10 Practical Tips For Using Geo-Location To Reach Your Target Audience

Geography plays an important part in creating customized and targeted marketing campaigns, and columnist Wesley Young lays out ways in which local search marketers can use geolocation to their advantage.

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Report: Mobile Search Queries 29 Percent Of Total But Growth Modest

Search query percentages don’t line up with overall usage trends.

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Google Cites Local Inventory Ad Successes After Walmart Drops Out

Impact on in-store visits outperforms TV ads, says Sears Hometown & Outlet Stores.

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Quantifying The Mobile Revolution: Mobile Advertising Progress In 2014

What’s in store for paid search marketers as mobile continues its path to digital dominance? Columnist Matt Ackley tackles this question with insights gleaned from a forthcoming Marin research report.

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10 Trends & Tips To Consider In Creating A Winning Mobile Strategy For Local Search & Marketing

Columnist Wesley Young shares insights from the latest LSA Local Media Tracking Study, advising marketers on local-mobile strategy for 2015.

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Why You Should Attend Local Search And Geo-Marketing Intensive At SMX West

SMX West is coming up fast. On March 2 there are a number of workshops and intensives being held before the main conference starts on Tuesday, March 3. One of those is the Local Search Advantage. In truth every digital marketer should be interested in location-based search and marketing — 94…

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Think Small: Solve Your Mobile SEM Problem With “Micro Leads”

The time has come for brands to have a mobile paid search strategy in place. Columnist Susan Waldes suggests that businesses begin with tiny steps.

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To Prove Online-To-Offline Impact, Google Rolls Out “Store Visits” Metric In AdWords

Measures impact of search ads on in-store traffic as part of AdWords Estimated Total Conversions.

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Insights Into PPC Traffic From “Sofa Sunday” In The UK

You’ve heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but what about Sofa Sunday? Columnist Rebekah Schelfhout discusses this new mobile shopping trend.

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The 4 Cs Driving Mobile Search, Shopping & Buying

Mobile is driving the evolution of shopping behaviors. Contributor John Cosley explores how marketers can meet consumer needs and win customers.

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Walmart Brings Product Search To The In-Store Experience

Walmart has updated its Android app (and soon iOS app) to offer an improved in-store experience with search at the center. The new Walmart “Search My Store” feature offers a view into the future of in-store app usage. The combination of real-time online inventory and indoor location is…

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Call Gap: Survey Finds 54 Percent Of Search Marketers Don’t Track Phone Conversions From Search Campaigns

How important are offline phone calls to search marketers? Google has reported that 70 percent of mobile searchers have called a business directly from search results. BIA/Kelsey estimates inbound phone calls from mobile search will grow from roughly 4…

Up Close @ SMX: Making Mobile SEO Perform For You – Design, Approach & Speed

Mobile SEO differs from desktop and its importance its growing rapidly.

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Why You Can’t Hide From Mobile PPC

“Mobile is coming.” This Game of Thrones-esque quote has been thrown around a lot this past year, serving as an ominous warning of our mobile-dominated future. However, I’d argue that it’s time to stop talking about mobile in the future tense and bring it to the present: for…

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