Westgate Growth Marketing
Why You Need to be in Google Maps
Get Your Business Discovered
Since its release in 2006, Google Maps has become a crucial part of the search engine buying experience for many consumers. Whether it is checking out reviews, finding contact details, or easily discovering businesses that are near them, Google Maps are the place your business needs to be.
- 46% of all searches done in Google are to find a local business
- After searching on a smartphone for a local business, 76% of people visit the business that day
- 28% of all searches for local businesses end in a purchase
What are Google Maps
Google Maps are the box that sits below the ads, and above the organic results in 93% of searches that have a local intent. Because of their prime real estate, and the ability to show reviews, the average Google Maps converts consumers into customers faster than ever before. In fact, 76% of people who search on maps, visit a business within one day!
Google Maps vs Google Organic?
Google Maps are amazing right, so do you still need Organic SEO?
The answer – Yes!
You see, Google Maps works perfectly for geographically based searches, that is, people who are within a certain distance of your business. Your Organic SEO results are the same regardless of where the searcher is based.
Plus, by having two pieces of real estate helps you to ‘double dip’ and maximize your market share, slowly squeezing your competitors out of your customers minds.
How Our Service Works
Our Google Maps ranking service is a fully-managed service, where once you sign up, we take care of all the heavy lifting. There are only three simple steps.
- Grant Access – Add us as a manager to your Google My Business profile. You retain ownership, and we can do our work.
- Optimize your listing – We go through your profile page and fully fill your information. We add new photos, and deeply optimize the elements most people don’t even know exist, and launch your own Google website.
- On-Going Maintenance – We respond to reviews, publish new posts, keep your customers engaged, and provide you with monthly insights.
How Can We Help?