It’s no secret that the same query will often produce different Google search results in different locations. Someone looking to “buy a bike” in Atlanta will see different suggestions than someone using the same query in New York. And two people looking for a “pizza place” might end up with different results if they are
Nextdoor, the hyperlocal social networking service for neighborhoods, has launched a Neighborhood Sponsorships feature. The service offers businesses a new marketing tool to promote their business and engage with the local community. With Neighborhood Sponsorships, businesses advertise to customers on a zip code level. Research shows a huge 85% of small business owners depend on
You’ve seen it a ton of times. Keywords targeting a specific city. “Plumber in Austin.” “Flower shop in Newark.” “Best pizza in Rockford.” Which gets you thinking: If you can rank for a keyword that targets multiple cities, will that help your SEO? Enter, local SEO. Read Full Article>>>
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the way we engage with local businesses. We’re ordering more food for delivery, spending more money in online shops, and checking for safety measures on the web listings of businesses of all kinds. But what do these new trends mean for the ways businesses market themselves online? We asked five
There are many ways to optimize your website for local search so you can be found for multiple locations. Just as there are many ways to optimize, so there are a variety of penalties lurking if you follow bad practices that egregiously violate Google’s guidelines. By keeping a thorough inventory of your local SEO efforts,
Building a brand will never stop being essential for companies with brick-and-mortar locations hoping to secure the dollars of nearby consumers. But a new report from location marketing firm Uberall suggests the rise of location-based or “near me” search is undermining the power of branding alone, increasing the importance of optimizing for searches in which
With Congress failing to reach a new pandemic relief package, things are looking tougher for many businesses. When Goldman Sachs surveyed their small-business clients in July, more than 84 percent were on track to run out of PPP money the first week of August—and about 2/3 were doing less than 75 percent of their pre-COVID
Google is still the King, Queen and court jester of online search. Sure, Facebook and Amazon are trying to carve out their own slice of the search pie, but as of July 2019, Google dominated over 90 percent of all search queries. When someone does a Google search for a product or service, they are
There are many ways for a small business to market nationally and internationally. Digital products can be downloaded from almost anywhere in the world, and digital marketing options abound to deliver products wherever shipping companies operate. However, local businesses must be able to market their products and services within their marketplace, especially when borders close
Facebook’s Store Traffic campaign objective can help you generate more foot traffic for your local business. It lets you add a Get Directions call-to-action (CTA) button to your ad that will open a map to your store location. For this tutorial, we’ll be setting up a Facebook campaign for a fictional restaurant to target people
The average person is exposed to an estimated 6,000 to 10,000 advertisements per day. So it’s not surprising that we are almost ‘immune’ to their charm. Don’t get me wrong — this doesn’t mean they’re not effective or they don’t have their place in marketing. In fact, marketers have been able to experience a 96
HomeAdvisor has lots of unhappy customers. These are contractors who register for a pro account, pay their per-lead fee, and wait for results. What do they receive for their money? Not much. Many of these pros feel the platform was a raw deal for them. There are some legitimate concerns when it comes to HomeAdvisor