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GOOGLE Review Extortion

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:22:09 GMT

GMB Extortion: What to Do When Scammers Threaten Your Reputation

Learn how to report Google review extortion using Google’s official Merchant Extortion Report Form—and discover how Bring More Clients helps local businesses protect their reputation with instant review text alerts.

I f you own a local business, chances are you’ve dealt with fake or unfair reviews. But what happens when someone demands money or free services to remove those reviews?
That’s called extortion , and Google has an official way to fight back.

What’s Happening

Across the country, scammers are targeting small businesses—especially restaurants, service shops, and local retailers—by posting fake one-star reviews. Then they contact the owner demanding a “settlement” to remove them.
It’s not only unethical—it’s illegal. And Google now treats this as a major policy violation .

Google’s Merchant Extortion Report Form

Google created a dedicated form for this exact situation.
�� Report extortion here

Use this form if:

Someone leaves fake negative reviews and threatens to keep doing so unless you pay or offer free goods or services.
You’ve received messages or emails directly linking their demands to your Google Business Profile or Merchant Center listing.

What You’ll Need

When submitting your report, gather proof such as:

Screenshots of messages or emails
Links to the fake reviews
Any direct communication showing the connection between the threat and the reviews

The more evidence you provide, the faster Google can verify and take action.

What Not to Do

❌ Don’t pay or offer compensation
❌ Don’t engage or negotiate
✅ Report it immediately using Google’s official process

Once submitted, Google will review your evidence and notify you of the outcome. For privacy reasons, they won’t share every detail of their investigation—but they do take these reports seriously.

How to Stay Protected

At Bring More Clients , we’ve built a simple solution that helps business owners stay one step ahead of review scams.

Our AI Reputation Alert System automatically texts you every time a new Google review is posted —good or bad—so you can respond immediately before fake reviews gain traction.
This instant notification system is designed to:

Catch suspicious reviews the moment they appear
Let you reply quickly and professionally
Protect your Google reputation without waiting for monthly reports

Whether you run a restaurant, repair shop, or retail business, knowing about every new review the minute it happens gives you control—and peace of mind.

If you’d like this protection added to your business profile, contact us at Bring More Clients or visit SocialShareCode.com to learn more.

Why This Matters

Fake review attacks can devastate small businesses that depend on local visibility. For restaurants and service providers in the Inland Empire and beyond, a few bad reviews can push your profile below competitors on Google Maps—hurting both traffic and trust.
Being proactive and documenting every communication helps protect your business and your reputation.

Check Your Google Reputation Instantly

Your Google Business Profile is the first thing customers see — but when’s the last time you reviewed what they’re saying?
In just a few seconds, our Reputation Scan Tool will analyze your last 30 days of reviews (or your most recent batch) to show how your business is performing online.

See what customers love, where improvements can be made, and how your overall rating impacts your visibility on Google Maps.

�� Run your free reputation scan now — protect your business image before negative reviews hurt your traffic.

Tripadvisor Free Listing

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 04:19:41 GMT

Claim your listing on Tripadvisor

Grow your business with free tools provided by Trip advisor

Take control of your listing https://www.tripadvisor.com/Owners

Customize your listing details, upload photos, and more to show customers what makes your business special.

Google Search keeps Innovating

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 19:40:52 GMT

Google releases Intuitive Visual Search with TEXT

New Search updates will help individuals find what makes a Restaurant Special.

https://blog.google/products/search/food-restaurant-search/

TikTok Instead of Google Search

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:39:17 GMT

Younger users often turning to Instagram & TikTok

"The launch of the new improvements come as Google recently acknowledged that TikTok is cutting into its Search product. Senior vice president Prabhakar Raghavan, who runs Google’s Knowledge & Information organization, recently noted that younger users are often turning to apps like Instagram and TikTok instead of Google Search or Maps for discovery purposes. For instance, Raghavan said nearly 40% of young people go to TikTok or Instagram when looking for a place to eat, as opposed to Google Maps or Search."

FB Post Templates

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 23:08:56 GMT

Facebook is helping SMBs' with simple templates

Post in minutes with Free Templates

Posting regularly helps you stay top of mind with your followers. To save time and get inspired, check out our library of small business templates.

Here you can download templates for any occasion and even get inspired by real posts from businesses like yours.

Optimize "Near Me" searches

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:12:52 GMT

Be Found more often!

Customers buying journey starts with local search results.

Google is the most used search engine by customers. A "near me" search continues to be one of the top requests by the general public.

Google provides their audience the best result using "Local Search relevancy"

If and when a customer uses "Voice Search" or types in "Best Car Wash Near Me" the results which are returned give favor to a business

which is optimized. It's not impossible to be ranked. It simply requires a few variables to be set correctly for your online digital presence.

Local Listings is one of part of the foundation. We can run a scan of your business and provide you a snapshot of where your business currently

ranks and put in place a simple strategy to begin the optimization.

Download this sample Report of Commonwealth Car Wash .. the project identifies how they are being listed below the 20th listing on Google Maps

a Customer will never scroll down below the top 3 on google maps to make a decision. As a business you need to optimize to try and rank on the top 3 of google maps in order to drive foot traffic of "NEW potential" customers.

What is SEO

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 05:42:12 GMT

SEO is really just 3 Things

How Search Engines Work: Three Important Rules That Will Make Your Website More Likely To Rank Well In The Search Results And Keep Your Visitors Coming Back For More!

These three elements are critical to all of our marketing efforts. They form the foundation of everything we do. And they MUST be in harmony. If not, your site won't be as effective as it could be. It'll be like having a great band but the musicians are not in tune.

Document Relevancy : creating pages that users are looking for, and that search engines understand.

Authority & Attention : the metrics that tell search engines we are helpful to users (links, views, downloads).

Technical Optimization: the engineering that makes it easier for search engines to find our pages.

A lack of Document Relevancy: users don’t see your pages, and therefore don’t link to or visit them. Authority & Attention: Users ignore your site, and therefore, don’t think you are an authority on the subject and thus, don’t click on your ads or buy your products. Technical Optimization: It is impossible for search engines to understand and find your pages.

YOUTUBE MARKETING

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:47:39 GMT

YOUTUBE ADS

Be seen where users are watching. Set up your YouTube video campaign and engage with potential customers by bringing your expertise and story to life.

Businesses that use audience solutions are 40% more likely to exceed their revenue goals and four times more likely to say their marketing budget is spent efficiently in terms of ROI. ^*

Making the video Creating video content is easier than you might think. Create your own YouTube video ad in just a few simple steps . You can also partner with a creative partner or platform to bring your vision to life.

Drive actions Once you're up and running, you can start driving actions. YouTube makes it easy for potential customers to connect with you directly from your video with Video action campaigns . For example, you can create custom clickable buttons below your video ad to "learn more.

More videos, more reach YouTube gives you a variety of ad formats. Tell your story in 6 or 60 seconds, and we'll get it in front of the right people, wherever or however they watch.

Six-second bumper ads are great for getting potential customers' attention on mobile.

TrueView ads are longer and give viewers the option to choose which ads they want to watch – meaning you won't pay for unwanted views.

Action plan If you have a video, you can begin running your campaign in just a few clicks. Start your campaign

Remember, if you missed a lesson or would like to read ahead, you can always visit the Fundamentals of Google Ads .

Video Ad Formats https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-strategies/video/youtube-video-ad-formats/

Google Digital Coaches

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:59:35 GMT

Latinx-owned "learn about digital"

Google Digital Coaches teaching the latin business owners about google tools to help business owners grow.

What is LSA?

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 22:05:49 GMT

Google at it again? Local Service ADS

There is so much more than just going thru backgrounds to become a Google Guaranteed service provider.

My case study starts here, and I will continue to update this post for IngeniousPlumbing. it is my belief that SEO and other optimizations within Google My Business, along with backlinks from Authority sites will help Eddie Alvarado rank for higher position in Google Local Service Ads for Cities, such as Pasadena, Glendora, Chino and surrounding cities. As a professional plumber in Covina, with more than 23 Five Star reviews in Google. His family owned and locally owned business can benefit greatly by engaging with the local community to build his brand awareness.

Opinions: From a call quality perspective, Local Services Ads are definitely worth it. ... There will be a limit to how many phone calls you'll likely be able to acquire during any given week. That's why, if you do decide to test these ads, do not neglect your other digital channels, including paid search campaigns in Google Ads.

Earn customers trust with a Google badge

Become a Google Screened or Google Guaranteed provider and earn a badge for your business based on your industry. A Google badge gives you extra credibility and gives customers more confidence to book your services.

Only pay for results

Set your budget and only pay when a customer gets in touch directly from your ad so you can focus on your business. Not sure where to start? Use our budget tool to decide on a budget.

Google Playground

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:32:21 GMT

The Auction on the Google Playground

The place where the competition is only as good as their AD RANK.

Google likes to provide their end users " the customers " the best relevant information.

Ads that are relevant get the benefit of being shown more often ( based on what the customer is searching)

A few key factors come into play:

Quality of the AD
Relevancy of the AD, as to "the search term" by the customer
Landing Page to support the AD with relevant information.

Both the Marketer, the business owner and Google want to provide a good experience for the customer by providing relevant information.

As I have come to learn more about Google Ads, my opinion is each key word (Ad Campaign) should have a landing page to support the "search performed by the consumer" the landing page needs to have strong relevant information which Google can qualify for a "Best Ad Rank" and show your Ad more often, possibly for a lower PPC.

Context of query

With the ad auction, context matters. When calculating Ad Rank, we look at the search terms the person has entered, the person’s location at the time of the search, the type of device they’re using (e.g., mobile or desktop), the time of the search, the nature of the search terms, other ads and search results that show on the page, and other user signals and attributes.

Ad extensions impact

When you create your ad, you have the option to add extra information to your ad, such as a phone number, or more links to specific pages on your site. These are called ad extensions.
Google Ads estimates how extensions and other ad formats you use will impact your ad's performance.

Auction-time ad quality

Google Ads also looks at how relevant and useful your ad and the website it links to are to the person who'll see it. Quality Score is an aggregated estimate of our assessment of the quality of your ad.

Let's take for example Plumbing, there are various services within the plumbing industry.

As a marketer, a strategy to implement would be, find a batch of key words for a specific service, write relevant content which provides information about the problem the keywords highlight, ad a video (visually highlighting) the relevant content and that same page becomes my landing page with a CTA specific for that AD Campaign. Brilliant!

I tend to enjoy spending time learning ways to improve my skillset and improve the outcome for the business owners I have the privilage to represent.

Here is a link which can assist you personally in learning more about Google Ads Auction

Want to know how to Improve your AD Score? Use this reference provided by Google

SEO big 4

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 17:53:35 GMT

Optimize your Local presence

If I only had 30 seconds to tell you how SEO works, I would tell you it’s these three things:

Keyword research: understanding what people are searching for in Google and other search engines
Document relevancy: making it easy for search engines (robots) to understand what your content is about
Increasing authority: all the things we do outside of our page in order to let search engines know we’re trustworthy and useful to users
Technical optimization: all the behind-the-scenes engineering to make it easier for search engines to find your content

Learn more from this article: https://www.clickminded.com/guides/seo-strategy/#cta

Online Digital Footprint - Business Analysis

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 22:56:21 GMT

Why is it important to improve your score?

3 sections in which we can guide you:

Reputation - customers view recent reviews, your responses and overall sentiment before they decide to visit your business
Outreach - Engaging with social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram is your outreach channels to your local community.
Presence - Digital footprint online starts with a web page, even if it is only a 1 page site. This is used to build your listings and citations across the internet verifying your name, address and phone # on over 40+ local listing sites

Reputation is as simple as increasing your reviews on social media platforms, primarily Google, Facebook and I guess ? Yelp ?

Monitor what customers are saying the second new reviews are posted on top sites. Use a service to pull all your reviews so you respond to reviews on Google, Yelp and Facebook and other platforms.

Outreach Your outreach is important to your business. A substantial amount of leads and customers come straight from your social media platforms.

Presence Enhance your online presence. Offer customers an interactive login area online, sync your business info across 40+ listings sites, and get a fast, modern, mobile-ready website.

Automation Tools

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:29:27 GMT

Digital marketing "Set it and forget it"

Focused on growing your business with Google? When it comes to search marketing, automation enables marketers to scale their messages and strategies across a massive audience while simultaneously delivering personalized results and optimized performance. If you’ve been burned by automated tools in the past, now is the time to revisit today’s solutions with an open mind and find the right combination that will take your campaigns to the next level.

https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/future-of-marketing/emerging-technology/search-marketing-automation-strategy/

Agency with Google Ads Account

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:08:16 GMT

You own the data and we manage the account

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What is: Google Search Algorithm

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:36:19 GMT

Learn more below about the key factors that help determine which results come up on search

Omni Presence

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:15:15 GMT

Publish Content EVERYWHERE

✏️ Gary Vee Says to Create 60+ Or More Pieces of Content Everyday.

That is insane… How do small businesses create this much content all while running their actual business? As a small business owner myself, I am unsure how Dentists, Plumbers, Marketing Agencies and other small businesses have time to do just that.

What this tells us is the creation of new and fresh content is one of the most important marketing tactics today, especially during times where people are stuck in their homes, and are consuming 2x as much content than ever before.

So here’s the question, is there a better way to create heaps of content in 2020 without hiring a huge team?

There is now.

What if I told you that you could get content produced for you, for hidden angles in your niche, and then get that content published all over the internet on major sites.

-> Videos on sites like YouTube and Vimeo

-> Advertorials on major news sites like USAToday

-> Slideshows on Slideshare

-> Audio snippets in major podcast directories like Google Podcasts

-> Blog posts on high traffic blogs

-> And more!

Meet LocalRetail360

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Book Your Demo of LocalRetail360 today!

5 Tips on Contactless Payments

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 20:21:14 GMT

Learn more about Contactless payments and growing your business.

Business owners aren’t the only ones trying to figure out how to navigate life during coronavirus. While many states are lifting shelter-in-place orders and business restrictions, consumers remain wary of going back to business as usual. Recent studies show that half of all Americans are still worried about the health of their family, and it’s affecting how they shop, eat, and more. One of the new trends that businesses can focus on to help alleviate fear among customers is contactless payments, which have shown a 40% jump in growth among consumers in the first quarter of 2020 alone. Here’s everything you need to know about contactless payments for your business.

What are Contactless Payments and Why Now?

Contactless payments utilize NFC technology, enabling customers to simply tap their contactless card or mobile phone to your contactless-enabled payment terminal to make a payment. Customers need to have a payment app such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, or FitBit Pay in order to make contactless payments with their mobile phone.

Contactless PaymentPrior to the COVID-19 outbreak, contactless payments were not all that popular in the United States compared to other countries, with only about 10% of consumers using the technology. However, since the outbreak, that number has grown significantly due to the fear that people can become infected with coronavirus from coming into contact with frequently touched items, including cash and payment terminals.

COVID-19 Concerns Are Driving Demand for Contactless Payments

As we mentioned above, Mastercard has seen a 40% jump in contactless usage over the last several months, and they’re not alone. A recent American Express survey showed that people are less likely to use cash or swipe/dip a credit card now than before the COVID-19 outbreak, and 58% of people who have used contactless payments previously, now say they are more likely to use contactless payments than before. Meanwhile, a separate study by NMI showed that 30% of consumers have started using contactless payments for the first time and 70% of those people plan to continue using contactless, even after the COVID-19 pandemic has passed.

Why Contactless Is Good for Small Businesses

The adoption of contactless payments is great for small businesses for several reasons:

Knowing that a local business accepts contactless payments can help boost customer confidence during coronavirus and increase the likelihood of them returning

Contactless payments are much faster than other types of payment transactions, meaning you can keep lines short (good news for social distancing) and increase throughput Contactless payments are secure, thanks to dynamically encrypted NFC technology, meaning there’s less chance of fraud and chargebacks

Is Your Business Equipped to Accept Contactless Payments?

If you are using any of our point-of-sale systems or payment terminals, then yes, you are already set up to accept contactless payments, including Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and FitBit Pay.

If you are not yet partnered with us , if you do not have a contactless payment terminal, or if you're not sure, we are here to help. I offer a variety of hardware payment solutions, all of which accept contactless payments, and our team of experts will be happy to help you get set up with the solution that makes sense for your business. Best of all, we’re here with 24/7 in-person support to answer your questions and get you set up ASAP.

COVID Compliant Business resources

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Fri, 22 May 2020 16:31:13 GMT

Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce - Communication 909-248-3145

Helpful Links:

· Governor Lays Out Plan for Solving Record State Budget Deficit from CalChamber

· CalChamber Releases 2020 Job Killer List from CalChamber

· Reopening Business Digital Resources Center from US Chamber

· COVID-19 and Form I-9 Requirements from CalChamber

· HR Boot Camp Pivots to Virtual Format from CalChamber

· www.2020census.gov - Remember to Fill Out Your 2020 Census

· https://covid19.ca.gov/industry-guidance/ - Updated Industry Guidance

· Application - Paycheck Protection Program

· Application - Compliant Business Partnership Program

· Survey - Business Recovery Survey

· Register - Applying for Reconsideration Webinar

· Guide - Payment Protection Program

· Survey - Inland Empire Economic Center Business Survey

· https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic - Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Information

http://sbcovid10.com - COVID Compliant Business Partnership Program

Information courtesy of Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce

SB County small businesses can now apply for the COVID-Compliant Business Partnership Program

Small Businesses in San Bernardino County - you can now apply to become a COVID-Compliant Business partner with the County and receive up to $2,500. To find out more about eligibility and the application process, visit http://sbcovid19.com and click on "COVID-Compliant Business Partnership Program."

Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Information

Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Outreach presentations online to Employees and Employers so you have a better understanding of the new law and how it may apply to you. These Outreaches are available in multiple languages.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic

https://www.facebook.com/departmentoflabor/videos/vb.909-248-3145/?type=2&theater

Inland Empire Economic Center Business Survey

The main target of the survey are businesses that produce the sales tax necessary to support the critical services provided by cities and counties. All individual responses will remain confidential.

The deadline to respond to the survey is Monday, May 25. We will present preliminary findings at the State of the Region event on May 28. Thank you in advance for all your support.

https://bit.ly/2WZNjZt

Paycheck Protection Program Guidelines

The U.S. Chamber published a new Paycheck Protection Program Guide to Forgiveness. Like our previous guides, this document provides businesses with an easy to understand explanation of what they need to do to apply for forgiveness of their PPP loans. Click here to download the guide . Please note, this guide will be updated as new guidance is issued by the Dept. of the Treasury.

Also, we continue to update our Reopening Business Digital Resource Center as new state guidance is issued. Click here to access the resources center , and see below for more information.

COVID-19 EIDL Webinar - Applying For Reconsideration

Are you a small business owner who has been denied for the SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan? The SBDC is here to help you! Join us for our COVID-19 EIDL webinar as we discuss your options for funding and how to apply for reconsideration. You will have the opportunity to ask your EIDL reconsideration questions at the end of the presentation.

Date and Time:

Thursday, May 28 @ 4 PM

REGISTER

Magic Johnson to Assist Minority-Owned Businesses

Former NBA player and Hall of Fame member Magic Johnson announced this week that EquiTrust Life Insurance Co. - of which he owns a majority - is providing $100 million in capital to fund federal loans for minority and women business owners who have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic .

EquiTrust will work with MBE Capital Partners to distribute the loans through the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

The goal is to help 100,000 businesses secure resources that will sustain them through the pandemic.

Business Recovery Survey

To better assist you and provide services that meet your recovery needs, we are gathering information regarding the challenges you're facing now as a result of COVID-19.

Your response will be immensely helpful in planning our training opportunities, developing consulting services, and organizing our workforce to better assist you and thousands of other small businesses.

We appreciate your willingness to share how your business was affected during this pandemic and your business plans. Please click the button below to share your response with us.

The information you provide in this survey is confidential and will be used to develop our service offerings. If reported, it will only be reported in aggregate.

This survey should take about 5-7 minutes to complete. Thank you for time in advance. We're always here to help your business plan and recover - no cost, no catch.

Complete Now

If you have already taken the survey, thank you we appreciate your feedback!

If you have already filled it out, please disregard this email.Thank you

Are You a COVID Compliant Business?

As we reopen the economy, the County wants to help your customers know that you care about their health and safety! When a business applies and is approved to become a COVID Compliant Business Partner at http://sbcovid19.com/covid-compliant-business-partnership-program/ , we will send you a COVID Compliant window sign that will let your customers know you are implementing strict protocols to keep both employees and patrons as safe as possible.

Test your Speed

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:07:22 GMT

Test your page speed with google

Test your Page speed with Google https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/feature/testmysite

What omni channels is your business using to post regularly to increase exposure?

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:43:18 GMT

The latest industry report data shared the following on"Social Media Marketing"

Increase your business using digital banner ads

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Click on the video link below to view some banner ad examples

Here is a quick overview of Banner Ads for the Automotive industry.
Learn how we can help you bring more customers to your service drive as we use digital market and RTB using Digital Banner Ads

Does Retargeting Work?

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 22:40:23 GMT

Social ADS and Retargeting your existing and new customers

Retargeting works! we work with your business to get your banner ads designed and help you with posting it online. We do this in the Facebook Platform and provide you analytic reports of your ads performance.

Get on board with our company by getting your first banner ad done for free by visiting us:

https://www.bringmoreclients.com/social-ads

SEARCH or BANNER ADS?

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 22:27:08 GMT

The online digital market space has matured into BANNER ADS

The image above shows the average spend in DISPLAY ADS 2016 @ 32.17 BILLION AND INCREASING TO 37.20 BILLION
The image below which was posted in 2015 by Emarketer clearly hit the mark on a 20.5% growth for display adds.... in the billions. The growth in Banner ads has kept on pace as projected by Emarketer. If you are a business and you want to engage your customers Banner Ads is an area to focus on in 2017. Get your free banner ad by visiting this website.

https://www.bringmoreclients.com/social-ads

This is so cool! Virtual Reality in the real world.

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 21:41:17 GMT

Pokemon Go - new world of Virtual Reality on your phone.

So while in Santa Cruz California, I was able to learn more about this awesome virtual reality game. I was drawn to it during my time in Santa Cruz California (Awesome California tourist area) but also home to the UCSC Slugs!

Anyways, I caught my first pokemon after downloading the app. I just had to learn to how this game functions and works. I posted the video below which is a great way to get a visual of the game.

What I am eagerly excited about is how Bring More Clients will be helping small business owners on board to leverage this incredible opportunity. More to come soon!

Keep it Local

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Mon, 30 May 2016 14:33:21 GMT

It’s official, I have a blog and I know how to use it.

A new era of marketing goes hyper-local. Google is launching new updates, last year is was mobilegeddon 1.0 in which Google updated their ranking system to include “mobile-friendliness” as a ranking signal. Studies found a 11% increase in traffic to mobile optimized websites post-Mobilegeddon. Sites that did not listen to the warning may have been dinged in search engines, but Google is raising the stakes with Mobilegeddon 2.0. Google is coming out with PROMOTED PINS read more on a google post here . Check your website to see if it is mobile friendly https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/

Local Directories and indexed listings

info@bringmoreclients.com (Louis Ramirez) — Mon, 30 May 2016 14:33:21 GMT

Combine both to enhance your business listing

Can customers find you online?:
For better or worse, local listings are ever more important. As a local business owner how will your best voice rise to the top.

How can Business owners use indexing?:
Google uses indexing to find the sites which have correct (NAP) Name, Addresses Phone. This sounds simple, however this is big data being indexed by the search engine called Google. Google wants to provide the consumer the most relevant online location information and provide the customers sites which have been updated by 3rd party sources. Is your site indexed correctly?

Indexing is a great form of mass communication:
Control the data Google and other Search engines receive about your locations and ensure it is always consistent, authoritative, and up-to-date
Inconsistent business location information across online maps, apps, directories, GPS devices, social networks, and search engines costs you real sales . Industry leaders like Yext lets you control your company listings across 100+ global partners, including Google, Apple Maps, Bing, Facebook, Yahoo and Yelp.

Local directories are Good for SEO:
Keeping content on your site fresh and relevant, you can use a blog to boost the search engine ranking (SEO) of your site and your business.

It brings people back to your site:
If your blog is strong enough and updated regularly, people will come back looking for more and bring traffic back to your site as well.

You can establish yourself as a thought leader:
A blog is a great place for your original thoughts, and it can be a wonderful way to show off your individuality. If people like your ideas, you can become a thought leader in your industry!