small business owner need advice

by nylock
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I am a new locksmith company I currently have an seo guy and he seems to be doing pretty good for a lot of my keywords which is locksmith then city. I am in the top ten for 6 keywords and top 5 fpr 1. I am showing up on the local maps for only a couple citys but not nearly enough because I feel like that's how I am going to get most of my calls. Wondering what's the best thing I can personally do, I have an seo guy so I dony do like the backlinks, blogging or whatever nor do I know how. Would adding my business to local directories help with my rankings? I see yahoo local works is about $20 a month and it adds my business to a bunch of directories. Also does reviews play a role in my business rank? I have had decent success with google AdWords express, regular google AdWords and especially bing ads I have had horrible success, not because people aren't seeing my site but because I get a crap ton of clicks and no calls from it. Pretty sure its another locksmith just clicking my site because he doesn't like seeing my site above his, and the keywords for adwords are expensive in my industry, $5-$20 per click so yeah I'm not really feeling the AdWords at this moment. Any advice here would be appreciated, thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author mlab
    Hi,

    My suggestion...
    Work with your SEO person - you need to work together. Your website must be mobile-ready, simple, fast-loading, provide info that your customers need as quickly as possible. That means Phone Number, Locations served, hours, rates, etc... No extra fluff. When someone needs a locksmith, they are not hanging around reading or clicking through lots of pages.

    Target the following phrases...
    Locksmith plus city
    Locksmith plus county
    Locksmith plus neighborhoods
    Locksmith plus zip code

    Make sure your site establishes your credibility and trustworthiness.

    Proudly serving City, ST for XX years
    Family owned since XXXX

    Phrases like the above, for example.

    edited to add: PM if you want me to take a quick look at your site.

    Hope that helps,
    Chris
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  • You need to talk with your SEO provider, and see what tracking your can get from his work so you know exactly where the calls come from.

    About a competitor clicking on your Adwords ads I don't think so, but maybe they are targeting the wrong search terms. Adwords express is a waste of money if you don't have a clue of what you want exactly to achieve.

    You could work on your adwords campaigns to improve your quality score and low youd CPC. Also to improve your landing pages and track calls from people interested on your ads.
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  • Profile picture of the author WesleyGW
    Want some FREE methods??? Read on...

    Get your Yelp profile setup with a map/coverage area - no cost

    Get your Google Business profile setup with a map/coverage area - no cost

    Set up a MINIMAL Facebook PAGE and post a good tip once a week (remembering to fully complete the profile with your website link, services offered etc. - no cost

    Here's some freebies of what to post about:
    1. Funny testimonials from customers
    2. What to expect from an emergency locksmith
    3. Best locksets for your home
    4. Best (and worst) ways to "hide a key"
    5. Funny "locksmithing" tales or woes

    ...you get the idea...

    Good Luck!

    P.S. You can tell clients if they post a review you will give them a rebate or some other token as a thank you!
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    • Profile picture of the author patco
      Originally Posted by WesleyGW View Post

      Want some FREE methods??? Read on...

      Get your Yelp profile setup with a map/coverage area - no cost

      Get your Google Business profile setup with a map/coverage area - no cost

      Set up a MINIMAL Facebook PAGE and post a good tip once a week (remembering to fully complete the profile with your website link, services offered etc. - no cost

      Here's some freebies of what to post about:
      1. Funny testimonials from customers
      2. What to expect from an emergency locksmith
      3. Best locksets for your home
      4. Best (and worst) ways to "hide a key"
      5. Funny "locksmithing" tales or woes

      ...you get the idea...

      Good Luck!

      P.S. You can tell clients if they post a review you will give them a rebate or some other token as a thank you!
      Nice post at all, but... What's the meaning of a MINIMAL Facebook page? What's the difference between such a minimal and a normal page? Are you talking about the number of fans or?
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  • Profile picture of the author RR4111
    There is a way to block clicks from certain I.Ps in adwords. Look for I.Ps that have a high # of repeat clicks and block them.
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    • Profile picture of the author nylock
      do you know how to look up the ip?
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  • Profile picture of the author PBScott
    You are saying your AdWords keywords are $5 - $20 per click in your city ?

    I would suggest finding more obscure keywords do some more keyword research, though "funny shirts" is about $12 a keyword, finding strange variations on things like "really funny graphic tees Portland" only cost me about 5 cents a click. You can get that price down.
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  • Profile picture of the author prestige00
    Because you are a service based business I would highly recommend Google place listings. Think about your business. People want help right at that moment when they are locked out of their car stranded somewhere. They are looking for a solution at the time and so a phone number is a must. Therefore also, a mobile friendly site will highly be recommended.
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  • Profile picture of the author jameskyle
    SEO backlinking is only one method of generating traffic online. Even though it is quite popular among many internet marketers, it is not nearly the most effective. Even if you do rank for all of those keywords, depending on how many people are searching for those particular words a month you are limited by the search engines. And that may be after months of a campaign

    A more effective method is Social media & content marketing. You will be no longer be limited by search engines and you will be in control of the traffic the more you grow your accounts. However this is a different style of internet marketing and would require someone who knows about spreading content tailored for social media.

    However it is a more nuisance than SEO marketing so you would need to find since you have to understand wh
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