Category: Local Business

Free Local SEO Tools That Belong in Your Kit

What a lot can change in just a few years! When I wrote the original version of this post in January 2014, the local SEO industry didn’t have quite the wealth of paid tools that…

All You Need Is Local Search

What is Local Search? Before talking about why you need Local Search let’s define it. According to Wikipedia, Local Search is the use of Search Sites by people searching for local businesses. The search is…

Local Business Benefits From Blog Writing and SEO Services

If you have a local business that is focused on a relatively narrow geographical location within your country or state, then you can benefit from local blog writing and SEO services. The reason for this…

What is Search Engine Optimization For Local Business?

Local Business SEO is: An Internet marketing strategy of applying the methodology of 4 distinct but inter-related disciplines, in order to accomplish the goal of increasing the volume of demographically and geographically “Targeted” niche traffic…

The Benefits of Local SEO in 2017

Supporting local businesses is a terrific idea because it helps your community to thrive. It can also give you that personal interaction with a company. When that foundation is in place, it can help you…

Local Search Can Make Your Business More "Googable"

One of the challenges facing small, local business websites is being found amongst the myriad of competitors both locally and nationally when visitors search for them using the search engines. Local search may be the…

3 Advantages of Working With a Local Internet Marketing Agency

There are many challenges that face local businesses, from competing with other companies to dealing with fluctuations in the local economy. Successful local businesses are always looking forward and planning ahead so they can take…

The Ethical Small Business Search Engine Optimization

The big push online is for small business owners to get with the program and start marketing their local businesses instead of using many of the old traditional marketing techniques. 1. Claim and Optimize Your…

What Is IT Outsourcing And How Does It Impact Local Business?

Information technology outsourcing involves taking internal IT business functions out of the equation and paying an outside company to manage them. IT outsourcing is done to improve productivity, save money, improve data and system security,…

Supporting Small Business: Why It’s a Smart Move for Contractors to Buy Local Vs Large Box Stores

Every builder has been there. You visit a big box store to purchase an item for a few dollars less than your local construction supply store. It breaks immediately or is deficient in some way…