How to setup your GMB page The Right Way

There are many things that you can do to boost your online presence, and setting up your Google My Business page is one of the best—and easiest! Learn How to setup your GMB page the easy way.

If you have not already done so, this is a good time to consider taking the time to list your company with Google My Business. Here are some tips and tricks that will help to make your GMB page shine!

Reviews on third party sites are critical for you to get more business, but you also need to learn how to add a link to Google reviews to your website.

If you are not showcasing reviews on your website, you are doing you and your business a disservice. Getting reviews can be extremely challenging so when you have reviews you should showcase them as much as possible.

There are two simple ways to start getting reviews on your website. Depending on your skill level you might need to call whoever is managing your website. However, if you know a thing or two about websites you should be able to do it yourself.

Not All SEO Reports Are Truly Honest

As a small business owner, you have no doubt become accustomed to the constant barrage of sales calls from a slew of marketing agencies promising you the world and asking for your money. As you well know many of these companies will use various tactics and technical information to try and trick you into buying their services. Sadly, this type of sales tactic isn’t going away and is used by many of our competitors.

Are you using on the job photos and videos as part of your Local Online Marketing? If not you need to start now!

Pictures are worth 1000 words. Sure, it may sound cliché and overused, but in today’s online environment nothing captures the imagination—and the customers—like a great picture.

Today, pictures are worth a thousand views, and it’s crucial that you remember this as you develop your local marketing strategy.

No Longer Wait For Verification

Anyone who has gone through the process of verifying a Google My Business listing knows the pain and frustration it can cause. While it sometimes is seamless many times to requires a patience and telling all of your employees not to throw away junk mail for a few weeks.

However, for those who haven’t yet verified their business, have had issues in the past, or have new locations to add to GMB can rest easy.

Pokemon Go, at this point you have played it, know someone who is playing it, or heard about it on the news.

I was out to dinner with friends last night and I saw endless amounts of 18 to late 20-year-olds walking around with phones out, stopping at seemly random businesses and landmarks trying to catch Pokemon.

At first I thought this was silly, and even mocked some of these players but I then reluctantly downloaded it and started playing –

What is the point of doing all of the correct things in Google My Business if you are not measuring your success? Today, learn how to dig into the insights page within your account to learn the health of your listing.

Insights For Google My Business

In our opinion, measuring data is the most important step in Local SEO success. If you do not measure and account for trends in data then you will never be able to fully optimize your account.

Still need some help with Google My Business after watching the first video? Want more of Mike McGeady (and who doesn’t)? Looking for help setting up your account correctly?

Get Your Google My Business Setup Correctly

Our last video Mike went into the basics of Google My Business. Now in our latest video, Part 2 of the Ultimate Video Guide to Google My Business, Mike goes into more detail about the proper setup of your account.

Unsure what Google My Business is? Do you understand how to setup up Google My Business?

Product Specialist Mike McGeady will help you understand the in’s and outs of Google My Business. He’ll explain what Google My Business is, how to set it up, and give you ability tell your anyone all about it (if you want).

Google My Business 101

Over the next four weeks, Mike is going to go over the following so that you can become a master of the Google My Business domain!

A post yesterday at Search Engine Land, revealed that Google is testing ads in the Local Finder. While the local three pack is not being testing,  local ads are now showing in the Local Finder results when you click on “more places” under the top three listings. These paid listings are being shown with the updated green ad logo.

From my understanding the ads are part of Adwords campaigns that have location extensions turned on.