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Leveraging Location Landing Pages to Create Microsites for Local Businesses
It’s no surprise that many businesses struggle with local presence management today, as there’s a lot of outdated and just-plain-wrong data linked to businesses online. How Multi-Location

The Newest Google My Business Feature: Community Q & A Coming to Google Maps
Google’s at it again… the good news is they are not rolling out a new algorithm this time, but instead adding a new feature for Google

What’s Trending? Must-Know Data Points from the 2017 Internet Trends Report
The time has come… Yes, that time of year when once again I get to share my insights into the 2017 Internet Trends Report! Each

The Five-Step, Quick Start Local Content Marketing Plan: Measuring and Evaluating
Creating content that attracts prospects, keeps customers engaged and creates conversions all at the same time is definitely not easy to do! I love a

6 High Impact Ways To Enhance Local Business Visibility Online
Although potential customers are already looking for local businesses online – and there are billions of Google searches each month – they’re unlikely to discover these nearby

The Five-Step, Quick Start Local Content Marketing Plan: Determine the Offer
As you know, I’m all about data, local search and SEO. Each one of these is driven by my passion for helping local businesses and multi-location brands appear

8 Local Presence Management Strategies to Attract More Nearby Customers
When shoppers search for nearby stores on-the-go, they count on Google to return the most relevant, accessible, and trustworthy results possible. Appearing in the local pack

The Five-Step, Quick Start Local Content Marketing Plan: Attracting the Right Target Audience
I’m on a journey to share about creating local-focused content that educates, attracts and converts. In the first installment, “The Five-Step, Quick Start Local Content

Google My Business & Its Place in Local Search
Do you recall previously discussing the value of optimizing a Google My Business listing? I shared some real-world data with you from one of our

Using EAT to Improve Local Visibility in Organic Search and Maps
Recently, we’ve seen Google provide a wealth of options for local businesses to reach highly targeted audiences. Previously, we talked about Google My Business attributes

Zero-Click Search & What It Has to Do With Google My Business
I’m back to talking about Google My Business but in relation to zero-click searches. For a refresher, a zero-click search is when a user searches

Get the Secrets to Increasing a Business’ Online Authority
While most businesses have heard of Google’s E-A-T (expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness), they may not know how to apply it effectively to their content marketing

There’s More to Visibility Than Google – You Need to Prioritize All Local Listings
Google just published details on new ways to navigate more sustainably. While it’s not clear yet how local businesses will be impacted by this, Google’s

Need to Improve a Business’ Appearance in Maps? This Strategy Could Help
For those of you that follow local search closely, you might have run across this jewel of a study from Joy Hawkins. She did a

Apple Maps Gets an Upgrade – We Have You Covered
Apple Maps is stepping up its game. Those in the digital marketing industry have been speculating about what Apple will be doing next to improve

The Importance of UGC Within Google My Business
While you may not have considered it, Google has been shifting Google My Business into a platform that is starting to look more and more




