So, what’s the secret key to getting seen by your local customers? It really boils down to 2 main factors: your website content, and getting good links back to your site. More about links in just a minute, but let’s start with getting content on your website.

Create a blog

Adding a blog to your website is one of the easiest and best methods of adding content to your website. If you write blog posts consistently and use your targeted keywords, you’ll definitely improve your opportunity to rank higher in search engines. Not only that, but writing quality content gives others a compelling reason to link to your site.

Contribute to other blogs

Often, industy-related blogs are interested in guest posts. A quick search of “bridge topics” and you’ll likely find related blogs where you can offer to contribute in exchange for a link back to your site. This builds credibility and authority – which Google loves. Bridge topics are those that are closely related to your industry but aren’t direct competitors. For instance, a massage therapist might offer to write a guest post for a chiropractic care blog.

Comments on related forums and discussions

Most discussion forums allow you to input a link to your website. When you contribute to the conversation, a signature is usually added to the end of your post. You’d be surprised at how you much you have to offer other professionals. Get involved in the discussion, but be sure to check the forum rules before posting.

Write articles and submit to directories

Create instructional articles with compelling information and submit them to articles syndication directories.

Here are some of the more popular directories:

• ezinearticles.com
• suite101.com
• buzzle.com
• helium.com
• goarticles.com

Most article submission rules will allow you two links back to your website. Make sure at least one of them is a deep link – going to a specific, related page on your site. Whatever directory you decide to submit your article to, make sure the links back to your site are NOT nofollow links.

Create an online press release

You can use a service such as PRWeb, PRLog, or 24-7PressRelease.com to distribute news releases about your business. Don’t have any news? Press releases can be about anything that is pertinent to your business. Maybe you are working with a new company? Maybe you hired a new professional? Launch a new site, or product? All of this is worthy news, and remember you get another quality link to your site.

It starts with a plan
Once you create a systematic plan you’ll be able to focus on a couple of these items at a time. Stick with it and you can start to build hundreds of links to your site. This will help you crush the competition for your key search phrases.

The current website is very appropriate for the food and entertainment industries, so we won’t be altering the original in any way. Instead, we’ll create a sideline blog site that we’ll use to optimize for search engine rankings.

EDIT 9/27/2010: We will rebuild the website after all. We’ll build a content management system site so it’s easy to update and optimize. Also, the current website is already ranking for exact quote keywords we are targeting – after only 10 days!

During the first week, here’s how we started:

• Standardized existing business listings online.
  It’s important to have standardized data across all the different information outlets so we corrected inconsistencies such as “South Side” vs “Southside”.
• Google Listing
  We got a Google “1-box” map listing when searching Google for the business name. (see before and after graphics). This is important as a visual cue to searchers and also allows you to take up more screen “real estate”. We’ll continue to track how effective this placement is for you.

Before Google Places Optimization

After Google Places Optimization

We’ll continue to monitor and update your Google listing, adding photos and videos. This enhances your rankings for important search terms related to your business.

• Google Verification
  Naturally, Google wants to make sure the local businesses they list are legitimate. We worked Southside Steve’s and got the business “Google Verified”. This builds your credibility and will help you rank for those important terms.
• Competitive Analysis
  We identified a couple of businesses in the area considered to be direct competitors. We looked at some of their listings and identified about 25 web properties that we can get into. Again, this builds credibility and authority in Google’s eyes. (You need to show up wherever your competition shows up.) We did a site analysis on the competing websites.
• Which Search Terms
  Identified an initial 11 search phrases that we want to rank on Google Page 1. These are mostly “McDonough” based phrases (i.e. “mcdonough ga restaurant”).
• Created a target list of 50 directories, local sites, and review sites where we will create “citations” on your behalf. Citations are basically business listings that sometimes have room for descriptions, reviews, photos, etc. The more you are listed, the better the search engines “like” you.

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Are You Ready To Market Your Business Locally?

If you are a small business that targets a local customer base, we help you generate new business quickly and effectively. We do this using a number of current marketing strategies that work for nearly any profession or trade that serves a local area.

What We Do

We help small and medium businesses get more more local customers using the internet, even if the business doesn’t understand a thing about their website or online marketing.

Why We Do This

It’s more important than ever for LOCAL-based companies to leverage the Internet to generate new business. *Since 2008, 85% of consumers use the internet to search for LOCAL goods and services. Of those searches, 95% click on the first page of Google results.

This means: Your new customers are already using the internet to find you and you need to be listed on page 1 of Google search results.

We get you on Google Page 1 for targeted search words ALREADY being used by new customers.

What Else?

Besides getting you on Google Page 1 for important search words, we also get you indexed in other top search engines. Then you get a standardized listing in important databases used for 411 Information, GPS, and OnStar. Also, your business is listed in industry-related and locally-related directories. Put all this together and you have a powerful locally-based marketing presence.

What Areas Do We Cover?

We are based in the Atlanta area, but work with small businesses in all areas within the U.S.

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*Sources: The Kelsey Group & Cornell University.

So, your potential new customers, clients and patients ARE ALREADY looking for you on the internet.

And, if your website is not on the first page – the chances of you getting that “ready-to-buy” customer are 6% or less.

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Unfortunately, you can’t hand over your website to just any online marketing company or web design firm. The truth is … most of them are great at web design, pretty good at search engine optimization (seo) – but they are simply unknowledgeable when it comes to creating a local internet marketing campaign.

Atlanta search engine optimization is just part of our overall internet marketing services. SEO work, researching how your online customers search, implementing keyword phrases – all of this is important. But what most companies overlook is the fact that mobile users are also searching for you. So, it’s critical that you are properly listed in directories and systems that supply data to 411, OnStar, GPA navigation and other local search listings. Google and Yahoo also draw on these “citations” to populate and confirm their own databases.

LocalMarketExperts.com takes a comprehensive approach to moving your site to the top of the search engines. We get you listed where you need to be listed, we get your website ranking on the first page of Google. We maintain your rankings, continue to monitor and refine your listings, and continue to research for more search phrases you can rank for.

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How can internet marketing work for you? Well for one, if you rank on Google Page 1, you’ll have plenty of business. How does that sound?
Your website should be more than just a brochure or information for current customers. You can (and should) put your website to good use as a “lead-generating machine”. Remember, 8 out of 10 of your local customers are LOOKING for you online RIGHT NOW!

Does Your SEO Company Really Understand Local Search?

When you choose an Atlanta SEO company for website optimization and your internet marketing plan, make sure the company you choose understands the difference between local and general search engine marketing. Otherwise you are just lost in the online crowd.

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McDonough Consumers Use Local Search

The fact is that customers in Henry County – and all of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area – are already using the internet to find local products and services, so any local company that needs to reach that market MUST be using search engine marketing as well as other successful online marketing techniques. Well over 80% of consumers search online when shopping locally for products and services.

LocalMarketExperts.com, a segment of Mormedia Group, specializes in helping small and medium business with online marketing strategies. Currently focused on the cities McDonough and Stockbridge – we customize online marketing campaigns that attract new customers, dominate the search engine results, and crush your competition!

How Do I Get More Customers In McDonough?

We use a stealth combination of organic search engine optimization (seo), social media, and web properties to propel your website traffic to the top pages of the engines – Google, Yahoo, Bing and others. We like to call it our “special sauce”. We are internet marketing specialists – seo experts with years of experience of web development and marketing. Often, you will see a difference in as little as 7 to 10 days. Dramatic improvements, such as front page domination, are cultivated over a period of time – usually 3 to 6 months depending on the market audience and competition. So, how do you get more customers? You start here: Contact us!

Who Can Benefit from McDonough Online Marketing?

Professional Practitioners – doctors, dentists, chiropractors, and specialists.

Local Retailers –  florists, clothing stores, mail centers and basically any retailer that serves a local market. Internet Marketing is a must!
McDonough Restaurants – restaurants are always popular in local searches and benefit greatly from optimized online marketing.
Service Professionals – particularly those without a physical location such as plumber, electrician, roofer, construction contractors. Your customers are not using the yellow pages or newspaper to find you, they are searching online.

How Local Market Experts Can Help

We use smart marketing strategies that are proven to get you higher search engine placement for multiple search keywords.. We continuously test results and kept improving on them. It is our mission to help local small business and local communities. As a result, local companies stand out from their competition, get more customers and improve profits.

We do this through a customized, affordable online marketing plan and get you connected to new customers using:

- Internet Marketing Development
- Search Engine Marketing – SEM
- Search Engine Optimization – SEO
- Conversion Analysis & Optimization
- Blogging and Blog Marketing
- Local Search Marketing
- Social Media Marketing
- Facebook and Twitter Marketing where applicable
- Integration Marketing / Complimentary Marketing
- Email Marketing where applicable
- Ezine / Newsletter Marketing
- Videos Marketing and Video SEO
- YouTube.com Marketing
- eBooks and eReports
- Press Releases
- Article Marketing
- Forums
- Our secret mix of marketing experience ; )

Ready to dominate the search engines and crush your competition? Contact us today for a free consultation and we’ll get started on your local internet marketing in McDonough, Locust Grove, and Stockbridge. For the larger Metro Altanta Area, see Atlanta Internet Marketing.