Your Local Business on Google Places May Become the Secret to Your Online Success
Google Pages is an improved version of the Google local directory and has the potential to become the broadest and most powerful marketing tool ever created for the small business owner. Your local business on Google Places may become the secret to your online success.
Below are the resources from the folks at the Google Places website, including a 40 minute webinar that shows you how to create a Google Place Page for your local small business.
This is a brilliant concept that has localized the Internet and allows us small business owners to compete online for the first time. It also helps people find what they are looking for much easier so they can make a more informed decisions about where to go and who to buy from.
From electricians and plumbers to pizza parlors and tattoo shops, as well as non-business places like recreational parks, non-profit organizations and schools, Google Places is the place to focus your marketing efforts for the greatest advertising exposure.
Official Google Blog: Introducing Google Places
Today the Local Business Center is becoming Google Places. Why? Millions of people use Google every day to find places in the real world, and we want to better connect Place Pages — the way that businesses are being found today — with …
Publish Date: 04/20/2010 8:00
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/introducing-google-places.html
Google Places allows business owners to claim their business and customize their listing on Google Maps. Updated business details will appear on Google Maps, Google.com search and mobile results, and GOOG-411. Advanced features, including coupons and…
Want to learn how to verify your listing on Google? Watch this step-by-step webinar to ensure your information is accurate and so that people can find you.
If you have looked through the Google Places website above and watched the webinar you have a general idea how this all works and can probably see the importance to jump on it as soon as possible.
I’m a firm believer in doing things that pertain to my business the right way, the first time I try it. The same holds true for Google Places.
You can easily claim you listing and create it in a few minutes but that is not the point. If you want to get the most out of this fantastic advertising tool then hire a pro who has a much better chance of getting your listing in the seven pack, next to the map on page one of the keyword phrase that your potential customers/clients are typing into Google.
