by Jeffrey Magner | Oct 7, 2018 | Being Extraordinary, Customer Service, Google My Business, Reviews
* Standard real-world customer service principles apply here. *How you respond shows prospective customers how you will treat them if things go bad. *Positive review responses OPTIONAL. Brief thank you message to the reviewer. *Negative review responses HIGHLY...
by Jeffrey Magner | Oct 3, 2018 | Local Search, Marketing
If you are like me, your personal phone receives multiple calls each day from spammers. Ugh. It’s the worst! How do they get your number? I call these “stupid spam sales calls” and I believe that phone numbers are sold to the highest bidder whenever you sign up for...
by Jeffrey Magner | Oct 1, 2018 | Google My Business, Local Search, Reviews
Below is a template email for you to customize and send to your customers or clients to request a review. First – Here are the top 5 keys to requesting reviews Schedule time on your calendar EACH WEEK to do this Make your requests personal & individualized....
by Jeffrey Magner | Sep 27, 2018 | Google My Business, Local Search, Reviews
We’ll send you $50 in November for each business location of yours that gets 5 Google reviews in October. Seriously, NOW is the time to get Google Reviews! Start today! Yes, it’s not easy to Get people to review your business on Google. You could try handwritten...
by Jeffrey Magner | Sep 24, 2018 | Local Search
Short Answer: Yes. Get this done this month! HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP. It reflects that your website has a SSL Certificate. This might seem like a hassle and yes there is an additional fee. It’s been fine to put this off until about July of 2018. But now...
by Jeffrey Magner | Jun 28, 2018 | Content Marketing, Keyword Research, Local Search, Local SEO, Specialty Pages
About two years ago, I got a phone call from Joan Teasdale. She was a hypnotherapist in New York City who had just started her practice and wanted to rank better on Google. Her website was beautiful but had no SEO – no keywords, no location tags – nothing....
by Jeffrey Magner | Jun 16, 2018 | Advanced SEO, Being Extraordinary, Links, Local Search, Marketing
Last week wrote a post about how to get other people to link to your website which really was about business owners soliciting their connections for links. And I got some feedback on it from a couple other agencies that have been advocating these methods for years....
by Jeffrey Magner | Jun 9, 2018 | Links, Local Search
It’s a race to the top of Google, folks! And often the one key metric that Google uses to determine your rank-worthiness is quantity (and Quality) of links to your website. How else would Google know that other people appreciated your website? Google is looking...
by Jeffrey Magner | Jun 6, 2018 | Google My Business, Local Search, Local SEO, Reviews
[UPDATE] Not one of our clients got 5 Google reviews in June. One client got 4 reviews. So in August, We’ll do another reward offer and I’ll publicize it more. Now Offering a $100 REWARD! You are kidding me. Last month, we offered $50 if any of our current...
by Jeffrey Magner | May 25, 2018 | Google My Business, Reviews
Ugh. As first reported by Mike Blumenthal, Google has stopped showing reviews from anonymous accounts. This will upset many business owners who have worked hard for years to get Google reviews. As if getting Google reviews wasn’t hard enough as it is. Years ago,...
