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How Listing Management Delivers Results for Your Clients
It’s time to take a closer look at how listing management works. Improving Search Visibility With Listing Management We’ve talked extensively about the importance of

Best Practices for Writing Business Listing Descriptions
This week our theme is a task that’s often overlooked – writing business descriptions for your clients’ business listings. Are You Optimizing the Business Listing

Why Local Businesses Need Mapping App Solutions
We’re continuing the data submissions theme with a focus on navigation and mapping apps. Mapping Apps and In-Dash Navigation Solutions Are Essential This week we

A Refresher on Data Aggregators & Why Businesses Need Them
Today we’re turning our attention to data aggregators, and how your local clients can benefit from using them. A Data Aggregator Refresher As a local

A Google Business Profile Roundup, Including Dispelling a GBP Myth
SEO is a topic certain to spark intense debate, but linking to a Google Business Profile (GBP) is an issue that was settled long ago.

How Bad Data Is Affecting the Google Business Profile – A Real-World Example Included
We’ve got a story from an Advice Local partner who witnessed first-hand the frustrations of bad data impacting a Google Business Profile. Bad Data Is

Google Maps Is Now Featuring Updates From Customers
This week we want to highlight a feature of the Google Business Profile (GBP) that’s been stirring up some discussion. This is the ability for

How to Manage Multiple Google Business Profiles Easily
We want to go a step further this week to give you a practical, highly effective way of managing multiple Google Business Profiles (formerly Google

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

Go Local and Bring More Customers into Your Small Business
Have you ever considered that as a small business owner, you’re an inspirational part of the local community? You are not just selling a product

Local Presence Management Before it was Cool and the Birth of the Internet
Long before the Internet was a viable entity, before “search” referred to an industry and any of us used Google as a verb, consumers had

Don’t Lose Sleep Over Bad Local Data: Take Back Your NAP
Incorrect location or NAP (name, address, phone number) data in local business directories wreaks havoc on well-planned local SEO efforts. At best, bad location data causes

7 Ways to Supercharge Your Local Content Strategy
There’s a reason we talk about content as though it’s royalty. You can have the best products and services, but if you can’t present them, talk about

Get it Now with Google Now: The Personal Assistant at Your Fingertips
Admit it – you’ve always wanted a personal assistant to help you choose what to wear, and tell you what time you need to leave




