The document provides 10 tips for local SEO to help local businesses attract more local customers online. The tips include claiming business listings on directories and review sites, asking customers to write reviews, using consistent business information across websites and listings, including a local phone number on websites, getting links from local sources, adding fresh content regularly to websites, optimizing page titles and content with local keywords, researching the right keywords to target, including location information in optimizations, and maintaining a consistent brand name online.

1. 10 Local SEO Tips for Your
Local Business
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2. Tip #1
Claim Your Business on Local
Directories and Review Sites
 Claim Your Business on Local
Directories and Review Sites
 Google+ Local
 Yahoo
 Bing
 Yelp
 Merchant Circle
 And others

3. Tip #2
Ask Your Customers for Reviews
 Most consumers today go online to
find local products and/or services
 The more reviews your business has,
the more credible you are in the eyes
of local consumers

4. Tip #3
Use the Same Business Name, Address, and
Phone Number Across the Board
 This includes your website, your local
directory listings, and your social
media pages
 Multiple locations need to have
separate online properties for each
location

5. Tip #4
Use a Local Phone Number on Your Website
 Avoid using ONLY a toll-free number
on your website
 A local number helps the search
engines verify your location, which is
crucial for businesses trying to capture
local customers

6. Tip #5
Get Links from Local Sources
 Helps improve the strength of your
website in terms of local SEO
 Allows you to network with peers in
your local area and open up new
opportunities

7. Tip #6
Add Fresh, Unique Content to
Your Site Consistently
 Search engines LOVE fresh, unique
content and reward you for having it
 Add a blog to your website and post to it
often
 Post news, business announcements,
helpful tips, and more

8. Tip #7
Include Keywords in Your Website Page Titles
 Every page of your website can be indexed by
the search engines
 Include some of the popular keyword terms that
local consumers type into the search engines
when looking for your type of product or service

9. Tip #8
Make Sure You Use the Right Keywords
 Don’t “guess” which keywords you should focus
on in your local SEO efforts
 Use a keyword tool to help you see exactly
which keywords are being searched for the
most and build around those terms

10. Tip #9
Use Your Location in the Optimization Process
 If you want to attract “local” consumers, you
should include geographic terms in your
optimization, such as your city and state
 This tells the search engines exactly where you
are located and helps to draw in local, targeted
traffic

11. Tip #10
Keep Branding Tight
 Use the exact same name for all of your online
properties in order to get a strong, solid online
brand
 Even if you operate under different businesses
names, choose one and focus on that for the
best results

12. LOGO
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