Now Google gives “Location Independent” local businesses the ability to list their Service Areas in the Google Local Business Listing.
Let’s say you’re a contractor serving multiple towns and communities…
You can handle this two ways in your Google Local Business Listing.
Read More...Without traffic to your local website, your website is simply another expense rather than a sales-generating asset.
Just as there are ways to drive traffic- visits, phone calls, inquiries- to your local business in the offline world, there are endless tactics to increase traffic to your local website.
Now with “Inbound Marketing”, you can have customers coming to you via your website to do business with you rather than interrupting them with paid ads. It’s not that paid ads don’t work; (in fact, paid Online Ads DO work to jump start traffic to your local website) they simply don’t work as well. Inbound marketing positions you with respect and credibility.
The Online World of Inbound Marketing is relatively new, and constantly and rapidly changing. Every day a new twist or angle seems to emerge. However, just because it’s new, doesn’t mean you should dismiss the possibilities of how it can work for your local business.
Ok… so in light of Google Buzz and Real-Time Search, where does Twitter and Facebook really fit into the Google mix?
Not from is Twitter and Facebook competition to the Google empire,(another whole conversation that’s been beat to death) but does Facebook and Twitter actually help your Google Search rankings?
And, for discussion here, we’re going to [...]
In the Google Game, citations are a good thing for local businesses looking to rise to the top of their Local Business rankings… and break into the 7-Pak Space of Happiness for your Local Business.
David Mihm, a Local Search expert, defines Google Local Business Citations as:
“Any page that is listed under the “Web Page” tab [...]
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