Local Search Engine Optimization for Small Business

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Big Time SEO on a Small Business Budget

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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

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Who is Jason White?

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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
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I Hustle so My Clients Earn Traffic

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& Make Them Money

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Search Engines Aren’t Magic

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

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Math. Simplified.

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

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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.

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Credibility Matters

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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.

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Rankings Are Garbage Success Metric

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Focus on what you Control

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Feed the Search Engine

Earn ReviewsEarn PressGo Slow

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Google Plus, Google Maps & Google Local

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Google Maps

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Google Local

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Yelp! SERP

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Yelp! Business Listing:

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Your NAP!

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Name, Address, Phone Number

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Complete Your Profile

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Complete Your Profile

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Earn Reviews & Listen to your Customers

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Don’t Fake It

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The Other Guys – Building Profiles by Niche

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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.

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Get to Know Who Matters

Local Journalists

Local Bloggers

Local Luminaries

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Tell Them a Story

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Give Before You Ask

Follow them on Social Media.

Find common interests.

Share and comment on their content.

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The People in this Room Matter

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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.

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Search Engines are Rational

Hypothesize, implement, analyze &Do it again.

The Internet is dynamic .

Your Business is dynamic.

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Thank You

Let’s Connect:Twitter: @Sonray

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

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