Google Local Business Center for Designers
In a recent post we talked about how you can Optimize Your Site to attract local search engine traffic from Google. One of our readers mentioned Google Local Business Center as another option, so I thought I would expand on this useful comment.
Google local business center allows you to register your business for free and add lots of information so that people can find your business via Google search and Google Maps. This is extremely useful, because search engines are including these local listings in more and more search results. For example if I type in “Business Cards” I actually see local listings of businesses in North Carolina.
Maximize Your Design Business Listing
While its easy and free to create your listing, most people breeze through it and do not take advantage of the many listing enhancements available. For example you can post a video, an image of your business, get reviews of your business and even offer coupons, all from Google Local Business Center! Adding all this extra content to your listing will make it stand out more, which can give you a large advantage over the other local businesses.
So if you are a freelance designer or studio owner, you should create your free listing today and spend a few extra minutes adding everything you possibly can to your listing and you will have taken a great step forward towards getting more business!
April 8, 2009
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Abe - April 10th, 2009
This was really helpful. I hope that more posts of this nature will soon follow. There are a dime a dozen sites for designers out there but few that deal with issues like these. Thank you.
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Callum Chapman - April 10th, 2009
I’m on the google business listings, yet to get a job from it but i do come up on the first page when you search for graphic designers in my home town!
Aetoric Design - April 11th, 2009
I love this, actually. I’ve been trying to get all of my clients to give me reviews. So far I have two 5-star reviews (gotta start somewhere, right?). But even with so few, I feel as though my brand has gotten a lot more search engine traffic because of it.
Gino - April 14th, 2009
Yeah the amount of traffic you get will vary but it sure does help to use this because if you don’t other people will and depending on the size of your busines one new job could mean a lot of money and work.
paul - August 18th, 2009
yes we add the local business center to all of our clients sites. it is very good and google has become so huge that i would say little things like this all adds to be the main source of driving the internet. you got to give it them, well done!
Art - September 14th, 2009
It works really well for web sight designers. I know I get a lot of business from it
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web design cheltenham - January 15th, 2010
always worth listing your site locally