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Your Marketing Plans Should be Warming Up!
The majority of the U.S. is covered by record-breaking snow and cold weather, but smart business owners and marketers are starting to have “warmer thoughts”… Several months ago I wrote about those...
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A SEM / SEO Success Story for Tax Day
It’s “tax day” – so how about some positive news! I love a good SEM/SEO success story… Anthony Parent founded IRS Medic with one goal in mind; to assist those having tax problems. Despite being...
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Caution! Unrealistic Internet marketing claims coming your way!
NOTE: this is not me. I’ve been in the “local search” business since the earliest days. From selling IYP on BigYellow.com, the Yahoo! Yellow Pages and InfoSpace in the 90′s, to SEM, SEO and more...
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Local Online Success: “it’s a journey, not a destination”.
To achieve a high-level of online visibility and internet marketing success, local businesses need to consider multiple factors… So what’s the definition of “online success”? For most local...
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Do the math: Google Place Pages + Google+ Pages = Google+ Local Pages.
The inevitable merging of Google’s Place pages and Google+ pages has taken place. The result? Google+ Local Pages. Search Engine Land calls this “the center of gravity for local search“. 20% of...
View ArticleFree Internet Marketing Seminars for Local Business Owners
Celebrating over 100 hibu local Internet marketing seminars held to-date!- Next Up on the schedule: Seattle, WA. Columbia, MO. Lubbock & Austin, TX. Long Island, NY Springfield, MA. Maumee, OH...
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10 Great SEO Articles Every Local Business Owner Should Read…
These local SEO blog posts contain valuable information on local SEO and how small and local businesses can learn, apply, and eventually reap the rewards of local search marketing, posted this...
View ArticleGoogle: “fake reviews will be taken down”
Google will remove reviews for local businesses if their spam detection algorithms detect “fake glowing testimonies”. Additionally, even businesses who legitimately post reviews they’ve collected from...
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Searching for Lawyer? Asking a friend is preferred source, followed by search.
A fairly detailed study was released this past quarter re. lawyers, and what method we typically use to find one. Most often, when a consumer is looking for a specialty lawyer, he or she relies on...
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Local Search Ranking Factors – Volume 5. A “Must Read”!
It’s that time of the year local-search marketers! David Mihm’s annual Local Search Ranking factors is out (vol. 5). This is one of the most important and anticipated pieces of research released...
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Local Online Reviews: Heating Up, In More Ways Than One…
Online reviews are gaining more attention than ever; due in-part to their influence in local search results and the proliferation of “fake” reviews. Here’s what every local business owner needs to...
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Local Search Source has moved…
For now, we’ll only be posting thru Twitter… Hope to see you there! Follow @RichHargrave LinkedIn:
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