Miami Internet Marketing | SEO | Josh Nelson

Are you a South Florida business owner that is looking to learn more about internet marketing & to increase your presence online?  Then you have come to the right place. My name is Josh Nelson & I am an internet marketing consultant serving the South Florida Area (Miami, Fort Lauderdale & The Palm Beaches). Here at my website you will find valuable information about Internet Marketing as it relates to LOCAL BUSINESS. As you have probably already experienced, there is a TON of information online about “internet marketing” but very little of it pertains specifically to “local business”.  This site is dedicated to internet marketing as it relates to local businesses here in the Miami, Fort Lauderdale & Palm Beach area.Here you will find step-by-step strategies & tactics that you can implement immediately to improve your online presence and start to dominate the South Florida market for what you do.  The first resource I recommend you review is “The Ultimate Online Marketing Checklist For Local Business”. It takes you through what I feel are the most important things that you should do immediately that will have the biggest impact on your local presence online. You should also check out my post titled SEO Strategies for Local Business.

If you’d like to learn more about me and my roll as an internet marketing consultant just click here to learn more. Or better yet, call me directly at 786-325-6761 to schedule a free one-on-one consultation.

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The Ultimate Online Marketing Checklist for LOCAL Business

Online Marketing, the practice of promoting your products and services via the Internet is a comprehensive topic that covers Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Social Media, Online Video and many other avenues for exposure. With all of the information available about Internet Marketing it can be very difficult figure out where to start and what things you can do that will actually have an impact on your online marketing efforts as it relates to your local business. To help you get started I have put together a checklist of what I feel are the most imperative things you can do that will have the quickest and most tangible impact on your visibility online for your local business.

• Claim your local listings on the major sites (Google, Yahoo, Bing, Yelp, 4Squared, Best of the Web, City Search, Angie’s List).
• Set up a fan page on Facebook and a Twitter Account.
• Set up a blog on your site (www.your site.com/blog) and create a new post for each of your most frequently asked questions. ***Tip – push those posts out via your Facebook & Twitter account.
• Update the “title tag” on each of your website pages & make each title unique. ****Tip – use localized / keyword rich titles (E.G. “Miami Body Shop – Jorge’s Body Shop”, “Fort Lauderdale Roofer – Academy Roofing”). Click here to learn more about my SEO Strategies for Local Business.
• Make sure that your full company name and address are listed at the bottom of each page of your site along with a “text link” navigation structure.
• Create a simple video about your services & upload it to YouTube. *** Tip – Title the YouTube Video with those same localized / keyword rich keywords.
• Get Links! Be sure that you have a link to your site from any and all associations that you belong to (E.G. Trade Association, Chamber of Commerce, Networking Groups, etc).
• Set up a pay-per-click account on the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing).

If you take care of these simple items your local presence will be more optimized than 99% of the sites in your market and you will start to see Your Company dominate the web in your area for what you do. If you would like to learn more about my SEO Strategies for Local Business click here.

Of course, if you need help or have any questions you can give me a call any time 786-325-6761.

As an Internet Marketing Consultant I help South Florida Businesses evaluate their marketing strategy as a whole and implement online marketing initiatives that drive increased sales activity and revenue.

You can reach me directly at 786-325-6761 or via email josh@joshnelsonimc.com.

In my post titled “What are local map based listings” I explained what Map Based listings are. In this post I want to explain how you can ensure that you are listed in the map based listings and if you are already, how you can take control and claim your existing listing.

The easiest way to check on the status of your listings is go directly to each search engine and type in “Your Company Name, Zip”. For example “Dental Team, 33442”. See an example below:

You can also go directly to the “Listing Management Section” for local listings on each site:

• Google – www.google.com/local/add
• Yahoo – http://listings.local.yahoo.com/signup/create_1.php?type=fl
• Bing – https://ssl.bing.com/listings/ListingCenter.aspx

Or use www.getlisted.org which is a free service that will help you manage your listing across all the major local listing sites.

As an internet marketing consultant I help South Florida Businesses evaluate their marketing strategy as a whole and implement online marketing initiatives that drive increased sales activity and revenue. In my initial meeting with potential clients I personally configure their Local Map Based Listing with the major search engines free of charge to help ensure this important step is completed correctly.

You can reach me directly at 786-325-6761 or via email josh@joshnelsonimc.com.

Local Map Based Listings are the organic listings that appear just below the sponsored listings on Google.  See the image blow:

According to Google more than 90% of businesses have not correctly configured their Local Map Based Listing and as result they are not showing up in local searches for their particular service.

As an internet marketing consultant I help South Florida Businesses evaluate their marketing strategy as a whole and implement online marketing initiatives that drive increased sales activity and revenue. In my initial meeting with potential clients I personally configure their Local Map Based Listing with Google free of charge to help ensure this important step is completed correctly.

You can reach me at 786-325-6761 or via email josh@joshnelsonimc.com