by Jeffrey Magner | Nov 25, 2020 | Business Information, Google My Business, Local Search, Local SEO, Yelp
Our friends over at Whitespark just published this great post about updating your Google listing for the holidays so I’m sharing parts of it here for you. Much of this applies to Yelp too, if Yelp is an important lead source for you. It’s important to stay current on...
by Jeffrey Magner | Mar 26, 2020 | Business Information, Google My Business, Local Search, Local SEO, Yelp
Some Features & Functions on Google are Delayed or Temporarily Suspended Many businesses are implementing changes to their business, processes and opening hours, switching to remote work, and delivering their products and services online. Customers are...
by Jeffrey Magner | Mar 7, 2020 | Local Search
Each Google review your business gets can deliver a ranking boost – and sometimes it can be a big boost! Getting folks to actually write a review on Google can be tricky and challenging so here’s an Idea: Two days ago, an awesome new Yelp review came in...
by Jeffrey Magner | Nov 26, 2019 | Business Information, Customer Service, Google My Business, Local SEO
Does your business have different business hours on the upcoming Holidays? If so, you’ll need to update your hours on each of your primary local/social business profiles. The good news is that Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and Facebook make it super easy to do. I...
by Jeffrey Magner | Nov 6, 2019 | Google My Business, Reviews
STEP 1: Get your Link HERE.Darren Shaw over at Whitespark created a great tool that generates a reasonable looking link that points directly to where folks just start typing a review for you. The link to my business looks like this – it’s still ugly but it...
by Jeffrey Magner | Jul 4, 2019 | Advanced SEO, Business Information, Google My Business, Local Search, Local SEO, Reviews
** Update ** Just in the past week or so, Google has been ramping up listing suspensions and account suspensions – and their support teams are backlogged for weeks. Ugh. These days the unfortunate truth is that it’s easy to cheat your way to the top of Google....
by Jeffrey Magner | Mar 21, 2019 | Advanced SEO, Business Information, Google My Business, Local Search, NAP Consistency
Business Name Spam It’s hurting your Google rankings right now! We are spending about 2 hours of each work day, searching for Business Name Spam offenders and either directly editing these listings or reporting them to Google. It’s ugly and it’s a...
by Jeffrey Magner | Mar 1, 2019 | Local Search, Local SEO, Yelp
We recently “Optimized” a clients Yelp listing and wouldn’t you know – it made an impact immediately! There were no other factors such as new Yelp reviews. So it is true that simply updating your listing will make an impact. How to update your...
by Jeffrey Magner | Feb 26, 2019 | Local Search
Small business owners absolutely HATE Yelp. Actual quotes I’ve heard in the past 2 weeks: “I F***ing HATE YELP. Can’t it just go away?” “I seriously have PTSD from my experience from Yelp.” Why is Yelp so Horrible? Those STUPID...
by Jeffrey Magner | Feb 21, 2019 | Marketing, Online Advertising, Yelp
Are you tired of those stupid annoying phone calls from Yelp? Do you want them to stop? Do you HATE YELP so much you could scream? Here’s how to stop the Yelp calls. Step 1: Answer their call, or call them back. You can’t hide. They will NEVER stop...
