Looking out for that extra edge over your competitor? or Want your clients to easily locate your office on google search? Or let your clients find the way to your office easily? Want to advertise about the lastest offer or sale or coupons for free?
If yes, then you are at the right place. Google Places offers you all the above and much more for FREE!!
This service is much better than even some of the best paid business listing services available around.
What is Google Places?
It is simply a tool that enables business owners to manage their presence on Google. Millions of people use Google every day to find places in the real world, and Google Places enable you to map your business location and information on Google maps.
Four million businesses have already claimed their Place Page on Google through the Local Business Center, which enables them to verify and supplement their business information to include hours of operation, photos, videos, coupons, product offerings and more. It also lets them communicate with customers and get insights that help them make smart business decisions.
What you need to do get your business listed on Google Places?
- You only need a google account and you can immediately start using the services.
- Once you list your business on Google Places, you would be asked to verify your listing. Just select the most suitable method and get your listing verified. Once it is verified, your clients can immediately find you on Google maps.
Whats are the benefits of using Google Places?
Apart from adding your business information to include hours of operation, photos, videos, coupons, product offerings, you can use the following additional features:
- Real time updates: You might want to promote a sale, a special event or anything else that you want customers to know right now, and this feature lets you communicate that directly to your customers. You can also provide extra incentive by adding coupons, including ones specially formatted for mobile phones.
- Service areas: If you travel to serve customers, you can now show which geographic areas you serve. And if you run a business without a storefront or office location, you can now make your address private.
- A new, simple way to advertise: For just $25 per month, businesses in select cities can make their listings stand out on Google.com and Google Maps with Tags.
- Business photo shoots: In addition to uploading your own photos, businesses in select cities can now request a free photo shoot of the interior of their business which google places would use to supplement existing photos of businesses on Place Pages.
- Customized QR codes: From the dashboard page of Google Places, businesses in the U.S. can download a QR code that’s unique to their business. QR codes can be placed on business cards or other marketing materials, and customers can scan them with certain smartphones to be taken directly to the mobile version of the Place Page for that business.
- Evaluate your Google Places listing for its effectiveness:To keep track of how your business listing is performing on Google, Google has a personalized dashboard within Google Places that includes data about how many times people have found your business on Google, what keywords they used to find it and even what areas people traveled from to visit your business. With the dashboard, you can see how your use of any of these new features affects interest in your business and make more informed decisions about how to be found on Google and interact with your customers.
Google places is really an amazing tool to get your business global and let people find your business from any corner of the world. And all this for no cost at all. This is amazing!!
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