Local SEO Blog

Many small local businesseses have a hard time optimizing their site for speed. Why is that? Well, site speed optimizations tend to require web development skills which most small business owners don’t have, and developers can be quite expensive. What can you do if you don’t have the skills or budget, but still need to… Read More

Dani Owens
October 16th, 2020

With so many changes happening in the world of local marketing, it can be a big job to keep on top of what’s new. Each month, we pore over all of the local SEO press to pull out the most important insights and changes, and create a quick and handy quiz to help local marketers… Read More

Rosie Murphy
October 8th, 2020

Referral marketing, a tactic that relies on word of mouth and recommendations to gain new business, is one of the most effective forms of marketing out there, and especially so for local businesses. Did you know that over 60% of marketers claim that referral programs generate high volumes of leads? By harnessing the experience and… Read More

Nahla Davies
October 7th, 2020

At the end of August, Apple revealed it would be launching its very own ratings solutions within Apple Maps. Talk of “Apple reviews” flew around the Twitterverse and, as usual, there was a lot of conjecture about what this new feature might mean. Apple Maps ratings (yep, that’s right — ratings not reviews, though they… Read More

Stephanie Newton
October 1st, 2020

On this month’s episode of ‘Adventures in Local Marketing’, we spoke with Ben Fisher of Steady Demand. Ben is one of only two officially-recognized Platinum Product Experts on Google My Business, so this was an amazing opportunity to find out: The basics you have to get right in Google My Business The ongoing activities every… Read More

Kristian Bannister
September 29th, 2020

Just Reviews is a brand new, super-affordable BrightLocal plan that gives you just what you need to focus on review management only. Here’s what the new plan offers and a look at why we’ve developed it. We always aim to deliver fantastic value for everyone, and we mean everyone. For example, we believe that having… Read More

Kristian Bannister
September 10th, 2020