Is Your business found when people search, “Pizza Frisco Tx” ”Dentist in Dallas” “Lawyer 90210″ “Electricians in Chicago”
Or does your competitor get that customers phone call?
Watch Below To Learn How SmartProSeo Can Help Customers Find Your Business
Local Search is more Important than ever! Check out these statistics:
- One out of five searches on Google is related to location.
(‘Official Google Blog’) - 97% of Internet users in the U.S. gather shopping information online, and of those consumers 51% explicitly characterize their behavior as “Shop Online, Purchase Offline”
(NPD Group) - 73% of activity online is in one way or another “related to local content”
(Google 5/07) - 70% of U.S. Households Now Use the Internet When Shopping Locally for Products and Services.
(The Kelsey Group/ConStat) - 70% of online searchers will use local search to find offline businesses.
(The Kelsey Group) - 86% percent of online users will be searching for a local business at some point in time.
(TMPDM-comScore - 43% of search engine users are seeking a local merchant to buy something offline.
(comScore Networks) - 54% of search users have substituted Internet/search for the phone book.
(comScore Networks) - 74% percent of Internet users perform local searches.
(The Kelsey Group) - There are approximately 300 million searches per day for information on the Internet
(Nielsen/NetRatings 2005) - 60% of activity online is one way or another “related to local content”
(Google 5/03) - For every one dollar U.S. consumers spend online, another five or six are going to offline purchases that are influenced by online research
(MIT Technology Review, April 2005, “E-Commerce Gets Smarter“) - 117 million Internet users accounted for over 3.7 billion searches conducted on the Internet in the month of August 2004
(comscore qsearch, 01/2004-4/2004) - 25% of ALL commercial Internet searches are conducted by users looking for local merchants
(Kelsey-Bizrate 2004) - For every one dollar U.S. consumers spend online, another five or six are going to offline purchases that are influenced by online research
(MIT Technology Review, April 2005, “E-Commerce Gets Smarter“) - 35% of ALL searches are “local”
(DM News) - Over 50% of all local searches are done on a mobile device
(Microsoft Tag)
According to a April 2010 Nielsen Wire study over 65% of people use Google to find services and products, versus 0.2% who use the Yellow Pages.
To capture leads and customers for your business, you must have a visible presence on Google!
Local businesses should consider how big a role Google plays in many people’s lives when it comes to finding information, especially something as simple as looking up a local business. With mobile usage continually on the rise, it stands to reason that this will become even more the case.
Search is getting more diversified as a result of mobile. People are looking for more places (via mobile apps) to find the businesses they’re looking for. Android usage is on the rise as well , with lots of convenient Google Voice searching, and one-button Google searches.
Help your business stand out:
Add photos, videos, offers and Online Coupons to show customers why they’ll want to choose you. Highlight special promotions, post live updates, and respond to reviews from your Places for business account.
Learn more about your customers:
What keywords they’re searching for and where they’re coming from. Armed with this information, you can make better business decisions.
Our Optimized Google Places Package Includes:
- 1st and foremost – Keyword Research. (Don’t Pay for keywords people aren’t searching for! Best of all, this isn’t a guessing game Google will tell us)
- Create Google Places Page.
- Create My Maps Listing
- Optimize Your Categories (Keywords)
- Add Your Business Details (Website address, Store Hours, Service Area, Payment Type accepted and Additional Services)
- Optimize and insert 8 images (Front of your business ,products, logo etc.) to your listing
- Add 2 – 3 coupons to your listing (You can offer discounts and coupons for one day, one week, or one month.)
- Add Videos to your places listing (or add Video SEO Package)
- Add Positive Reviews Monthly
- Inclusion in many authority directories(Yelp, etc.)
- Create Custom Mobile landing pages for coupons, offers, opt ins, etc
- Qr codes for your business. (Use with Packaging , Business Cards, Promote to Facebook , Twitter etc..)
Last but not least…
We Work Every Single Month to
Get you Listed on the 1st Page of google & Keep You There
Monthly maintenance charges vary $100-$500 Depending on competition.
Whether you are going to set up your Google Places page on your own or have someone do this service for you.
The sooner you have your Google Places page working for you and the quicker your customers will find you.
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