Google My Business | Local SEO

ByPip Seymour

This week We talk about Google My Business

By the end of this, you’ll understand what Google My Business is. The Features and Benefits of Google My Business and why You Should start using it.

We’ll also talk about local business ranking factors, SEO for Google Maps, and how to get Google listing higher on a page

So let’s dig The video below goes into detail on Google My Business

What Is Google My Business (GMB)?

It is a free easy-to-use tool for businesses and organizations. It helps you manage your businesses’ online presence across Google, including Search and Maps.

How to get Google My Business?

 Get Your Free Business Listing here. (https://www.google.com/business/). Your free business listing on Google My Business will help you start building visibility in your local community in Google Search and on Google Maps. 

Features and benefits of Google My Business (GMB)?  

You can change and manage your address, hours, contact info, and photos, description, links, create ads. Manage reviews. All this info helps potential customers and customers find, learn about and interact with your business.  Measures are also a big deal as many of you know.  Some measures you can look at are (and I am only naming one set) Customer actions- The customers took an action like visiting your website, requesting directions and called you/your business, or view photos.

The picture below is of the Google My Business dashboard. You can manage reviews, and promote different things through posts that show up right under your listing if someone searches.

Did you know you could create an ad for Google AdWords

Some of our best reasons or top tips for using Google My Business are; Googleable. Everyone you know searches for businesses on Google. 

Have your hours on there where people can see them without hunting. Make your digital footprint easy and fun. Don’t stress out your users. The hours are huge a lot of people check them and plan around visiting businesses.

Respond to review. Yup, social proof. Even bad reviews. Always respond to those reviews. Google likes it, and people like it. It helps everyone.

Best Google My Business Tip

Link your Google AdWords account to Google My Business account. But you must do this in Google Ads. Don’t create a Google ads account through Google My Business. Yes, I know that is confusing. I promise you this is important. Anyway, when you connect your Google Ads to Google My Business you can do better location targeting as you can use the location site link (a hyperlink option in your ads in Google AdWords).

So that’s it. Contact us if you are in need help with your strategy. We’ll help you increase your visitors, sales, and social reach.

Doing it right. See you next Saturday for another amazing chat. Join me for coffee and we can talk about marketing on Saturday. Our cheeky, interesting,  and up-to-date weekly live chat touches on search and social topics, news, and tips. How do you take advantage of the innovation and strengthen your fundamental knowledge and build your business online?

Things change fast. Having a Simple Chat about marketing can quite that nagging feeling.  Understanding is time-consuming. I mean marketing is a technique all to itself. Where to find the time, Right! We all need to make and share our plans to learn the best methods for growth. Let’s grow and change together!! Join me for this short and yes sweet jam-packed 15 and have on Saturday mornings.

The best part is we can have a cup of coffee together on a Saturday morning. It will happen. The question is will you be there? We’ll talk right! Come and ask questions. Come and share your content. Come and Share You. Let’s get into the passion of things. It is all you and me and learning. I can’t wait

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