Bio:

David Mihm runs a solo consultancy helping organizations of all sizes maximize their customer acquisition through (primarily local) search. He’s also co-founder of Near Media alongside Mike Blumenthal and Greg Sterling. David began the annual Local Search Ranking Factors survey in 2008 prior to passing the baton to Whitespark’s Darren Shaw in 2015. 

He’s also a SaaS entrepreneur with two successful exits: GetListed.org (acquired by Moz in 2012), an application that helped over 3 million small businesses create and optimize their presence in local directories, and Tidings, a newsletter product acquired by DemandScience in 2021. In between running those startups, David served as VP Product Strategy for ThriveHive prior to its acquisition by Gannett.