Google is putting more focus on local businesses and location services. In this post I go through all the things you can do to make sure your local store is at the top of the search rankings. It is an update of the blog post I did back in Feb-11.
Local Wine Stores on Local Search: the Top 10 Things You Can Do
February 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
A survey is done each year to see what Local SEO experts think the most important factors are. I go through the top 10 here from a local wine store perspective. In 2010 they included: 1. General Importance of Claiming Place Page; 2. Business Address in City of Search; 3. Associating Place Page with Proper Categories
Mobile Advertising: a wine prompt at the right place at the right time
December 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Mobile advertising is worth talking about on its own because, like other mobile marketing, it has the advantage of being in the right place at the right time – your customers pocket. No matter where they are they can easily and naturally bring out their phone in ways you can’t with a laptop or PC. It can also be implemented very quickly and, done well, drive traffic immediately. I look at the main types and the main channels in this post.
9 Ways a Wine Retailer can use Mobiles to Sell More Wine In-Store
December 11, 2010 By 6 Comments
This post is about customers using their mobiles in-store. We’ll cover the burgeoning area of mobile QR codes, how retailers are using them, and glimpse into the future with augmented reality. I’ll also give a list of 9 ways QR codes can be used in-store.
How a Cheese Store did better than a Wine Store in Google
June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Showing how to do better on Google by analyzing the search engine results for local wine stores in CA 90210. The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills is ranked in the top two places in local search and organic search. Now perhaps they are famous in Beverly Hills but check out their site. This cheese store has 686 external links from 250 unique websites. This little cheese store for Pete’s sake! Okay – they also sell wine, but not prominently on their website. Photos of the store suggest perhaps one third to one half wine and the rest in cheese? Let’s dig a little further into what’s going on
How to Rank Higher than your Competitors in a Local Search on Google
June 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Local Search is more important for the local wine retailer selling wine online than the normal SEO guidelines you may read about
What the wine internet shopper sees in CA 90210
May 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
Ever wondered why a customer who lived round the corner bought wine off an online competitor rather than yourself? If so here is a simple way to find out, just go to google.com and search for relevant phrases like wine shop 90210, pinot noir, brand X … and see who dominates the search engine results page.
