Local Search Marketing & 
Google Profile Optimization for Doctors

Our Local Marketing Services

There are many factors that go into searching for a doctor, but proximity is one of the most important things for many patients. When someone goes to Google and searches for a specific medical professional, adding “near me” at the end of their search, the results will include a map at the top of the page with a few listings from your area. This is called the map pack. Local SEO helps doctors come up in these search results and is important for any digital marketing strategy.

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Citation Audit and Optimization

We review the top 100 Key Citation sources with NAP inaccuracies and incomplete business information highlighted. We manually build and/or optimize the top review site listings of Google, Facebook, Bing, Yelp, and Apple Maps.

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Google Business Profile Audit & Optimization

We benchmark GBP listing optimization vs. your closest rivals and fully optimize your GBP citations with logos, pictures, hours of operation, services, etc.

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Submit Correct NAP to Local Data Aggregators (LDAs)

These companies gather and distribute location information for businesses to a vast network of online locations, including search engines, listing sites, mapping services and mobile apps.

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Review Monitoring

We monitor reviews across your listings and help you encourage new testimonials to your profiles so that you can build a 5 star online reputation for potential patients to see.

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Monthly Building and Claiming of Citations

Every month we claim additional listings and update listings with any changes in phone number, address, holiday hours, awards, etc.

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Reporting

Every month, we send a report detailing current citation health, keyword rankings, and your Google Profile from Insights so you can see how patients have been finding your profile as well as how many times patients called, clicked or got driving directions to your office.

Included In Local SEO for Doctors

Features Included
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Citation Audit of the Top 100 Key Citation sources with NAP inaccuracies and incomplete business information highlighted.
Google Business Profile audit and benchmark GBP listing optimization vs your closest rivals.
Prioritize Google Listing tasks that will boost rankings.
Gather citations and business mentions that your top competitors in search have that you currently don’t have. Competitors are the top five ranked businesses within Google Local Finder appearing in the results of a search for your ‘business type’ and ‘location’.
Gather client’s Business Information for building citations including logos, pictures, hours of operation, services, etc.
Manually build and/or optimize the top review site listings of Google, Facebook, Bing, Yelp, and Apple Maps.
Submit your correct NAP to Local Data Aggregators (LDAs) who are companies that gather and distribute a business’s location information to a wide network of search engines, listing sites, mapping services and mobile apps.
Clean up existing incorrect or outdated listings.
Remove duplicate listings.
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Monthly building and claiming of citations.
Updating listings with any changes in phone number, address, holiday hours, doctor additions, awards, etc.
Monthly report on citation health.
Monthly report on keyword rankings.
Monthly Google Report from Insights data to see how customers find your Google Profile and how many called you from that profile, clicked your website, and got driving directions to your office.

Why Is Local SEO Important for Doctors and Medical Professionals?

1. Nearly 50% of all Google searches are local.

Searches that include “near me” will keep going up. Your practice’s proximity to the searcher is a key ranking factor for local searches, but it is not the only one.

2. YOU Can Rank Quicker on the Map Than Organic Listings.

The map pack appears at the top of Google searches, and getting your healthcare practice to rank here can happen much faster than ranking in organic search results, which show below the map pack.

3. Display Current & Relevant Information About Your Firm.

The information in these listings should be relevant, comprehensive, and up-to-date. It is important for your medical practice to have a well-optimized website, that you have reviews online, and that you have citations built in local search directories.

4. Get Listed Where People are Searching.

In addition to fully building out your Google Business Profile, other local business profile listings must also be well optimized, including Yelp, Apple Maps, AVVO, etc.

Why Do I Need To Build Citations?

  • IMPROVE LOCAL RANKINGS – Citations are a key ranking factor for Local SEO. When your practice has listings in trusted online directories, it tells Google that your facility actually exists. How many listings you have, how accurate they are, and the quality of your citations are all factors that affect how Google perceives your online presence.
  • PIGGY BACK PAGE ONE RESULTS – Online business directories such as Yelp, Facebook and Yellowpages, often dominate page one of local searches. Listing your practice in these directories gives you another opportunity to earn top rankings.
  • EARN REFERRAL TRAFFIC – Many prospective patients are loyal to specific citations and find them to be a more trusted resource. For medical providers, these can include Healthgrades, Vitals, ZocDoc and more

What Our Clients Say

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The team at Thunderhead Marketing are truly experts in their field. We rely on Thunderhead Marketing to help us stay ahead of the curve on the ever-changing SEO landscape. I can’t recommend them enough!
Austin Bird
Berkeley Eye Center
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I’ve worked with Thunderhead marketing for years and their SEO work, website design and review management has always been rock solid!
Mike Malley
CRM Group

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