Q&A Sessions

We take YOUR local digital marketing questions and answer them during our live Q&A sessions. Each session is archived here and distributed via the LMI podcast.

Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session July 9, 2021

Stricter penalties for losing reviews with review gating, showing source in Messages from Posts on GMB, Apple Maps, Syncing Bing with GMB, and more!

Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session June 25, 2021

Q&A now showing up on GMB searches. Are reviews a ranking factor? Optimizing business for Apple Maps, Schema Markup and more!

Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session June 18, 2021

How many use Apple Maps? New iOS privacy features, user experience becoming Google ranking factor, GMB Ads and more!

5 New Instagram Growth Tools for Local Businesses with Larry Kim

Clubhouse, comment auto-responder, funnels in Instagram DM, auto-reply to Story mentions, Instagram email opt-in, MobileMonkey and more.

Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session June 4, 2021

Fake reviews getting attention, Moz acquisition, GMB shortnames going away, products in GMB listings, merge or rename listings and more.

Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session May 21, 2021

Google Merchant, age of a GMB, how to update Streetview, advanced verification issues, will Apple maps improve or overtake Google and more.

Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session May 14, 2021

Missing GMB listings from dashboards, click to call and dynamic ads issue, Facebook page not showing reviews, ADA compliance and more.

Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session May 7, 2021

GMB and 2-hour radius, update Yext for old listings, Geofence set up, one star only rating removal, UTM tracking set up and more.

Ultimate Google My Business Q&A Session with Joy Hawkins

GMB identity attributes impact rankings, best practice for GMB shortnames, does geostacking help or hurt rankings and more.

GMB Post Updates, Different GMB Pins, Apple Maps / Siri, Open Graph

Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses ... local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My Business, social media, email marketing, websites, online advertising and more.
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