Local SEO

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Dominate Locally Think Nationally Will Hanke

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Will Hanke shows how to dominate the local rankings during his session at the2010 MarketSTL Conference

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Dominate LocallyThink Nationally

Will Hanke

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Local Search

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Local Search

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Local Search

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Why Worry About Local?

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Outrank the National Players

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Old Methods are… well… Old!

Will’s Pizza

Please visit

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The Yellow Pages are Dying

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Billboards and PUSH Marketing

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Newspapers – Another Dying Breed

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Ranking Locally is Ranking Nationally (Eventually)

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How Can I Rank Locally?

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Set Your Baseline

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Claim Your Local Business Listing

http://www.google.com/local/add/

http://listings.local.yahoo.com/

https://ssl.bing.com/listings/ListingCenter.aspx

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Make Some Onsite Changes

•Add Geographical Locator to some Title Tag(s)•Update Your Contact Page Info•Include a Map and Driving Directions (Text)•Add GL’s to your META Descriptions•Blog about local events/news related to your biz•Mention local landmarks in posts•Don’t forget about multiple spellings, zip codes

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Marketing Suggestions

Run/add analyticsUse call tracking or special URLsAsk your customers for reviews Geolocated Link buildingClaim your profile on GBL, Yahoo Local, etcAdd a blog to your siteConsider cutting out Yellow Page spending

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You Can’t Ignore Social Media

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Realtime Search

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Will Hanke

Contact info:[email protected]

WillHanke.com@TechLH