Digital marketing offers unlimited opportunities for business owners and marketers. Google has access to more than ninety per cent of the global search engine market, with billions of people using its platform. They now offer you more features to promote your business and opportunities to connect with customers.
At the end of 2021, Google announced changes to Google My Business (GMB). The first change is a simple name change. "My business on Google" is now known as "my business on Google.". The second change is to provide users with direct access to their corporate files.
Every business owner and marketer should proactively use the following features in their Google Business profile (formerly Google My Business):
Include custom categories with services
Easier ways to update your business profile on Google
Advertise COVID-19 in your ad
Include the meeting link under your ad
Access to a Google Warranty Certificate badge
In the future, Google will also provide additional tools for your business through your business profile on Google, But only if you access it through Google search. or cards. These tools will help you understand the performance of your business and improve your online presence.
Why did Google make these changes to give you, as a business owner or merchant, important opportunities to improve your digital marketing?
If you want customers to find you quickly, then add the following to your Google list (you can also see a Google article about this):
Include your services
Include your services in your company profile. There are standard categories available. But if your work does not fit into the traditional categories, now you can add one. You can add the service(s) you provide in this category. A description of no more than three hundred words is allowed.
Use all the available opportunities in your business profile on Google and choose the best keywords for optimal digital marketing. This increases the chances that your ad will appear on Google search engine results pages (SERPs) and that customers will find you quickly.
Update your listing easily
You want Google to easily update your list using Google search or Google Maps. In the old version of "my business on Google", you had to use the website or app to access the company profile.
There are now three more direct ways to access your business profile on Google, and you need to log in to your account on Google to access it.
Find the name of your company on Google
If you like to use Google Maps, go to your company profile on Google
Or you can use the search term "my company" IN Google and go directly to your company profile
Advertise COVID-19 in your ad
COVID-19 has been a reality for a few years and affects the company differently. Google has embraced this reality by adding an "update" tab to Google's trading profile.
Other posts may continue to be published, but the COVID tab remains pinned to the top of the company profile in the local search. The announcements in this tab include notifications about:
New opening hours
Temporary closure
Security measures are taken by the company
Inventory announcements for products related to
Changes to the normal service, such as switching to the exit/delivery service only
COVID-19 publications are active during the same period as regular publications. This is a great opportunity to show your customers your company's commitment to the health and safety of your community.
Include an appointment link
An easy way to get customers to contact you is to include the meeting address in your ads. Allows customers to easily perform actions directly from Google search or Maps. Without having to go to your company's website.
Add regular appointment addresses for actions such as:
- Place an order
- Make a reservation
- Make an appointment
- Search for articles
- View the list or list of services
Sometimes the appointment address automatically appears in the list of companies. This means either that your company has a partnership with a third-party provider, or that Google has such a partnership. Changes must be made to the third-party provider's link to its platforms.
Google warranty badge certificate
Certify your company for a warranty badge. The purpose of the badge is to reassure customers that the company listed on Google is legitimate and offers a high-quality service. They even go so far as to undertake to compensate customers who are dissatisfied with the service received from a company indicated by this Badge.
Your business must go through a verification process and verify Google through local service announcements or their partners to receive a Google Warranty badge. A warranty badge will appear on your list in the search results.
There are terms and conditions before you compensate Google for your customers. For example, customers should only book the service through local Google services. There are lifetime refund limits for customers from different countries.