Why You Need Google My Business

<p><strong>Digital Marketing Hotseat Podcast</strong></p> <p><strong>Season 01 Episode 27</strong></p> <p><strong>Why You Need Google My Business</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a business, you have the opportunity to create a Google My Business account, update your listing and share your information. That's one of the things that Google looks at as it crawls for information to respond to queries. Listen in as we get into details about using Google My Business effectively</span></p> <h4><strong>What is Google My Business</strong></h4> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google My Business is a profile that provides a lot of great information about your business, ranging from your hours of service, what days you're open, what days you're closed, your specific services, an about page and much more which we will talk about.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google My Business also gives insights such as  what's happened during a particular month, quarter or week, in your business. </span></p> <h4><strong>Getting Started With Google My Business</strong></h4> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first thing is to have a Google account, you cannot do a Google My Business Without a Google account. A Google account is free. You then need to set up a business account.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We shall also guide you on how to create a profile, submit your business listing and go through the verification process.</span></p> <h4><strong>Important Aspects of Google My Business</strong></h4> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We will share why it is important for you to add photos and videos in your Google My Business.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We discuss the importance of adding individual service descriptions of what your business offers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also discuss why asking your clients for reviews is necessary and the best way to go about it. We also explore ideas on how to respond to negative reviews.</span></p> <