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5 Things To Know About Google My Business

Google My Business, which used to be known as Google Places, is a free online platform that Google provides. It has two purposes: to help business owners increase their online visibility and to help people find and review businesses in their local area. It’s effectively the most comprehensive and accessible business directory ever created.

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5 Things To Know About Google My Business

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  1. 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT GOOGLE MY BUSINESS

  2. 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT GOOGLE MY BUSINESS • Google always had an intense focus on providing local and small businesses with a boost in the business world. • Google offers many options for small and local business owners to promote their business, the process hasn't always been crystal clear. • With so many choices like, Google+, Maps, and Google Search, business owners previously had to manage multiple profiles to reach their customers. • As a solution to this problem, Google My Business combines all these apps into one convenient all-in-one business solution.

  3. few key features of Google My Business • How Google My Business Works • Google effectively composes local businesslistings based on several different sources. • These include user edits, third party providers, verified business owner information, and several other sources compiled into Google's business listings. • When you create and make edits to your Google My Business profile, Google will ask you to verify your account by entering a PIN. The PIN can be either sent to the organization's physical address or phone number.

  4. 2. Benefits of Verifying Your Account • Once enter the PIN and verify the local listing for your business, you are allowed to enhance your profile page to new heights. • When you verify your business listing, you have the opportunity to greatly expand your brand reach and share much more information with Google and your prospective target audience.  • Specifically, verifying your account allows you to: -- Add personal business photos. -- Write detailed business descriptions . -- Create business reviews

  5. -- Post updated business hours and location information . -- Upload videos to your profile. -- Offer your audience and customers coupons. -- Produce real-updates for your business, such as weekly specials. 

  6. 3. Google My Business Dashboard • Google My Business is the newest and fastest way for businesses to effectively manage their line brand presence through an all-in-one Google interface. • The Google My Business dashboard allows you to do the following: -- Effectively manage and easily up date your most recent and current business information on Google. -- Increase your company's brand recognition through Google+ page. -- Track your organization's insights and engagement for Google+ posts and pages.

  7. -- Manage and review metrics and information from your businesses' YouTube channels and Google Analytics account. -- Seamlessly start and manage the performance of your Google AdWords Express campaigns.

  8. 4. Additional Local Business • Make your business more accessible and more easily found on Google. Google uses the information about your business to fill the local search results. • More effectively read and respond to your customers' reviews • Review metrics and analyze analytics about how your customers are searching for your business. In addition, you can learn the geographic region your customers originate.

  9. 5. Understand the Limitations • While taking advantage of all of the amazing benefits of Google My Business is exciting, you should make sure you understand the following keys to success. #Mailing Address is a Must Each business must have a physical or mailing address where your business mail is sent.  # Free to Ride Fortunately, riding the Google My Business express train to brand recognition is free. At the same time, Google doesn’t accept any type of payment to have your business included in natural search results or for particular listings.

  10. # Adhere to Quality Guidelines Before you begin updating your business, make sure you have a thorough understanding of Google's Quality Guidelines. Failure to adhere to these standards will prevent your business location from being approved and appearing on Google. # Know the Availability Unfortunately, Google My Business is only available in certain countries. To determine whether your business is eligible to be listed, simply choose Add new listing when you sign into your Google My Business account. Then choose your country from the drop down menu.

  11. # Takeaway Google My Business is a way for brick and mortar businesses to attract attention online from a local audience, using an all inclusive administrative dashboard.

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