Local Search Engine Optimization for Small Business

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Deck I used at the Mid-Hudson Valley Digital Marketers event to discuss how a small business should approach optimizing their website, content and how to compete in the local search space.

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Big Time SEO on a Small Business Budget

Who is Jason White?

But in Reality…

Abe Uchitelle
Let's take the H1s from this chart and graphically show just those 5 concepts. Could be 5 circles that say "Brand Maintenance", "community", etc

I Hustle so My Clients Earn Traffic

& Make Them Money

Search Engines Aren’t Magic

• Fancy Math Equation • There are no Shortcuts• Incredibly Rational

Math. Simplified.

Search Engines want the best answer to a user’s query.

Be Real. Be You.

Search Engines trust established brands because users do.

Search Engines are leery of brands that don’t seem credible.

Focus on your customer.

Let your passion permeate.

Credibility Matters

I’m a Weirdo SEO

I don’t care about optimization.I am who I am and that’s all that I am.

I let my passion ooze out.

Rankings Are Garbage Success Metric

Focus on what you Control

Feed the Search Engine

Earn ReviewsEarn PressGo Slow

Google Plus, Google Maps & Google Local

Google Maps

Google Local

Yelp! SERP

Yelp! Business Listing:

Your NAP!

Name, Address, Phone Number

Complete Your Profile

Complete Your Profile

Earn Reviews & Listen to your Customers

Don’t Fake It

The Other Guys – Building Profiles by Niche

Don’t think Links, Think Visibility Become a web citizen.

Frequent the publications that you want to profile you or your business. Comment and Share.

Focus on earning visibility because the Links and Citations follow.

Get to Know Who Matters

Local Journalists

Local Bloggers

Local Luminaries

Tell Them a Story

Give Before You Ask

Follow them on Social Media.

Find common interests.

Share and comment on their content.

The People in this Room Matter

Shoot! There’s a Lot to Do…

Digital Marketing is a long term game. It doesn’t Happen Overnight.

Make changes little by little.

Measure what happens & make more improvements as necessary.

Search Engines are Rational

Hypothesize, implement, analyze &Do it again.

The Internet is dynamic .

Your Business is dynamic.

Thank You

Let’s Connect:Twitter: @Sonray

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaylwhite/

jason@dragonsearch.net

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