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Jan 13
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DirectFeed – Your Business Needs This Service!

By Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Did you know over 40% of business listing information is incorrect across the internet.

This bad information is costing you customers and hurting your online marketing efforts. The simple way to start correcting this bad data is to use DirectFeed. DirectFeed is an enhanced owner-verified business listing service.

DirectFeed submits your accurate business listing to the four major data providers: Factual, Acxiom, Infogroup, and Neustar (Localeze). Together, these data providers are referenced by over 300 online listing directories.DirectFeed - Listing Distribution

Optimize your listings for four factors that impact local search rank:

  1. maximize the number of online citations (very important trust factor for search engines)
  2. ensure listings appear on public, trusted sources  (like Yelp, Google, YP, etc.)
  3. improved accuracy and consistency of business listing information
  4. increase direct website traffic from directories (i.e. get more new customers from online directories)

To see how DirectFeed works, check out this video.

Dec 17
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Google My Business – Adding Your Business to Google [VIDEO]

By Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Uncategorized

It is very important to establish a listing on Google My Business. Google My Business is a platform that puts your business information on search, maps, and Google+. It creates a cohesive environment and it makes it easier to manage how your business appears across those three platforms.

Now if you’ve previously used Google Places for Business, your account has automatically been upgraded to Google My Business, but you’ll want to review the information as new options are available to you.

Let’s walk through how to set up your page on Google My Business.

 

Jan 26
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Online Reviews – Are They More Important Today?

By Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing, Online Reviews

online reviewsThanks to the increased exposure of the web all over the world, more and more people are turning to the internet when it comes to making important decisions in their lives. Because of this, online reviews are becoming more and more relevant when it comes to searching what customers think about a certain product or service.

Why people read online reviews?

The answer is very simple, because they manage to obtain immediate access to these reviews and at the same time the opinions come from many past customers, which definitely makes reviews more relevant. More than 90% of online buyers are reading reviews for any product or service, which means that if your business wants to generate more sales, it definitely needs to have a lot of positive reviews online in order to get the attention of potential buyers. The #1 landing spot for your reviews is Google. Google likes to see reviews listed for businesses. In fact, many people in the SEO world believe having reviews helps with organic rankings. Google has never confirmed this, but the belief still exists. Read More

Oct 31
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[VIDEO] What Is An Enhanced Business Listing & How Can It Help My Business?

By Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Every business should have an “enhanced business listing”. Why? Search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing rely on signals from well respected directories to build trust, so HometownLocal created DirectFeed.  DirectFeed is an enhanced business listing service that removes the hassle of manually inputting your business information across the many search engines and directories.

DirectFeed sends your business information to over 125 directories for greater visibility to potential customers.  This tedious task can take hours and sometimes days to find and add your business information. DirectFeed can handle this task seamlessly, so you can get back to running your business.

How does DirectFeed work? Check out this video to see DirectFeed in action.

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Oct 10
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FREE SEO Audit Tool – Is Your Website Helping Your Business? Find The Answer Here [VIDEO]

By Local Search, Mobile Responsive, Online Advertising, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

The ability of your website to draw traffic depends almost entirely on the strength of your SEO content. As a website owner who relies on revenue from your site, you should be very interested in how your SEO content is performing on the various Internet search engines.

The most effective way to determine whether or not your SEO content is effective is to utilize our SEO audit tool free of charge. This is a powerful tool that will let you know if you are reaching your audience and if your message is being read.



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