How to OWN Google My Business Rankings – Module 1 – Lesson 3 – Local SEO Unlocked

Today is another day of Local SEO Unlocked where we break down, setting up your map listings. There's quite a few different things that you need to know from this Google My Business to Bing places to Facebook, Facebook locations and Apple maps and we'll be going over quite a few of them, technically actually all of them.

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So let's set up your Google My Business.

Step one, set up a new Google account, if you already have one you can use that and access your Google My Business login.

Step two, head to google.com/business, click on Manage Now, then the next step is entering your business name.

Step four, enter the address of the business location only if where the business engages with people face to face.

Step five, specify the service areas that you guys offer and then from there, Google can accurately surface your business for searches in those areas.

Step six, choose the right business category and no research your competitors to find the most accurate categories for your business before you do this.

And then the next step would be to add a contact phone number, your website URL, if you don't have a website,.

Step eight, complete your Google My Business verification, this is important and you have a few options, postcard verification, phone or email each of them works.

So now what's next. Well, it's time to optimize your Google My Business. So how do you optimize it?

Well, first you want to add photos and videos to your listings.

And you want to use Google My Business Q&A's as well so that's the question and answers to understand your audience.

Then you want to create Google My Business posts to showcase offers and promotions and discounts.

So I also recommend that you start requesting and managing Google reviews, review ratings are the biggest driver of clicks to the local SERPs.

And you also want to view search insights, this will give you ideas of what's happening to your listing and how you can better optimize it.

Step four, it's time to set up and create account, pick or create account that all the relevant people have access to within your business, notably specifically the business owner if you're not the business owner.

Step five, enter your business address and details.

Step six, select your business category, you have the option to pick multiple categories and at the end, pick which one you want to display as your primary category.

Step seven, set up your contact details, make sure it's accurate and you're thorough about it.

Now the next one we have is Facebook for businesses. So it's time to create your Facebook business page.

Step one, go to facebook.com/pages/create, select the type of page you want to create, click the get started option.

Step two, enter your business information.

Step three, apply your profile and cover image, make sure is that those photos aligned with your brand.

Step four, create your username, also called your vanity URL.

And for the next step, tell your story.

Next step, create your first post, your first post should add value to your visitors.

And then the next step you want to publish your page and invite your existing Facebook friends to like your page.

Wondering how to promote separate businesses to local audience? Well, let's set this up. So let's set up locations for your page.

Step one, I want you to log into business manager, stuck business locations, under assets, select your Facebook page and then click get started.

Step two, if your main page has an address, you'll see a warning message, if your main page has an address, you can add this address as a location.

And then for the next step, click Add Locations to set up your first Facebook page location.

So let's go over setting up your Apple maps. First off, create an Apple ID if you don't have one, just takes a few minutes and it's free to register then you want to log into your account and then you want to access Apple Map connect and this is where you can add your business to Apple Maps and then search a secret business is already listed.

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34 Responses to How to OWN Google My Business Rankings – Module 1 – Lesson 3 – Local SEO Unlocked

  1. MSK GAMING ZONE November 21, 2020 at 3:02 pm #

    Nice

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:27 pm #

      Thanks

  2. Rohit singh kandari November 21, 2020 at 3:06 pm #

    Hello sir !

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:27 pm #

      Hello there!

  3. cool insan November 21, 2020 at 3:09 pm #

    Please Twitter unlocked

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:27 pm #

      Noted!

  4. Amanda Deshan November 21, 2020 at 3:15 pm #

    *i have a question how to contact sir ?*

  5. Social Sadhu November 21, 2020 at 3:26 pm #

    Informative as always Neil. It’s advisable to stick with the same business data ( also called as NAP ) on all platforms because the same info also considers as a Ranking signal for local SEO. Post regularly on GMB about your sales, project, new product/service and new offer/deal which helps you to sends positive ranking signals to Google..

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:28 pm #

      Most definitely 🙂

  6. Brandnew Show - Become a better digital marketer November 21, 2020 at 3:35 pm #

    My Saturday just got better! That’s the module I’ve been waiting for. Thanks, Neil 🙂

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:27 pm #

      Glad to help!

  7. Ian Lambcave November 21, 2020 at 3:37 pm #

    You are a BEAST!!!

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:29 pm #

      Wow thank you 🙂

  8. TheBizler November 21, 2020 at 4:01 pm #

    Great video thank you!

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:29 pm #

      Glad you liked it!

  9. Arsh Mehta November 21, 2020 at 4:24 pm #

    These days Bing directly ask to import google my business details..by allowing access through same google account..Will this be effective or not?

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:31 pm #

      I’m sure it would be effective 🙂

  10. SEO Tools TV November 21, 2020 at 4:32 pm #

    GMB is essential for local SEO. It helps to handle a lot of things and get ranking on Google maps. Never neglect because a lot of businesses don’t use GMB.

    • AlamiYo November 21, 2020 at 4:49 pm #

      Nowadays u looks more familiar than Neil to me.

    • SEO Tools TV November 21, 2020 at 4:51 pm #

      @AlamiYo Neil is great I only have my way )

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:31 pm #

      Totally 🙂

  11. Gaurav Yadav November 21, 2020 at 4:36 pm #

    Thanks Neil. Big fan of your knowledge. What do you think of backlinks coming from different niche sites. I mean suppose I have a website in entertainment niche, Can I make backlinks from fitness or seo niche websites?? Do these backlinks increase domain authority? Or google will penalize for such backlinks?

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:32 pm #

      I say, if the site is high authority then go for it 🙂 It’ll help your site in terms of growing your DA 🙂

  12. Ryszard Janusz Guide November 21, 2020 at 5:01 pm #

    You are a good man , if you want bee a famous end greate you have to talk to me, all you do go fo noting , you do not sample of the good job you did , God bless you !

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:36 pm #

      I appreciate that!

  13. cool insan November 21, 2020 at 5:03 pm #

    Please do Twitter unlocked.

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:36 pm #

      Thanks for the suggestion 🙂

  14. sarthak arora November 21, 2020 at 5:15 pm #

    Should I use GMB if my site is only for blogging purpose?

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:36 pm #

      It may not be necessary then

  15. Manoj Agadi November 21, 2020 at 5:32 pm #

    Very Good Information Sir.

    • Neil Patel November 21, 2020 at 5:36 pm #

      Thanks 🙂

  16. Dollarsland TV November 21, 2020 at 7:24 pm #

    Your youtube channel / business must make you proud if you are reading this.

  17. indira jha November 21, 2020 at 9:11 pm #

    Are these tips relevant for a simple basic blog? Thank you.

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