How To Claim Your Piece Of Land On Google Maps

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How To Claim Your Piece Of Land On Google Maps

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Do you serve a local market? If so.. then PLEASE make it easy for online searchers to find your business when searching for {your city} + {your service} or vice versa. ‘Cause you know what? Research shows that a staggering 97% of people search online before doing any business locally! This “how to” guide will show you how to quickly get your business setup on Google Places for free. Keep in mind… even though your physical address is required information for setting up your page initially, if you run a homebased business but still serve locally, then you can setup a service area and then hide your physical address. If you aren’t familiar with Google Places yet, here’s a quick overview…

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Lets you show your business in search results and on the Google Map. Lets you control the content of your listing in search results and on the Google Map, and update it as often as you want. Lets you see what search terms people are using to find your listing. Lets you offer printable coupons to your customers from your listing. Lets you show videos and photos related to your business in your listing. Lets you add blog-like posts (think special offers, events, news etc.) to your listing whenever you want. Lets you get a free photo shoot (even interior) done of your business from a local professional photographer (currently available to select cities in the U.S., Japan, Australia and New Zealand only). The photos will be added to your Google Places page. Displays customer reviews gathered from Google and around the web from 3rd party sites. It also gives you the ability to respond to reviews that were placed through Google’s interface (but not the one’s from 3rd party sites). Lets you setup a QR code and print it on flyers, ads etc. QR codes are small symbols that can be “read” by smart cell phones. Once your QR code is “read” it will automatically display your Google places page! So,

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say someone wants to setup their smart phone’s GPS with your business address as their destination… well, if they have your flyer, or advertisement, that displays your QR code, then in seconds they can be on track to your business!

Google Account The first step to setting up (or claiming) your Google Places page may or may not be required. You need a Google Account for Google Places, however you may already have one. To use any of Google’s services, like YouTube, Analytics, Webmaster Tools, etc., like Google Places, requires a Google Account. If you have a GMail email address then you are ready to go. But if you don’t have one, and don’t want one, you can convert your existing email address to a Google Account. Just head here to set it up. Note: If you plan on sharing the administration of your Google Places page with co-workers or employees, it might be best to create a new Google Account (i.e. a GMail address) that you don’t mind sharing.

Setting Up Your Google Places Page 1. Visit this page (will open in new window) to get started, and use your Google Account login details. 2. Click the “List your business >>” link on the right side. 3. Choose your country from the drop down list, enter your phone number, then click “Find business information >>”. This step is to see if your business listing already exists so that you can claim/edit it. I will assume your listing was not found and show steps to that effect. 4. Fill in the “Basic Information” details for your business (company name, address, etc.). 5. Fill out the “Service Areas and Location Settings” section. This is where you can specify to hide your physical address and setup a “service area” if necessary. 6. Add your hours of operation if applicable. 7. Choose the payment types accepted at your business. 8. Add photos and videos if you want. Videos are added by specifying the address of the video from YouTube, so they must be uploaded there first. 9. You can then add any additional information specific to your business. Additional information is formatted in sort of a question/answer or label/value type format. The examples given are: Parking Available/Yes and Brands Carried/Sony, Panasonic and Toshiba. 10. When finished, click “Submit”. How To Claim Your Piece Of Land On Google Maps

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11. Now you must verify your listing in 1 of 3 ways… 2 being very quick (by phone or cell), the other being slow (snail mail). Pick your option and click “Finish”. I chose the default “By phone” which sent me PIN number. 12. Now you are in the “Dashboard” where you can… specify what types of email alerts you want to receive from Google, enter the PIN you received for verification, add coupons, add additional businesses/locations, add news and events to your listing, look at stats etc. Your Google Places page is now created and should be available within Google Maps within a day after verification. Any questions, please comment on this post.

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