, it’s time to shift gears and focus on creating local marketing campaigns to help your local business clients get

Study Proves Listing Management Is Extremely Relevant
Last week we looked at the big news that Google My Business has been rebranded as Google Business Profile. We shared exactly how to make

A Case Study Into EAT and Google My Business
If you have been following our blog for the last several months, I have taken you into a deep dive into Google EAT as it

How to Apply Google EAT to a Google My Business Listing [#Infographic]
Hopefully, you have heard of Google EAT by now, but you may be wondering just how to effectively apply it to a Google My Business




