Joy Hawkins

I have been working in the Local SEO industry since 2006 and enjoy making trips to Google as a part of their Top Contributor program. I currently contribute to many online communities in the Local SEO world including the Google My Business forum (Top Contributor), the Google Search Pros Community on G+ (Moderator), Local Search Forum (Top Contributor) and the Local University Forum (Moderator). Due to my experience in the Local SEO industry, I was asked to contribute to the Moz Local Search Ranking Factors survey. I love spending time managing Google AdWords accounts and have been certified in both Google Search & Display. I am also a speaker at SMX – the world’s largest search engine marketing conference.

I currently work as a product consultant at Imprezzio Marketing in Toronto, ON. My daily responsibilities there include troubleshooting ranking issues on Google for the most complicated and difficult accounts, writing training manuals and training employees on how to use Google products and SEO-related tools and tactics, selling and managing Local SEO, Social Media and AdWords accounts for small business owners, and keeping up with new trends and processes in the Local SEO and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) world and incorporating these into products.

Imprezzio Marketing currently works with over 1300 small businesses in the USA and Canada.