Atlanta Contractors – How to Get Local Customers ONLINE

Posted by Jan at 9:31 pm

You’re busy – we get that, that’s why we made it short and to the point!

This is a short tutorial on how YOU can get local customers online for your contracting business, however if you find you want the leads without the hassle- we’ll be glad to help! Call us 678 318 7515. Prices for this local program are only $125 per month!

How to get local paying customers online

This is a short tutorial on how to get actual paying clients from leads generated online.
Online Lead generation is perfect for all kinds of contractors like: home remodeling, tree services, landscaping, sales, pool , painters, concrete , hauling, HVAC, electricians, plumbers, flooring, carpets, tile, masonry,more

Lets say you are a remodeling contractor and you want to get customers to call YOU
FYI…. “remodeling contractor Atlanta” gets  720 searches per month

Here is how you get real local customers online – it all starts by being on the FIRST Page of Google (even if you don’t have a website) and them giving them a compelling reason to call YOU

BEFORE you read any further – I want you to do one thing:
Open another tab, go to Google and type in:
“yourindustry” Contractors Atlanta
example: remodeling contractors atlanta or plumbing contractors atlanta

If your website is NOT on THIS page
then TAKE A LOOK at the COMPETITORS WHO ARE GETTING YOUR CUSTOMERS!

Ready for this to change?

How to get real paying customers online

Its deceptively simple and basically it boils down to 3 things:

1.Getting found on Google
2.Having relevant back links (this has to do with getting found on Google)
3.Giving them a reason to Call YOU instead of your competitors. hint: video is better

Getting found on Google
1. Your business must have a website, or Google local pages page that is relevant to the search
(lets say “remodeling contractor Atlanta”)
Ok, great, you have that – your website is all about Remodeling Contractors in Atlanta
- so why isn’t it showing up? Most likely due to too few backlinks

Relevant back links
2. Your website must have backlinks , or links from other RELEVANT sites linking to it.
Hmmmm, maybe your site doesn’t have any back links, or the ones you have come from sites that have nothing to do with your business topic.
If you website has no system for getting relevant backlinks – then you might as well forget about getting any traffic from Google. Yes, it’s boring and not sexy, but getting links back to your site is critical to getting on the first page of Google.

A compelling reason to Call YOU
3. It really helps to have social “proof” like testimonials and customer reviews
Testimonials are critical for turning cold web browsers into hot leads begging to get on your schedule.
Do you want to know what really engages potential customers? – VIDEO!

There you have it!
3 simple steps to getting real paying local customers online!

(WANT PROOF?  Open another tab, go to Google and type in:  remodel Baltimore    ….This is one of our clients videos – still on page one after 6 months!)

….this is what the page looked like 2 months ago!

Here is another example: Done Jan 1 2012 where we have TWO spots on page one!

What about dude ranches? Yep we got them on page one too!

Want it DONE FOR YOU at an incredible price?

We are offering a simple and affordable GET CUSTOMERS ONLINE monthly service for a limited number of Local Atlanta Contractors!

YES we LIMIT the number of local contractors we work with for each specific industry!

$125 a month

What does $125 a month get you?

Each month we provide:

• 30 REAL and RELEVANT backlinks to your website or Google places page each month

• Each month we create and add a new video or video testimonial to your YouTube channel.

Video testimonials turn your real written testimonials into a POWERFUL LEAD GENERATING SALES MACHINES. You can use these on your website, you tube channel or even on your Google places page. Informational videos show your expertise and services – quickly  and powerfully.

BONUS: When you sign up for our 6 month plan we’ll create a customized YouTube channel

Contact us today at 678 318 7515 or visit us www.seoservicesatlanta.com

Local Atlanta Businesses Get Economic Boost in 2011

Posted by Jan at 7:54 am

Local search marketing gives businesses a much needed boost n 2011

Get FOUND!

Local Maps Placement, Mobile search Visibility, Video marketing and getting more LOCAL customers! Did you know that: 90% of online commercial searches result in local offline purchases and 61% of all local searches result in a transaction?

Your next customer is searching for you ONLINE. Get FOUND and make MONEY for less than $5 a day! Call 678 318 7515

Hyper Local Search results get customers for local business

Posted by Jan at 4:12 am

Hyper Local Search

Local business get boost from online customer search

Local Atlanta businesses that are on the first page of Google get more calls, and make more sales.

Atlanta Local search marketing

Online SEO and Local visibility translates into more customer buying power. By using Online search, local marketing, local SEO Atlanta local businesses gets much needed economic boost

Atlanta Gets Local Customers Shopping!

Posted by Jan at 2:59 am

Can local shoppers find your business?

Local customers are shopping, but are they finding your store?

Over and over I talk to local businesses who are still convinced that their customers are not looking online for their particular products or services. The biggest problem I see with this is the fact that these same business owners have no way of knowing how much business they are actually losing by not being visible online.

Missing customers are invisible

If 500 customers a month find your competitors online you will never know they are being siphoned off systematically week after week after week. Ironically, most small business service providers only need 3 to 5 new customers every week to really turn their profit margins around. So you would think the possibility of capturing even 20 new eyeballs a month would be exciting to them. for many local businesses the opportunity to talk to customers, while they’re in their decision-making process is the basis for their business. So why have local business owners have been slow to use the Internet appropriately to market their business?

Local businesses are tired of being ripped off

Unfortunately, many have been ripped off and scam into buying expensive websites that don’t generate any money for them or by buying ads or listings and directories that are equally ineffective. It’s understandable that trying to decide which programs are important to follow through with and which Internet marketing or advertising programs are waste of time and money.

Adwords, is just one example of how local businesses can spend a fortune while not making a cent. In certain markets the competition is so stiff that local business owners have no chance of capturing good leads from adwords without spending anywhere from $10-$25 a click. But don’t give up because your local customers really are looking for you online

91% of U.S. internet users do comparison shopping and research online and of that group 51% explicitly characterize themselves as “shop online, purchase offline”

Local businesses that succeed

Local businesses that succeed capitalize on what they do best – communicate personally and professionally with their customers. E-Mail, blogs, articles and videos are all simple and effective ways to enhance your ability to communicate with local customers. Simple, search engine optimization can help these parcels of information show up in the places where your customers are searching for information. It is becoming less and less important that your website show up on the first page of Google, and more important that your information shows up there. Regardless of where it’s published- good information that consumers want to read can lead people back to your store, website or encourage them to call you directly.

Local businesses that use these strategies are more successful because they are reaching customers where and when they are searching.

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10 Fundamentals of SEO – How to Block and Track

Posted by Jan at 9:20 pm

There is a jugle out there regarding local SEO and and how to make sure that you have everything you need to be able to get listed in Googles 7-pack Map.

Here is a good articles with things you need to know if you want to try it yourself.

by David Mihm

Atlanta Chiropractors – How many local customers are looking for you?

Posted by Jan at 10:22 pm

Back pain is a popular search: Atlanta Chiropractors need to know

I did some research today on chiropractors and noticed that when I just use “chiropractor” the 7 pack was 3 spots down and the rest of the page was directories. Yet when I added the modifier chiropractor “chiropractor Atlanta” the 7 pack was top and the rest of the page was organic websites. Another caveat is that the people int he 7 pack were different.

What this means for local Atlanta marketing is that the highest volume search term is already being returned with local results, and that even with a qualifier like “Atlanta” getting into the 7 pack will become essential for local Atlanta chiropractors.

Here are some search numbers for chiropractors in atlanta:

“chiropractors Atlanta” 1600 per month – costs $3.80 for PPC

“chiropractor atlanta”  1600 per month – costs $4.74 for PPC

“atlanta chiropractors” 720 per month – costs $4.74 for PPC

“chiropractors in atlanta ” 260 per month – costs $4.19 for PPC

these 4 terms = 4180 searches per month

“chiropractors” 450,000 per month

“chiropractor” 1,220,000 per month

“chiropracter” 27,000 per month

How much is a new client worth to Atlanta Chiropractors?

Lets say your average office visit is $50 and each clients normally comes 12x a year this means that a new client is worth aprox – $600 a year or more!

How cost effective is search engine optimization for local businesses like a chiropractor?

So over 8000 people a month are searching for chiropractor/s atlanta

The top 3 spots get 85% of all clicks on the page

The first listing gets 2/3 of those clicks

Just the numbers mam

Meaning the top 3 local listings can expect to get the lions share of traffic – clicks ( aprox – 4100)

The first listing will most likely get 2/3 of those ( aprox -  2600)

If only 10% of those people follow thru with an appointment that lucky Atlanta chiropractor could conceivably get over 260 new clients !

and if you remember that each client is worth a yearly $600 then that could be over $153,000 on new client business a year!. Now imagine getting over 200 new clients each month – could your chiropractic business even handle that?

and someone is already paying an average of $4 for PPC for those terms meaning getting organic results is equal to scarfing up over $16,000 in FREE traffic.

Heck even getting only 1% could mean 26 new clients in one month generating an added revenue of over $15,000.

Right now many local Atlanta businesses are struggling to get new clients, but the search numbers show that people are still out there shopping, even if more carefully. If you are willing to invest in your future – local search marketing could be the marketing solution for you.

Local SEO to do list:

I will be putting out a video soon that shows this research process and some other important things to consider for local businesses. If nothing else, go Google a term you think people are using to find your business ( NOT your company name) -See who comes up and where you stand. If the map comes up with names, click on the top two and see who is getting the lions share of traffic. THESE are your real competitors.