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Compare 16 local marketing automation platformshttp://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/channel-local/~3/HNaW5dO_IEw/compare-16-local-marketing-automation-platforms-282611By Digital Marketing Depot on Sep 14, 2017 04:41 pm Locally targeted ad spending by US national brands will grow to $68.9 billion in 2018, according to BIA/Kelsey’s US Local Media Forecast. Local marketing growth is being driven by several important trends, including consumers’ increasing preference for online local information — particularly...Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.Read it! »Video Deep Dive: Final attribution…what prompted the customer to buy?http://localu.org/blog/video-deep-dive-final-attribution-what-prompted-the-customer-to-buy/By Mike Blumenthal on Sep 13, 2017 12:00 pm Mike Blumenthal, Mary Bowling & Ed Reese take a Deep Dive into the topic of attribution. This is our Deep Dive Into Local from August 8th, 2017. In our Deep Dive series, we take a closer look at one thing in local that caught our attention and deserves a longer discussion. If you have a [...]The post Video Deep Dive: Final attribution…what prompted the customer to buy? appeared first on Local University.Read it! »  10 More Local Search Posts You May Have MissedYelp says Google violated ‘do not crawl’ provision of 2013 FTC settlement agreementVideo: Last Week in Local September 11thThe New ‘Location, Location, Location’ in RetailAugust 22, 2017: The day the ‘Hawk’ Google local algorithm update swooped inHack: Seeing Google Questions & Answers on the DesktopGoogle Is Now Notifying Page Managers When Business Data Changes in GMBAccess and Update Google My Business Listing Direct from Search ResultsSite Performance and the New Time to Interactive MetricGoogle Local: What Happened on August 1st to Increase Views in Insights?6 things you need to know about Google’s Q&A feature on Google Maps