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Google Ads introduces account Monthly Spend Limits

Best Practices May 20, 2021

Google Ads has a lot of exciting new features, insights, and offers plenty of ROI to excite most marketers.  But of course, Google Ads has costs too and fewer marketers get that excited about planning out a budget, and historically Google hasn’t made that process any easier. Where most businesses plan their advertising budgets on […]

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SEO presentation: How to show up in local searches

Best Practices May 18, 2021

In this week’s video, I share my recent SEO presentation from a Better Business Bureau webinar. It’s longer than my usual weekly video – about 45 minutes – but it’s packed with awesome info about how COVID has changed customer behavior and how businesses should adapt to the change. I outline a Local SEO playbook […]

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Suds and Search 62 | Jono Alderson, Manager of Special Ops at Yoast

Best Practices May 13, 2021

Also available as a Podcast: My guest on this week’s episode of Suds & Search is the amazingly talented Jono Alderson, Manager of Special Ops at Yoast. Jono has been one of the leading figures in SEO for some time now. He is a frequent keynote speaker, blogger, and educator. You may have heard Jono […]

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Online review responses and HIPAA compliance

Best Practices May 5, 2021

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that prohibits the disclosure of protected health information (PHI) without patient consent. PHI is defined as “health information that can be used to identify an individual” and includes data related to a patient’s medical or physical condition, and identity. HIPAA extends […]

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Why rank tracking isn’t a good SEO success metric

Best Practices May 4, 2021

In this week’s episode, I share some insight into rank tracking in SEO – and why it’s a horrible way to judge SEO success. You don’t hire someone to do SEO to get you to rank, you hire someone to get you more traffic and leads. It’s all about growing your bottom line, and rank […]

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Suds and Search 49 | Jim Ziegler, founder of Ziegler SuperSystems

Best Practices February 11, 2021

Also available as a Podcast: My guest on this episode of Suds & Search is Jim Ziegler, owner of the Ziegler SuperSystems and a legend in the automotive industry. For over 44 years, Jim has contributed his talents as a writer, magazine columnist, professional speaker, and turnaround artist at some of the biggest auto dealerships […]

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How to Come Up with Blog Ideas: Four Easy Tips for Business Owners

Best Practices February 9, 2021

In order to keep your site relevant for your money-making search terms, you need a blog, and you need to publish high-quality content on your blog regularly. How to come up with blog ideas, though? Where to start? In this post, I offer a few no-nonsense ways business owners can come up with great blog […]

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Suds and Search 45 | Stephan Bajaio, Chief Evangelist and Co-founder of Conductor

Best Practices January 14, 2021

Also available as a Podcast: My guest on this episode of Suds & Search is Stephan Bajaio. Stephan is the Chief Evangelist and Co-founder of Conductor, a search and content intelligence platform that helps marketers create and optimize content to improve visibility online. Stephan has a well-earned reputation for being one of the really good […]

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Problems with Google My Business? Use the GMB Forum

Best Practices January 12, 2021

In this week’s video, I share a simple yet not commonly known tip to help with any problems you might have with your Google My Business listing. Google has Community Help forums for each of its products, so whenever you have a problem with your GMB listing that you can’t solve, you should create a […]

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How to add More Hours to your Google My Business listing

Best Practices January 5, 2021

In this week’s episode, I explain how to add additional hours to your Google My Business listing for modified services such as curbside pickup, delivery, or senior hours. If you offer additional services, the “more hours” feature lets you display different hours of operation on your GMB profile to attract more customers. Watch and learn […]

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The top 10 episodes of Local Search Tuesdays of 2020

Best Practices December 29, 2020

For the final episode of 2020, I share our 10 most popular episodes of the year. I aggregated analytics data from Wistia (our video host), YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn to figure out which episodes were the most popular. Here’s the final list, along with links to each video: 10. Keywords in customer reviews will help […]

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How to optimize Google My Business Questions & Answers

Best Practices November 17, 2020

In this week’s episode, I share tips for optimizing the Questions and Answers section of your Google My Business profile. By pre-loading questions, answering them, and keeping your answers upvoted to be displayed as primary answers, you can rock a much better user experience on your GMB profile – and capture more local customers. VIDEO […]

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