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Correct and thank you Colan. I suppose my question is more directed at national rankings, excluding local rankings.

Would the content in my reviews (and responses) help rank my GMB on a national level? I found myself putting in keywords like "dental SEO specialist" in my responses to Google reviews, without any thought of ranking for such keywords. As an afterthought, I'm wondering if such reviews might help...

I had a nightmare client for a couple months. When I fired him (for being self-sabotaging and uncooperative), I read his Yelp responses. He always blamed the patient for being illogical and childish. I recommend never working with a prospective client who starts off their response with "Not to...

I have to check the numbers, soon. I think that's the total cost, all citations included. I remember it being cheaper than Moz Local and White Spark when I signed up.

Yes, I have this option enabled for all my clients. I'm told it's a new option for agencies. I think it's around $30/mo extra. Yext is a significant investment in terms of citations. But it seems to be doing fairly well, so far. I just hired a new employee who will be handling Yext. So I might...

Years ago, I hired this company for some editorial link building. I was extremely unimpressed. I'll spare you the details, but let's just say I'd look in another direction before considering this company. These aggregators look like a great price compared to the bigger names (such as Yext...

Unless I'm misunderstanding this service, it's designed to get citations indexed. If it's a citation builder like bright local, yext, whitespark, etc...different story. I like to see quick results from my work, and so the pitch I often get for building links to citations is appealing. In...

Just out of curiosity, has anyone charged per hour for client meetings? I bundle a 10 minute call (and unlimited emails/text, etc) with my clients. As long as people are pleasant and reasonable, I don't like to limit them. But, I recently had a micromanaging client leave me because they said...

I keep seeing things like this, but it feels a little spammy. I definitely see the value of quickly indexing your citations, though. Anyone have experience or even just a "take" on this kind of tactic?

Hi Colan, thanks for your input. Although a credible document (especially when it's cited by Linda), it's not a detailed case study. I realize it's tough to isolate just one single SEO variable, but that's what I'm aiming for.

I feel like there may be something to this. Does anyone have a definitive case study showcasing certain keywords ranking in the 3 pak because of keywords naturally occurring in the Google reviews?

Thanks Mike! That makes perfect sense and it's exactly how I interpreted your comments on dental hacks.

Hi Mike, At around 30:20 mark, you say that SEO is about where dentistry was in the 1800's. I can't find the exact point, but it's late in the interview, where you say that it's not just about building backlinks and earning reviews. It's not what you said that is controversial. It's the...

I had a couple clients contact me, saying that Mike Blumenthall suggested that link building is dead in this podcast: with Mike Blumenthal (DHP172) I listened to the podcast and I hear nothing of the sort. I heard Mike saying what we all know to be true...that you can't just "build links" or...

Re: How to quantify SEO and... Adam, I'd like to learn more about your 360 tours. I think these might be a great service for dental offices. Feel free to PM me.