Google My Business Listing Set Up - 2021 Step By Step Tutorial For Best Results

Google My Business is a free tool you can use to create a google My Business listing to promote your business online so it can be found easily in Google search results and Google maps.
With a Google My business listing you can showcase your store or services to potential customers through photos, reviews, posts and more.
And since most people search for local businesses online these days, and mainly in Google, it is imperative for every small business owner to set up a Google Listing to reach new customers.
In this tutorial I walk you through how to set up a google My business listing step by step the right way so you can listing can hit the ground running as soon as it goes live
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Thanks for keeping it short and sweet. Would you recommend registering a business name with the state and opening a business checking account, prior to creating a GMB listing? If a legal brand contains the city name, would this prevent Google from suspending the account? I've always been a fan of providing Google with as much info as possible.

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Many thanks Geoffrey. Google's guidelines are very clear. Your name should reflect your business’ real-world name, as used consistently on your storefront, website, stationery, and as known to customers. So if you register a business and the name includes your city name there is no risk of being suspended by Google as it will be a legitimate name. Hope this makes sense

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Thanks for the video, Luc. Is there a way to add a second location to an already existing GMB page and would you recommend doing that or creating an entire separate GMB page for the new location?

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Hi, Luc. Thanks for the helpful video. I would like to get some advice from you. 1) I have a young Remodeling agency, but I don't have an office yet. I serve a location within a 20 km radius of where I live, which includes 10 small towns. In Google My Business, I listed my home address as my location. But I am extremely reluctant to list my residential address for this purpose. I would like to ask how much I would lose for local search if I don't put my address in Google My Business at all, just put "service area" for my business (10 cities). 2) I also have a website that lists my NAP. If I now remove my home address as my location, how do I then promote my website (SEO) by doing citations of my business in various directories without an address?

[@rankingacademy]

Hi There. Removing your address will not affect your rankings. Your business will simply be considered as a Service Area type of business. Google knows where you are already as you've alredy provided an address when claiming your listing. Regarding your NAP, I wouldn't spend a huge amount of time claiming citations as they now play a minimal role in boosting your visibility. Instead I'd recommend you invest effort on link building which will yield much better returns.

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Hi Luc great content again. I tried to remove my address from GMB so that I would just be listed as servicing an area but it now says I'm in Germany. Can you change once you've already chosen bricks and motor ? Hope this makes sense

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Yes you can. You should just technically delete the address. Not sure why it says you're in Germany now

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HI Luc, really loved this vid and it's helped me a lot. I have a quick question, is it possible to setup multiple businesses in Google Business?

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@@nickismith9796 Hi Nicki, just add the business via Google Maps , right click and then add business, follow the process there

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You can't stop someone from requesting access, but that doesn't mean it will be granted unless you allow it

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Thank you so much for this video. I have a question. When we have a network restaurant and search on Google Maps we want all network addresses to appear on the map we need to add all the locations separately if there is any way to add them all together? thank you very much :))

[@rankingacademy]

If you have more than 9 locations You can bulk load and verify your listing all at once. For more information on how to do this check follow this link support.google.com/business/answer/3370250