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It’s in Beta testing now but already three of our moving clients are in the test phase on their sites of this new Google My Business (GMB) page feature.  Here are the pros and cons:  1. “REQUEST A QUOTE”...

If you’re like 99% of the movers I’ve spoken with this summer you have been slammed with business.  In fact, you’re most likely turning business away.  But will it continue?   There are many theories out there, including: There will...

It’s a fairly common problem: Your site is on Page One of Google, but you get very few moving leads from the site. What’s wrong?  It’s important that your website is truly a service to your prospects. That means...

We hear it from every client coast to coast. No part of the country has been spared. All of you are turning away business due to lack of help.   So, what is working today?  JOB SITES: No. They are...

Why is this important today? COVID again changes our moving world according to this past Friday’s WSJ in which they renamed their Mansion Section “The Rentals Issue”: WORKER SHORTAGE: This is not news to any moving company but it...

What does this mean to you and why is it important? Our takeaways: GOOGLE’S SHARE OF ALL WEBSITE SEARCHES IN THE U.S.: 88.83% in April.   ONLY MOBILE MATTERS: Google is only indexing your mobile site as of March. This...

What does this mean to you and why is it important? Our takeaways: MORE POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS: With median sales prices of homes up 18% alone in March, the pool of potential customers for a full-service move is increasing. Since...

What are these SEO mistakes that so many make on their websites? All stock images Google reviews that are dated or lacking entirely. This is not new news if you are a regular reader of this email newsletter. We...

It’s profitable for moving companies that have taken the leap because the potential customer finds it more engaging resulting in more leads. How do we know for sure, and it’s not just opinion? Here’s how in brief: GOOGLE ANALYTICS...

This has been a long time coming. Here’s what we believe now according to research performed by Searchmetrics and relayed by Marcus Tober in Voices of Search podcast #475: Based on a review of 2,000,000 websites. More than 50%...

  As we mentioned a few weeks ago, Google is now only basing your website’s ranking on your mobile version.  This has made some of our clients grumpy (to be polite) and some of our staff disappointed.  Why?  Read...

The problem is universal, all movers are experiencing a vanishing labor pool for Drivers as well as Crew.  Now with a new round of stimulus checks, the problem will only be exacerbated.    WHAT DOESN’T WORK IN GETTING APPLICATIONS:...

As was announced last year, Google will now only base your site’s ranking on its Search Pages by your mobile site’s authority. As some sites with the same content do often have different ranking factors, such as site speed,...

  The “battle cry” far and wide has been about consumers of the internet’s privacy.  CEO after CEO has been paraded through Washington to be cross-examined about what information their company is collecting on “unknowing” users.     As consumers,...