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Claiming Your Listings: Google

Here are the steps to getting listed on Google: For reference, the Google My Business support center is located here. In this day and age, the majority of businesses are already listed on Google. If you see your credit union branches already listed, this may have happened because you, a former employee, or a member …

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Guide to Claiming Your Branch Listings

This guide offers a step-by-step guide to claiming your listings on each of the major provider sites. Click to download the full guide here. What to Keep In Mind Whether you are listing your credit union for the first time, or re-claiming a location to clean it up, here are six very important things you …

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CUBrandMonitor User Guide

The CUBrandMonitor User Guide walks you step-by-step through the platform. We provide details on how to use each tab, including the Admin sections found under My Account. Click to Download the CUBrandMonitor User Guide.

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Why Duplicate Listings Matter

Let’s start with a quick definition. When a local business has more than one listing for a single physical location in an online directory, these other listings are considered duplicates.   A variety of negative outcomes can arise from the presence of duplicate listings, detracting from your local business’s ability to rank well and win …

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The Everything Guide to Citations

Why Citations Are Important to the Success of Your Local Business Citations are defined as mentions of your business name and address on other webpages—even if there is no link to your website. An example of a citation might be an online yellow pages directory where your credit union is listed, but not linked to. …

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Local Business Listing Attributes

Local Business Listing Attributes Your Business Title Your “business title” is one of the most important factors for ranking well in the local search engines. Having a title that remains consistent across all data sources is very important; it helps the search engines establish trust in the existence and location of a particular branch. If …

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Claiming Your Local Search Listings

Claiming any listing of your credit union online verifies that you are the owner of a valid business and authorized to maintain its presence on the web. We will also provide you with an in-depth guide to claiming listings for each provider. Each online local business index (‘Providers’ within the CUBrandMonitor interface) has its own …

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Local SEO 101

Click here to download a PDF version of this guide. We’ve put together an overview of the major factors that influence how a listing performs on local search. You can: Download the entire document. Dive directly into each of the sections, linked here: Local Business Listing Attributes Claiming Your Local Search Listings The Everything Guide …

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