Enhancing Your SEO Through Google Business Posts
If you've never heard of Google Posts, you are going to want to stick around for a while!
Search Engine Optimization, or SEO for short, is the important business technique of increasing the amount of quality traffic to your business through organic Google search results.
For example: if you own a flooring company in Vancouver, and someone searches “Best flooring company in Vancouver” or “Carpet installation Vancouver”, you want your business to be at the top!
Google has become extremely competitive, and one of the most powerful local SEO strategies that a business can use is to improve their local search rankings on Google by claiming and optimizing their Google My Business (GMB) listing. While claiming your business on your Google doesn't necessarily guarantee you top ranking, it has been proven time and time again to go a long way in the process.
Equally as important as impressing Google, is impressing your potential customers. Now, Google has taken their My Business Page to the next level by making it easier than ever to connect with real people, online, through Google Business Posts!
From the beginning, Google has been dedicated to being the best search engine to connect you and your potential customers or clients to exactly what you're looking for! Through the years, Google has taken various steps and upgrades to improve your online business success. These features allow business owners to include additional information so potential customers who search for your business can learn more about what you have to offer.
One of the recent and most beneficial enhancements Google has added to Google My Business listings is the aforementioned “Post”. The great thing about Google Posts is that when a potential customer searches for your business on Google, the Post shows up with you Google Business Page for everyone to see.
So how can you optimize your Google Business Posts for the best results?
Great question, and we are excited to show you!
5 Key Tips To Making Outstanding Google Posts
Content: Is your post about a future event? New product or service? How about a limited time savings? Do you have some exciting news to share? Consider what you want your post to do, and make the content — whether to encourage customers to visit your store, sell something, or announce a new feature.
Imagery: Videos and photo are a great eye catching way to connect! Be sure to take a high-resolution photos reinforcing your message so your post stands out. Photos should be simple, relevant, and bright! At a minimum, pick a resolution of 720px wide by 540px tall, in JPG or PNG format. Google accepts the following file formats for video: AVI, MP4, MOV, FLV, WMV, MPG, M4V, MKV, M2TS, and MTS. The maximum size for videos is 100 MB.
Title (if your post is an event): Describe your event in 4-5 words. You have 58 characters for your title.
It's all in the Details: Be clear and direct about the offer/event. Google gives you 100-300 words to play with but remember people have short attention spans.
Direction: Include a “Call To Action” to direct your potential customers where you want them to go. Call of actions include links to “Buy,” “Book online,” “Learn more,” “Call,” or “Visit."
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