Local Marketing Institute Podcast
Episodes
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session April 24, 2026
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session March 27, 2026
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session February 27, 2026
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session February 13, 2026
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session January 30, 2026
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session January 16, 2026
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session January 3, 2026
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session December 19, 2025
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session December 5, 2025
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session November 21, 2025
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session November 7, 2025
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session August 29, 2025
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session August 1, 2025
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with David Hunter July 18, 2025
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session May 23, 2025
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session May 9, 2025
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session April 25, 2025
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Guest Host Amy Toman March 28, 2025
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session January 31, 2025
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session January 17, 2025
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session December 20, 2024
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Guest Host Amy Toman November 22, 2024
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session October 25, 2024
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session September 13 with Guest Host Darren Shaw, 2024
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session August 30, 2024
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session August 16, 2024
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session July 19, 2024
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Special Guest Joy Hawkins June 21, 2024
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session May 10, 2024
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session March 29, 2024
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session March 15, 2024
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session January 19 with David Mihm, 2024
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session January 5, 2024
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session December 22, 2023
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Guest Host Amy Toman November 10, 2023
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session October 13, 2023
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with guest host Amy Toman September 15, 2023
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session September 1, 2023
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session August 18, 2023
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Guest Host Amy Toman August 04, 2023
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session June 06, 2023
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session May 26, 2023
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Darren Shaw April 28, 2023
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session March 31, 2023
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Special Guest Ted Chan March 17, 2023
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session March 3, 2023
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session February 17, 2023
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session February 3, 2023
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session January 20, 2023
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Tricia Clements January 6, 2023
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Joy Hawkins December 16, 2022
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses and local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Guest Host Yan Gilbert December 2, 2022
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Guest Host Yan Gilbert December 2, 2022Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session November 4, 2022
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session October 21, 2022
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session September 23, 2022
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session August 26, 2022
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session August 12, 2022
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session July 1, 2022
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session June 3, 2022
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Tricia Clements May 6, 2022
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session April 22, 2022
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Guest Host Colan Nielsen April 08, 2022
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Claire Carlile March 25, 2022
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Guest Host Colan Nielsen March 11, 2022
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session with Chase Buckner February 25, 2022
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session January 28, 2022
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session January 14, 2022
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Pr...
Local Marketing Institue Q&A Session December 17, 2021
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My Bu...
Google Local Service Ads Q&A Session with Special Guest Navah Hopkins
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
Local Marketing and SEO Marketing Q&A Session with Greg Gifford
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
Local Marketing Institue Q&A Session July 23, 2021
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
Local Marketing Institute Q&A Session July 16, 2021
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session July 9, 2021
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session June 25, 2021
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session June 18, 2021
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
5 New Instagram Growth Tools for Local Businesses with Larry Kim
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's session, Larry Kim demonstrates five tips to help local businesses get more customers from Instagram. Larry is the CEO of MobileM...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session June 4, 2021
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session May 21, 2021
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session May 14, 2021
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
Local SEO and Marketing Q&A Session May 7, 2021
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
Ultimate Google My Business Q&A Session with Joy Hawkins
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's not often you get THREE platinum level Google My Business product experts in a single session, but today you're in luck. Joy Hawkins, P...
GMB Post Updates, Different GMB Pins, Apple Maps / Siri, Open Graph
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
Google My Business for Hotels, TripAdvisor, and More
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is Tim Capper of Online Ownership. Tim joins Eric, Jason and Ben to answer your questions on local search, Google My Business and ...
Google 2-Pack, Meta Tags, 3rd Party Review Sites, Finding Reputable SEO Help
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses ... local search engine optimization (SEO), Google My B...
GMB Performance Report, iOS 14 Facebook Ads, Google Map Stacking
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This Week's Updates and QuestionsUpdate on new Google My Business performance report.Street view privacy problem for service area businesses on A...
Why Local Search Visibility Is More Important than Search Ranking
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week our guest is SEO legend, Mark Traphagan, of seoClarity. Mark joins Eric, Jason and Ben to answer your questions on digital marketing for loc...
Google and Facebook Local Advertising Q&A Session
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook and Google local advertising expert, Navah Hopkins, joins Eric Shanfelt, Jason Brown and Ben Fisher to answer questions about local targeted ...
360 Virtual Tours, Street View, and Optimizing Photos for Local Businesses
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this session, learn how to create and use virtual tours for your local business. Google Trusted Photographer, Joe Danzer, joins Eric Shanfelt, Jaso...
GMB Spam / Messaging / Images, Bing Drops Yelp, Website Speed and More
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric, Jason and Ben give an update on the most important developments in local marketing and answer digital marketing questions for local businesses.S...
Measuring Local Digital Footprint, Voice Search, Coworking, Apple Maps and More
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is Cindy Krum, CEO of MobileMoxie. Cindy shows us how a local business should measure their entire digital footprint, not just the...
Local Marketing and SEO Q&A
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Flagging GMB Reviews, Facebook Pages, Core Web Vitals and More
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Barry Schwartz, Founder of Search Engine Roundtable, contributing editor for Search Engine Land and CEO of Rusty Brick. Barr...
Inbound Links, Press Release Services, Home-Based Businesses
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Craig Mount of Classy Brain joins us to talk about inbound link strategies he’s doing for local businesses using public relations / PR. Y...
GMB Reports, Negative Reviews, Fake Yelp/Facebook Reviews and More
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each week, Eric, Jason and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses. Ask any question about local search engine optimizatio...
Two New Local Search Ranking Studies for 2021
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's local SEO and digital marketing Q&A session, Darren Shaw (Whitespark) and Chris Dryer (Rankings.io) join us to talk about thei...
Local Link Building Tactics to Get More Customers
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Getting more inbound links to your website helps improve your visibility in search engines, and that helps you get more customers. But let's face...
New Local Search Data to Help Your SEO Strategy
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Dreyer and his team at Rankings.IO just completed an extensive analysis of over 112,000 personal injury law search results pages. The data is fa...
Under the Hood with SEMrush
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At Local Marketing Institute, we're often asked what tools are the best for local marketing. Certainly, one of the most popular and powerful ones...
Busting the Biggest Local SEO Myths
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What are the biggest local SEO myths? Lee Auerbach, Chatmeter's SVP of Business Development, joins us to help sort out fact from fiction.Local SE...
How Schema Markup Improves Your Local SEO
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is schema markup and why is it important for your local business?Bottom line ... it can improve your local SEO and help more customers find you.F...