Spend the time and money in accordance with your desired effect. For example, if you desire to be #1 for all major industry search terms, be prepared for a battle.
2. Don't believe the $500/month SEO hype. Real SEO takes months/years of hard work and dedicated effort, requiring the work of multiple people or teams of multiple people.
3. Competitor companies will react once you take over their spots in search results. Once you obtain that position, be prepared to defend it.
Everyone should know by now to optimize and regularly update their GMB.
Reviews are lifeblood and how a business owner develops and handles reviews is critical. However, did you know that the algorithm within both Google and Bing ignore reviews that are more than 6 months old?
Additionally, the Citation listings are being missed here. There are two types of Citations: Key and Live. Live Citations are Gravy and are often referred to as "business listings."
Key Citation accuracy is critical! As much as 52% of your Organic Visibility depends on these citations matching your GMB perfectly. Something as simple as punctuation can negatively affect your overall ranking.
Google assigns between 37 and 40 "Key Citations" by industry.
All the other SEO work which you do is either bolstered by or hindered by the accuracy of these Key Citations.
Local SEO is becoming the top of the list with importance. The use of Google My Business in many ways is key as that is what most people see and use. Through SEO you can expand the reach of the listings. There are many ways in which you can build this. Then there is on-site Local SEO. There is always geo fencing too. Happy to explain more if you like.
My #1 tip for local SEO is setting up both the Google My Business & Bing Places for Business listings. Both are excellent starting points. Fill in all of the required and optional information. The more data you provide the better a search engine will know about your business. This includes, services, photos, website, business hours, etc. #My2Cents
1) Have an optimized, and active Google My Business listing.
2) Get reviews! Reviews is one important factor to help you get more customers with Local SEO (which many ignore).
3) You can optimize the listing yourself, but I highly recommend hiring an expert. An expert that stays on top of Today's best practices and strategies to increase online visibility.
4) If the GMB is optimized, and ranked correctly, you can dominate the whole city that you are targeting. Below is a tool that we use to audit local businesses listings, and when you're all green, then Local SEO has been done correctly and ROI should show this.
5) Having an optimized website will impact your GMB.
My #1 tip for local SEO is to claim and optimize your Google My Business (GMB) listing. GMB is a free listing that businesses can create to appear in Google Maps and local search results. It's one of the most important factors for local SEO, so it's important to make sure your listing is accurate, complete, and up-to-date. We can discuss this further at your convenience.
The Number 1 tip I have for helping my clients achieve their goals in Local SEO is… drum roll…
Listen to them.
Really listen. What is going on in their lives? What’s their true “why” and not the surface level one that’s on their website. If you know the hearts of your clients, you can provide them with the truest value and laser targeted strategies.
The actual SEO stuff is just clicking buttons on a computer. It ain’t rocket science. But it is time.
The business of SEO is understanding and building relationships with your clients.
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2. Don't believe the $500/month SEO hype. Real SEO takes months/years of hard work and dedicated effort, requiring the work of multiple people or teams of multiple people.
3. Competitor companies will react once you take over their spots in search results. Once you obtain that position, be prepared to defend it.
Everyone should know by now to optimize and regularly update their GMB.
Reviews are lifeblood and how a business owner develops and handles reviews is critical. However, did you know that the algorithm within both Google and Bing ignore reviews that are more than 6 months old?
Additionally, the Citation listings are being missed here. There are two types of Citations: Key and Live. Live Citations are Gravy and are often referred to as "business listings."
Key Citation accuracy is critical! As much as 52% of your Organic Visibility depends on these citations matching your GMB perfectly. Something as simple as punctuation can negatively affect your overall ranking.
Google assigns between 37 and 40 "Key Citations" by industry.
All the other SEO work which you do is either bolstered by or hindered by the accuracy of these Key Citations.
SEO is a marathon, not a sprint.
Local SEO is becoming the top of the list with importance. The use of Google My Business in many ways is key as that is what most people see and use. Through SEO you can expand the reach of the listings. There are many ways in which you can build this. Then there is on-site Local SEO. There is always geo fencing too. Happy to explain more if you like.
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My #1 tip for local SEO is setting up both the Google My Business & Bing Places for Business listings. Both are excellent starting points. Fill in all of the required and optional information. The more data you provide the better a search engine will know about your business. This includes, services, photos, website, business hours, etc. #My2Cents
Local SEO absolutely requires Google My Business.
1) Have an optimized, and active Google My Business listing.
2) Get reviews! Reviews is one important factor to help you get more customers with Local SEO (which many ignore).
3) You can optimize the listing yourself, but I highly recommend hiring an expert. An expert that stays on top of Today's best practices and strategies to increase online visibility.
4) If the GMB is optimized, and ranked correctly, you can dominate the whole city that you are targeting. Below is a tool that we use to audit local businesses listings, and when you're all green, then Local SEO has been done correctly and ROI should show this.
5) Having an optimized website will impact your GMB.
Google My Business Page is the #1 Tip for local SEO. Did you know that you can post social content on GMB?
Along with Local Listings Management. Having consistent information across all platforms that are important to Google is Key.
I can run a FREE listings management report for your business. You'll surprised how much misinformation is out there about your business.
Since you asked…
The Number 1 tip I have for helping my clients achieve their goals in Local SEO is… drum roll…
Listen to them.
Really listen. What is going on in their lives? What’s their true “why” and not the surface level one that’s on their website. If you know the hearts of your clients, you can provide them with the truest value and laser targeted strategies.
The actual SEO stuff is just clicking buttons on a computer. It ain’t rocket science. But it is time.
The business of SEO is understanding and building relationships with your clients.
…since you asked 😂🍓