Where would your WordPress blog be without a plugin or two? WordPress plugins add functionality to your blog. They make blogging easier, more secure or just simply prettier. With over 31,000 WordPress plugins available in the WordPress repository alone, how do you start choosing? When you see lists of 50 or 101 essential WordPress Plugins, […]
How to Delete Free Yell Listings
There seems to be an influx of people landing here looking for details on how to delete free Yell listings. I know from experience cleaning up citations for local listings that Yell/Hibu don’t seem to have this information available on their site – or if it is, it is so far buried that no one […]
Fear Disguised As Practicality
I was taking a moment this morning to catch up with some reading with my coffee, when this gem whizzed through my feed. It’s 8 minutes of highlights from Jim Carrey’s Commencement Address at Maharashi University of Management. I’m not a fan of Jim Carrey. The only reason I stopped to watch was because the […]
On-Page Local SEO: 10 Tips To Improve Your Local SEO [Infographic]
ContentsLocal SEO WoesLocal SEO all starts with your websiteOn-Page Local SEO Checklist10 On-Page Local SEO TipsOn-Page Local SEO Conclusion Local SEO Woes “I’m doing all this stuff and still can’t be found online, even for my business name!” Sound familiar? I hear it a lot from small business owners who are frantically Tweeting or Facebooking […]
Google My Business – Goodbye Google Places
ContentsHello Google My BusinessWhat is Google My Business?What My Business Isn’tI Love The Change! Hello Google My Business Google announced yesterday the global rollout of Google My Business. The official UK announcement came this morning over on the Google UK for Business Page. Google My Business should be hitting the dashboard in 236 regions and […]
Using Facebook For Local Business – 10 Top Tips for Getting Started
Using Facebook for Local Business can be quite a challenge. When you see your peers and competitors furiously spamming Facebook groups with 2, 3 or even more profiles used for business, it’s tempting to fall into the same trap. While the news that the reach for Facebook Pages is lower than ever, having a well […]
You Are What You Share (Or How Your Personal Status Updates Directly Impact Business)
ContentsYou Are What You ShareFacebook, Friends and FanaticsWhat’s This Got To Do With You?Perception is Truth You Are What You Share Have you ever looked closely at how you come across on social media? YOU. Not your business but you as an individual? In this day and age of re-tweets, re-blogs, shares, re-shares and hashtags, […]