Want to know the secrets of writing a really good Google Places listing? It’s not all just about getting to the top of the first page results. Being seen is one thing, yes it’s going to generate new business but most of us aren’t even tapping in to the potential volume of new business it could generate.

In today’s blog we are discussing how to make your Google Places listing stand out and increasing the call conversion.

A lot of people ask us;

How do you get to the top of Google Places?

But never really think of the most important question they should be asking;

‘what is the best way to get more business?’

In this tutorial we are going to break it down to as simple a form as possible so that you can understand how to make Google maps work
for your business. The question you must ask yourself is this, –

Does my business stand out from the other companies on Google Places?

• Relevant categories: Do the categories my business is listed under clearly represent what we do best?
• Images: Do my images stand out?
• Reviews: does my business have positive feedback?

If you have answered yes to all of the questions above then congratulations you’re doing great. But there’s still plenty more we can look at.

Reviews are the key to getting the calls! Forget the myth that reviews get your business to the top of the google maps results.

That worked 2 years ago but sadly no more. Reviews can do so much more than people realise and YOU have the power to vastly increase the calls your business gets. Yep! Not us or another marketing firm it’s all you. Your business you know it better than anyone else.

How to make reviews work for your business

• Get more reviews that your competition has
• Contact your customers and ask them kindly to provide genuine reviews on your Google Places listing.
• Don’t spam the reviews yourself – This is a very bad practice and will get you in to trouble in the long run.

GET YOUR BUSINESS TO THE TOP!