Stephanie Newton

Stephanie Newton

Stephanie was responsible for managing BrightLocal’s community outreach and engagement, as well as producing and managing content to help inform and educate the local SEO community.

Stephanie has written 46 articles

Local Citation Apis Teaser

Local Citation APIs

by Stephanie Newton

In addition to manually building citations or using a tool, you can use a data feed known as an Application Program Interface (API) to grow your local citation profile. APIs ...

May 5th, 2022
2 min read
What Is Local Citation Building Teaser

What is Local Citation Building?

by Stephanie Newton

If you’re familiar with link building, you may fear citation building is similarly time-consuming, challenging, and frustrating.  Happily, it’s not quite as resource draining as link building. In fact, building ...

May 5th, 2022
1 min read
Why Nap Consistency Is Important Teaser

Why NAP Consistency is Important

by Stephanie Newton

Incorrect information shared online can have negative consequences for your local business. In the case of NAP (name, address, and phone number) citations, any inaccuracy or inconsistency can threaten your ...

May 5th, 2022
3 min read
Manual Citation Building Teaser

Building Local Citations Manually

by Stephanie Newton

When it comes to building local citations, making manual submissions is an easy place to start. Taking this route requires no special skills or professional tools, although that isn’t to ...

April 5th, 2022
4 min read
What Is Nap Teaser Image Short

What is NAP?

by Stephanie Newton

Three letters may not cast much of a shadow, but NAP is more critical than its stature may have you believe. This acronym is vital to local search success and ...

April 5th, 2022
2 min read
Local Seo And Citations Teaser

Local SEO and Citations

by Stephanie Newton

Local citations are a known component of any successful local SEO strategy. Sometimes you’ll see them referred to as NAP (name, address, phone number) data. Admittedly, their power has waned ...

April 5th, 2022
3 min read
Using Sms To Ask For Reviews

Using SMS to Ask for Reviews

by Stephanie Newton

Building a stellar review profile calls for a lot of proactivity on the part of the local business, and it also requires a multi-pronged approach. For example, it’s advisable to ...

March 5th, 2022
3 min read
Tracking Status Of Local Citations Teaser

Tracking the Status of Local Citations

by Stephanie Newton

Local citations play a crucial role in local search visibility. They can make your business more discoverable to local consumers, direct traffic to your business website, and increase footfall brick-and-mortar ...

February 5th, 2022
1 min read
Optimising Local Citations Teaser

Optimizing Local Citations

by Stephanie Newton

Basic citation building will see you creating a listing and ensuring your business name, address, and phone number (NAP) are correct and consistent. With that done, you can embrace additional ...

February 5th, 2022
2 min read