Just last week, the FTC penalized a fashion company with a $4.2 million fine for deceptive review practices. In this week’s video, we walk through the fine and why it was assessed – and explain why thousands of sites are in danger of being fined for the same reason.
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In this week’s episode, I’m sharing a recording of my entire presentation from last week’s Internet Sales 20 Group conference in Philadelphia. It was our first conference of 2022, and the slides are packed with actionable tips to help you gain more visibility in local searches. This episode is longer than normal – about 37 minutes – but it’s definitely a don’t-miss episode!
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That’s a wrap on our second year of Suds & Search. This has been an amazing year of conversations with some of the very best digital marketers in the world. We’ve now launched over 90 episodes and it feels like we’re just getting started.
This week we’re going to take a break from our regularly scheduled one on one interviews to bring you a “best of” episode. We’ve put together highlights from my conversations with some of the top experts in SEO, PPC, Social Media, CRO, Web Development, and more. For the last time this year, grab something cold to drink and join me for the best of Suds & Search 2021.
The results of the 2021 Local Search Ranking Factors study have finally been released! Each year, the top 40-ish experts world-wide participate in the in-depth study, which aggregates the answers to give us all a better understanding of which signals matter the most for Local SEO. Check out the video for the updated info and a few high level insights…
In this week’s episode, I share the details about our new SEO scoring matrix, which allows us to score any site on basic SEO principles. Check your own work, use it as a guide for what to do, or use it to hold your vendor partner accountable! If you’d like to get your site scored, shoot an email to [email protected] and I’ll knock it out for you!
In this week’s video, I’m sharing my popular presentation on Local SEO from the Driving Sales Executive Summit in Las Vegas last month. Learn why SEO is your highest priority in the upcoming year and exactly how to optimize site content, links, reviews, and Google My Business (now called Google Business Profiles).
In this week’s video, I share the first half of my double-session presentation on Local SEO from Digital Dealer in Las Vegas. Learn what’s changed in the last year, which signals influence your visibility in local searches, and how to optimize those signals.
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My guest on this week’s episode of Suds & Search is Tony Wright, Founder and CEO of WrightIMC.
Tony is a veteran digital marketer, a past president of DFWSEM, an adjunct professor at Texas Tech, a columnist at Search Engine Journal, and a popular conference presenter. You may have heard Tony speak at Pubcon, State of Search, SMX East, and Affiliate Summit.
In this week’s video, I share the reason why it’s a bad idea to ignore Yelp. Sure, we all hate the site, but there’s a very important reason that you need to invest a little bit of reputation management time – watch to see why!
A few weeks ago, I spoke at the Digital Summit conference in Philadelphia, and while I was really just there to get a cheesesteak, I did present a half-hour session on Local SEO that was a huge hit at the conference. As always, I like to share new presentations here, so more people can learn from what I’m sharing. This one covers website content, inbound links, reviews, and Google My Business – enjoy!