London Ontario SEO

Just wanted to send a head up to London Finder, which is a new London Ontario local blog for news, events, business directory listings and what not. If you’re starting something new and want a shoutout let me know!

As soon as you become serious about your business there are a few things you do. You go to a designer and get a professional business card design. Then you get leaphlets and pamphlets with your business information. And nowadays you get a website thrown into the mix. But then what?

I think we can agree those business cards are useless sitting on your desk. In fact your business card is useless until it gets into someones hands. So you accept that you will have to distribute those business cards.

But what about your website? Your website is useless until you get it in front of people. And not just anyone, but in front of the London Ontario market. And if you can get it in front of London Ontario residents who are potential clients? Then your website is worth its weight in gold.

So let me ask you again, is your website useless? Let’s take for example the new London Ontario directory site London Finder.ca.

Ask yourself this, what has your website done for you lately? Is it just collecting dust or is it bringing in potential clients everyday? Would you be satisfied if your business cards were all sitting on your desk? Would you be satisfied if all your promotional material was sitting on your desk collecting dust?

Should you be satisfied with a website that does nothing for you?

London Ontario SEO

We’ve talked about who we are at London Ontario SEO, but what our business owners want to know is how does it work? Let us break this down simply for you.

Here are London SEO we are truly the “one stop” solution. From start to finish: everything from creating the website, to hosting it to the designation of monthly security. On top of that we take care of website marketing.

Make yourself appear in front of all of London Ontario today!

I’m hoping this will serve as a good FAQ for people who want to know more about London FAQ and how we can your local London Ontario business.

Q: What services does London SEO offer?

A: Here’s a quick run down of what we do

• Local business website creation
• Website hosting
• Keyword research and competition analysis
• One time on page optimization
• Ongoing website marketing
• Monthly progress reports

Q: What does London SEO do?

A: We help London Ontario’s local businesses compete online. What that means varies wildly from business to business. We approach this business in a very one on one way. Each client recieves totally customized packages. For some business owners that means we will start a website for you, register a domain for you and host your website.

For others it might involve only online site optimization to help you increase your visitor count and make your site easier to use (both for humans and search engines). The largest service we offer is a month to month offsite marketing service. This is what will show the greatest return on investment and will make you the most competitive online.

Again, all of this varies on what kind of position your business is in, the size of your business, your expectations and the list goes on. This is why before we take on a new client we insist on having a phone conversation to discuss this.

Q: Does my local London business need a website?

A: This is the most common question that never actually gets asked. We all know about the internet and use it but few business owners (especially in London ON) make use of it. There is huge potential for profits and new clientele for whichever business is looking to capitalize on the wide open London Ontario online markets.

There are a few reasons London Ontario is the perfect city for online marketing:

• University City

Plenty of new university students will show up to London every year. And they need services to replace what they miss from their hometown. Everything from Chinese food delivery to hairdressers to hardware stores. Everytime they search for a new store your website should be there to help them. This also provides the perfect opportunity for word of mouth marketing around the university.

• Students & Parents

Because of the influx of students, parents will come to visit. And parents will almost always want to go out and spend on their kids. They will take them out to a fancy dinner, find a good place to buy what they forgot, help find them a new local doctor, etc. Parents are very likely to do a search to find exactly where they can get all of these things done and again, this is a perfect opportunity to capitalize.

• Population 400k

Being one of Canada’s 10 largiest cities, London Ontario is no small pond. There are plenty of consumers here just like there are plenty of businesses and business owners.

• Wide Open Online Markets

Compared to its size, London Ontario is wide open for businesses to compete online. Toronto, which is approximately 10x the size of London Ontario, sees much greater competition. Being able to compete online in Toronto can range up to the high thousands of dollars. Being competitive in London requires only a fraction of that investment.

Q: No one in my business is tech-saavy, is that a problem?

A: Not at all. Again, one of the services we offer is creating your website and hosting it for you. Essentially we are taking away what stops you from starting online.

If you have any more questions to ask please let us know so we can keep adding to the London Ontario SEO FAQ!

Most offline business don’t have a website. And if you bring up online advertising they aren’t quick to jump in. Why? Most people don’t really grasp the power of search. And even more people don’t understand why local search and local seo is so important. I’m going to break down the city of London Ontario and explain to you point blank why London Ontario SEO is so critical.

Being a university town makes London ON one of the best places around to make use of the internet. In smaller towns around Canada more and more of the population is using the internet. Because of the 30,000+ university students right here in London, online search is a huge deal. I can’t even describe how many times people will use Google to find London’s “best Chinese food place”. In dozens of dorm rooms people want to know what they can get delivered fast and cheap.

Whoever harnesses the power of the internet and local google search in specific has a lot of money to make. That’s where we come in.

I think we can all agree there are tons of obstacles in this business. You need to be tech saavy to understand the intricacies of building a website,hosting it and using it to promote your business. And hey, that’s the easy part.

How do you make everyone in London Ontario who searches for “London Ontario Chinese Delivery” forever remember your restaurant name and number? This is probably the biggest reason local business owners haven’t taken the time to get this sorted out. Search engines are ridiculously complicated and the time it would take to understand the complexities of this business is not worth it.

Again, that’s why we’re here. We understand traffic. We understand website marketing. And that’s what we deliver. Whether you’re looking to get your first website set up or just looking to increase promotion to your already active site we can help.

In fact, we can create and host sites for complete beginners. Or we can work on an existing one. It all depends on what you need.

Now let’s be clear–there is no free lunch here. We can’t make you a millionaire or ensure that you’re going to be on Forbes next quarter. If that’s your type of thing then go to Ivey. But making sure that those freshmen looking for “London Ontario Chinese Delivery” find you? You better believe we can do that.

It’s inevitable that most business owners will not be ready for this step. And this is good. This means that the few who do take the chances will have no competition. And they will see 10x the rewards.

We want to be clear in our London SEO Services–we’re not miracle workers or black magic workers. Before you can sign up as a client we need to talk. We need to make sure you have a realistic expectation of how you’re website will be marketed. There’s no quick “buy now” buttons on this site, this is a real business and we’re only looking to take on real clients.

Till Next Time,
London ON SEO

This is the first post in a series of posts of local London Ontario Businesses. I’ll use these posts to review businesses in London ON that people might be interested in. For this post I’m going to be looking at London Ontario Hotels located Downtown.

I know many people want a London hotel downtown because they want to be close to the university or they might just want to be in the heart of the city. Either way, the best way to get a good deal on a London Ontario hotel downtown is to use Hotel Searcher. This lets you get the best nightly rates on Downtown London ON Hotels.

I’m going to show you the steps I take to getting the best deals on London Ontario hotels.

1. Follow this special promo for Hotels.com (see image below) [this deal will get you money back for your stay]



2. Click “Make A Hotel Reservation Now” (right under the rebate form)
3. Under “Enter A City” put London, ON
4. Enter your Check In & Check Out dates
5. Click GO

To find a Downtown London Ontario Hotel: Under London,CANADA click “Nearby Landmarks” and pick downtown London

And there you go! The best deals on London Ontario Hotels!

This is the first post at London SEO. This website is being launched today to help business owners in London take full advantage of their local search potential. Everyday hundreds of people in London Ontario will search for restaurants, entertainment, bars, clubs and whatever else London has to offer. Every search done is an opportunity for you to connect with your target customer.

And every minute you wait to get into the online world another potential customer is lost. We believe there is great power in local search and are here to bring that to the businesses of London Ontario. Stay tuned, more to come.