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This post was sponsored by SOCi. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. As a marketer, you may feel like the ground is shifting under your feet with so many changes in the world ...

Just as AI is changing how people search, it’s also reshaping how businesses optimize for local discovery. From content creation and review management to citation accuracy and hyperlocal ...