Eric Shanfelt

Eric Shanfelt
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Eric is the Founder and CEO of Local Marketing Institute. He has 25 years of experience in digital marketing and has been the Chief Digital Officer for several B2B and consumer media companies. Eric has a passion for local businesses and focuses on practical digital strategies to help them attract more customers, build customer loyalty, and grow their business.
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Google updates their “Improve your local ranking” page

Local businesses that rank higher on Google attract more new and repeat customers than those that struggle to be found. Recently, Google updated their...
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Respond to negative reviews – Chipotle and Burger King lost millions partially because they...

Chipotle CEO Steve Ellis and his staff neglected to notice the increasing number of negative reviews on their platform until his profits (and shares)...
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Find and engage with local social media followers

Social media can be a powerful way to discover people who will love your local business and live nearby. Connecting with customers on social...
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How are people finding your local business website?

Local Marketing Institute recommends that local businesses implement Google Analytics on their website if they haven't already. It's free and allows you to learn...
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Want Google to let you know if your site is hacked?

In 2016, Google couldn't notify 61% of website managers that their websites had been hacked. To help with that, Local Marketing Institute recommends that...
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72% of customers search for a product or service on digital sources first, but...

It's critical that local businesses ensure people can find their them online in order to keep new customers walking in their front door. According...
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What Happens if You Cancel Yext?

Local business listings are very important to improving your SEO so that your website will rank higher in search engines such as Google and...
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Google Announces Verified Customer Reviews Feature

Local Businesses should enable customer reviews because 92% of customers read online reviews when debating whether to purchase a product and 80% of customers...
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A Slow Website Will Cost Your Local Business Customers

According to Google, more than half of people on mobile devices will leave a page if it takes longer than 3 seconds to load....
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5 Tactics for Improving Your Google Maps Ranking That You Can Implement Today

SearchEngineLand's Wesley Young wrote a great article about 5 ways companies (including local businesses) can attract more customers by improving their Google Maps listings. ...
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