Jan Kearney -Your Local Business Marketing Consultant
As Google Local evolves and becomes ever more complicated (and frustrating for many), it’s easy to get stuck in the trap of old style Local SEO. I loved this Whiteboard Friday from SEOMoz with David Mihm. Google Local Ranking David Mihm is the creator of the Local Search Ranking Factors survey, which is possibly the [...]
I’ve been dying to get to this since last night when I saw the Google blog announcement fly through my feed. Google Places is having a makeover. Its new improved dashboard is rolling out now in the US and will eventually go international. We’re told to sit tight. What’s new in Google Places for Business? [...]
Spring has officially arrived and when better to turn your thoughts to tidying up your local online listings. Dig out your mops and rubber gloves, let’s get started! 1 Google +Local (Google Places) Top of the list is Google +Local. Also known as Google Places, this puts your business on the Google Map. If you [...]
Another change for the better over at Google+ Local (Google Places). Google have updated the guidelines for changing a business address. It is now perfectly OK to change your business address in the Google Places dashboard or on the Google+ Local Business page if you have a verified merged Plus page. No Need To Mark [...]
Mike Blumenthal revealed on his blog yesterday that Google have started offering phone support for Google Places pin issues. I hope you were sitting down when you read that! Don’t get too excited yet… Here’s what Mike said over on his blog: To initiate a call in go to the Google Places for Business I’m [...]
It’s the 2nd January, and back to the keyboard as usual with a business head on! Just before the holidays, Google made this announcement on their Google and Your Business Forum Are you a Service Area Business (SAB) that has created and verified/merged a social local Google+ page for your business? Read on! If you [...]
That title is a mouthful and a half isn’t it! So, to clarify… You’ve claimed your Google+ Local Page (also known as Google Places) and have started collecting reviews. You’ve created a Google+ Local Business page via your Google Plus account. Now you have the option to merge the two for a full social experience [...]
If you keep up with the Google and Your Business Forum, rarely a day goes by when someone doesn’t post about a call from Google Maps and then their business disappearing from the listings. I had the unexpected pleasure of a call from Google Maps yesterday… Google Maps Called Me The call was from a [...]
Jade Wang, the Google+ Local Community Manager often creates a quick video outlining current Google+ Local issues, fixes and best practices. As the forum is so busy (even reading it through Google Reader!), I find these forum wrap-ups really useful. I hope you do too. This week’s Google and Your Business Forum topics… Owner responses [...]
“I Can See the Future of Your Google Reviews”by Margaret Shulock is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at blumenthals.com Help! My Google Reviews Disappeared I had a quick question on Skype earlier this week… “I just popped into my local listing. What happened? Most of my Google [...]
I'm really pleased to have Evelyn Cucchiara as a guest blogger today. I met Evelyn through the … [Read More...]
The 30 Day Facebook Fanpage Challenge started on Monday in a flurry of activity and mad clicks. One … [Read More...]
Facebook Graph Search is rolling out to users as we speak. Unfortunately, small businesses simply … [Read More...]
“Being novices to IT, we hired Jan through a recommendation to help us with our web site(which is brilliant). Not only did she build the web site but she as mentored us through every step of the way, navigating the internet, encouraging us to joining different social networks. With out her help we would have been really struggling to cope with the requirements of a modern day business.
Rating by Elaine Parry: stars
.png "I Support IEC")
