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2. MAKING THE
CASE
FOR LOCAL
SEARCH

3. We operate 123 stores in 30 states
Such as our Seattle
Flagship Store:
222 Yale Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98109
Oooooh, a citation!
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4. %
Traffic to our store pages
from local organic search
is growing at +25% YTD

5. It wasn’t always this way

6. Just 2 years ago, we weren’t
growing our organic traffic
to local store content at all

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8. Someone
else’s fault
No budget Other
right now priorities
Who will
own it?
Someone Someone
else’s job else’s budget
ROI can’t be
This is not measured Someone
what we do else’s metrics
Right idea,
Wrong time
This not how Better
we do this opportunities
Wrong idea,
It will take Wrong time
too long
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9. How do we
find this?
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10. By assigning value to
indicators of off-line
activities.
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11. • Store locator use
• Store page views
• Rentals pages
• Local event pages
• Local class pages
• Local volunteer
opportunities
• Links, Likes,
Tweets for local
content
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12. They’re all worth
something. So
make an estimate.
Don’t fall into the
trap of making your
estimate perfect.
Perfection takes up
lots of time and
stops good work
from happening.
Just be reasonable.
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13. Use these values to
estimate the worth of
total off-line activities
Voilà! Now you’ve
created a simple
business case …and a vocabulary
that you can teach
to your organization
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14. But how do you
convince the
HiPPOs?
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15. Bring in the
BIG GUNS
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16. We engaged David
Mihm to audit our
local visibility and
help us understand
the total landscape
of opportunity.
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17. The result:
A prioritized series
of changes and
optimizations, big
and small, that we
could pursue.
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18. chose the SMALL ones
and that was ENOUGH

19. We used our new
“value vocabulary” and
business case to win
tiny bits of support
from all our partners
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20. The low-
hanging fruit
of local search,
if you will
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21. We optimized a few of
our <title>s here…
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22. Wrangled a tiny UX
improvement there…
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23. Ran a quick A/B test on
our content here…
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24. We even ran a tiny
local Link campaign
Mad props if you
know who Link is!
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25. Our data-intensive reporting
and incremental gains caught
the imagination of leadership
and garnered further support
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26. Because they had the
vision to be able to see
that this isn’t about SEO.
It’s about the
cross-channel
customer
experience.
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27. A cross-channel story is
one that everyone in your
organization can support …because it’s all about the
customer, not about you.
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28. Success often breeds success.
Little changes lead to big wins.
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29. Now our mobile app
helps you find our
physical stores

30. Now we provide local
store product inventory
visibility on our site…

31. As well as on Google.

32. Now we’re working with
an agency to manage our
local information across
Google properties, IYPs,
wayfinding services, etc.

33. Now we’re running
local/social presences
all across the country

34. Now we’re running
local/social presences
all across the country

35. Now we’ve marked up our
local store content with
Schema.org microdata

36. Now we’ve got local staff
engaged in creating local
media… with our members!

37. %
…is just the beginning.

38. Our conclusions:
1. Shrink the change by
starting off small
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39. Our conclusions:
1. Shrink the change by
starting off small
2. Use data to tell your
story
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40. Our conclusions:
1. Shrink the change by
starting off small
2. Use data to tell your
story
3. Don’t chase the
perfect at the cost of
getting things done
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41. Our conclusions:
1. Shrink the change by
starting off small
2. Use data to tell your
story
3. Don’t chase the
perfect at the cost of
getting things done
4. Seek outside counsel
and guidance from
experts
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42. Our conclusions:
1. Shrink the change by
starting off small
2. Use data to tell your
story
3. Don’t chase the
perfect at the cost of
getting things done
4. Seek outside counsel
and guidance from
experts
5. Small changes lead to
big wins for you and
your customers
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