WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOUR GOOGLE MY BUSINESS UP TO DATE

Best practices and tips for your page.

Picture this, you and your family are getting ready for a nice meal out at your favorite restaurant. You pack yourself in the car and navigate traffic and winter weather down to its location. Only to find out that it’s closed because of an hour change.
UGGHH the worst, how could this be? You checked Google for their hours before you left!

HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?

It has to me, and I can tell you I am not a fan! This is a great way to sour a guest on your brand, and it all could be avoided if you keep your Google My Business up to date! 

WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOUR GOOGLE MY BUSINESS UP TO DATE

Best practices and tips for your page

Picture this, you and your family are getting ready for a nice meal out at your favorite restaurant. You pack yourself in the car and navigate traffic and winter weather down to its location. Only to find out that it’s closed because of an hour change.
UGGHH the worst, how could this be? You checked Google for their hours before you left!

HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?

It has to me, and I can tell you I am not a fan! This is a great way to sour a guest on your brand, and it all could be avoided if you keep your Google My Business up to date! 

DID YOU KNOW?

Within Google My Business you can

This is such a simple change and many people neglect it. By changing the hours on Google, the situation above could have been avoided.

You can add holiday hours, temporary hours, and even special times for certain things.

Keep your customers informed of any special offers or general information about your business.

Services help your customers understand what you provide. List as many as possible. The more services listed on your page help your SEO (Google crawls business pages as well as websites) and help your customers understand your business.  

Did you know Listings with photos are 2x as likely to be considered reputable and get 35% more clicks?

Photos help customers view where they are going, this may include: parking, interior shots, food (restaurant or bar), is it family-friendly.

Ads on Google are a very useful tool, They help engage your customer by advertising on multiple websites and Google search.

We offer Google Ads Management, need help give us a call!

630.385.2200

Reviews are a huge part of your Google My Business page.

People use reviews 89% of the time before deciding to use a business or make a purchase .

If you have negative reviews, you should respond to them and try to resolve the issue. This shows potential customers that you care and that they are valued.  

Over 70% of buying decisions are based on how a customer feels they are being treated, it's in your best interest to make the customers feel valued. 

 

84%
Over 84% of searches on Google are "discover" searches, which means they are looking for a new place or are searching for a new service that they were not aware of. That is a huge percent especially if the information they are gathering is inaccurate.  
84%
Over 84% of searches on Google are "discover" searches, which means they are looking for a new place or are searching for a new service that they were not aware of. That is a huge percent especially if the information they are gathering is inaccurate.  
The more active you are on Google My Business the more credible your business looks to your customers and Google which in turn helps your SEO and growth of your business.
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Call us if you need help setting up or running your Google My Business page!  

630.385.2200 



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