The Ultimate Guide to Google Business Profiles

In this post, we’ll be providing an all-encompassing guide to creating, claiming, and optimizing your Google Business Profile.  Google Business Profile is a free tool that enables users to publish personalized, authorized information about their business online, and has essentially become the most critical ranking factor for Local SEO.   A Business Profile is one […]

Written by on September 23, 2022

7 Reasons Why You Are Missing Google Reviews

As a Google Product Expert for Google Business Profiles, the main issue I have seen recently is authentic customer reviews not showing up for the business.  This can be extremally frustrating for a business who values their reviews and understands how important it is to build their Google reviews.  Reviews have a significant impact on […]

Written by on September 20, 2022

Critical Steps to Take on your Suspended Google Profile

How do I get my Google Business Profile reinstated? Are you stuck wondering why your Google Profile was suspended?  You are not alone, there are several businesses that have suspension issues and don’t understand why they were suspended off Google in the first place.  Unfortunately, Google doesn’t tell you why you were suspended.  There are […]

Written by on August 31, 2022

Everything you need to know about Google’s Business Messaging App

As people are searching Google, they now have the option to message / chat with the business.  The days of one-way communication are no longer the norm.  For some businesses, this can be a great tool that they enable, but for others, it can be another pain point.   Text messaging interactions not only saves […]

Written by on February 24, 2022

Google My Business now Google Business Profile

Is the Google My Business app going away? Yes and no!  Google now wants business owners with single locations to edit their pages directly on Google Search and Google Maps.  This means it is no longer necessary to use the app or console to make updates on your Google Business Profile.   However, the app will […]

Written by on December 15, 2021

Is Local Listings Management necessary for today’s marketing efforts?

Local Listing Management Many businesses are often wondering if  local listing management otherwise known as citation management is still relevant for their marketing budgets.  Do citations still matter and should a business be paying for ongoing local management services?  The million-dollar question this article is meant to help you think through. The most commonly known […]

Written by on November 11, 2021

Have you heard? Building Reviews Drives your Local SEO

It’s not secret reviews have a large impact on your brand and your local SEO.  Google and Amazon reviews have revolutionized the way we rank, whether it’s a local business or a business selling a product.   Reviews matter and the way you respond to them are just as important. How do Reviews help a business? […]

Written by on August 2, 2021

10 Effective Review Templates to Help You Respond to Negative Reviews.

  Online reviews are critical for local businesses.  A local business without them may find it hard to generate leads and conversions without the right number of reviews, quality reviews and recent reviews.  There are several sites a customer can leave reviews for a business.  Google, Facebook, Yelp, Travelocity are of the most popular sites […]

Written by on June 22, 2021

Your post has been removed from Google

Your post has been removed from your Business Profile on Google because it violates one of more of our post content policies. Have you recently received this email from Google after submitting your Google post but just can’t seem to figure out how your post violates Google policy?  We will highlight some of Google’s content […]

Written by on April 8, 2021