Get Tickets to LocalU Advanced
November 30, 2021 8:45am to 5:30pm
Just $99 for a FULL DAY EVENT – OnDemand is Included
A full day of amazing unique, never seen before content from trusted voices in Local Search & SEO
”After watching your webinar/conference I have increased Lead flow from LSA 400% thanks for helping me crack the code.
Robert O'HaverLocalU Advanced Virtual Attendee - August 2021
Past LocalU Video Access Available
If you missed an event but want the recordings – you can still buy access. We are very careful to not have repeat or regurgitated content, so even if you’ve attended a past event, the predecessor or subsequent events will have new, helpful information!
We have the following event recordings available:
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- LocalU Advanced Virtual – Recorded August 31, 2021
- LocalU Advanced Virtual – Recorded April 7, 2021
- LocalU Advanced Virtual – Recorded Nov 10, 2020
- LocalU Advanced Virtual – Recorded June 3, 2020
- LocalU Advanced GMB Master Class – Recorded March 25, 2020
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Who We Are
Local U brings together some of the top minds in local search with years of experience and diverse expertise – we have someone on the faculty who can answer your Local SEO question – or find you an answer of some sort!
Joy Hawkins
Sterling Sky
"Joy Hawkins is the owner of the Local Search Forum, LocalU, and Sterling Sky in Canada. She's also A GMB Platinum Product Expert."
Mike Blumenthal
Gather Up
"Mike has been involved with offering web services since 1995."
Mary Bowling
Sterling Sky
"Mary has been involved in all aspects of SEO since 2003 ."
Joel Headley
PatientPop
"Joel has worked with Google's Local & Geo products since 2005 ."
David Mihm
Tidings
"David runs Tidings, Minutive and the Agency Insider. "
Will Scott
Search Influence
"Will has been helping small businesses get online since 1994"
Darren Shaw
Founder of Whitespark
"Darren is widely regarded in the local SEO community as an innovator, "
Aaron Weiche
CEO for GatherUP.com
"Aaron is a digital marketing veteran of over 18 years"
Carrie Hill
Community Manager @ LocalU.org
"Carrie is a Local SEO Analyst at Sterling Sky, Inc. and the Community & Event Manager for LocalU"
Cindy Krum
Mobile Moxie
"Cindy Krum is the CEO and Founder of MobileMoxie, LLC. "
Greg Gifford
SearchLab
"Greg Gifford is the Vice President of Search at SearchLab, a boutique Local SEO "
Claire Carlile
Claire Carlile Marketing
"Claire has worked both client and agency side over the years, with the last 10 years spent running her own business, Claire Carlile Marketing,"
Colan Nielsen
Sterling Sky
"Colan is the VP of Local Search at Sterling Sky and has been in the local SEO world since 2010."
Jason Brown
Sterling Sky
"Jason Brown is a Local SEO Specialist at Sterling Sky. He is an expert on finding and eliminating Google Maps spam"
Adam Dorfman
Reputation.com
"Adam is currently Director of Product at Reputation.com"
Blake Denman
Rickety Roo
"Blake is the President & Founder of RicketyRoo Inc, a local SEO agency based in Bend OR. "
Dana DiTomaso
Kick Point
"Dana is the President & a partner at Kick Point, located in Edmonton Alberta"
Krystal Taing
Rio SEO
"Krystal leads Local Product Strategy at Rio SEO for global enterprise brands"
Andrew Shotland
Local SEO Guide
"Andrew is CEO of LocalSEOGuide.com a leading SEO consultancy with a specialty in Multi-Location & Enterprise SEO for 10+ years. "
Tom Waddington
TomWaddington.com
"Tom is an expert on Local Services ads as well as a Google My Business Gold Product Expert "
Martha van Berkel
Schema App
"Martha van Berkel is the CoFounder and CEO of Schema App. "
Dave DiGregorio
Sterling Sky
"Dave is Director of Local Search at Sterling Sky"
Dan Liebson
Local SEO Guide
"Dan is the VP of Search at Local SEO Guide"
Meet ALL Faculty
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Video: Last Week in Local for Week Ending November 22, 2021
Carrie and Mike discuss all the best news in local search from the past week, and this past week was a good one! This week they’re discussing retail automation, disappearing GMB categories, a hotel calling the police on a granny over some hurt feelings, Apple maps, more local search news,…
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Video: Last Week in Local for Week Ending November 15, 2021
This week, Mike and Carrie discuss our upcoming LocalU Advanced event on Nov 30, what’s new at Google, the 2021 CTR Research Study, big web brands using political allies to battle antitrust probes, and more! Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting and important articles…
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Video: Last Week in Local for Week Ending November 8, 2021
This week, Mike and Carrie dive into Google’s history of product name changes, video best practices, the debate between the value of pipes vs dashes in title tags, how to perform great SEO audits for multi-location businesses, what your reviews say about you, and more! Last Week in Local…
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Video: Last Week in Local for Week Ending November 1, 2021
Join Carrie and Mike as they discuss what’s new with Google My Business, Facebook becoming Meta, Google Shopping, visual search, and so much more! Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting and important articles from the previous week. It is 20-30 minutes long and covers…
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Video: Last Week in Local for Week Ending October 25, 2021
Join Carrie and Mike as they talk about how ratings and reviews affect local SEO, what’s new at Amazon, review carousels in local finder results, Tesco’s first checkout-free store, and more! Last Week in Local is a look back at the interesting and important articles from the previous week….
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Video: Last Week in Local for Week Ending October 18, 2021
Join Mike and Carrie as they discuss what’s new in the SERPs, including continuous scroll on mobile, getting images in mobile results, indented results, and LSA showing in the local finder and map pack. They also look at Amazon’s major seasonal hiring surge, fake reviews, franchisees’ responsibility to their own…
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