More great info on local visibility – on the way
If you’re reading this, you’ve found my blog at just the right time–when I’ve written nothing on it, and all the good stuff is yet to come. It’s part of a completely new layout for...
View ArticleHappy 1st Birthday (to This Blog)!
I created this blog exactly one year ago. A lot has happened in the world of local search since my first post. Although LocalVisibilitySystem was born in ’09, today also marks one year since I went...
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The 2012 Local Search Ranking Factors – out Today
Of all that’s been written and said about local search, there’s one single-most important piece: It’s David Mihm’s annual “Local Search Ranking Factors” study. The first one came out 4 years ago (at...
View ArticleNew Tool for Customer Reviews: Whitespark’s Review Handout Generator
About a year ago, Darren Shaw of Whitespark.ca and I had an idea: Wouldn’t it be nice to have a free and easy way to make a single page of instructions that walks your customers through how to post a...
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2nd Edition of Free 7-Step Guide to Local Search Visibility
About time, huh? For roughly the past 18 months I’ve wanted to write a 2nd edition of my free guide. Like everything else on this site, the guide is meant to be a resource for business owners with a...
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Great Book: “Five Stars: Putting Online Reviews to Work for Your Business”
If you give a hoot about your business’s online reviews, you’ll want to pick up a copy of a great book that just came out today. As the name suggests, Five Stars is all about reviews – particularly...
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Local U Boot Camp in NYC: New Local SEO Event
The Local U crew is putting on a new event for business owners and marketers who want to learn the ropes of local-search marketing. It’s called the Local U Boot Camp. It’s a one-day event in New York...
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Hiring Another Gun at Local Visibility System
It’s busy around here. Lots of projects for clients old and new. Then there’s blogging, LocalSpark, the time I spend running and lifting, and the need for a little time left over to be a halfway...
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Announcing the Definitive List of Local Review Sites
How complete is your collection of reviews? To know that, you’ll need to know of all the sites where customers can (and should) review your business. I’ve found 398 local review sites so far. Some...
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3rd Edition of Free Guide to Effective Local SEO
It’s been 3 years since I released the 2nd edition of my free guide to local SEO. Much has changed in Google and in the rest of the local-search “ecosystem” since then. Edition 2 still can help you,...
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