Optimize for Engagement: Future-Proof Your Local Search Rankings
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The document discusses strategies for optimizing local search rankings through enhanced engagement. It emphasizes measurable tactics such as monitoring review sources, email engagement, and social signals to strengthen business outcomes. Additionally, it advocates for the use of review management systems and tracking various engagement metrics to improve overall visibility and performance.
Optimize for Engagement: Future-Proof Your Local Search Rankings
- 1. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso DANA DITOMASO OPTIMIZE FOR ENGAGEMENT: FUTURE-PROOF YOUR LOCAL SEARCH RANKINGS
- 3. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso Our strategic goal is engagement.
- 4. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso What tactics result in measurable engagement?
- 5. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Strong engagement results in strong business.
- 6. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso What does Google know about engagement?
- 11. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso We have a complete snapshot of your engagement with the world.
- 12. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso Focus your tactics on moments that lead to engagement.
- 13. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Everything we’ll cover is measurable (in some way).
- 15. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso The knowledge panel is your engagement health check.
- 17. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Missing popular times? Check your timeline.
- 18. I was at the hair salon next door.
- 20. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso What To Monitor Clicks to website Number of reviews Review sources Busy times Overall completeness
- 22. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Is your email newsletter interesting & consistent?
- 23. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Are your transactional emails worth reading?
- 24. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso What To Monitor Total list size Open rate Click rate Conversion rate Compare full list vs Gmail only
- 26. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Social signals are pure engagement.
- 28. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Pay attention to your neighbourhood.
- 29. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Engage people who are talking about what you do.
- 32. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso What To Monitor Activity & engagement (You vs your competitors) New mentions Click rate Conversion rate
- 34. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Use a review management system.
- 35. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Spread your reviews around.
- 36. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso What To Monitor Overall rating Rating by site Total number of reviews Review distribution
- 38. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso How do you confirm appointments?
- 40. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso How else can your space be used?
- 41. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso What To Monitor Appointments & events added to calendars Driving direction visits
- 43. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Phone calls are decreasing.
- 45. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Will call tracking be a barrier?
- 46. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso What To Monitor Phone calls Text messages Call tracking usage
- 48. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Put a link on your contact page.
- 49. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Put a link in your footer.
- 50. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Put a link in your confirmation emails.
- 51. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Put a link... (you get the idea)
- 52. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Create a custom link you can track. (kickpoint.ca/driving/)
- 53. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso What To Monitor Driving direction visits
- 55. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso The strongest signal is when you’re chosen.
- 56. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Make the right impression for your market.
- 58. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso What To Monitor Organic traffic Clicks from Knowledge Panel Conversion rate
- 60. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso Grab the list of metrics: kickpoint.ca/engagepdx2017
- 61. #EngagePDX @danaditomaso#EngagePDX @danaditomaso Can engagement beat proximity?
Editor's Notes
- #3: We’re going to focus on the Engagement slice of the pie. How do you optimize for engagement?
- #8: A sample Google ads profile.
- #9: A sample of Google My Activity.
- #10: A sample of Google Voice & Audio.
- #11: A sample of Google Timeline.
- #14: Some things are easier to get at than others, but all of it is possible to collect and report on (see the link at the end).
- #15: Knowledge Panel
- #17: You can see how more reviews, more popular times data, results in a better knowledge panel. Also, see inside seems to change the panel details.
- #18: We’ve seen examples where if you visit somewhere in a strip mall or with another business very nearby, the “credit” goes to the place with the better reviews.
- #19: Here’s a recent example from my own timeline.
- #20: Why did that happen? Engagement. Also a bad map pin. Notice how the pin didn’t even show on my zoomed in map earlier?
- #22: Email newsletters and transactional emails. And why think about email? Gmail, of course.
- #23: I heard there’s this new email service called Tidings. You should check it out.
- #24: Lots of people have boring transactional emails. Don’t do that.
- #26: How are you doing at engaging your audience on social media?
- #28: From RivalIQ, Kick Point vs some other companies we’re tracking. Look at the bottom two charts that deal with engagement and look for anomalies.
- #29: Remove barriers and invite engagement by connecting to things that people want to know.
- #30: Why wait for them to come to you?
- #31: This zap tracks everyone within 10km of the Kick Point office who mentions pizza and then pushes it to Slack.
- #32: I see two people right there who clearly need some pizza. You can customize the bot icon and what it says. Twitter’s also the a great platform for this since it is so easily tracked and indexed.
- #34: Reviews! The lifeblood of every local business.
- #36: Think back to the knowledge panel. The better panels had reviews from a multitude of sources.
- #38: Calendaring & Events
- #39: Do they have a link to the driving directions? Do you see if people open them, especially on Gmail?
- #40: If you have an option to add it to calendars, make sure the “where” is correct, and add driving directions! This URL (http://kickpoint.ca/directions/) redirects to our driving directions on maps.
- #41: Can you host meetups? What else can you do to bring people in? Bringing people to your space helps with engagement.
- #43: Phone calls are nice but texting is cool too.
- #45: It’s going to happen. And you know that Google can track SMS just as well as phone calls.
- #46: I’m actually not sure! But if Google is considering calls made to a specific number and your tracking isn’t that number – maybe?
- #48: Driving directions – so important it gets its own section.
- #49: Push people towards driving directions whenever possible.
- #53: Otherwise you can’t track it.
- #55: Are you winning in your space?
- #56: Someone will click on a ton of results before they choose somewhere. If they go to you – that’s the strongest signal you can get across.
- #57: How can you build that trust before they’ve visited you? Does your site match the searcher experience?
- #58: Optimize for the searcher experience. Read the study here: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/computer-skill-levels/
- #60: That was a lot of metrics. You can make a pretty kick ass dashboard with that.
- #62: Proximity is a big buzzword right now, and it’s important, but I bet engagement can beat it.
- #63: The issue we’ve seen is when the map is too small to include you. You need to shout loud enough that Google must pay attention to you, instead of these other places.
- #64: Download our companion spreadsheet at http://kickpoint.ca/engagepdx2017