Google My Business (GMB) is a free and valuable tool offered by Google, which provides important information about your business to potential customers. It’s a listing which allows you to effectively manage your online presence and ultimately drive more traffic to your website, as well as customers through the doors of your business.
A GMB listing will display the following points of basic info about your business:
1. Business Name and Logo
2. Business Category (eg. “Pizza Takeaway”)
3. Address & Map
4. Trading Hours
5. Contact Phone Number
6. Google Reviews Rating (out of 5 stars)
Your GMB listing will be the first thing a customer comes across when searching for your business in Google, which means if you want to be easily found in a local search it’s essential that your business has a listing.
The back end of your listing also offers some fantastic insights such as how customers find you online, what search terms they’re using as well as where most of your searches are coming from and when.
You likely already have one, but if you don’t, the Zwift marketing team can certainly assist with setting you up with one.
Zwift works closely with you to create, verify and optimize your listing. However please be aware that it’s possible an unauthorized 3rd party might try and gain access to your listing and force claim it without you even knowing. This can sometimes happen with an unauthorized person calling your store and getting unaware staff members to confirm a verification code from Google.
Why might they do that you ask? Most likely to re-direct your website link away from your official website and towards a 3rd party ordering website you’d prefer your customers avoid using. We see it happen frequently and businesses often don’t realize it’s even happened until they notice a drop in sales.
This is known as BRANDJACKING.
These unauthorized 3rd parties won’t necessarily have the best interests of your business in mind when it comes to your GMB.
Therefore…
ALLOW THE MARKETING EXPERTS AT ZWIFT TO OPTIMIZE YOUR GOOGLE MY BUSINESS LISTING
Having a GMB listing is a great start, and ensuring your business has access to it is imperative. But it’s also very important to make sure your listing is fully optimized.
That’s where the team at Zwift comes in…
A friendly account manager from the marketing team will request admin access to your GMB listing in the form of an "owner". This is the admin access level required for them to fully optimize your listing.
This won’t mean you will no longer have access to it yourself, but it does mean they'll then be in a position to optimize things on your behalf to get the most out of the listing.
For example they will spend time ensuring all of your relevant business details on your GMB listing are correct and up to date. They will also confirm these details are consistent across all other online listings your business features on as well, such as Yelp and Tripadvisor etc. If you don’t currently have a listing on these sites, they’ll create those for you too.
They will make sure your GMB Listing has:
· A direct link to your menu
· A direct link to your official ordering website
· High quality photo uploads
· A button to provide directions to your location
· Relevant keywords to help with Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
· Adequate review management procedures in place
This kind of optimization ensures your business is going to rank well on Google and that your customers are easily getting the relevant business info they’re after.
It really can’t be underestimated just how influential your GMB Listing is when it comes to increasing your online brand presence and boosting order numbers.
This is why it’s so important that access and control of your listing aren’t in the hands of someone who won’t get the most out of it for you.
So…if you haven't already, make sure your listing is verified by the team at Zwift and we will make sure it’s fully optimized… you’ll soon start seeing the results.
Call: 1300 768 877
Email: marketing@zwift.com.au