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…Local Experience: A new era for local marketing and customer experience Rio SEO is the leading Local Experience (LX) platform for enterprise brands. The LX platform provides multi-location organizations with a comprehensive, seamlessly integrated suite of turnkey local marketing solutions proven to increase brand visibility across search engines, social networks, map applications, and more. Local Experience Local with a global reach A new era has come. One in w…

12 Common Mistakes Killing Your Local SEO [Webinar Recap]

…d is a priority—positive and negative alike. Reviews are not only an extension of your customer service experience but impact your visibility and rankings in local search, as well.  Check out our Ask the Experts: Reputation Management & Local Listings [Webinar Recap] to learn more. 7. Failing to Activate Local Data Brands need both high-level and granular insights to inform business decisions and allocate local marketing resources. In fact, 56% of organizations leveraging analytics are e…

2021 Local Marketing Predictions and What’s to Come

…tants gain additional capabilities for facilitating conversions with voice commands, for example. Amazon is in the process of integrating product attributes into voice search with Alexa, so you could ask “Where is the nearest CVS ordering the COVID vaccine?” Google is well-positioned to add this functionality around location attributes. On the organic search side, Google’s Page Experience update is coming in May 2021. Google will be considering user experience signals including mobile-fri……Staying at the leading edge of the local search landscape means making sure your brand is positioned to take advantage of new features and functionalities as they become available. Lately, the updates have been coming out fast and furious as Google has kept pace with rapidly changing local consumer and searcher needs and behavior. Check out these new and emerging Google My Business (GMB) features as well as a few things outside of GMB that brand marketers will want to keep your eye on in the co…

4 Reasons Keyword Clusters Should Be Part of Your SEO Strategy

…item icon="fa-arrow-alt-circle-right fas"] Coming up with narrower topics that fall within this broad pillar topic and are related to the primary keyword. For natural skincare, these could be “DIY masks routine”, “fruit masks acne”, and so on. All of these will constitute starting your keyword list. [/fusion_li_item][fusion_li_item icon="fa-arrow-circle-right fas"] Using keyword research tools to include variations of these above narrow topics. [/fusion_li_item][fusion_li_item icon="fa……tice would suggest that each page focuses on and is optimized for one main keyword. Today, keyword clusters can help with a more efficient SEO strategy that enables you to target multiple keywords on the same page, assisting search engines in understanding the relevance of that page to various queries. This lets you focus on perfecting each page versus expending resources on multiple similar pages that may be thinner and less informative. As long as the words you target have the same search int…

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…careers Hello, is it us you’re looking for? Rio SEO is transforming the local marketing landscape. And that’s all thanks to our team of uber-talented whip-smart people, who just happen to be great fun, too. And we’re looking for more.  Want to shape the future of local experience? Join us.  See open positions Bigger than perks Why work at Rio SEO Grow your career We set our people up for success. That means giving you traini…

Rio SEO’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2021

…l search landscape. As we collectively look forward to 2022, let’s take a look back at the most popular updates to take place over the last year.  Local Search Trends and Predictions for 2021: Ask the Experts Analyzing future trends and predictions can better help your business plan for what is to come. These predictions hold even more weight when shared by experts in the marketing industry. In this blog, we asked seven renowned digital marketing professionals to share their thoughts on w…

Top 10 Rio SEO blog posts of 2022

…2022 Content 7 image optimization tips for Google My Business photos How to edit your Google Business profile 7 phrases to use when replying to customer complaints The effect of duplicate content on SEO for multi-location brands Top 2022 marketing conferences to attend: Live and virtual events How to use GBP’s new posts image carousel: 25 tips for brands Do special characters impact search results? Nested search results: Why Google Search results…

Bing

…Bing Bing listing management may be a distant thought for marketers, but it’s a platform that deserves ample attention. Over 1 billion visitors turn to Bing for their search needs which further highlights the need for your business to appear on this growing search engine.  Rio SEO can help your business seamlessly bulk upload to Bing Places to syndicate location data. However, unlike with Google Business Profile, clients cannot share previously created locati…

Solving The Mystery Behind Measuring Local Marketing Success

…Who else wants to know the mystery behind measuring local marketing success? Measuring the success of your local marketing campaign performance can be a difficult task even for the most seasoned of marketers. Measurement becomes increasingly burdensome when tasked with providing tangibile proof of performance at scale. Traditional marketing metrics--such as leads, conversions, and searches-- all tie into how customers are engaging with you business, but what metrics are most important to measur……Who else wants to know the mystery behind measuring local marketing success? Measuring the success of your local marketing campaign performance can be a difficult task even for the most seasoned of marketers. Measurement becomes increasingly burdensome when tasked with providing tangibile proof of performance at scale. Traditional marketing metrics--such as leads, conversions, and searches-- all tie into how customers are engaging with you business, but what metrics are most important to measur…… are engaging with you business, but what metrics are most important to measure? To answer this question, we turned to a panel of digital marketing gurus and veteran search engine optimization (SEO) experts to gather their insights. Our panel included: Jeff Ferguson, Head of Production at Amplitude Digital Greg Gifford, Vice President of Search Marketing at SearchLab Noah Learner, Product Director at Two Octobers Tyler, Director of Enterprise Solutions at Rio SEO Together, the panel s…

AI & your online reputation: Winning the search battle

…WEBINAR AI & your online reputation: Winning the search battle Duration: 45 minutes Customer decisions are complex. It’s an ongoing adventure that flows between websites and search, from pre- to post-purchase and back again. And customers are expecting personalization and excellence with every interaction. It's time consuming to analyze and manage excellent experiences. Enter AI-driven technologies that help you deliver what your customers expect, every time. Your online …

Managing your online reputation at scale

…t with potential customers and significantly influence purchasing decisions. In our latest consumer behavior study, Rio SEO found that 84% of local customers confirmed that first-party reviews impact their buying choices, with the average customer reading 4.5 reviews before visiting a business. Reviews directly impact location visibility, credibility, and conversions, shaping each customer’s experience and your brand’s profitability. Effective review management is crucial, yet handling an…

Top 10 questions about local search answered

…– or not. Generally, positive local reviews help increase visibility, while negative reviews can decrease visibility. However, customers tend not to trust when a brand has no bad reviews, so resist asking Google or other platforms to delete these from your profile. Instead, develop a strategy and templates for responding to negative reviews. It is essential for multi-location brands that customers have the same experience regardless of which location they’re dealing with, and review manag……Top 10 questions about local search answered Managing local enterprise SEO is no small undertaking, given the volume of locations involved and the rapid pace at which search engines and consumer preferences change. We get a lot of great questions about local search from newsletter readers and participants in our local marketing webinars, and have compiled their top questions into one resource for you here. Read on for instant answers to common local enterprise SEO questi……ogle, including Google Search and Google Maps. Rio SEO’s integration with Apple’s Business Connect API also allows for the same publishing functionality with Apple Maps. Our in-house local search experts are also on hand to help your brand strategize and resolve complex listings issues such as ownership conflicts and duplicate listing issues. Recommended reading: Duplicate Listings & Ownership Conflicts: Expert Tips 3. How can we make our web content more relevant to local searcher…

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…Win your clients more business in the moments that matter Your clients are at the heart of your business, as are ours. Become their go-to resource for all things marketing by leveraging the Local Experience Platform. Rio SEO’s local experience solutions help your clients grow their business in local areas at a global scale. Empower your clients to focus on other aspects of their business while we take care of their marketing needs. See it in action Superio…

Nextdoor: The Neighborhood-centric Local Marketing Platform [Webinar Recap]

…One of the biggest challenges local marketers face is effectively reaching local customers in the moments that matter. What’s more, it becomes increasingly difficult to target those hyperlocal customers and their surrounding neighborhoods.  Despite continued unpredictability and enhanced safety measures across the country, we’ve found consumers are continuing to seek local businesses near them. In fact, searches for ‘available near me’ were up over 100% in 2020 compared to 2019. This f…

8 Ways to Master Your Keyword Research Strategy

…Just as Google continues to evolve its search algorithm updates, so too must search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing professionals evolve their keyword research strategy. Tactics that once worked—think focusing on keyword density and keyword stuffing in the early 2000s—are now completely outdated. Which is why it's imporant to consider, is your startegy out of date too? Recently, we were joined by an exceptional panel of digital and content marketing and local SEO experts to help us ……are now completely outdated. Which is why it's imporant to consider, is your startegy out of date too? Recently, we were joined by an exceptional panel of digital and content marketing and local SEO experts to help us discuss how to simplify your keyword research strategy to help your business rank higher and, in turn, convert more searchers. The panel included: Carrie Hill, Local SEO Specialist/Analyst at Sterling Sky Joe Sperzel, Group Director of SEO at Horizon Media Chad Klingensmit…

8 Ways to Master Your Keyword Research Strategy

…Just as Google continues to evolve its search algorithm updates, so too must search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing professionals evolve their keyword research strategy. Tactics that once worked—think focusing on keyword density and keyword stuffing in the early 2000s—are now completely outdated. Which is why it's imporant to consider, is your startegy out of date too? Recently, we were joined by an exceptional panel of digital and content marketing and local SEO experts to help us ……are now completely outdated. Which is why it's imporant to consider, is your startegy out of date too? Recently, we were joined by an exceptional panel of digital and content marketing and local SEO experts to help us discuss how to simplify your keyword research strategy to help your business rank higher and, in turn, convert more searchers. The panel included: Carrie Hill, Local SEO Specialist/Analyst at Sterling Sky Joe Sperzel, Group Director of SEO at Horizon Media Chad Klingensmit…

Rio SEO’s 7 top webinars of 2021

…ch month Rio SEO hosts webinars to better inform, educate, and inspire local marketers. We host industry experts, Google Business Profile experts, marketing professionals, agencies, and more to share their insights and experience. Our goal with our webinars is simple: to help multi-location businesses scale their local marketing efforts efficiently and with the right tools. In this blog post, we will revisit our seven top webinars of 2021. These webinars ranged a vast range of topics–from Goog……Each month Rio SEO hosts webinars to better inform, educate, and inspire local marketers. We host industry experts, Google Business Profile experts, marketing professionals, agencies, and more to share their insights and experience. Our goal with our webinars is simple: to help multi-location businesses scale their local marketing efforts efficiently and with the right tools. In this blog post, we will revisit our seven top webinars of 2021. These webinars ranged a vast range of topics–from Go…

Top 5 Rio SEO webinars of 2022

… customer experience insights revealed Each month Rio SEO hosts monthly webinars to discuss emerging trends, best practices, and original research findings around myriad local search topics. These topics include search engine optimization (SEO), marketing, customer experience, local search, and reputation management. Through these discussions, our goal is to provide attendees with up-to-date recommendations and actionable takeaways from experts in the industry. Our webinars fall on diff……EO), marketing, customer experience, local search, and reputation management. Through these discussions, our goal is to provide attendees with up-to-date recommendations and actionable takeaways from experts in the industry. Our webinars fall on different dates each month, but you can check out our events page to view previous and upcoming webinars, including the top Rio SEO webinars of 2022. In 2022, we hosted numerous memorable events, all of which can be viewed on demand if you didn’t ge…

2023 Local search consumer behavior study

…. business locations across eight key industries – including retail, healthcare, hospitality, and restaurants – to uncover trends shaping local search today. In this report, we break down: The impact of economic shifts, inflation, and external market forces on consumer search behavior. How search trends evolved across multi-location brands in service, finance, healthcare, hospitality, and more. The latest conversion trends – what drives clicks, calls, and in-store visits from …

2022 Local search consumer behavior study

… Rio SEO recently conducted our second annual Local Consumer Search Behavior survey to bring fresh local marketing insights to enterprise and multi-location brands. This survey sheds new light on the Local Experience (LX), the critical intersection of local marketing and customer experience, including how consumers conduct online searches, the impact of reviews and ratings on their decision-making processes, which platforms are most frequently used as part of their local shopping journey, an…