# Hi Guys,

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/hi-guys/133568>\
**Category:** Study Group: SEO\
**Created:** [May 29, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/hi-guys/133568 "2025-05-29T17:27:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![SmartFixer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@SmartFixer](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SmartFixer)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/hi-guys/133568/1 "2025-05-29T17:27:00Z")

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I am Syed from Dubai, I started learning this course coz I started my own business and want to learn about digital marketing and specially the local SEO as I want to grow my business. If you have any ideas please feel free to share with me which can help me to grow my business. Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![TomM2](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/tomm2/32/70887_2.png) [@TomM2](https://community.hubspot.com/u/TomM2)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/hi-guys/133568/2 "2025-05-29T17:45:47Z")

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Hi Syed! Welcome to the HubSpot community! SEO is a tricky practice and requires a lot of constant vigilance on you, or your client’s websites! A good intro to this might be HubSpot’s SEO certifcation [here](https://academy.hubspot.com/courses/seo-training).

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**Author:** ![SmartFixer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@SmartFixer](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SmartFixer)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/hi-guys/133568/3 "2025-05-29T20:13:52Z")

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Thank You.

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**Author:** ![MKhan443](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mkhan443/32/206737_2.png) [@MKhan443](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MKhan443)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/hi-guys/133568/4 "2025-06-03T10:50:31Z")

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**Hey Syed! First off, massive respect for taking the initiative to learn while building your business - that’s the entrepreneur mindset right there! Dubai’s market is buzzing, and you’re smart to focus on local SEO early.**

1. **Become the ‘Google Favorite’ in Your Area**

- Claim your Google Business Profile (it’s free!)

- Add photos of your shop/team (people love seeing who they’ll work with)

- Reply to every review, even just with “Thanks for supporting our small business!”

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**Author:** ![AShayler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@AShayler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AShayler)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/hi-guys/133568/5 "2025-06-04T13:28:08Z")

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Hi Syed,  
What is your business? What social platforms are you on?