The importance of Google Maps for local businesses
In today's digital world, people rarely ask for directions and spots from people; they simply pull out their mobile phones and search for the best restaurant near them, and the best hair-cutting salon in their city, and the first thing they see on search results is Google Maps. Especially for local businesses, Google Maps is not just a platform to find your shop the customers, but it's a very powerful element that connects nearby customers to what you offer in the shop. Whether you are running a local cafe, dental clinic, repair shop, or boutique, showing your shop on Google Maps can significantly enhance the visibility of your shop and increase the engagement and number of customers in your shop. When your business is listed on Google Maps with information about this shop, reviews, and attractive images with the exact location pinned on it, you have made an incredible path for customers who want to enjoy their time nearby and also increase your business engagement. It is very helpful for the local businesses that just can't afford the advertisement of their shop or costly banners and posters all around their city. Google Maps business listing helps them to spread information about their shop and business to attract customers from nearby.
For Indian customers, who mostly depend on mobile searches for shopping, eating, or getting some services done, get listed on Google maps in present and prominent ways isn’t just optional but a necessity to attract customers when someone in a Hindi town and searching for the nearby local services Google maps business listing helps your business to come up on the top that becomes the options for customers to look after it. Especially when customers see your attractive photos and working hours of this shop, and the real reviews by other customers, it builds trust, and they are more likely to visit the shop.
We take care of everything right from the beginning till the end.
Creating a Google business profile is the easiest and most effective way to get your shop discovered by local customers. Whether you own a bakery shop, air some services, or provide business, this free tool helps you to get listed on Google Maps and get more attention from the local customers for your business. Setting up an account is pretty easy and can be done by anyone, but the real job starts thereafter. Our expertise lets us do this even better way to maximize outcomes.
- Visit the Google Business Profile website: Our team signs in with your Google account. A separate ID is always required because we keep on using this for all operations regarding these services and integrate our plans in the future. This account can be used only for business work. Using a specific Google account for business is very important to get all work done from the same account without any problem.
- Enter your business name: Start by typing your business name. If it exists in your Google system, continue with it; if not, then type the name. It is a very essential part that reflects your business to the customers, the work of the business. The business name is the reflection of the business's work, motive, and intention towards the customers.
- Choosing the business category the right way: We select the category of your business that perfectly describes what work your business does and offers to the customer. This helps Google decide which search results your business can deliver to the customers. It's not a matter of stress because Google Business Profile offers the option to add more categories afterward.
- Adding the business location accurately: If your business has a physical location that customers can access for your services, then we will enter your address. And if you are someone who is providing the services in some specific areas, like home delivery and at-home services, then we write the service area while ignoring the address of the physical shop.
- Latest contact details for a better customer experience: We enter your phone number, which is specially made for your business purpose, and your website to read about your business. This is one of the most important steps that help the customer to explore more about your business with ease. Contact is the easiest way to know anything about the business and get answers to any query regarding the business services.
- Verifying your business: Google will ask you for the verification of your business by sending some codes physically to the location of the shop. It also may ask for the verification process through phone number and email ID, which can be a true verification of your business that it exists at the place where you provided information. Verified businesses tend to reflect more professionalism and authority.
- We customize your profile: After the process of verification, we add some more details to your profile, like images, a review system, a rating option, business hours, and also a logo. The perfect information provided on your profile helps you to rank first in the local searches of customers.
These simple steps might look like nothing to you, but when it comes to filling in the details and customizing the profile according to the current market trends, a proper eye for detail is required. The expert team of Prettify Creative is well-versed in this job, and it always ensures the best on the part of your business.
We are masters when it comes to optimizing your Google Maps listing for better visibility.
Just setting up your Google Business profile isn't enough to get the attention and gain the trust of the customers; you need to optimize each and every detail to stand out in the crowded, competitive world. Think of Google Maps as a digital Street, which is why your profile needs a clear and informative description to get the attention of the customers and help to reach your place to get the services smoothly. Prettify Creative is the topmost company that can help you get your business profile done and stand out in the local search results for customers. Here are some points that will help you understand how to optimize your business profile to get more visibility and more clicks from customers.
We complete every detail
Start by filling in each and every section of your profile to be more honest with the customers about your business. Always add your business name, category, work, business hours, physical address, websites, and contact details to get the customers more engaged and explore deeply about the business at ease. A fully completed and informative business profile always sends a signal to Google that your business is trustworthy and ready to get a higher rank in the search results among your related businesses.
The team always uses the right keywords
We think about the keywords that can be used by the customers regarding the businesses you own. If you are someone who is running a bakery in Delhi, then the customer in that place may use the best bakery near me or a custom bakery near me. So we use all these possible keywords in the description post of your business profiles to get into the search results of the local customers and get the trust or interest of the customers. The related keywords help Google to suggest your business suggested on the search results as the business keyword that matches the customer's query.
We make use of high-quality photos
People always love attractive visuals. That’s why we add some clear photos of your products, Store, and services in action to get engagement from the customer. Businesses with real photos of their services, products, and shops get more clicks compared to those who don't have them. In addition, we always update them regularly as per the taste of the customers and an increase in the service provided by your shop to make a fresh and up-to-date business profile.
Get customer reviews and respond to them
Reviews play a great role in describing the manner of service provided by your business. It makes an impression on customers' minds about the business only by reading the reviews posted by customers. We make your services so humble and respectful that every customer leaves positive reviews just after purchasing a product or visiting your shop.
We keep your information updated for the best results.
Getting listed on Google Maps isn’t just a completion of your business profile; making it up to date with all the information is a crucial part of your business. We make sure that your working hours, contact numbers, physical address, and the services provided by your business are correct and accurate on the business profile. If you are business has some holidays and on specific occasions provides some limited-time services, we ensure all this information is updated on your business profile to make customers confusion-free from these things.
Our team uses posts to share updates
Nowadays, just like social media, Google Maps also allows posts to let your customers know about the information through the post. We use this incredible feature to make your customers aware of the new products, features in your services, and some upcoming events for the customer. It helps your business profile to look fresh and engaging so that customers can be attracted at a glance. By using all these incredible features, you are not showing up on Google Maps but gaining the trust and respect of the customers.
Review management and building an online reputation
A review is one of the important elements that has the power to make or break your Google business listing. Positive reviews can improve your ranking and build trust with new customers. But you can’t just hope that the customer will give you a positive review; you just have to ask them to give it. In today’s digital world, where people are addicted to searching online, the reviews that are posted by various customers are just as important as personal recommendations. Google business profile and services provided by your business are the foundation that creates the review on the profile.
When people search for your business on Google Maps, the first thing that they notice about your business is the star rating and the reviews given by other customers. That’s why making a perfect reputation and gaining the trust of the customer to get positive reviews isn’t optional but essential for an online reputation. Positive reviews tell the services and work of a business to the new customer. They also reflect that your business is doing what it promises on the business profile perfectly. Higher ratings on your business profile can help you to get more engagement on your business and get more phone calls, and visits to your website to explore your business customers.
Google Maps business listing isn’t completed only by filling in all the information and updating the new information. One of the most important parts is getting positive and good reviews from the customers. It’s the base that creates the rank and number of customers interested in your business and services. We take care of it by starting a humble process of asking to customer after the purchase ‘Would you mind leaving a rating and review about our services on Google’. This can be helpful in getting the rank from Google in the search results for local customers.
In today’s fast-paced world where digital trust and reputation matter for businesses. Google Maps business listing isn’t just a pinned location of the business but a first impression to the customers, especially when you are running a business in areas like Noida and Gurgaon. That’s where Prettify Creative steps in to help the business manage the profile to get more engagement in the business. We are not just agencies to help with your profile management, but your partner to lead in your growth. Our team provides strategic ways and innovative ideas to make your Google Maps business more effective for local customers.
From setting up your business profile to selecting the perfect feel, all the information is accurate, and managing your profile regularly with updates. We are Prettify Creative, a local SEO agency, and are here to help you make your business rank higher on the Google search results for local customers, to get more customers for your business. From making the business profile on Google Maps to managing the review and ranking system, we handle all of it in a very smooth way that makes you stress-free about these elements of your business. Updating your profile by posting eye-catching images and descriptions is one of the best features that our team offers in a smooth way to attract customers easily.
Our experts don’t believe in one-size-fits-all features. Whether you are someone who is starting a new business and wants customer attention in the local market, or someone who has a well-established business and wants to refresh their online business profile. We tailor our approach after understanding your business, industries, audience, competitors, and services you offer to make your business profile that much more attractive and relevant to the customers.
