Local Search Engine Optimization For Businesses [INFOGRAPHIC]

Perhaps you're a small business owner who has already tried some online marketing. Facebook, Twitter, A simple website, Maybe some pay-per-click advertising or even basic search engine optimization. Or perhaps you’re just starting out, or have yet to establish your online presence. Whichever category you fall into, you're likely dealing with some competition from other local businesses.
Depending on your industry, there's a good chance that you're dealing with a lot of local competition. Nowhere is this truer than on search engine results pages, a highly competitive space where visibility (or a lack thereof) can make or break any local business. If customers can’t find you using Google and other search engines, then how will they find you at all? The Yellow Pages is on its death bed, direct mail is being thrown away at historically high rates, and while referral and word-of-mouth marketing are still strong, while we could hardly find a single local business that couldn't benefit from having greater search engine visibility and therefore, more customers.
Lucky for you, there's never been a better chance to get achieve high local visibility doing what most your competitors – even the most established ones – have probably never even heard of. The strategy is - local search engine optimization. This infographic from Local SEO expert Sam Zastrow and cloudtactix aims to explain how and why local SEO can help your business, and guide you through the basics of beginning the process. We hope you find the content within helpful and encouraging.