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Jamie Banks

Jamie Banks

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Jamie was BrightLocal's Head of Content from 2017 to 2024. He was responsible for managing a team of talented content marketers producing insightful articles, research, and resources to enable businesses and SEOs to get better results in local search.
5 Free Review Request Email Templates
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5 Free Customer Review Email Templates

by Jamie Banks

So you’ve established the importance of generating a steady stream of online reviews for your business, and you’ve got buy-in from head office to invest in review generation software. Great! ...

July 11th, 2019
3 min read
10 Local SEO Tips to Improve Rankings
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10 SEO Tips to Improve Local Rankings

by Jamie Banks

Improving rankings in the local pack is of increasing importance to local businesses, especially those who find themselves unable to compete with big-ticket rivals in the main search results. If ...

July 10th, 2019
10 min read
How to Generate Leads For Your Marketing Agency
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How to Generate Leads for Your Marketing Agency

by Jamie Banks

Eight tactics that you can employ to get marketing leads or generate referrals. The modern digital marketing landscape is an incredibly competitive one, with more agencies than ever opening their ...

June 28th, 2019
7 min read
New Free Tool: Generate Google Business Profile and Review Links with Ease
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NEW FREE TOOL: Generate Google My Business Profile and Review Links with Ease

by Jamie Banks

There are all sorts of links, URLs, and IDs associated with Business Profiles on Google, each of which is used to direct people to Google Maps, the Knowledge Panel, and ...

May 10th, 2019
3 min read
About a BLOB - The Story of the BrightLocal Rebrand
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About a BLOB: The Story of the BrightLocal Rebrand

by Jamie Banks

We’re incredibly proud of the significant updates we’ve made to the BrightLocal brand, so I thought I’d share with you, dear reader, the story of how we got here. Before ...

April 26th, 2019
4 min read
How to Report Google My Business Spam
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How to Report Google My Business Spam

by Jamie Banks

I’ve been working with Google Gold Product Experts (formerly Google Top Contributors) for a year and a half now, and in this time one particular issue has come up probably ...

February 28th, 2019
3 min read
Why is Content from Google Posts Appearing in Local Pack Listings?
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Why Is Content from Google Posts Appearing in Local Pack Listings?

by Jamie Banks

Google Posts might have recently been relegated by Google to the bottom of the knowledge panel, but a discovery this week shows that this definitely doesn’t mean Google is dismissing ...

February 21st, 2019
3 min read
BrightLocal's 2018 Year in Review
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BrightLocal’s 2018 Year in Review… and a Taste of What’s Next

by Jamie Banks

2018 was a busy year for local marketers, with a whole host of new Google updates and tools to wrap our heads around. And for us here at BrightLocal, it ...

January 8th, 2019
How to Help Service Area Businesses Succeed in Search
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Service Area Businesses: GMB ‘Service Area’ Update and SERP Clicks Analyzed

by Jamie Banks

Big news for Service Area Businesses (SABs) this week, as Google has confirmed and rolled out a change to the way you set your service area in Google My Business ...

November 7th, 2018
3 min read
Google Maps New Follow Button Will Revolutionize GMB Posts
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Google Maps’ New “Follow” Button Will Revolutionize GMB Posts

by Jamie Banks

Google just announced a feature that should come as no surprise to anyone who wondered how they would fill the void left by Google+. In an announcement on their blog ...

October 26th, 2018
3 min read
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Businesses Ranking Top 3 in Google Local Have 85 Citations

by Jamie Banks

Recent research from BrightLocal has revealed that the average local business ranking 1-3 in Google Local has an average of 85 local SEO citations, and that there is a correlation ...

August 24th, 2018
2 min read
Facebook Is Switching Review Ratings to Recommendations
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Facebook Is Switching Review Ratings to Recommendations

by Jamie Banks

UPDATE: BrightLocal’s Reputation Manager now offers you the ability to reply directly to Facebook Recommendations from within the platform! Although earlier this year Facebook was testing a new 10-point review ...

August 22nd, 2018
2 min read
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