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Ann Smarty

Ann Smarty

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Ann Smarty is the Brand and Community manager at InternetMarketingNinjas as well as the founder of Viral Content Bee. Ann has been in internet marketing for more than 10 years, is the former Editor-in-Chief of Search Engine Journal, and is a current contributor to prominent search and social blogs including Small Biz Trends and Mashable.

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A Guide to Competitor Analysis for Local SEO

by Ann Smarty

Competitive analysis is an integral part of any marketing campaign because it keeps your business ahead of your competition and allows you to maintain a consistent web presence.  For local ...

May 9th, 2023
10 min read
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How to Monitor Your Local Competitors on Social Media

by Ann Smarty

Are you looking for more ways to get your business found by your local customers? Would you like to discover more marketing opportunities in your area? Competitive monitoring is something ...

April 13th, 2022
5 min read
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How to Do Local Keyword Research: Step-by-step

by Ann Smarty

Keyword research is one of the major cornerstones of marketing success for any local business targeting greater visibility in the local search results.  If you’re looking for ways to boost ...

April 5th, 2022
6 min read
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How to Do PR Outreach for Local Businesses

by Ann Smarty

Would you like to take your local business to a new level? Launching a solid, well-planned local link building and PR outreach strategy is an effective way to generate traffic, ...

July 19th, 2021
6 min read
How to Plan Your Content Marketing Strategy Around Seasonality
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How to Plan Your Content Marketing Strategy Around Seasonality

by Ann Smarty

The key to executing excellent seasonal content campaigns for a local audience is preparation. Follow contributor Ann Smarty’s advice, use these handy tools, and never again will you be creating ...

October 16th, 2019
6 min read
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How to Boost Local Business Visibility with Question Research and Optimization

by Ann Smarty

Question-based queries help guide your content strategy and dominate Google’s featured snippet top spot, so it’s important to have a full understanding of what your customers and prospective customers are asking. Ann ...

April 1st, 2019
5 min read
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7 Great Tools to Generate Leads from Your Content

by Ann Smarty

Looking for more large-scale ways to generate leads through your content? Here, contributor Ann Smarty takes us through her seven must-have tools, from research to content creation, for better lead-gen ...

June 7th, 2018
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5 Video Marketing Ideas for Local Businesses
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5 Video Ideas for Local Business Marketing

by Ann Smarty

Local businesses are starting to wise up: The Internet may give you more reach, but that doesn’t mean you should just focus on expansion. The real boon to small-to-medium sized ...

August 16th, 2017
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