Does your smartphone need repair? Need a website made in London? Having problems with your wifi? Modern problems call for modern solutions. Whereas thirty years ago, when you had a problem, you would pull out the phone book to look for a technician, nowadays you simply solve your problems by grabbing Google. Simply type "get a website made in London" and the suggestions are already there!
But how does Google find website builders near you so easily? The answer: Google My Business (or Google My Company). Web designers in London (or your area) create a profile in Google containing their details:
- address
- opening hours
- telephone number
- website
- and other relevant information
Your customers very likely already use Google frequently to find services and products and reach companies. That is why Google My Company is an essential SEO tool for today. The tool gets you in touch with customers looking for your product or service. Want to know more about Google My Business and how to optimise your listing? We tell you all about it in this blog!
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What does Google My Business mean for your company?
Google My Business, or Google My Company, helps your potential customers find relevant information about you faster: such as opening hours, phone number or your website URL.
With this tool, Google allows companies to communicate directly with (potential) customers and enables them to determine how customers search for their company.
Once you've set up this tool (and it's free!), the key is to optimise it for local searches so you can get even more out of it.
Wondering how to optimise your Google My Business? We give you some handy tips in this blog that will turn your listing from a mwah to a WOW! Are you more interested in having a WOW website made in London? You can! Contact Monkey Vision and we will help you get a cool website.
#1: Provide correct information
Make sure your profile has the right information and check every now and then that it is still up-to-date. Are you closed during Easter, Pentecost, Liberation Day or other holidays? Put it on your Google My Business!
Your Google My Business listing also includes a link for customers to "suggest an operation". Customers can make live edits to your listing through this link. And that's another reason to check your listing regularly: you don't want to lose customers because someone else made a wrong change to it.
Google always claims to send an email to the owner when changes are made, but unfortunately this sometimes goes wrong. So control it yourself by checking regularly!
#2: Write a good business description
You know exactly what your company does, who it is for and how distinctive it is. Share this information with searchers in your business description. Make it a positive story, but above all, don't be too pushy or arrogant. Above all, tell how great your company is, but you want to convince people with a realistic story. Focus, for example, on your mission statement and a bit of history. You can't digress too much: you have a maximum of 750 characters.
Are you a start-up and still finding it difficult to define your corporate identity? Monkey Vision will help you! If you let us create your website in London, we can help you formulate your business identity and marketing strategy.
#3: Add photos
People like to look at pictures. Point. Listings with images are more likely to attract attention than those without. So add pictures to your profile. This could be anything: your team, premises, products, etc. Pictures make people more likely to click on your listing than a listing without pictures.
#4: Embracing and responding to reviews
Get (satisfied) customers to share their experience with your company through your Google My Business. Encourage customers to do so and thank them for their positive response if they have left something.
Got a less positive response? Respond professionally and offer the chance to talk about it further over the phone, for example. This way, you have a positive interaction with a negative review, which can also come across well to new potential customers.
# 5: Use Google My Business Posts
Attract customers' attention with Posts. This can be used as a kind of small advertisement, linked to your information. For example, you can promote an event, blog post or product here.
Is promoting a product in a Post not nearly enough for you and would you like to have a website made in London with an online shop? You can! Monkey Vision is happy to help you.
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You read it: Google My Business is a super tool you should definitely use as a company anno 2020! Did you already have one? Then make sure you update it with up-to-date opening hours, photos, a new description or post.
We do want to stress that a Google My Business account obviously doesn't measure up to a new website. If you want to be findable on the internet and present your company online, a website is still important. Do you want a website in London? Monkey Vision helps you with a modern user-friendly design, optimised for the search engine.
