Local Search Marketing Services That Keep You in Front of Your Customers

Getting in front of your customers - where they work, live, play and socialize - is a core part of making any local business visible. Milestone local search strategies make your business listings and information accessible across the search ecosystem, social media, and all relevant channels and devices.
 

The 5 pillars of local search marketing

Milestone's local marketing is focused on 5 crucial elements to ensure your business information is always where it matters most . . . in front of your consumers:
  • On-page optimization for local search results
  • Online reviews
  • Quality local links and citations
  • Enhanced local profiles for local and hyperlocal directories (GMB, Yelp, Social Media, etc.)
  • Enhanced business directories

Get in Front of Your Local Customers with Milestone Local SEO Service

Milestone local search marketing solutions ensure your business information is accurate across the local-search ecosystem. Because search engines pull updates from third-party data, Milestone ensures your business listing and data is always present and up to date.
 
We monitor your online presence to spot and eliminate duplicate listings and correct them. Our local SEO service plans cover a broad scope of services, depending on how many channels you wish to monitor. We always ensure your business is accurately represented on the most impactful local sites that consumers use.
 
Key directories include Google Maps, Bing Maps, Apple Maps, Here Maps, OpenStreetMaps, and Navmii, as well as data amplifiers that power major channels such as Amazon, Facebook, Uber, InfoUSA, Localeze, Factual, and Acxiom.
  • Internet Yellow Pages such as yp.com
  • Business Directories such as Best of the Web search
  • Local Directories such as the Chamber of Commerce
  • Travel, banking and retail industry specific directories

The Milestone Local SEO Strategy Difference

Milestone local search solutions are unique in an industry awash with automated updates and programmatic monitoring. Each Milestone client benefits form a unique combination of automated and manual solutions:

  • Cleanse data before publishing

    We make sure your business information is in the right format and is manually validated against authoritative sources

  • Enhanced local listings

    Extra fields to push enhanced metrics for richer search saturation and better user experience

  • Quality distribution partners

    Data is sent to partners and channels that matter
  • Duplicate & bad listing deletion

    Eliminate each duplicate local business listing, even if it requires phone calls with Google, Bing, etc

  • Multiple outlets in one location

    Easy data verification for multiple outlets in the same location

  • Never worry about your local business listings

    Services and software to clean, enhance, and maintain so your listings are up to date.

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Ask our experts

What is local optimization?

According to Google, 46% of all searches carried out online have local intent. Based on research conducted by Nectafy, 88% of local business searches carried out by mobile users result in a consumer either making a call or visiting the store within the next 24 hours. Local optimization basically ensures that your local business is visible for 'near me' searches. After all, Chat Meter reported that 'near me' searches have grown exponentially by 900% over the last couple of years.

Being visible for local searches is the first step but capturing the shelf space on SERP for local queries is the goal for any business and is the ticket to drive sales. Talking about local optimization, businesses have to keep in mind the following to boost their visibility online:

UNAP Consistency

For the search engine to list your business as a trustworthy source, ensuring that your URL, Name, Address, and Phone Number (UNAP) is verified and consistent across all local directories is required. Having UNAP inconsistencies can frustrate customers and could result in the search engine choosing not to display your business because of lacking clarity on the exact business details. 

Google My Business (GMB) is a must

For any business that wishes to have visibility on search, GMB is ground zero. GMB allows you to list all the possible business details and they will be displayed as a rich result (in the Knowledge Panel or Local 3-Pack) for relevant 'near me' searches.

Manage reviews effectively

97% of customers read a review of the product or service before making an online purchase decision and managing reviews effectively is crucial for any local business. This means that your business needs to respond to reviews whether positive or negative. While having honest reviews on your local listing will prompt customers to make a purchase. Honest reviews instill confidence with the search engine that your business is trustworthy and helps improve search rankings.

Create local-flavored content with relevant schema markup

Having local-flavored content with relevant schema markup will increase the relevance of your business to be displayed for 'near me' searches.

Using key tools to optimize your business locally is necessary and could prove to be an uphill task for any business, especially ones with multiple locations. Milestone Local and Reviews modules help businesses manage their UNAP consistency across hundreds of local directories as well as manage reviews effectively for multiple locations. 

Businesses can also make use of our FAQ Manager to respond to GMB reviews or create local-flavored content while our Schema Manager tool will ensure that the search engine has a clear context of the content to display it as a relevant result for local search results.

Does local SEO work?

Absolutely, for a local business to be visible online it needs to have a well-oiled local SEO strategy. With relevance an important aspect for a business or a website to rank on search, especially after Google's BERT algorithm, ensuring that your business is optimized for local and 'near me' searches is necessary. Increased visibility on the search for relevant queries ensures a higher click-through of a business website which improves the chances of sales and overall revenue for any local business. After all, most searchers rely on page 1 results to make a buying decision and choose businesses with good ratings, reviews, and those that seem trustworthy. In addition, local SEO gives potential customers all the required details of the business - directions (proximity), hours of service, facilities, etc.