The question “how to add my business to google maps” is searched 139,000 times each month in Google, so I decided to scratch the itch for everyone by providing you with a FREE Google My Business Course today.

But as you will know from my Youtube following, being told isn’t the way forward here. The intent is you want to have someone show you how to add your business to Google Maps.

So this led me to making a series of videos and the first on is entitled

Introduction to Google My Business.

Welcome to this free course on learning Google My Business. For a long time, I’ve wanted to produce a series that takes a business through GMB right from scratch.

Google My business is a way to put your business on the map and get local customers to find you through mobiles, voice search and other devices.

So I’m taking a real business and going to register it, set it up, complete its listing, analyse it, optimise it, use all the very latest tools and monitor its growth.

How To Add My Business To Google Maps : Video Episode 1

You can watch me fix problems along the way and provide you with the advanced courses to go to if you want to dive into greater depths as we get there.

My goal is to provide you with everything you need to optimise your business for Google, we may touch other tools, indexes citations as this all has an impact

How To Add My Business To Google Maps Series Overview

By the end of this series we will of covered all the fundamentals for your Google My Business listing. You would have learnt all the skills you need to fully optimise your GMB and you will fully understand how to keep your business growing for more customers, more business and bring in the money.

With over 22 years of web design experience, I want to share what I’ve learned for free. I was never impressed with SEO (the old style in particular) I found there were too many promises. So my view is its a lot easier and rewarding taking the hard-working honest approach. In this series of videos, I share all my knowledge as a progressive free course

You choose the GMB adventure

As the episode runs, you can choose your course (reminds me of the Warlock of firestop mountain / choose your adventure books. Do you remember them? …if you want to walk out the door go to page 6 or if you want to open the window go to page 28. Choices so you can tailor your Google My Business adventure!

Choose How To Add your Business location To Google Maps

So you will do the same, at the end of each video you get a choice to go to the next video in the series or dive in deeper on another related video.

Google My Business on Google Maps : choose your adventure

Who is this Google My Business course for?

Ideal for those managing there own business and want to make sure they have done the right thing.

Video on How To Add My Business To Google Maps

Also useful if you want to manage someone else’s business and know the right way to do it. It is also suitable for those that want clarity, tips and some reassurance that what has been done is correct.

A lot of you have asked me to manage your GMB and how much would I charge to do so. I have grappled with the idea but for now, I think you can do it. So I’m going to provide this free course, all you need to do is make sure you have http://bit.ly/zanetsub subscribed

So the next few weeks, get ready to follow along as I release a few videos each week. All you need t do is subscribe – hit the bell as that will let you know when the next video is released, and if you give it a thumbs up it tells google we are giving you something worth watching, which helps my channel grow.

So let’s start the process as you generally get 2 types of business in GMB or Google Maps.

1. The business exists already.

2. The business doesn’t exist

The first choice in your adventure Watch episode 2 where I find my clients GMB is already registered but not claimed

SIMPLE REGISTRATION : Video Episode 2

Setting up and verifying your business on Google my business is all part of the simple registration process.

Today’s lesson does just that. Welcome to the free FREE Google My Business Course 2021 in future episodes, I’m going to show you…

How to optimise your listing
What you can do to get into the top 3
How Facebook, Yelp, Instagram and other 3rd parties can support your business
How to get a free website
The best way to add photos, posts

CONSISTENCY VS YOU : Video Episode 3

Consistency is like an arch enemy. For some reason registering your business naturally becomes an inconsistent process. The wheel is constantly being reinvented. Why? In this episode of my Free Google My Business Course 2021, I look at the importance of consistency. I stress particularly business consistency. It’s the 3rd part of the Free Google My Business Course 2021.

So, we have just verified the business. I’m now going to show you how to add the right services, which are in effect often similar to your categories for your business – this is important to get right and I explain why in the video above.

Each service is a mini arena to compete in. The more services you offer the better. But you do need to offer them!

How To Add My Business To Google Maps with a good keyword description

Next, you need to look at keywords and the consistency across all mentions of the business. Using your current business profiles eg Yell / Facebook / Linkedin / Instagram / Check a Trade. These should form much of your information and remain consistent Repeat this for your opening hours Near the end of the video, we look at the important description area. Keywords and description are both incredibly important here.

You need to include these areas in your description

250 important
Fill up to 750
Mention company name
Tag line
Trust experience authority
Areas covered
Services /keywords
Action to take
Spellcheck

For this matter, I’ve a video that looks at the following questions you may have.
Why are Keywords for Google My Business important to your clients and Google?

How you can find keywords for your business today? How does Google view keywords?

Where do I put keywords into Google My Business?

Then what if you want to do more than these basics? These are explained in my popular video below.

Keywords for Google My Business
So you need to do this

Add Google My Business PHOTOS the correct way : Video Episode 4

In the video above we look at the method to take your photos out of Instagram, Facebook, Yell and other social media platforms and the simplest way to get them showing in your GMB listing.

How do you add a logo?
What type of photos should you add?
How can your photos on Instagram or yell/facebook be used in GMB?
How important are photos to making a sale?

Through Good Photos, How To Add My Business To Google Maps & Rank

Do not use stock photography in your Google My Business listing. Google will find and delete stock photos. However, Google thinks photos are one of the most important factors in GMB. Take your business (as I do in the example video) and give it a good setup and monitor it. Quantity and quality are what Google asks and rewards.

Additional clues can come from Googles reports. Therefore you can also get an idea of what the competition is doing in insights. Their find your photo views of your business vs business like yours and make sure you are above the competition.

Steer clear of anything too professional and overly polished as it can actually be off-putting.

You have heard the expression “you eat with your eyes” right? or think of when you look at a menu. Visual appearance will impact their experience even before they taste it. Think about how flower shops, images make a massive impact.

How To Add My Business Photos To Google Maps

Google reported that businesses with photos receive 42% more requests for driving directions and 35% more click-throughs to their websites.

60% of consumers said local search results with good images pushed them towards a decision. According to Brightlocal.

How To Add My Business To Google Maps & Improve My Local Rank : Episode 5

How important are the following questions to your business?

Do you know how to build great foundations in GMB?
How to Improve your local ranking on Google?
Where to get a free website within GMB How your listing is now looking and where to go to start improving it?

So far we have registered Google My Business. Seen consistency with names description and NAP, that’s name, address and phone number.T en the last episode saw the importance of the logo and how to add photos from Instagram and Facebook into Google my business. Now lets look at improving the strength of the listing so it can rank.

Improve ranking locally

since the last episode Google staff have made 2 edits (orange) and sent me an email Google tells you in the email what they want. They email you!. Yes Google does spell it out. For example https://support.google.com/business/answer/7091

You are going to see all the areas Google sees as important in the video above. Also, I show you how to get a free website. How to deal with the 2 edits google suggests changes Relevance Distance Prominence Video. It’s worth looking at How To Add Keywords To Google My Business at this point if you haven’t done so already on https://zanet.co.uk/how-to-add-keywords-to-google-my-business/

Visit this video series that shows you how to register a business from scratch.
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