The Importance of Having a Website and Using SEO to Market It

Some businesses in San Diego don’t need to market on a national or global level simply because they only do business locally. However, there is a misconception that a local business doesn’t need an online presence to be successful. This misconception has led to many local businesses not taking advantage of what the Internet has [...]

43 Local Blog Directories - Get Your Blog Listed

With the recent influx of recent clients interested in local SEO, I’ve been writing a few posts on local search engine optimization. This one follows suit with a slight twist. This post focuses on link building opportunities for local blogs - after all blogs need local love too!
Specific Regions
Washington Post - DC-area blogs
CityPages.com - Minnesota
Minnesota.com
Newsbobber.com [...]

Do It Yourself (DIY) Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Advice

Many entrepreneurs and small business owners have a “Do-It-Yourself’ mindset. After all it’s that same mindset that encouraged many owners to go into business for themselves in the first place, and there are plenty of examples of business owners who have success marketing themselves online.
With that in mind, depending on the size of your business, [...]

Local SEO - Choosing the Right Category in Google’s Local Listings

According to last year’s Local Search Ranking Factors survey, one of the most important things you can do with your Google local listing is choose the right category(ies).
This also happens to be one of the more difficult things related to setting up your Google local listing. Luck for us, Mike Blumenthal, has just released a [...]

Local SEO Strategies & Optimization Tips

As more and more business come online many have a specific geographic radius in which they provide service. As a result one of the buzz-words floating around search engine optimization blogs, forums and conferences is ‘local seo’ and that buzz continues to grow louder .Here are a few tips for local businesses to focus their [...]