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
In many of our previous webinars, we’ve talked extensively about the challenge and importance of optimizing and managing your local listings at scale. Yet, Local Pages is an often overlooked component of a comprehensive local marketing strategy that doesn’t always get the attention it deserves. Local Pages present numerous opportunities for enterprise brands, but at
The past few months have brought massive change to the local marketing landscape. Temporary store closures, regulatory and public health requirements, changes to hours of operation and staffing, GMB updates, and more have wreaked havoc with local business communications and operations. In order to help brands understand how the Coronavirus pandemic has impacted consumer behavior,
In a recent webinar with Tyler Ludwig, Director of Enterprise Solutions at Rio SEO, and Colin Seymour, Director of Business Development at Rio SEO, participants learned how to do just that. Tyler and Colin explored how technology is dictating the consumer journey, what essentials are needed for a broad local presence, how to add consumer utility on your site (and why it matters), and more.
Structured data -- it may sound like drab geek speak, but when local marketers learn the extent to which structured data can increase traffic, improve visibility in search, and make websites more attractive to Google, the term suddenly becomes a lot sexier. By definition, structured data refers to any data that resides in a fixed
How can brands and retailers work with local franchisees most effectively to drive in-store sales using online marketing, particularly with seasonality in mind? Hallmark and Rio SEO recently participated in a webinar discussing just that, in which we shared best practices and multi-channel strategy for national-local campaigns. Carlos E. Corredor, marketing manager for Hallmark Gold Crown –
Tomorrow at 11 Pacific/2 Eastern time LSA will be presenting a webinar featuring RIO SEO and Hallmark. The focus is on how national brands interact with and manage local marketing campaigns on behalf of independent franchise affiliates. RIO’s Tyler Ludwig will lay out location-based marketing principles for enterprises and Hallmark’s Carlos Corredor will discuss holiday/event-driven local marketing for national-local brands. He’ll explain Hallmark’s
Just in time for Halloween! Kick-off the holiday shopping season with this October 27 webcast. Search Engine Land on October 22, 2015 at 2:00 pm Beacons have generated a lot of hype — especially for a technology that is essentially just another piece of plastic, unless you have a solid online-to-offline strategy in place. In
Beacon marketing is all the rage, and why not? A national advertiser can pinpoint a consumer’s precise location inside one of their retail stores. Then they can serve up a highly relevant ad in response to their mobile searches. How fantastic is that? Oh yes, beacons have generated a lot of hype -- especially for
Mobile consumers expect local businesses to deliver a fantastic user experience when they’re searching for information and interacting via their mobile device. In fact, 79% of visitors will simply leave and search for another website. They will not complete their task if your site isn’t optimized for mobile. Our latest webinar with Digital Marketing Depot