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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

Will Yahoo’s Partnership With Google Be Their 2nd Coming?
This week Yahoo announced in their Third Quarter 2015 Results Report their new partnership with Google. This partnership allows Yahoo to display Google’s search results

Why Optimizing for Facebook Search is Now Even More Important
The always evolving world of both search and social media has a new development. Facebook has improved the way we can search on their site.

Yahoo! Local Listings Management Change-Up
As you may or may not have heard, Yahoo! is outsourcing their Yahoo! Local Listings management to Yext. As with many mega corporations, or search

Are You Making These Four Simple Local SEO Mistakes?
As a business owner you know how important your online presence is with the vast majority of consumers searching for products and services on the

Move over Google, Yahoo and Bing: The Big Three Is Now the Big Four
When you hear the “Big Three” do you still automatically think about Google, Yahoo and Bing? Well, the fact is that the “Big Three” is

Simple Tips to Develop a Content Marketing Plan
As the world keeps evolving, so does the business world, which means that as business owners, we must adapt to the new and upcoming trends

Thank You Google! Google Files Lawsuit Against Robocallers
Are you tired of answering your phone only to hear an automated voice on the other end asking you to update or verify your Google

What’s Trending This Year? An Overview of The 2015 Internet Trends Report [INFOGRAPHIC]
The 2015 Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) annual Internet Trends Report is out and well worth the wait. With the report coming




