Search Engine Optimization Basics for Small Business Owners (Skillshare)

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Search Engine Optimization Basics for Small Business Owners (Skillshare)

Are you a small business owner looking to figure out the basics of search engine optimization (SEO) for your website? This class will teach you all that you need to know about search engine optimization that is important for a business owner. We will discuss the difference between on page search engine optimization versus off page search engine optimization. And if you have a local brick and mortar store, we will look at the importance of local search engine optimization.

It will give you an overview and it will also give you some tips whether you should do this yourself or whether you can outsource this task. Come join me in the class and you will find out what you need to know about search engine optimization from a small business owner's standpoint.
Let's start a discussion about what your plans are for SEO in the future?
After what you have learned in this course, is this something you plan on doing yourself in-house or do you plan on outsourcing this function? Please tell us why.
Here are some resources that were mentioned in the video lessons. There is a listing of places where you can submit your business information. Some of them may require a fee. The most important one is to set up a Google listing with a Google ID.

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