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Get More Business

Using Google

by Craig Darling

Visibility and new business from Google takes most small business owners or entrepreneurs less than
ten minutes a day.

Even when businesses claim their
GMB listing, they don’t manage
it in a fashion that creates extra
relevance so that it appears more
often in search results every day
that it is managed.

So, what can you do to manage
your Google My Business listing
and make it drive fresh traffic to
your phones, your website, and
if you have a physical location,
your front door?

How? Google My Business and focus on your business’s Google 1. Manage your reviews.
the associated Google tools. presence.
According to 2021 search
Google Tools are free and the ● Searches on Google accounted rankings, the quality of the
most effective way to be found for approximately 75% of reviews, and the sentiment
by new customers today. worldwide searches in 2019 expressed are all highly
influential conversion factors. If
In general, why is Google My ● 63% of Google’s search engine your business is not generating
Business important for gaining visits in the U.S. are on mobile Google My Business reviews, you
the trust of new customers? devices may be missing out on the strong
Google is the search engine of source of traffic to your website.
choice for most of the internet, ● 56% of local businesses haven’t
therefore it makes sense to claimed their listing for Google
My Business

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