Stormy Knight
Owner of Five Stars Fast
With 27 years experience in search engine optimization, you would think that Stormy Knight would have a mumbo jumbo pile of technical complexity to share. But instead she has distilled all of her experience down to the simple basics that any small business person can understand and implement. Having worked as a speaker for the launch program for Google My Business, Stormy knows what small business owners want to hear. Make it understandable and make it implementable is my motto.
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You can't change your competition. You can't change what market you're serving. But you can effectively change the number of reviews you have.
Stormy Knight
Episode 064
Show Notes
Brief summary of show:
How do you dominate local search?
How has Google My Business changed drastically over the years? Is it really enough to try and rank organically?
Joining me for this conversation is Stormy Knight.
With 27 years experience in search engine optimization, you would think that Stormy Knight would have a mumbo jumbo pile of technical complexity to share. But instead she has distilled all of her experience down to the simple basics that any small business person can understand and implement.
Having worked as a speaker for the launch program for Google My Business, Stormy knows what small business owners want to hear. Make it understandable and make it implementable is her motto.
Stormy gives listeners actionable tips on:
[0:50] Stormy’s experience working with Google on the launch of Google My Business
[8:15] How Google My Business works today
[10:30] What the ‘three pack’ is
[13:00] Putting virtual offices on Google My Business
[21:50] Why bad reviews are not a bad thing, and how to handle them
[32:30] tips for asking for reviews
[34:20] Stormy’s book review

Stormy Knight's Book
From the publisher:
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