Google Maps Optimization
Alfalfa Media specializes in Google Maps optimization through proven techniques that enable our clients to achieve top rankings on Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, and Bing Maps search results whenever a potential customer searches for their products or services on their smart phones and computers. We employ Google Places optimization strategies that drive more foot traffic to our clients’ businesses and make their phones ring.
Google Map marketing = Get found by local consumers in your city
If you cannot find your business on maps, you give away thousands of dollars worth of business to competitors who enjoy the benefits of online and mobile search visibility on Google maps. To compete and get ahead of your competitors, you need a company that specializes in Google Maps optimization to get your business to the top.
Google Places optimization = more clients
Every year, more and more people rely on their iPhones, Blackberrys and iPads to search for products and services within their city. Instead of waiting to be back to their homes to search on their laptops and desktops, they perform search on the go or while driving, walking, or even while shopping. Google map marketing will increase your local business’ visibility on Google Places, Yahoo Local and Bing Local, which ultimately translates to increase in the number of customers that visit your physical location and an increase in your monthly sales.
People don’t look at Yellow Pages anymore — they search online instead
Your business may be listed in Yellow Pages and other business directories that give your local business enough exposure. The truth is, people seldom use Yellow Pages anymore. Most people don’t even thinking about flipping through that thick book when they think of eating out, having a new haircut, getting a fresh mani-pedi, or searching for a new coffee shop to meet friends at. Internet-savvy consumers use the Internet for their convenience as it gives them what they are looking for in a matter of seconds. Google Maps optimization caters to Internet and mobile users who search on the Internet first before visited the local business.
Recent studies show that around 90% of Internet users research online first before they visit the local store. They search for businesses closest to them and read business reviews from other customers or clients. This trend will continue to be more popular in the coming years as more and more people get access to the Internet and and smart phones. If you want your business to benefit from the growing population of Internet-savvy individuals and smart phone users, you need Google Places optimization and get ahead of your local competitors.
Google Maps optimization = Highly targeted online and mobile search marketing
Local business owners can now compete with big and powerful brands on the Internet through Google map optimization. Search engines have become location centric by returning geo-targeted results based on the Internet user’s location. Because of this, local business owners can now effectively market to consumers within their city and not waste their online advertising dollar to attract consumers from other parts of the country who may not be interested in their products or services.
The benefits of Google Maps optimization
Google Places optimization allows your local business to be found by Internet and smart phone who actively search for your products and services. Google map marketing results in:
- Increase in foot traffic to your physical location
- Increase in the number of calls from potential customers
- Emails from potential customers
- Increase in monthly revenue
Forget newspaper, magazine, and radio ads that don’t drive targeted consumers READY to buy your products and engage your services. If you are a local business owner in your city, you need to be listed in local search results pages in your city.
