How to Setup a New Google My Business Account
Having a Google My Business (GMB) account allows you to control your Google company listing, and get insights into how people are interacting with your business online via Google search, Google Maps, and other Google properties. Beyond just having a GMB account, maintaining and optimizing your account is absolutely necessary if you are targeting local customers. If you’re unaware of what a GMB listing could look like I have attached an image below: These listings include your address, phone number, hours, website, Google reviews, and more! Having up-to-date information is essential for potential customers trying to reach or contact your business. Step 1: If you don’t already have a Google account, create one. If you already have an account, just make sure you are signed in. Step 2: Navigate to google.com/business Step 3: Enter your business name on the screen here and fill out the subsequent questions: Step 4: Verify Your Business You can do this a number of ways: If you would like more detailed information on how to use any of these methods, our team has put together a blog post here. On the other hand, if you do not think it is necessary to verify your business, I urge you to read more into the benefits here. There is an abundance of tools and information that can be used simply by verifying your business. You have already gotten this far, might as well take full advantage of what Google My Business has to offer! Next steps would be to keep your listing optimized, a few quick tips would be to: All of these tips are free to do and only increase the visibility of your business, so there are no excuses to avoid maintaining your Google My Business listing!