Citation Vault With Paul Meyers
An overview of Citation Vault, how it works, and a little on how it's helped some of Paul's websites. Citation Vault is a great service that offers 300 Local Citations at an awesome price. With the Unlimited Agency Plan, you can add as many locations per month just like the name says... It's unlimited.
Citation Vault With Paul Meyers
Introduction
In this section, Andy and Paul introduce themselves and discuss the purpose of the video.
Introducing Citation Vault
- Andy introduces himself as a representative of Citation Vault.
- Paul is also present to provide his perspective on using Citation Vault.
- The purpose of the video is to discuss what Citation Vault is, how it has helped users, and answer questions.
Value of Using Citation Vault
In this section, Andy discusses the value that he and his clients have received from using Citation Vault.
Benefits of Using Citation Vault
- Andy has been using Citation Vault for about five or six months for both his own digital assets and for his clients' assets.
- Local citations are necessary to rank in the map pack, but outsourcing them can be expensive and ineffective.
- After about six months, outsourced citations often drop off or get de-indexed.
- Building a citation system in-house was a better solution for Andy's agency.
- Citation Vault allows users to set up new citations quickly and easily.
- Users can make edits without logging into 300 different sites.
Adding a New Location with Citation Vault
In this section, Andy demonstrates how easy it is to add a new location with Citation Vault.
Adding a New Location
- Adding a new location with Citation Vault takes only five to seven minutes.
- Users fill out basic information similar to what they would put in their GMB listing.
- Once listed, the information is live on all sites within three to three-and-a-half minutes.
- The GMB map embed shows up on each listing along with other social profiles like Facebook.
Live Demonstration of Citations Created by Citation Vault
In this section, Andy shows a live example of what the individual pages created by Citation Vault look like.
Live Example
- Citation Vault creates highly relevant citations for users.
- Users can download all their citations if they want to copy and paste them to a web page.
- The live example shown is for Citation Vault itself.
- The page includes the business name, address, phone number, hours, and a branded backlink.
- The GMB map embed and Facebook link are also included.
Local Citations and Unique Descriptions
In this section, the speaker discusses the problem with local citations and how they solved it by creating unique descriptions for each profile page.
Creating Unique Descriptions
- The problem with local citations is that people often copy and paste the same description, resulting in duplicate content across the web.
- To solve this problem, they wrote code to create unique descriptions for each profile page. They do this by rewriting the description 300 times on their server.
- Key information like business name and city are not changed in the rewritten descriptions.
Multilingual Support
- They added a button to support different languages. Users can enter their own description, and if they click the button, it will not be rewritten.
Locations and GMB Live Addresses
In this section, the speaker talks about how they made their system work everywhere by supporting any country or place where you can get a GMB live address.
Supporting Any Location
- Their system now works anywhere you can get a GMB live address.
- Citation votes will pick up addresses from any country or place where you can get a GMB live address.
Results of Using Citations Vault
In this section, the speaker shares some screenshots of clients' results after using Citations Vault.
Client Results
- A chiropractor's UR went from 31 to 33 and DR went from 21 to 24 within a few days of using Citations Vault.
- Another client's site went from being ranked 13 millionth to 9,400th.
- Another client's UR went from 27 to 32 and DR went from 28 to 43 within a few days of using Citations Vault.
Relevance and URL Structure
In this section, the speaker talks about how relevance is important for their system and how they structure URLs.
Importance of Relevance
- The reason their system works is because of relevance.
- They include the GMB category, city state, brand name or company name in the URL structure for citations. This helps with local SEO and mass rankings.
Citation Vault
In this section, the speaker talks about how Citation Vault helps him move the needle quicker and make changes faster with all his citations. He also explains how he uses it to build assets that don't have a Google My Business listing.
Using Citation Vault for Citations
- The speaker uses Citation Vault for all his citations.
- Citation Vault allows him to move the needle quicker and make changes faster as he sees fit.
- When building an asset that doesn't have a Google My Business listing, he puts it for the city in Citation Vault. Once he gets his listing, he comes back and makes the relevant change.
- Doing this ensures that Google already sees the name, address, and phone number out there in 300 different places.
Pricing and Plans
In this section, the speaker talks about pricing plans for using Citation Vault.
Pricing Plans
- The speaker sells Citation Vault to clients for $300.
- They offer an unlimited plan because they have a lot of sites. It costs $197 per month but may increase to $297 per month.
- Other citation services charge annually or per location. For example, Yext charges $500 per location per year.
Dashboard Overview
In this section, the speaker gives an overview of the dashboard interface of Citation Vault.
Dashboard Interface
- The dashboard is super simple and allows you to see every single one of your locations.
- The current price for Citation Vault is $197 per month, but it may increase to $297 per month.
Citation Vault and Schema Code
In this section, the speaker talks about how Citation Vault can help with local SEO by providing quality, relevant geo-specific links to new domains. They also discuss the importance of schema code for location ranking.
Citation Vault
- Citation Vault is a fast and easy way to get quality, relevant geo-specific links to new domains.
- Strongest backlinks are from citation pages.
- Using Citation Vault can give a jump start in trustworthiness for new URLs or sites.
Schema Code
- Schema code is used on all pages to help with location ranking.
- Copying and pasting the schema code into the header of any site can make it available for use.
- The speaker shares an example of using Go High Level and copying and pasting schema code onto the homepage in the header.
Reputation Management Snapshot
In this section, the speaker discusses Reputation Management Snapshot as a service that makes it easy to sell reputation management. They also talk about how it works with Go High Level.
Reputation Management Snapshot
- Reputation Management Snapshot makes it super easy to sell reputation management as a service.
- It's working well for clients who want an automated review request based on their funnel.
- It's free if you're already using Go High Level.
Citation Vault Review
In this section, the speaker talks about how Citation Vault works and its benefits.
How Citation Vault Works
- Citation Vault is a tool that helps with maps by quickly setting up GMB.
- It sends review requests to customers over 10-12 days, nudging them gently to leave reviews.
- There is a little bit of review gating for three-star reviews, which brings customers to a form to fill out first.
- Four or five-star reviews can be set up yourself, and you can add up to 20 custom places to leave a review.
- The tool integrates with Quickbooks and automatically fires off a Google review request as soon as the sales receipt is sent.
Benefits of Using Citation Vault
- Customers who use it go from zero to 50 or 60 reviews and dominate in their city pretty quickly.
- Reputation management follows you no matter where you go; it's your reputation good or bad.
- The tool has been around for less than a year but has helped many people achieve success in a short time.
- Get the unlimited plan if doing any sort of volume because now you can put all your sites on and change them at a moment's notice.