According to BusinessWeek, 55% of consumers used a search engine to find out about a local business in 2005. That number is expected to increase significantly this year and next. I’m not a bit surprised. I’ve been saying for some time that local search will grow. And I mean it. The writing is on the,…
Are you looking for great ways to advertize your local business? We have a few suggestions for how you can make real deals happen for your local business. Offline Advertizing Strategies – Posting a colorful ad in a magazine of ads that support local businesses will keep your ad on the coffee table in many…
Regardless of whether yours is a small or large business, Facebook is one online platform that you cannot afford to ignore when it comes to promoting our business. The modern trend is that most consumers search the web even for local businesses most of which happen to be on Facebook. In addition to its position…
Location Based Services or LBS platforms like Yelp, FourSquare, GoWalla and Facebook Places are all the rage with marketers these days. Between social media, mobile and local there is a lot of potential for savvy marketers to serve up incredibly precise and measurable marketing campaigns with a minimal amount of effort and budget. However, it…
A Google My Business profile is essential for local online business. It’s free and will enable you to appear in local search results for queries specific to your products or services. Without local SEO, you won’t be appearing on any local map listings in which Google displays search results for the vast majority of local…
This day and age has seen the rise of a new type of small business, the micro-multinational. The internet and globalization have opened up a lot of possibilities for local businesses to expand their reach to cover a larger geographical area. Going global is no longer the sole purview of the “big boys.” There is…
What a lot can change in just a few years! When I wrote the original version of this post in January 2014, the local SEO industry didn’t have quite the wealth of paid tools that now exists, and many of the freebies on my previous list have been sunsetted. Definitely time for a complete refresh…
What is Local Search? Before talking about why you need Local Search let’s define it. According to Wikipedia, Local Search is the use of Search Sites by people searching for local businesses. The search is geographically constrained by adding a location word such as city and state, or zip code. Wikipedia goes on to say…
A Local Business directory is a website or printed listing of information, which lists about all businesses of every category. The businesses can be categorized by four things, which are: Business Location Size Activity The details in a business directory vary from business to business. They may include business addresses, business name, telephone number, location,…