LocalBizGuru
2019 INTERVIEW
Description of your Business
LocalBizGuru is a full-service digital marketing agency, providing expert local digital marketing solutions helping businesses get found online. Driving targeted traffic looking for your products and services to both your website and brick-and-mortar locations. Let LocalBizGuru be your one-stop shop for all your Cleveland SEO needs so that you can focus on what you do best - your business. Get found today!
Share your recent business success!
First and foremost, because of Katie's advice and counsel early on, we have never been in the red. Thank G-d, from day one, we have been profitable and have been growing ever since. We have gone from offering 5 Local SEO services to expanding to become a full-service digital marketing agency with internet marketing solutions including: - Website Design, Development, Hosting & Maintenance - Local Search Engine Optimization - Review Generation and Reputation Management - Premium Social Media Marketing - Google Adwords /Pay Per Click Advertising - Content creation and much much more!
Some success stories include:
1) LAW FIRM in Cleveland, OH - Workers Comp Division. After improving their website traffic year to year by over 180%, decided to initiate a Google Adwords campaign. Got a qualified lead within 2 hours of launch! Consistently getting between 20-40% conversion rates month after month (achieved 50% one month!), while the industry standard is between 3% -5%!
2) WEDDING & EVENT PLANNER. We cleaned up her website and business listing profiles – now ranking on page 1 and in the first 5 spots in the organic search for most of their keyword terms. She got featured on Local News TV for Valentine's Day because they were the #1 result in Google!
3) DENTIST in Eastlake OH - our first customer. Opened 2nd dental practice location in Bay Village OH. Was ranked on page 5 or 6 and 60th place on local searches before we started Now for his main search terms, he is ranking on page 1 and in the top 2 spots for the local pack and top 5 for organic for both practice locations!
4) POTTERY & GLASS FUSION STUDIO in Lyndhurst, Ohio. After moving to a new location and only working with us for two months, they had the busiest season ever in the business' history!
How did the SBDC at CSU help you?
Katie and the SBDC were instrumental in helping us get our business off the ground in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible. Their advice and counsel saved us so much money and angst, helped us avoid the usual start-up mistakes and really kept us focused on what really mattered to our business' success.
Have you recommended the SBDC to anyone?
We recommend the SBDC all the time! Anyone looking to start a new venture or business or improve upon their current one, we always make sure to put them in contact with Katie.
Anything else that you would like to add?
We would never have been able to achieve the success we do without the SBDC. We are so fortunate to have found them when we did and cherish our ongoing relationship with Katie and her program.
SUCCESS UPDATE: Recently, LocalBizGuru was announced as a 2022 National & Local Excellence Award Winner By UpCity!
(Photos courtesy of LocalBizGuru)
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