{"id":21,"date":"2016-04-19T09:14:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T09:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tgitechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=21"},"modified":"2016-04-19T09:14:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T09:14:41","slug":"what-is-google-my-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tgitechnologies.com\/blog\/what-is-google-my-business\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Google My Business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22\" src=\"http:\/\/tgitechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/blog_google-my-business-300x169.png\" alt=\"blog_google-my-business\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tgitechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/blog_google-my-business-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tgitechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/blog_google-my-business-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/www.tgitechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/blog_google-my-business-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tgitechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/blog_google-my-business-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tgitechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/blog_google-my-business.png 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Previously known as <em>Google Places<\/em>,<strong> Google My Business<\/strong> helps potential customers find you anytime, anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>It is the main way of adding your business to Google as an official directory listing. It will give you results in Google search against your company name and also make you appear on Google Maps as a proper &#8216;pin&#8217; (see &#8216;Why bother&#8217; below).<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t register with Google My Business, you are missing out on an <strong>essential, marketing opportunity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The main page to register and set up your company in &#8216;Google My Business&#8217; is at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/business\/go\/\">www.google.com\/business\/go\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Step-by-step guide<\/h2>\n<p>This step-by-step guide will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete (assuming you have your marketing text ready for copying and pasting &#8211; a bit longer if you don&#8217;t!).<\/p>\n<div class=\"fl-accordion-button\"><span class=\"fl-accordion-button-label\">Setup or login to your Google Account<\/span> <i class=\"fl-accordion-button-icon fa fa-minus\"><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-accordion-content fl-clearfix\">\n<p>Go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/business\/go\">google.com\/business\/go<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0and click on the &#8216;Start Now&#8217; button:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previously known as Google Places, Google My Business helps potential customers find you anytime, anywhere. 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