Search engine optimization (SEO) is a constantly evolving industry, one which is filled with talented individuals eager to grow and stay current with emerging trends. Yet, women tend to be in the minority when pursuing an SEO career. A recent "State of SEO" report found that male SEOs comprised 70.4% of respondents in the United
As a marketer, you’re likely already well into planning your 2022 marketing strategy. From drastic shifts in consumer behavior to technology advancing, it’s safe to assume your 2021 strategy will look much different for the new year to come. Taking current trends into consideration, our experts’ local marketing predictions for 2022 can help you solidify
The holiday season is quickly approaching, and undoubtedly, your holiday local marketing strategy likely looks different than it did a few years ago. While the pandemic continues to affect business operations, early predictions for the holidays show it won’t have a heavy impact on sales. Sales are anticipated to rise 2.7% compared to 2020, with
Google completed rolling out its link spam update on August 24, 2021, according to Google Search Central. Google notes that this particular update was part of its continued efforts to improve the quality of search results for its users, which is the underlying motivation for pretty much every algorithm update, such as the recent Page
Recently, we’ve seen Google make several prominent updates that impact both consumers and businesses. For consumers, Google continues to take actionable steps toward better understanding searchers’ queries and website experiences – from individual pages to the whole site, as evidenced by the recent core updates and the Page Experience update. For businesses, this can result
Over the past year, businesses across all industries have had to change the way in which they operate. From communicating shifts in-store hours, temporary closures, updates to your safety protocols, and more, consumers are now expecting businesses to share accurate information and they’re turning to a business’s local listings and local pages to find this
To say holiday shopping will be different this year is an understatement. In the past, retailers have eagerly prepared for the influx of foot traffic coming to their locations months in advance. Now, gathering in crowds is not only frowned upon but also impractical with the lingering effects of COVID-19. As difficult as the year
It may seem like a strange time to talk about how to grow your marketing agency, given that the marketing budget is usually one of the first casualties when cuts come down the pipe. In the fallout from COVID-19, even Google is slashing its marketing budget by half for the remainder of 2020. If you’re
Local search has become the single most popular form of online marketing for small and mid-size businesses in the U.S. But ask many of those business owners how their local search efforts are going, and they’ll have no real idea. Although 75% of SMBs polled in a recent surveyby the digital agency RevLocal said they