Forget which brand has the best coffee. Rather, which has the best local search visibility? Both companies want to sell more coffee and keep expanding, but to win new customers, they’ve got to win local search. In other words, when people whip out their phones and ask for phrases like “coffee near me” – if you’re a coffee shop and not in the top 3 results, you might as well be invisible. Because you are.
First, companies need to drop their egos. Only 20% of local searches are for specific brands. That means at this very second, 80% of people looking for coffee aren’t typing in Starbucks or Dunkin’. There are nearly 100 million searches for “coffee shop” in the US each year – and that’s just one of many phrases they might use.
They are asking Google or Siri or Alexa for Cafes, Lattes, Espressos and Cappuccinos. And unlike funny cat videos, people searching for coffee nearby aren’t doing so for entertainment. They want to buy, and buy now. It’s actually the most perfect moment to acquire new customers because they are searching with intent. You have what they want. But can they find you?
While both companies spend a lot of money on their website SEO, when people search for coffee, sites like Google and Yelp will favor local SEO data, which is an entirely different game. And a game that both companies are underplaying.
For example, when I ask Google for “coffee” it assumes I’m wanting local providers and so it serves up 3 recommendations here in St. Petersburg, FL. The first,...
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