Bernadette Coleman

Bernadette Coleman is the founder and CEO of Advice Local, an award-winning local search technology and local presence management company focused on improving visibility for clients across the local digital universe.Not only is her company a 3x Inc. 500 award winner, Bernadette herself has received many accolades. Most recently, she won Internet Marketing Association’s “Internet Marketer of the Year” in 2017 and is the prior recipient of two Silver Stevie®Awards: “Woman Executive of the Year 2013” and “Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2013.”Actively involved in digital marketing with an emphasis on local SEO since 2001, Bernadette speaks at local events like the American Marketing Association, and national events such as Pubcon, Local Search Association, Association of Directory Publishers, and Big Design.Called the Queen of Local SEO by industry peers, Bernadette is always thinking about how businesses, small and large, can leverage content marketing, search engine optimization, and social media to dominate local search.In her spare time she and her husband, Tom, work as advocates for brain injury awareness through their cofounded nonprofit, TryMunity.