Local Search Tuesdays

Local SEO Tip: GBP Waiting Period

October 4, 2022 Greg Gifford Best Practices, Google Business Profile, Local Search Tuesdays

Welcome back to another episode of Local Search Tuesdays. Greg’s in the UK, speaking at Brighton SEO, so Dane stepped in for this week’s episode. Today, we’re going to talk about an important issue with user management in your Google Business Profile.

This week’s tip is short, but really important for every business out there. Recently, Google implemented a mandatory waiting period for new managers of Google Business Profiles. Whenever you add a new manager (or transfer ownership to a new user), that new manager won’t be able to make any edits to the profile for seven days.

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Greg’s SEO Slides: Utah DMC Event

September 27, 2022 Greg Gifford Best Practices, Digital Marketing, Local Search Tuesdays

Welcome back to another episode of Local Search Tuesdays. This week’s video is another longer one, because Greg spoke at an event in Salt Lake City last week and we’re sharing his entire presentation.

Last week, Greg flew up to Salt Lake City to present at the Utah DMC monthly event. It’s a really awesome digital marketing meetup, and he gave a pretty awesome presentation about creating and delivering better SEO reports. It’s about 30 minutes long, so kick back and enjoy!

The Difference Between Implicit and Explicit Local Searches

September 20, 2022 Greg Gifford Best Practices, Local Search Tuesdays, Local SEO, Search Engine Optimization

On this week’s Local Search Tuesdays, Greg’s taking the week off, since our new Director of SEO, Dane Saville is in town. Today, he’ll explain the difference between implicit and explicit local searches. It’s important to understand the difference between the two, since the search results you’ll see will be different.

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Big Announcement: We Have A New Director of SEO

September 13, 2022 Greg Gifford Local Search Tuesdays

Welcome back to another episode of Local Search Tuesdays. This week, we’ve got a super exciting announcement to make, especially for all the car dealers out there…

We teased it in last week’s episode, and just now in the intro – we’ve got a REALLY exciting announcement to make. We’ve got a new Director of SEO, who literally started yesterday. If you’re in automotive, it’s even more exciting, since you’ll definitely know this guy if you’ve been to any automotive conferences in the last five years.

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How to Search Through a Business’ Google Reviews

September 6, 2022 Greg Gifford Digital Marketing, Google Business Profile, Local Search Tuesdays, Reputation Management, Reviews, Uncategorized

Welcome back to another episode of Local Search Tuesdays. This week, we’ve got a cool tip to share with you that will help you when you’re reading a business’ reviews on Google.

We need to send a shoutout to our buddy Darren Shaw from Whitespark for pointing this out a few weeks ago. It’s a cool little trick, so we had to share it with you.

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Greg’s Automotive SEO Presentation: CIADA Conference

August 23, 2022 Greg Gifford Digital Marketing, Google Business Profile, Local Search Tuesdays, Local SEO, Reviews, Search Engine Optimization

If you saw last week’s episode, you know Greg was down in Myrtle Beach a few weeks ago for a few back-to-back conferences. This week we’re sharing his presentation from the Carolinas Independent Auto Dealer Association annual conference. It was a fun one, and everyone raved about it, so of course, we had to share it here with you. It’s about 25 minutes long, so kick back and enjoy!

Greg’s Automotive SEO Presentation: UAAMG Conference

August 16, 2022 Greg Gifford Digital Marketing, Google Business Profile, Local Search Tuesdays, Local SEO, Search Engine Optimization

A few weeks ago, Greg hopped a plane down to Myrtle Beach for an epic back-to-back conference lineup with the Unfair Advantage Automotive Mastermind Group and the Carolinas Independent Auto Dealer Association annual conference. He only had a 20-minute slot at the Mastermind show, but he packed it with awesome info from our huge Google Business Profile study and info from over 500 auto dealer site audits. Check it out!

If you’d like to dig into info like this even more, don’t miss the Driving Sales webinar that Greg is doing next Tuesday – you can register at wp.drivingsales.com/webinar!