5 reasons small businesses should claim their Google Places account
Google Places is a wonderful tool for a small business be it a shop or professional service provider (that holds meeting in their offices) like a firm of accountants or lawyers and Doctors or Dentists. Too many small businesses are not taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity to create an online presence for their small business. With the decline of traditional yellow pages, and in most areas, print advertising, you cannot afford not to be online. Customers today mainly are looking for what you have to offer online. If you do not have a website yet, or even if you do, we recommend that you set up a Google Places account.
There are five main simple reasons why you should set up an account :
1. It's free
2. Be found on Google Maps
3. Rank higher in search results
4. Showcase your business
5. Get customer reviews
Below is a useful video with more information on why you should be on Google Places
This post is mainly about Google Places but you should also consider similar offerings from Bing and Yahoo.
Being found on the likes of Google Places helps drive traffic to your website too, and it's here that you can really highlight your business's points of difference in more detail. In an earlier post we discussed how content marketing can help attract and retain customers.
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