3 next-level Yelp tricks for business owners

Struggling with Yelp reviews? Columnist Brian Patterson shares his tactics for understanding and improving your review score.

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Why SMBs should spend more of their budget on online marketing in 2017

With deadlines for 2017 budgets just around the corner, columnist Will Scott discusses why local businesses should be allocating more of their dollars to digital marketing.

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Why is free money that can be used on local search marketing being left on the table?

Up to $35 billion of co-op funds go unused every year. Wesley Young of the LSA takes a look at trends in the use of co-op funds, challenges and threats arising from digital media and opportunities to make co-op work for you.

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AdWords Express expands deeper click-to-call reporting, adds ad scheduling and more

Three new features arrive for small businesses using Google’s automated ad service.

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Excited about Google’s new map ads? You should be!

Google Maps ads are changing to help local businesses become more visible. Columnist Will Scott discusses the four features you should be most excited about.

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Google expansion of Local Inventory Ad product search now live in Maps and Knowledge Panels

The new feature, announced in May, allows users to search for product availability at specific stores from the search and Map listings of participating advertisers.

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7 lessons to jump-start your digital marketing in Asia

Looking to expand your business to Asia and not sure what to expect? Contributor Eli Schwartz shares insights gleaned from living and working overseas.

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10 tips for building a local brand that will boost your local search ranking

Branding is often viewed as the domain of large national businesses. Yet small businesses will benefit from branding strategically on a local level. Columnist Wesley Young takes a look at ways to boost your profile and your page rank with local brandin…

Forecast says SEO-related spending will be worth $80 billion by 2020

Report from Borrell Associates argues “marketing services” spending in US is much larger than advertising.

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“Search disruption is coming!” and 9 other expert insights From LSA16

The Local Search Association recently held its 2016 Annual Conference, LSA16, and Wesley Young shares 10 insights from experts and SMBs that will impact your marketing strategy.

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What different consumer groups really want from local business websites

Columnist Myles Anderson takes a look at what consumers in different age groups are looking for when it comes to local business websites. Local SEO practitioners, take note!

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The Local SEO Playbook To Increased Visibility And Customer Acquisition

Columnist Thomas Stern discusses five essential components of local optimization that increase online exposure and drive offline traffic to brick-and-mortar stores.

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