For small businesses today, local search is a critical avenue for gaining customers and driving foot traffic. Google Business Profiles (formerly known as Google My Business (GMB)) is an essential tool for making your business more discoverable on Google searches and Maps. Here’s how you can leverage your Google Business Profile to boost your local … Read more
Noticed anything different happening on Google recently?
Well, if you have a Google+ Local account or a Google Places listing for your business, you should now have been upgraded to the new ‘Google My Business’ account which merges search, maps and Google+ bringing all your business information into one place.
Google as a search engine is great. It’s a simple white page with a form and a button. You enter your search term and… well, that’s it really.
But when it comes to all the other stuff Google does, it always seems very complicated and unclear. This means that people who stand to benefit often don’t.
So sit up and pay attention. The recent changes to Google+ will help your business locally and this post is going to tell you how.