Business
How to Track Where Your Customers Actually Come From
Most small businesses spend money on marketing without knowing which parts work. Not through carelessness — because measuring it looks complicated, so…
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Fake Reviews: How Customers Spot Them, and Why They Cost More Than They Earn
Start with the finding that makes the rest of this article unnecessary for most people. A perfect five-star rating converts worse than…
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Hours, Service Areas and Holidays: The Trust Signals Customers Check Before Calling
There’s a small moment right before someone contacts you. They’ve found you, they’re fairly convinced, and then a doubt surfaces: Are they…
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Business Photos That Work, for Owners Who Aren’t Photographers
Photos do something no amount of text can: they make a business feel real. A listing with no images reads as a…
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Choosing Your Category: Why the Wrong Primary Buries You
If you change one thing on your listing this year, make it this. Your primary category is the heaviest single lever in…
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NAP Consistency: The Boring Detail That Quietly Costs You Customers
NAP stands for name, address and phone number. It’s a dull acronym for a dull subject, and it’s one of the most…
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How Local Search Really Works: Proximity, Relevance and Prominence in Plain English
Most advice about local search skips the part that would make the rest make sense. Owners get told to add photos, collect…
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Citations Explained: How Many Directory Listings Does a Small Business Actually Need?
At some point every small business owner receives the offer: 500 directory submissions, cheap, guaranteed listings, better rankings. It sounds like obvious…
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Is a Paid Directory Listing Worth It? An Honest Cost-Per-Enquiry Breakdown
We sell directory listings. What follows is a method for working out whether ours — or anyone else’s — is worth buying,…
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How to Respond to a Bad Review — With Templates and a List of What Never to Say
If you’ve just received the review and you’re angry: don’t write anything yet. Read the next section, then come back tomorrow. That’s…