In today’s digital world, local SEO is crucial in helping businesses reach potential customers in their area. A staggering 9 out of 10 search engine users look for local businesses online, and nearly 5 out of 10 Google searches focus on finding local information. If your business isn’t ranking well in local search results, you could miss out on valuable clients and opportunities. Local Search Engine Optimization, or Local SEO, is a strategy that improves your rural small business’s online visibility by optimizing your content, social profiles, links, and citations for local search.
As a local rural business, utilizing local SEO techniques is essential for increasing your chances of survival in a competitive market. In this post, I will explain what local SEO is and how it works and provide tips and tricks to help you optimize your rural small business website for local search.
Written by: Chad Treadway | April 5, 2023
Chad is a Partner and our Chief Smarketing Officer. He will help you survey your small business needs, educating you on your options before suggesting any solution. Chad is passionate about rural marketing in the United States and North Carolina. He also has several certifications through HubSpot to better assist you with your internet and inbound marketing.
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As a local small business, you will do almost anything to get in front of potential clients. You can use the power of the internet and internet marketing to ensure you’re in front of local searchers when they are looking for your services.
The problem is that many local small businesses’ websites aren’t optimized for search engines, let alone local search. The bottom line is that you are throwing away a huge opportunity to reach potential clients in your service area and drive additional traffic, incremental revenue, and more sales.
Written by: Chad Treadway | January 25, 2023
Chad is a Partner and our Chief Smarketing Officer. He will help you survey your small business needs, educating you on your options before suggesting any solution. Chad is passionate about rural marketing in the United States and North Carolina. He also has several certifications through HubSpot to better assist you with your internet and inbound marketing.
See Chad Treadway's' bio: cubecreative.design/about/chad-treadway
As a small business in a rural area or small town, you know you have unique challenges. When it comes to marketing in general, there are several things that you can do to differentiate yourself from others and be found. One of the easiest and cheapest is to up your online marketing game!
When it comes to local business online marketing, we have numerous unique challenges. As someone who grew up and still lives in a small town in a rural area, I get it, and it makes it even more difficult when I see businesses struggle. The main reason it is so difficult is that the search engines don't understand us.
Let’s look at several definitions of what is considered a rural area.
Written by: Chad Treadway | November 3, 2021
Chad is a Partner and our Chief Smarketing Officer. He will help you survey your small business needs, educating you on your options before suggesting any solution. Chad is passionate about rural marketing in the United States and North Carolina. He also has several certifications through HubSpot to better assist you with your internet and inbound marketing.
See Chad Treadway's' bio: cubecreative.design/about/chad-treadway