If you are primarily working from home, you may not want your business address to appear on public view in Google Places or Maps. To claim your Google Places page, you do need to include your business address – how else will Google know where you are based and send your verification postcard? You can […]
Google Local Listing Tips – What Are Citations?
Note that Google Places/+Local Pages now come under the umberella of Google My Business. Google My Business is a one stop way of creating your Google Plus Local Business Page, listing on Google Maps and access to small business Google tools. For simplicity, I’ll call it Google Local listings. I had a great Google Local […]
Marketing Your Local Business Online – Google or Facebook?
Today’s Local Business Online Marketing Thursday Thought, inspired by my visit to the hairdressers, for some reason reminded me of the Eddie Izzard sketch – Cake or Death! The mind works in mysterious ways… While Google is definitely “cake”, Facebook is only “death” when not used to its full potential. Let me explain a bit […]
Google Local Business Tips – Getting the Most From Your Google Places Listing
You’ve set up your Google local business listing and have activated your pin. What now? It’s easy to sit back and and trust to luck that your local business will reach the top seven and stay there. But as competition heats up and more businesses in your area take advantage of the free listing, you […]