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Local Search and Micro-Moments: Making Magic in the Moment
Mobile is one of the greatest disruptions in digital marketing, but I’m not focusing on mobile today. Instead let’s explore one of its great side
Amazon’s St. Patrick’s Day Cookie Cutter Marketing Gimmick? 5 Takeaways for Brands
So I was surfing Facebook just like I do every day and what did I run across? An Amazon social media post advertising a St.

Local Search Made Easy: Enhancing a Business’s Online Presence with Social Media
There is often debate on whether or not social media contributes to search engine ranking and local search efforts. Each time an authoritative source studies

Local Search Made Easy: Websites that Work
You’ve put in so much hard work to make sure the businesses you represent show up in local search results, now you want to make

Marketing for Consumer Micro-Moments in a Mobile-First World
Google is known for changing everything. Originally it was the name of a search engine, a simple noun. Now it’s a verb and a way

Local Search Made Easy: Reputation Management and Reviews
How’s business? After all, the reason technologies like Advice Local exist, and the reason we provide this blog as a resource is for you to

Local Search Made Easy: Get Listed, Get Optimized and Get Found
You’re well on our way to making sense of the great big world of local SEO. Not to knock the technical aspects of SEO, as

Local Search Made Easy: 5 Must-Haves for Local Success
Welcome back! We’ve been on a journey back to the basics of search engine optimization (SEO). It’s always good to reinforce a solid foundation so we

Online Marketing Strategies to Help You Get Ahead This Year
Successful business owners know the only way to stay ahead of the competition is to constantly evaluate, improve, and innovate their online marketing strategies. Not only

How Brands can Tap Into the Internet of Things to Maximize Opportunities
Most marketers today are aware of the Internet of Things (IoT) and know that it’s important, but many don’t fully understand IoT – how it works, its impact

Putting In-Store Marketing into Action to Boost a Business’s Local Presence Online
So I’m all about local and local presence management, but today I’m going to take a different “local approach.” We’re going to dive into how to

Start Creating Short ’n Sweet Blog Posts Right Now!
You’ve heard of TMI? Well, we want to give readers JEI – Just Enough Information – when creating a blog post. Using a pithy style lets you be there

Expanding The Digital Footprint Of Small Businesses With Mobile And Local
Does anyone else experience a nostalgic feeling when visiting a small local shop? It’s a bit of that American dream-come-true hard work on display, the

The New Year’s Resolutions Local Business Owners Need to Make Today
So you’ve been busy this year and haven’t made those New Year’s resolutions yet? Don’t worry, I have you covered! The post-holiday season is the

How Marketers Can Convert Mobile Shoppers Into Sales
Mobile is quickly becoming consumers’ favored method for shopping. Google got my attention when their recent guide, “A Marketer’s Guide to Holiday Supershoppers” dropped into

Create a Local Buzz with a Branded Hashtag Campaign
Local business marketing is about connecting with current and prospective customers where they like to frequent, which usually means social media. By participating in existing hashtag




