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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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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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Suds and Search 43 | Justin Sanger, Chief Revenue Officer of OMG National

Digital Marketing December 17, 2020

Also available as a Podcast: My guest on our last episode of Suds & Search for 2020 is Justin Sanger. Justin is the Chief Revenue Officer and Equity Investor at OMG National. For over two decades, Justin has been a pioneer in small business digital marketing. He founded LocalLaunch back in 2003. LocalLaunch offered Paid […]

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How to set holiday hours in Google My Business

Digital Marketing December 15, 2020

In this week’s episode, I walk through the steps for setting holiday hours in Google My Business. When you need to change your hours, or even set your business to be closed temporarily, you don’t have to change your standard hours in your GMB dashboard. If you use the holiday hours feature, you can set […]

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Suds and Search 42 | Mike Blumenthal, Co-founder of GatherUp

Digital Marketing December 10, 2020

Also available as a Podcast: My guest on this episode of Suds & Search is Mike Blumenthal. Mike is the Founding Partner of GatherUp and the Co-founder of LocalU. Mike is one of the most important voices in Local SEO. His motto is all local, all the time. It’s hard to think of anyone who […]

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Greg’s presentation from Pubcon about COVID shopping behavior

Digital Marketing December 8, 2020

This week’s video is a longer one, since I’m sharing my presentation from Pubcon Cyber Week last week. It’s about 25 minutes, but it’s packed with helpful information about gaining more visibility during the holiday shopping season and beyond. Buyer behavior has changed at a fundamental level because of the COVID pandemic, and I share […]

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Suds and Search 41 | Anders Hjorth, Founder of Innovell

Digital Marketing December 3, 2020

Also available as a Podcast: My guest on this episode of Suds and Search is Anders Hjorth. Anders is a veteran digital marketer and the founder of Innovell, a company that provides Digital Marketing Insights based on in-depth research. Anders is a serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple digital marketing agencies. In 2016, his agency […]

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Suds and Search 40 | David Mihm, Founder of Tidings

Digital Marketing November 19, 2020

Also available as a Podcast: My guest on this episode of Suds & Search is David Mihm. David is the founder of Tidings, a software product that automatically generates perfectly-branded email newsletters for small businesses. For over a decade, David has been one of the leading voices on Local SEO. He founded GetListed in 2009 […]

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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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Suds and Search 39 | Wil Reynolds, Founder of Seer Interactive

Digital Marketing November 12, 2020

Also available as a Podcast: Donate to Wil’s sleep out: click here Link to Seer’s YouTube channel where you can learn to use big data: click here Link to the animated illustration about the CEO swap with Rand Fishkin: click here My guest on this episode of Suds & Search is the incomparable, Wil Reynolds. […]

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Suds and Search 38 | Rand Fishkin, Founder of SparkToro

Digital Marketing November 5, 2020

Also available as a Podcast: My guest on this episode of Suds & Search is a man who needs no introduction. Rand is one of – if not the most recognizable personalities in SEO. He is the co-founder and CEO of SparkToro. Previously, he co-founded SEOMoz, which later rebranded to Moz, along with his mother […]

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