Local SEO Tactics and Digital Marketing Strategies

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Local SEO Tactics and Digital Marketing Strategies episodes

December 04, 2020Setting Up and Ranking Your Service Area Business for Google My Business Listings
Today we take a question from long-time-listener, first-time-caller Allison about setting up your Google My Business account as a service area business, and how that will affect your google ranking! We discuss what a service area business is, what sort of businesses would want to use this feature (and which ones definitely should not!) and how you can rank in spite of not listing your address publicly!
What you'll learn

How to set up your service area business in Google My Business.

The best practice for defining your service area.

The importance of reviews in increasing your click-through rate and thus your ranking.

View the show notes, resource links, episode transcript, and watch the video version at https://www.localseotactics.com/setting-up-and-ranking-a-service-area-business-for-google-my-business/
22 min
November 19, 2020How Google Works vs How People Think Google Works - Interview With Kyle Roof of PageOptimizer Pro
Kyle Roof of PageOptimizer Pro joins us for an interview, talking about improving your SEO with PageOptimizer Pro, and many other things! Kyle is an amazing SEO industry expert, and shares many valuable nuggets of information that will help you understand Google, and how to apply that understanding to develop and execute your SEO properly. We talk about how Google actually works, versus how you may think Google works, and how you can use that knowledge to your benefit. This episode is packed with great information, give it a listen! What You'll Learn

Kyle cracked the Google algorithm and was able to rank a website using lorem ipsum placeholder text

Google is an algorithm and does not read web pages in the same way a human reads them

Pay attention to what Google "likes" by checking out your top ranking competitors and see what they are doing

Google is looking for certain signals and features on a web page, to understand what the page is about

PageOptimizer Pro is a tool that can help you analyze the top competitors and what Google seems to be favoring for page content and signals

Whether you are an experienced SEO or just learning, POP can help you improve your rankings

Keyword rank tracking is important, but not the best gauge for how effective your SEO is

Monitor impressions in Google Search Console and organic traffic in Google Analytics for SEO trends

View the show notes, resource links, episode transcript, and watch the video version at https://www.localseotactics.com/how-google-works-vs-how-people-think-google-works-interview-with-kyle-roof-of-pageoptimizer-pro/
1 hr 3 min
November 13, 2020Improve Your Website Ranking and SEO With PageOptimizer Pro
Tools! Everyone loves tools! They help us do our job better, faster, and smarter. In this episode we're going to introduce you to one of our favorite tools, called PageOptimizer Pro (POP). This powerful tool helps you assess what your top competitors are doing and why they are ranking high in Google. It gives you recommendations on how you can tweak your site with some of the same strategies, and hopefully increase your rankings! What You'll Learn

There is no secret recipe to ranking high in Google

You must discover what the top ranking competition is doing to rank

Using tools like POP can provide actionable information to help your SEO

Do not ignore the usability and user interface of your site, or your rankings will be impacted

View the show notes, resource links, episode transcript, and watch the video version at https://www.localseotactics.com/improve-your-website-ranking-and-seo-with-page-optimizer-pro/
20 min
November 03, 2020How To Do Keyword Research For SEO Content Writing
In this episode we answer a question submitted by Clint Sanchez of Blaksheep Creative. Clint wanted to know our process for doing keyword research, our workflow, and how we used the information to create website content. We outline a simple but rigorous keyword research method that anyone can do, and how to turn that information into targeted content for your website! What You'll Learn

Where to begin when doing keyword research

Take a look at competitor pages to see what they are targeting

Utilize the information on the Google search results page to find related keywords

Don't forget about Bing

Discover which keywords are most popular

Create keyword targeted website content

View the show notes, resource links, episode transcript, and watch the video version at https://www.localseotactics.com/how-to-do-keyword-research-for-seo-content-writing/
28 min
October 22, 2020How To Build Citations For A Business Yourself Or With Local Citation Services
What are local citations? A citation is essentially a listing of your business, and it's key information, on another website. Think of Yelp, Mapquest, and similar websites. Your business is listed, usually with your name, address, phone number, website link, and basic business information. Citations are a powerful way to broaden your reach and build authority for your business. In this episode we'll talk about what they are, how to build more of them, 3rd party local citation services you can use, and best practices for maintaining them moving forward. What You'll Learn

Citations are listings of your business on another website

Google My Business is the most powerful citation for your business

More citations can broaden your business authority and reach

It is important to keep your business information consistent across all citation listings

Search for competitors and see what citations they are using

There are local citation services to help you find, clean, and build citations if you need help

Keep a record of your citations and and the login details to modify them later as needed

Update your citations every 6 to 12 months or as key business information changes

View the show notes, resource links, episode transcript, and watch the video version at www.localseotactics.com
27 min
October 13, 2020Do Not Forget To Optimize The Thank You Pages On Your Website
In this episode we're going to talk about some good practices to optimize your "thank you" page, or pages, for your website. What we're talking about is the page that a prospect or customer will land on, after the fill out a contact form on your website. You can optimize and leverage this page on your site to help engage further with customers, promote your brand, and direct them to new areas you want to promote. Plus, getting this setup will also help you with measuring "goals" within Google Analytics - which we will cover in an upcoming episode, so stay tuned for that! What You'll Learn

What a thank you page is, and why it's an important feature of your website

How to promote products and services to a captive audience

How to leverage your thank you page to improve your sales and upselling process

Setting up multiple thank you pages and why this is a good idea

How thank you pages help for tracking goals in Google Analytics

View the show notes, resource links, episode transcript, and watch the video version at https://www.localseotactics.com/do-not-forget-to-optimize-the-thank-you-pages-on-your-website/
19 min
October 09, 2020Does It Help My SEO If I Link To My Website In The Comments Section Of Another Sites Blog Post
Back after the coronavirus summer, we're here with a new episode of Local SEO Tactics. This week we answer a call in question from Cole, about the effectiveness of getting backlinks from blog posts. This is a tactic that worked years ago, but is not really effective anymore. We'll talk about why, and also cover some good best practices for getting real backlinks, that work, for your website! What You'll Learn

Sometimes you can link back to your website from a blog post or website article

This was an effective SEO tactic years ago

Most links are now tagged as nofollow, so they do not provide any backlink benefit

You can still drive traffic by linking to your site from a blog

The best tactic is to get good local, niche relevant, or high authority backlinks

View the show notes, resource links, episode transcript, and watch the video version at https://www.localseotactics.com/will-linking-back-to-my-website-from-blog-posts-provide-any-seo-benefit-to-my-site/
13 min
August 27, 2020You Can Now Upload Photos When Leaving A Review On Google My Business Listings
Okay, so we all know (by now) that getting reviews for your business is very important. Google just improved the process, and value in our opinion, by allowing photos to be uploaded with reviews on your Google My Business listing. This is a great new option and can have a positive impact on your listing visibility and ranking in the map pack. In this episode we discuss the importance of this new feature, and how you can leverage it to maximize the benefits for your GMB and your business! What You'll Learn

You can now have photos submitted by users when they leave you a Google My Business review

Photos that are uploaded with reviews are a great double dip, to get a review and a photo at the same time

Google can tell what is a stock photo and what is original

Getting these original photos uploaded by users is a great engagement signal for your Google My Business listing

Make sure you have a plan to ask customers for a review, to get more reviews

Add a script or process to ask for photos to be included in the review by your customers

View the show notes, resource links, episode transcript, and watch the video version at https://www.localseotactics.com/you-can-now-upload-photos-when-leaving-a-review-on-google-my-business-listings/
22 min
August 26, 2020Explanation On Linking From Inner Silo Pages To Your Primary Money Page
A few episodes back we talked about a strategy for creating content silos and how to link those pages together, and also how to link them to your primary or "money" page. Local SEO Tactics listener Matt asked a question about why this is a tactic, and why it is better to link from a silo page than to a silo page. In this episode, we answer his question and expand on the topic of silo pages.

When it makes sense to link from an inner silo page out to your money page

When it makes sense to link from your money page out to an inner page

You need to understand the intent of your inner silo pages if they are sales pages or just content pages

Be specific and intentional on how you are linking your pages together and the road map you are creating

Inner silo pages are generally created for Google, to help them understand your scope of content

The inner links you create for your website help show Google your major content areas and what is important
15 min
July 06, 2020What Are Google Search Operators and How To Use Them For SEO Research and Benefits
If you're doing SEO, then you're also using Google in ways that the average Google user is not. You're performing research, market analysis, and looking for content ideas, among other things. In this episode we're going to cover the topic of "search operators", to help you level up your Google search game! We'll touch on some of the more powerful and hand search operators, and hopefully turn you on to some new ways to use Google to improve your SEO and knowledge.

What You'll Learn

Use search operators to refine and manipulate the type of search results you are looking for

There are dozens of individual search operator functions that you can use

Simply type the search operators into Google, incorporating them into your Google search

You can restrict search results to a single domain

You can restrict search results to specific keywords or topics

Use search operators for precise market research and competitor analysis
23 min

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