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Great news for agencies and brands managing 100+ locations: you can now set up custom plans for Local Search Grid credits! This means no more repetitive, manual purchasing of additional credits for businesses using this powerful tool at considerable scale. What’s New? Since launching Local Search Grid in February of this year, we’ve spoken to dozens of agency and brand customers who were excited to use the tool, but were unable to make it work with their otherwise fully-customized BrightLocal Enterprise plans . Now that Local Search Grid has been added to these custom plans, no matter how many Grid Points, keywords, Locations or reports you need each month, you can easily set up recurring, automated purchases of the required credits by speaking to the Enterprise team . Not sure how many credits you’ll need for your required reports? Just want to get some recommendations from an expert? No problem! The Enterprise team will be able to configure your custom plan to make sure you’re g

The pandemic has taken its toll on businesses across the globe, particularly local businesses that rely on regular footfall. During this time, it’s been more important than ever to have a solid digital strategy and gain visibility online. Here, Jonathan Birch, Creative Director at Glass Digital, shares six ways local businesses can ensure they’re seen online and excel at marketing during Covid-19. With Covid-19 driving businesses into online-only approaches , it’s vital for local businesses to use digital channels to keep their audiences in the know. But, as well as keeping the discussion open, it’s also important that local businesses prepare to make the changes needed to compete in this quickly changing new landscape.  While for some that means making a totally new move to selling online, for others it may mean tweaking their SEO strategy to adapt to customers’ current needs and wants as driven by the pandemic. In this article I will be sharing six of the top ways your local busin

The world of local marketing never stands still, and staying on top of the trends can take its toll.  That’s why we created Local Quizness – a monthly quiz to help you recap the biggest stories affecting local businesses and marketers. Test your knowledge in 10 quick questions – and rest assured you’re aware of the news that matters most. Happy with your score? Share this on Twitter using the hashtag #LocalQuizness ! If there are any you missed, check out all the links below: Local U – Google Testing Mobile SERPs With No 3-Packs BrightLocal – Local 2-Packs Spotted in Google Mobile SERPs Search Engine Roundtable – Google My Business Review Removal Request Status Tool Local RankFlux Search Engine Roundtable – Large Unconfirmed Google Local Search Algorithm Update Yesterday Search Engine Land – Google Hotel search showing free listings in results Local U – Why You Should Think Twice About Activating GMB Messaging CNN – Angie’s List changes its name in a complete rebranding Lo