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In this post, you’ll find a set of sensible, actionable steps you can take to raise your Google Business Profile star ratings, improve your reviews, and begin developing the good online reputation you need in order to realize the full profit potential of the local businesses you market.
As we ring in 2023, Miriam shares insights from industry professionals that show why the developments we’ve seen over the past few months indicate greater change ahead — driven by Google’s attitude toward and handling of local and general search philosophy.
There has been so much going on, it’s a small wonder if you haven’t caught every development, but here’s a list of some of the most interesting ones you should be aware of as we look towards 2023. We’ve got one new interface, two awful bugs, three new GBP features, four review developments, several guideline updates … all that’s missing is the partridge in the pear tree!
Today, we’ll be learning more about customer preferences by age group surrounding local business reviews, taking a deeper dive into some of the data from The Impact of Local Business Reviews on Consumer Behavior | SEO Industry Report.
In July of this year, Moz published a report analyzing an element of Google’s local results we termed “local pack headers”. About a month after publication, members of the local SEO community began noticing that the extraordinary diversity of headings we had captured had suddenly diminished. Today, Miriam presents a quick follow-up to the manual portion of our earlier study in an effort to quantify and illustrate this abrupt alteration.
Following our publication of The Impact of Local Business Reviews on Consumer Behavior, Miriam distills the dominant traits, characteristics, and behaviors shown by reviewers and business owners. These insights are meant to help you envision both the public and practices in an approachable manner, and enable you to form a useful mental picture of who and what you’re working with when it comes to growing and managing your reputation.
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We’re thrilled to announce Moz’s first large-scale survey on the habits of local business review readers, review writers and successful owner responses. Read our free report today for dozens of actionable insights, thoughtful analysis, and expert commentary from local SEO industry professionals.
Big brands aren’t expecting a banner year for people buying new TVs or surveillance technology. Yet, if what your local business offers is help with basic needs and modest comforts, 2022’s holiday sales can be decent, if not a phenomenal spree. Let’s look at a solid strategy for stocking what folks want and communicating that you’re here to serve.
Google Business Profile is both a free tool and a suite of interfaces that encompasses a dashboard, in-SERP editing, local business profiles, and a volunteer-driven support forum with this branding. Share this simple, comprehensive article with incoming clients and team members to get off on the right foot with this important local business digital asset.
Miriam shares some of her learnings about marketing and sustainability, including insights from the co-authors of the celebrated book "Sustainable Marketing - How To Drive Profits with Purpose", Gemma Butler and Michelle Carvill. Find out why sustainable marketing is the critical skill now for our careers and lives.
It’s the combination of how to consistently think local and how to selectively act local that you’ll be pursuing as a career scholar in local SEO. Today, Miriam lays out high quality paid and free local SEO educational resources and tools to keep you thinking and acting successfully in the years ahead.
43% of local marketers say that there aren’t enough resources available to teach them local SEO. Today, Moz is debuting our Local SEO Certification program to fulfill this need. With this well-organized, engaging video course, you can learn at your own pace, take an exam, and earn a certificate and LinkedIn badge as proof of your achievement.