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Amazon Has a House Party, and Your Local Business Needs an Invite
To compete with Angie’s List, Craigslist, Yelp, Home Advisor and other marketplaces, Amazon has recently launched its own marketplace called Amazon Home Services. What makes this platform different from the others? How could it help you, as a local business, with an increase in leads and improved Google rankings? Amazon …
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Healthy Content: 4 Tips to Drive Conversions in the Medical Industry
In the medical and plastic surgery industries, it can be hard to get past the medical jargon and engage with readers online. But despite these challenges, building up an online presence is vital in this day and age. Everyone online wants to gather information quickly, and they seek immediate gratification …
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This National Small Business Week, Step up Your Online Marketing
It’s National Small Business Week—time to celebrate the successes and the insane amount of work small business owners put in. The struggle is real. You know you’re a small business owner when… …Your nightmares are about getting bad Yelp reviews. …Your social media “strategy” consists of bribing your college-aged daughter …
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More Locations, More Problems? Optimize Your Franchise SEO—Part 1
Do you ever feel like your efforts to market your business with more than one location are ineffective? Do you live with the constant doubt about whether or not you did as much for one location as you did for another, or if your franchisees are doing something counterproductive that …
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Googleplasty: How to Reshape Your Search Results (Part 2)
As more businesses begin to take efforts to improve their online presence, standing out in search results of highly competitive markets and areas becomes even more difficult—and nowhere is this perhaps more true than in the cosmetic medicine industry. In order to reshape your search results through the art of …
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Getting Vocal About Buying Local: How Small Businesses Give the Big Easy its Charm
Some of Search Influence’s online marketing clients are small, local businesses that serve a neighborhood, town or region. To find out how small, local businesses impact a city as well as more about the trendy “buy local” movement, we talked to Mark Strella of StayLocal!. Power to the SMBs The real impact of locally owned, independent …
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Googleplasty: How to Reshape Your Search Results (Part 1)
As businesses grow more in touch with their online presence, it becomes more and more challenging to stand out in the search results of highly competitive markets and areas—and nowhere is this perhaps more true than in the cosmetic medicine industry. First things first, let’s make sure we’re on the …
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SEO for 2015: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
The world of SEO is constantly changing. Google, the big prize for search engine ranking, may change its search algorithms from 500 to 600 times a year, and major updates like Panda, Penguin, and Pigeon are rolled out on a fairly regular basis. And while your business can’t shift SEO …
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Don’t Be Afraid To Stop & Ask For Directions: Making Google My Maps for SABs
As promised in my last blog about the new Google My Maps, I’m here today to teach you how to how to create My Maps for service area businesses (often referred to as SABs) that have highlighted boundaries of what counties or parishes they service. Before we delve into this …
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5 For Friday: Local Search, News, Advice, Measuring Success, and Penguin Refresh
1. Local Businesses: Watch Out! – Search Engine Watch Apple’s newest gadget, the Apple Watch, is likely to have a major impact on local search. The expected increase in hyper-local searches means added pressure will be placed on businesses to ensure they can be found easily online. “Users will be …
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