<h2><b>Ensure Your Local Business Is Seen</b></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">All businesses are aiming their focus on landing on the first page of Google results. That's a nice idea, but there is limited room and often the larger companies in those industries, stay there. So what does that leave a small local business? Maybe just a few spots that fluctuate? Most small businesses aren't going to hit the front page anyway and that's why their focus and marketing power should be elsewhere. Local business search is a great place to ensure your customers see you.</span>
<h2><b>1. Location</b></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nearly every smartphone has location services. This is good news for smaller businesses. It evens out the playing field. This means searches can be generated closer to the actual proximity of the customer. Location services allows smaller business to show up on these focused results when using Google My Business.</span>
<h2><b>2. Don't Compete</b></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes your competitors will always be your competitors, but you don't have to compete with them for space.  Making sure your physical location is unique to your business is important. If it is too close, or in the same building as other businesses they might be the ones showing up in searches instead of you. When the customer does there search you might be right under there nose and they may never know you exist because you aren't on the map. Suite number differences aren't enough. Google searches don't take that into account. If you can have a stand alone building then you will gain a leg up on your competition.</span>
<h2><b>3. Spy</b></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes, that's right! If your competitors have having success, why not see what they might be doing that you aren't. This is the step that gets a little more involved. This is where you may have to check and see if their Google description is better. What categories do they show up in? How many reviews do they have? What do those reviews say? Some local businesses don't think they should battle with the big companies in their industry. That may be true, but listen if you spend time finding how they landed in the top spot then you have a better chance in one day overtaking them or being right under them. </span>

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