Resources for Better Local Visibility in Google Places

Mission: More Visibility and More Customers

I created this site to help you get visible to more local customers who want what you offer.

More specifically, it’s meant to help your business gain visibility in the “Google Places” local search results. Also known as “Google Maps,” it’s where most people search locally for the best services and products—including yours.  You can list your business and appear prominently in Google Places for free.

The bad news is your business probably isn’t very visible in Google Places.  But the good news is it’s possible to improve your visibility to customers.  That’s what this site is for.

Multiple Routes to Better Local Visibility 

There are three ways you can use this site to get more visible to more local customers:

Option 1:  Use the free resources on this site. This includes my blog, the free 7-Step Guide to local visibility, and plenty of other info you can use to get more local exposure to customers.  It’s all you need to get visible in Google Places, if you’re the DIY type.

Option 2:  Use any of my paid materials, under the “Products” menu.

Option 3:  Have me personally optimize your local visibility to customers in Google Places.  I’ve spent several years learning how to achieve better rankings there, and I’ve done so for many business owners.  I’d be glad to help you, too: check out my done-for-you local visibility page to find out more.

Down-and-Dirty Details of
Getting Found in Google Places

How does one go about getting more visible to customers in local Google?

First of all, I’d like to point out that there’s nothing you or I or anyone else can do to guarantee a particular ranking in Google Places. Nor is there a “trick” or “secret” to getting a top local ranking.  Rather, you get visible with a combination of specific steps that give you the best chances of ranking well locally in Google.

I’ve found that it’s possible to get more visible locally by following 4 main steps.  These are the same whether you do them yourself or you have someone else implement them for you:

Step 1. Optimizing your Google Places Page.  Potential customers want and expect to see a substantial amount of info about your business.  That’s where your Places Page comes in.  Its main purpose is to provide your potential customers with basic information about your business (where you’re located, how to contact you, etc.) and to tell them a little bit about your services.  The other purpose of your Places Page is to paint a clear picture for Google of the services you offer, so that you can actually get found locally for those services. Therefore, the first step to a top local ranking is to be really thorough and careful in filling out your Google Places Page.

Step 2. Tuning up your website. Technically, you don’t need a website to rank well locally.  But it’s a really good idea to have one. It’s a major ranking advantage in Google Places.  More importantly, a website is a great way to give customers more info about your services.  Therefore, the second step in boosting local visibility is to make sure your website provides lots of info that’s clearly relevant to the specific services you offer, and to make sure that all the little nuts and bolts of your site (like the title tag, H1, etc.) also reflect what your business is about.

Step 3. Listing your business on third-party sites—like Yelp.com and AngiesList.com.  Many such sites already list your business in their directories, even if you’ve never listed your business there.  It’s important to make sure that at least the most popular of these sites have info about your business that’s 100% accurate and up-to-date.  Plus, many customers who use Google Places also use these other websites to search locally—so making sure your business is listed on them is a great way to reach more people.

Step 4. Getting customer reviews.  Not only are these an increasingly crucial ranking factor in Google Places, but they’re also essential for turning visitors to your Places page into loyal and paying customers.  There are a number of ways to go about asking customers for reviews (including by using my customized Google-review handout—sorry for the shameless plug!).

All the materials on this site—plus the free guide and my regular emails—help you do these  steps.  I even wrote a blog post that shows you how to get visible in one hour.

Other Good Stuff to Know

Before you poke around through other areas of this site, I’d like you to consider two other points:

• There’s no guarantee that any of my tips or techniques will work for your business or in your local market.  Whether you implement them yourself or hire me to do it, you always run the risk that you won’t be as visible as you’d like to be in Google and that you might waste a little bit of time and/or money.  But that’s just like anything else in life and in business: it’s certainly not news to you.  However, what you or I can do is maximize your chances of getting highly visible by following specific steps (like the ones I just described) in a way that complies with Google’s official guidelines.

• There is no “catch” to the free info I provide.  My reasons for sharing it are actually quite selfish: For one thing, I like to show off all I’ve learned and to receive compliments from business owners who’ve made their businesses more visible and profitable thanks to me.  I also like to set myself apart from some “experts” who won’t give you the time of day unless you pay them first.

Next Steps to More Local Visibility to Customers

If you’d like to try your hand at getting yourself more visible, you can download my free report.  Again, you’ll need to provide a valid email address to access it, but you can remove your email address from my private contact list at any time if you so choose, with a single click of the “Unsubscribe” button.

You can poke around through my blog, of course.  Feel free to leave comments on any of the posts (I actually read them).

You can contact me for whatever reason.

Or if you don’t have the time to try to boost your local visibility yourself, you can check out my services page to see some of the ways I can personally help.

You’re the boss.  You get to decide how you’d like to go about getting more local visibility and more customers.

Phil Rozek

(Guy who runs LocalVisibilitySystem.com)

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