Crush Your Competition With Google Business Profile Management

Google Business Profile? How you can make Google work for you now?

Google is like a 16-year old girl. Ignore her at your peril.

”Google Business Profile, formerly called Google My Business, is a free and easy- -use tool for businesses and organizations If you verify and edit your business information, you can both help customers find your business and tell them your story.”
Google

Appear in Maps and Google Local Pack
Listings.
It’s Highly Visible.
Allows People to Leave Reviews of Your
Business.
Provides Insights That Give You Helpful
Information.
It’s Free and Easy to Use.

4 Benefits of Using Google Business My Profile

Get Found Online
Directly below paid ads in local searches (eg. cigar shops nearby), the Local Three-Pack on Google is displayed. Businesses showing up here receive a 700% boost in potential clicks. An optimized GBP listing will help your visibility and improve local SEO.

Engage With Your Customers
Customer satisfaction is an essential metric. Posts and messaging help customers interact with your business to learn about upcoming sales, events, and promotions. An actively managed listing can receive up to 5x more reviews and increases purchase opportunities by 80%.

Respond Easily
A customer is 50% more likely to purchase from a business that regularly responds to reviews. It’s an easy way to show customers that you care about their experiences and feedback.

Know More Information
Your hours, location, and busy times all enhance your customer experience by providing relevant information quickly. When 76% of customers who make a local search visit a business within 24 hours, it’s clear that optimizing your listing improves your opportunities.

Gain Valuable Insights

Google owns 90% of the mobile search market. Being able to find out how customers are discovering your business through in-depth insights will help improve and target your marketing strategies and lead to better search performance.

How To Create and Optimize Your GBP Profile?

GBP is the first step to ensure you are getting in front of your customers.

Add or Claim Your Google Business Profile. You can add your business information to Google Maps, Search, and other Google services, create or get access to a Business Profile on Google and manage how your business information shows up cross Google.
Verify Your Google Business. When you add or claim your profile, Google offer email, and video. Verification methods may vary depending on factors that can include business category, publicly available info, region, support hours, and volumes.
GBP Notification. After you verify, It can take a few weeks for your updated business info to show cross Google. You can update and add to your info, connect with customers through your profile with posts, reviews and messaging.

At Cigar Box Marketing, we make it easy! Let us Fully Manage and Optimize Your Google Business Profile.

Google My Business verification and claim. A Marketing Strategist will contact you to verify, claim, and get access to your Google My Business.

Monthly NAP data verification. We’ll review your business information every month to make sure it’s always accurate.

We create 1 (or more) Google My Business post every month to ensure there is fresh new content.

Upload photos provided by you. You can send us images that you want to add to your Google My Business.

You get access to reports that show your online consumers interact with your Google Business Profile.

Google Stats

Consumers are 38% more likely to visit and 29% more likely to consider purchasing from businesses with more complete listing information.

5x More Views

The average Google listing that has been well-maintained with Google My Business gets 5X more views
than listings which haven’t been claimed by their owners.

2.7x More Reputable

Customers are 2.7x more likely to consider a business reputable if they see a complete listing on Google
Search and Maps.

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