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Essential Steps for Business Online Reputation Management
Online reputation management is an important aspect to your business, especially in the era we live in now where everyone can track and screen shot

Instagram Tips for Business
Before I explore Instagram tips for business that will get you started on growing your following, let me share a bit more about the background

Hashtags for Business
Before we dive into learning how to use hashtags for business let’s explore and get familiar with hashtags. Did you know the term hashtag was

Why Google Plus is Great for Small Business SEO
Google+ is a wonderful networking and promotion tool for small business owners. If you’re not yet using it to promote your business, you should be!

Three Tips for Social Media Success
Social media has changed the way in which companies communicate with customers and so it has become a vital element of modern businesses practice to

Using Website Graphics to Boost Your Local Search Ranking
A compelling, well-tagged image can help drive traffic to your local website through an image search (think Google Images). Google ranks local websites based on their usefulness. Being

How to Optimize Multiple Locations for Local SEO
Industry experts agree that local factors have become increasingly important in search engine optimization (SEO).
Google has made it clear that local search is here to stay and you must optimize for local SEO. This is great news for small local businesses that are outranked by bigger companies.
If you own a small business, it can be overwhelming to sift through all the different ways to optimize your local search. If your business has multiple locations, that task is even harder.

What Holiday Shoppers Teach Us About Content Marketing: 3 Big Lessons
All this past month the big business story has been about shopping. Would Black Friday remain black? Is Cyber Monday still a phenomenon? How will

The Mobile Guide: 18 Stellar Tips to Take Local and Mobile by Storm
The mobile phone has grown from a rarity to an indispensable component of daily living. A person who has misplaced their mobile phone will likely

What You Can Learn About Local Business Marketing from a Zombie Escape Room
So those of you that follow my writing know that I’m always talking about how local businesses can engage their local customers to expand their reach and

Mobile: One Size Does Not Fit All
Today, instead of talking about how mobile is the new local (even though it is), I’m going to flip it around and talk about why businesses should

I Like Small Screens and I Can Not Lie.
So I openly admit I have nomophobia. What’s nomophobia you ask? It’s the fear of being out of contact with your mobile phone. This might

Understanding Location, Proximity & Mobile Data: And Yes, I’m All About That Data!
When I bring up location data I’m usually referring to consistent NAP data (name, address, phone number) for local businesses and brands across the internet.

Navigating Omni-Channel Marketing for Local Businesses
Thanks to the adoption of mobile and its continuing increase in usage, digital marketing exists in an accelerated state of constant evolution. Every few years a

Bringing Down the Mobile Curtain: Local Presence for Mobile Search
In this ever-connected society, all businesses and brands must focus in on a local and mobile-centric approach to marketing. Competition is stiff and making it

The 10 Most Important Local SEO Audit Tips
I live and breathe local SEO. I want each and every business on the internet to succeed and increase its search engine rankings. One way a business can




