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I tend to suggest using a different phone number for each location of your business, but exactly what’s the downside of using the same number on all of your Google My Business pages? Google’s guidelines don’t tell you to use a location-specific … [Continue reading] about One Phone Number for Multiple Google My Business Pages: Can It Cause Problems?
Love or hate the Better Business Bureau, it’s one of the bigger sites to have dipped a couple toes in the greenish-brown pond of local business reviews. In my experience it’s a great place to get reviews, as I’ve written. But the current … [Continue reading] about Q&A on BBB Customer Reviews: Not Just Another Unkempt Local Review Site
About a year ago I wrapped up a simple test on Moz Local (the paid version): do Moz Local-controlled listings disappear if you cancel? No, from what I can tell. I had tracked the listings for for an ex-client, and 3 months after cancelling they … [Continue reading] about Moz Local Listings 15 Months after Cancelling: Where Are They Now?
You know about the big local-business review sites. You know about the review sites that matter most in your industry. You probably know about the pipsqueaks, too. But what about the review sites that matter more than you know? Isn’t it … [Continue reading] about 10 Underrated Local Review Sites You Overlooked
It’s tempting to sign up for a “reputation-management” or “review-generation” product and let it pester all your customers for a review - so you don’t have to take the time (or forget) to do it personally. Resist the temptation. At least until … [Continue reading] about Why Your Review-Encouragement Software Is a Meat Grinder