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UTM Parameters for Google Business Profile: Setup and Testing
Add UTM tags to the website, appointment and post links on your Google Business Profile using utm_source=google, utm_medium=organic and a campaign name such as gbp_listin…
Indiana MBE Certification Suspension: What Owners Should Do
Executive Order 26‑17, signed July 14 2026, suspended the MBE and WBE parts of Indiana's supplier diversity program. Pending and active certifications are both suspended.…
Local SEO for Indianapolis Businesses, Step by Step
Local SEO for an Indianapolis business comes down to a profile that matches reality, a service area you actually drive, categories that describe the business itself, revi…
Commercial Roofing Leads From Property Managers and Public Bids
Commercial roofing leads can come from property managers, facilities teams, general contractors and public bid portals. Confirm the buyer's authority and your firm's fit …
Dental Marketing in Indianapolis: Patients and Rules
Dental marketing in Indianapolis runs on two tracks at once. One is acquisition, meaning the map result, the problem search and a site that books the appointment. The oth…
Google Local Services Ads Cost Per Lead: What Sets Your Price
Local Services Ads cost per lead varies by account. Google charges for each valid lead and says prices vary with your location, the job type, the type of lead and your bi…
Digital Marketing in Valparaiso and Northwest Indiana
Porter and Lake County sit inside the Chicago media market, so a Valparaiso business bids against Chicago advertisers while serving an Indiana customer base of 68,639 hou…
Google Ads Management in Indianapolis: What the Fee Covers
Google Ads management in Indianapolis shows up as two numbers. Ad spend goes to Google on your own card, and the management fee pays a person to build the campaigns, cut …
HVAC Marketing Ideas for the Slow Season
The HVAC marketing ideas that fill the slow season sell work you can schedule in spring and fall. Sell maintenance agreements and tune ups before the weather turns, start…
Marketing for Fishers Businesses: Where to Start
A Fishers address helps you show up for searches happening near Fishers, and it does far less for a search happening downtown. Here is how to read the Geist, Nickel Plate…
Why Isn't My Business Showing on Google Maps? What to Check
When your business isn't showing on Google Maps, either Google isn't showing the profile or it's live and losing the search you ran. Search your exact business name first…
How to Calculate Your Cost Per Lead and Break Even CPL
Cost per lead is what you spent on a channel divided by the number of leads it produced. The number that decides whether the channel keeps its budget is your break even c…
Website Design in Indianapolis: What a Lead Site Needs
A website that produces leads has a short requirements list: the right pages, service copy that answers the money question, proof a stranger can verify, contact paths tha…
Are Roofing Leads Worth It? Do the Math Before You Buy
Roofing leads are worth it when the cost to sign one job from that source stays well below the gross profit the job brings in. Divide the lead price by your combined cont…
What an Indianapolis Ad Agency Does Day to Day
An Indianapolis ad agency spends a retainer on research, creative production, daily media work, landing pages, measurement and reporting. Here's what each of those looks …
Fast AI Models vs Chat Models: Which Marketing Jobs Fit Each
Not sure which kind of AI model a marketing job needs? Use a fast typed model to sort, score and route thousands of items into answers your code can read. Use a chat mode…
Marketing for Black Owned Businesses in Indianapolis
Marion County counted 25,241 Black owned businesses in 2023, and 24,000 of them had no employees. That one number sets the marketing plan. Discovery has to work without a…