Ranking a website using local SEO involves optimizing your online presence to attract more business from relevant local searches. Here are some key strategies to improve your website's local SEO:
1. Optimize Google My Business (GMB) Listing
Claim and Verify Your Business: Ensure your business is claimed and verified on Google My Business.
Complete Your Profile: Fill out all information including business name, address, phone number (NAP), business hours, website, and category.
Add Photos and Videos: Upload high-quality images and videos to showcase your business.
Encourage Reviews: Request customers to leave reviews and respond to them promptly.
Post Regular Updates: Use GMB posts to share updates, offers, and events.
2. Consistent NAP Information
Consistency: Ensure your business name, address, and phone number are consistent across all online platforms.
Local Directories: List your business in local directories and ensure the information is consistent.
3. Optimize for Local Keywords
Keyword Research: Identify local keywords relevant to your business using tools like Google Keyword Planner, Ahrefs, or Moz.
On-Page SEO: Incorporate local keywords naturally into your website's meta titles, descriptions, headers, and content.
Local Content: Create content that is relevant to your local audience, such as blog posts about local events or news.
4. Create Local Content
Local Blog Posts: Write about local events, news, or topics that are relevant to your audience.
Location Pages: If your business has multiple locations, create a separate page for each with unique content.
This guide will hopefully help you to create the perfect world to set your story in. I'll be suggesting resources, websites, tips from Pinterest and my own advice to help you through one of the hardest parts of planning!
If you have questions of a particular area of world building, please say so in the comments or send me a PM, so we can talk it through together and I can plan a chapter answering your question, dedicated to you!
▶1st Place Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction and Spiritual in Possibility Awards 2018
▶1st Place Non-Fiction in 1st Ohana Awards 2018
▶1st Place Non-Fiction in Neon Awards 2018
▶1st Place Non-Fiction in Firecracker Awards 2018
▶Runner-up General, Historical and Non-Fiction Mid-Year Awards 2018
▶3rd Place Non-Fiction in Prism Awards 2018
Reached 1k reads on 24 December 2018
Reached 2k reads on 11 May 2019
Thank you so much to @Umeike for the fabulous cover!
Thank you to @PossibilityAwards for the mood board!
Completed, with minor editing to be done.