How Eldar Cohen Scaled from Hands-On Labor to a Seven-Figure SEO Business—And Created One of the Most Powerful Local SEO Tools Available

In this inspiring episode of Local SEO Tactics, Bob Brennan sits down with Eldar Cohen, founder of Local Dominator and Local Wiz, to discuss his incredible journey from being a garage door technician to building a multi-seven-figure digital marketing empire. Eldar shares the real-world grit, failures, and breakthroughs that shaped his rise in the SEO industry and how his AI-enhanced rank tracking tool, Local Dominator, is helping agencies and local businesses win in the ever-evolving search landscape.

What You’ll Learn

• How Eldar transitioned from garage door repair to dominating local search markets
• Why branding is the first SEO step and how leverage fuels business scalability
• Eldar’s take on the future of search, the role of LLMs, and why SEO is not dead, it’s just evolving

Ready to take your local SEO to the next level? Scan the QR code in the episode or visit LocalDominator.io to learn more about how you track rankings across Google Maps or go to localseotactics.com/free-gmb-audit/ for a free instant Google Business Profile Audit today!

https://www.localseotactics.com/eldar-cohen-local-dominator-seo-journey/

Are you future proofing your Google Business Profile for AI? In Part Two of Bob's interview with Brad Wetherall, former Google Director and CEO of the GBP Experts, we explore how AI is transforming local SEO. With over a decade at Google, Brad shares behind-the-scenes insights on how your business listing impacts both traditional search and Google's AI-driven results like AI Overviews. Learn what actions you need to take now to stay competitive in the evolving local search landscape.

What You’ll Learn

• How Google’s AI uses GBP data to surface local businesses in AI Overviews and Search
• The 5 must-do GBP optimizations to boost ranking and AI visibility
• Why review volume and recency matter more than ever and how to outpace competitors

Want to know how your Google Business Profile stacks up? Get a free GBP audit at LocalSEOTactics.com and discover what’s holding you back in local search and AI rankings.

https://www.localseotactics.com/how-ai-is-changing-google-business-profiles-gbp-expert-insights-from-former-google-director-brad-wetherall

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In this episode, ex-Google Director Brad Wetherall breaks down AI Overviews, zero-click searches, and what these changes mean for marketers, businesses, and the future of digital strategy.

https://www.localseotactics.com/ex-google-director-reveals-the-future-of-search-ai-overviews-zero-click-and-whats-coming-next/

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