Did you know that 97% of people learn about a local business online and 72% of consumers who performed a localized search visited a store within 5 miles. Having a solid local SEO strategy is the first step to put you on the map.
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Google Business Profile is both a free tool and a suite of interfaces that encompasses a dashboard, in-SERP editing, local business profiles, and a volunteer-driven support forum with this branding. Share this simple, comprehensive article with incoming clients and team members to get off on the right foot with this important local business digital asset.
Miriam shares some of her learnings about marketing and sustainability, including insights from the co-authors of the celebrated book "Sustainable Marketing - How To Drive Profits with Purpose", Gemma Butler and Michelle Carvill. Find out why sustainable marketing is the critical skill now for our careers and lives.
Join Miriam for a relaxed and studious look at interesting local search marketing developments from the third quarter of 2022.
It’s the combination of how to consistently think local and how to selectively act local that you’ll be pursuing as a career scholar in local SEO. Today, Miriam lays out high quality paid and free local SEO educational resources and tools to keep you thinking and acting successfully in the years ahead.
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43% of local marketers say that there aren’t enough resources available to teach them local SEO. Today, Moz is debuting our Local SEO Certification program to fulfill this need. With this well-organized, engaging video course, you can learn at your own pace, take an exam, and earn a certificate and LinkedIn badge as proof of your achievement.
Which local pack element is hiding in plain sight, has no industry name (despite being present in at least 33% of SERPs), and has curious behaviors which, up until now, have been little explored? It’s the thing I’ll call “local pack headers”. What are they, and why are they important?
While the majority of MozCon 2022 talks are not local-specific, nearly all of them featured applicable expert advice that local SEOs can turn to their advantage. Today, Miriam provides her personal rundown of the best tips she gleaned for local businesses from MozCon 2022.
Local SEOs are accustomed to continuous change in the SERPs, but if the American Innovation Online Choice Act becomes law and prevents monopolies like Google from preferencing their own assets, we need to prepare for what could be the largest search overhaul we’ve ever seen.
July 2022 is Independent Business Month, and the perfect moment to reinvigorate our work as local SEOs by reflecting on the meaningful bigger picture to which we’re contributing. This month, we have the opportunity to re-center people, community, and environment by considering the definition of localism and seeing how our work in local SEO matters.
Just as you were absorbing all the Q1 local search excitement, Q2 came marching along with a bundle of new happenings and surprises. Don’t worry if you missed out on any of the key announcements and observations — we’ve got a little list for you here!
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There are some key scenarios when local SEOs should seriously consider speed optimization, even for a small local client. Small local clients are still impacted by the issues that come along with having a slower website such as higher bounce rates, lower conversions, and worst of all, a poor user experience. Amanda shares her experience with speed optimization, and the positive results for her client.
Are you outranked in Google's Local Pack? Then it's high time for a competitive business audit. Use this example analysis and downloadable spreadsheet to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of multiple businesses and devise a plan to win.
When budget is allocated to increase sign-ups or improve retention with gifts, we want recipients to feel intrigued, recognized, engaged, welcomed, and understood. And when 65% of your local business customer base views Amazon’s market dominance as a challenge to the existence of their business, it turns out there are much better ways to sweeten a deal than sending a gift card with that logo.
The first quarter of 2022 brought us some new local search opportunities (and a few problems) that you may have missed. Today, Miriam goes through a quick roundup of interesting happenings that merit your awareness for the sake of the local businesses you market.