Angie’s List and Yelp: Are They A Smart Move For Your Local Service Business?
AngiesList.com and Yelp.com are perhaps the two most recognized consumer rating directories here in the US. Both websites provide a platform for local service businesses and local consumers to connect, do business and leave reviews. I should also mention there are SEO benefits to setting your business up on these websites too. So the short answer is “Yes” […]
How To Claim & SEO Optimize Your YP.com Business Listing
Today, businesses of all types are going digital and that includes the good ol’ phone book. That’s right. The Yellow Pages, one of the most recognizable directory listing services in the U.S., is now a completely digital platform, with an audience of millions of web and mobile visitors. For businesses, YP.com – the Yellow Pages’ […]
How To Claim & SEO Optimize Your Yahoo Local Business Listing
Yahoo is one of the Big 3 search engines, accounting for nearly 15 percent of all searches completed in the U.S. each day. That figure represents an enormous marketing opportunity for local businesses. Effective Yahoo local listings help small business get found at the most critical time – when customers are searching for their contact […]
Simple Email Marketing Strategy To Generate More Sales On Autopilot
When you own a business, it’s important to constantly be looking for ways to automate, eliminate and delegate tasks in your business so you can continue to put energy and focus on sales growth and profitability. Have you ever considered bringing automation into your business? What if you could automate follow-up, aspects of your sales […]
How To Claim & SEO Optimize Your Bing Local Business Listing
How easy is it for customers to find your company’s contact info in online search? Does it jump out in listings when someone types in the name of your business or industry- and location-specific terms? If not, you’re missing out on a massive marketing opportunity. Customers find businesses that rank higher in local search easier, […]
Complete List of Online Lead Generation Strategies For Home Service Businesses
For small businesses, growth is often a strategic goal. And lead generation plays a huge part in helping small companies grow. Of course, generating high-quality leads without blowing through your marketing budget is easier said than done. Fortunately, businesses have a number of low-cost – and often free – tools available to help market their […]
5 Secrets to Turn Your Website into a Lead Machine
Your company’s website offers an incredible opportunity to engage with potential customers. In fact, it’s often your first point-of-contact with them. That’s why it’s so critical that your website is designed to turn traffic into phone calls, appointments and, ultimately, sales. But how can you turn your website into a lead machine? A number of […]
8 Blog Marketing Profit Tips For Service Businesses
When you run an search engine marketing agency for small businesses like I do, you focus a lot of time on content marketing, specifically blog marketing. In this post, I want to share with you my list of 8 deadly blog marketing sins to avoid at all times when posting blogs for your business. #1. […]
5 YouTube SEO Profit Tips For Service Businesses
#1. You have no goal to your video. Just creating a video without a purpose is not worth creating. Every video your business creates should have a specific purpose like driving targeted traffic to your website, or to provide helpful information and expertise about a topic for your target audience, or to leverage social proof […]
6 Social Media Profit Tips For Service Businesses
#1. Not creating social media pages for your company. Be sure to claim and create social media pages for your business on the major social media websites on the Internet. I’m specifically referring to creating a Facebook Business Page, a LinkedIn Company Page, a Google+ Brand Page, a Twitter Business Handle, and a YouTube Business […]
