The Ultimate Digital Marketing Guide for Local Businesses

So you’re trying to find out everything you can about online marketing to help promote your local business. There are so many online resources, that one can easily be overwhelmed and not know which information is reliable. The following is a guide of blogs and websites recommended by our subject matter experts.

Content Marketing

Marion Jacobson – Editor, writer, web developer, SEO expert

• Content Marketing Institute
• Marketing Profs
• TopRank Blog

Chris Irby – Manager of Digital Content

• Copyblogger
• The Content Wrangler
• Seth Godin
• Duct Tape Marketing
• Problogger

For further study, check out all of our content marketing articles for local businesses.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Ben Kaylor – SEO Manager

• Google Webmaster Help YouTube Channel
• Google Webmaster Blog
• QuickSprout Blog

Vu Thai – SEO Manager

• Moz blog
• Local SEO Guide
• Webmasterworld forum
• Search Engine Watch

To learn more, check our our articles on SEO for small and medium businesses.

Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

Jonathan Larkin – Search Marketing Manager

• Search Engine Watch
• Search Engine Land
• AdWords blog (product announcements & technical implementation)
• Bing Ads (product announcements & technical implementation)

For more information, take a look at our SEM & PPC for local businesses section.

Social Media Marketing

Danielle Celmer – Social Media Manager

• Social Media Today
• Business 2 Community
• SimplyMeasured blog
• Small Business Trends blog
• Alltop Social Media
• BizSugar Social Media
• Hootsuite blog

Christine Landry – Senior Social Media Editor

• Social Media Examiner
• Buffer blog

You’ll find lots of helpful articles in the Social Media section of our blog.

Local Business Websites

Kim Perry – Web Developer

• Smashing Magazine
• Responsive News
• Tech Crunch

Mobile Marketing

Travis Christman – Mobile Applications Product Manager

• Mobile Marketing Watch
• Mobile Marketer
• Mobile World Live
• Information Week
• Entrepreneur Mobile

There is a great wealth of information for you to explore in the Mobile Marketing section of our blog.

Online Local Marketing

Jeff Copeland – Senior Content Manager

Jeff has created a great list of the Best Blogs for Local Online Marketing News and Trends that you should definitely check out. Here are his other recommendations:

• BIA/Kelsey Local Media Watch
• Street Fight

Michael Anhuth – Digital Marketing Product Manager

• Local Search Association blog

Check out the marketing section of the blog for more resources and ideas.

Web Analytics

Ryan Vermette – Web Analytics Specialist

• KISSmetrics blog
• Adobe Analytics blog (product announcements & technical details)

We have a large repository of articles to increase your understanding in our Web analytics for local businesses section of the blog.

What do you think about this list? Do you have other sites that you visit regularly to help with your online marketing that you would recommend?