A handful of the LocalSEOSites team started our travel to the Search Marketing Expo (SMX West) Monday night with a red eye drive from Irvine to San Jose, California. We decided to do the six hour road trip as a team building experience and take advantage of the beautiful coastal ride.

We first attended the Google Local Tactics conference and found that our business model is right on track and even more that our reputation management platform (OMAP) is an added feature that most of our competition does not provide. This puts LocalSEOSites.com ahead of the curve in regards to the SEO/ SEM services that are offered amongst the industry.

The most exciting point of the trip is the validation we received regarding the importance and evolution of Local SEO as a service that will continue to be dominating the search marketing market. Google, Bing and the rest of search engine industry are continuing to develop their search algorithm for a better local search platform; and it’s not just search but also the Social Networks. Leading the move is Facebook with their newest added feature, Deals for Local Place Check-ins.

What does mean for business across the US? It means that if you’re not optimizing your local presence, than you’re missing out on the 92% of the population that is currently using local search technology to find the services or products that your business could offer.

To sum up the road trip and our visit to SMX West, we would like to use the words of Charlie Sheen, “WINNING, Duh!”. From the valuable speeches to the relationships we have built, it’s great to know that LocalSEOSites.com is on an enterprise level but offers all the services and support for small or large business alike. We strive to be the best at we do and now it’s showing. LocalSEOSites.com provides real results with integrity, accountability, and quality at the forefront of the local search marketing industry.