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Are You Registered with Google My Business?

68% of searchers contact a business directly from Google results

instead of visiting the website first

You need to actually register your business with Google to be listed in local search results. They don’t automatically add you- or even do any research on the legitimacy of your business.

Register by adding a physical address where you can receive mail. Google will send a verification code in the mail to verify the physical location.

MAKE SURE YOUR EMPLOYEES KNOW TO LOOK FOR THIS POSTCARD AND NOT THROW IT AWAY!!

Want us to help?

Set This Up For My Business

While you are waiting for the postcard, go to Google and set up a business profile.

See the setup steps in the screenshots below.

Google Business Registration Page

Step 1

Just write your business name next to the magnifying glass icon.

Step 2

If there’s no (unclaimed) listing found, it will ask if you want to create a business with this name.

Step 3

Google will give you a second chance to enter the name of your business- don’t know why they don’t capture from previous page.

Step 4

There are limited, predetermined categories. Just choose whatever is closest to your businesses offerings.

Step 5

Even though you enter a physical location on Google, you can set your listing so it just shows an area on the map (like your city), not an actual address.

Step 6

This is where they add your listing to local results. If you travel to Honolulu occasionally, you can enter here and even though your business isn’t in Hawaii, you will show in local results there.

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

This is where you enter information so they can send you a physical postcard.

What’s next?

Now, get ready to play catch up.

If you don’t have a list, now’s the time to build one. Offer your customers a free cookie to join your email list. The more people on the list, the more reviews you can help them generate.

IMPORTANT: You can reward people for joining your email list, but if Google gets evidence that you are rewarding customers to leave reviews, they will delete every single review! Be careful!

Getting reviews can be an emotional process. Regardless of how many happy clients, most of them won’t take the time, or don’t know how to leave reviews. If you want to start strong, gather your list and email us with the subject line “Start Strong”.

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