About Us
Our goal is to help your business attract and keep customers for life consistently and cost effectively by attracting local, loyal and proven local customers and clients to ultimately improve your bottom line.
We help local businesses and start ups to build, grow and be sustainable into the future using a collaborative approach and strategy designed to have measurable results and improve your return on investment in your local marketing endeavors by reigning in spending with group and co-operative strategies that align your online brand with your physical location that saves you time and money.
The Local First strategy consists of helping local businesses get found online and off and to engage with local consumers. We offer solutions that maximize your online visibility through local SEO techniques to be competitive in search results with free and low cost automation tools including review management designed to save time and money to market effectively as a group or individual business.
How We Got Started
My vision is of connecting local businesses, starting right where they are, to local consumers first in their service area started by bringing together local business owners in neighborhoods and communities. We wanted to collaborate to get the exposure they deserve consistently and cost effectively.
Our membership has steadily increased and look forward to adding new members.
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Start by creating a contact page and build citations on local search engines, directories, and blogs.
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Start by creating a contact page and build citations on local search engines, directories, and blogs.
We are 45 miles north of Boston Ma.
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We are 45 miles north of Boston Ma.
A great place to start, if you haven't
done this already, is to manage your citations. As one of the major
ranking factors that help search engines evaluate websites, citations
are extremely beneficial to local businesses hoping to get noticed
online. A citation is any mention of a business,...
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A great place to start, if you haven't
done this already, is to manage your citations. As one of the major
ranking factors that help search engines evaluate websites, citations
are extremely beneficial to local businesses hoping to get noticed
online. A citation is any mention of a business, usually accompanied
by the address and phone number (NAP), on an external website. A
common example would be a business listing on Yelp.
Review sites like Yelp, or
location-based directories can provide citations if the correct
address and phone number is listed alongside the business name.
Customer reviews are also a valuable ranking factor taken into
account by search engines.
Getting your online listings submitted
to the most important search engine listings, including Yelp, Bing
Places and Google My Business will optimize and enhance your local
presence so your restaurant business becomes more visible and is more
than just a local listing, Your free Google My Business profile lets
you manage how your business appears on Google Search and Maps.
Registering on these top sites and
monitoring your reviews on strong sites like Google, Yelp, Apple
Maps, and more is extremely important. Without claiming your
listings you are not able to respond to the reviews.
When a business receives an unfavorable
customer review, the impact is the same whether the complaint is
valid or not. One bad review can drag down a business’ rating;
multiple negative reviews can tarnish the brand reputation and deter
consumers from making purchases. Rather than ignoring negative
reviews and hoping they won’t do too much damage, it’s best to
respond promptly and professionally.
Tips for Responding to Negative Reviews
with Tact
Respond quickly so the reviewer
doesn’t feel ignored.
Apologize for the negative
experience to defuse the situation.
Offer to correct the mistake or
reimburse the purchase.
Maintain a cool and collected
tone.
End on a high note, either by
emphasizing the business’ desire to remedy the situation or by
highlighting anything positive mentioned in the review.
In more sensitive or complex
situations, try to redirect the exchange from a public forum to a
private conversation. Respond to the issue on the review site and
politely request that the reviewer contact the business via private
message or a customer service phone number. Once the matter is fully
resolved, ask if the customer might consider updating the original
review to reflect the new positive experience.
Our services include creating, claiming
and ongoing optimization of local business listings. We make sure
that the business’ NAP (name, address and phone number), hours of
operation, photos, categories and other details are always accurate on top search engines, directories and top authority sites
Our Real Time Data Amplifier network
will distribute and publish your data to a broader audience than you
could ever reach on your own. We optimize and enhance your local
presence, so businesses become more visible.
By submitting and
monitoring reviews on strong sites like Google, Yelp, Apple Maps, and
more. Our directory Partners help business data become more open and
accessible so that customers can find the business when they need or
want their services.
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Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The E-Myth by Michael Gerber
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
The Psychology if Winning by Dr. Dennis Waitley
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Dollars and Sense by Dan Ariel
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Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The E-Myth by Michael Gerber
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
The Psychology if Winning by Dr. Dennis Waitley
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Dollars and Sense by Dan Ariel
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I have referred many and many have referred me. The key is to stay active and follow up. Use the tools that Alignable provides and share your connections' promotions. If you aren't actively using the "Grow My Network" tool it is less likely that you will receive referrals.
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I have referred many and many have referred me. The key is to stay active and follow up. Use the tools that Alignable provides and share your connections' promotions. If you aren't actively using the "Grow My Network" tool it is less likely that you will receive referrals.
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From my experience as as a marketing consultant what's important is that you are first visible on mobile devices. Your signs and offline materials should utilize QR codes and your web address as most check you out online before entering your store.
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From my experience as as a marketing consultant what's important is that you are first visible on mobile devices. Your signs and offline materials should utilize QR codes and your web address as most check you out online before entering your store.
WelcomeWelcome Bill!
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WelcomeWelcome Bill!
It's about the local economy and keeping money local. Collaborating by location makes local businesses stronger.
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It's about the local economy and keeping money local. Collaborating by location makes local businesses stronger.
Eric, you know i want to include Manchester and Nashua NH!!!
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Eric, you know i want to include Manchester and Nashua NH!!!
