According to a recent study done by BIA, a staggering 97% of consumers will search online for products or services offered by local businesses before they buy anything.
That means that if your business isn’t listed properly or performing as well as it should in search results, customers aren’t going to find you, and that means those customers are shopping somewhere else.
So how do you make sure you get your business in front of those 97% of consumers? The answer is simple – show up where they are looking for you, using Google Business View.
Google is currently the #1 search engine in the US, responsible for roughly 68% of all search traffic according to comScore, so when it comes time to get your business in front of as many potential customers as possible, focusing on performing well in Google search results and taking advantage of every tool Google offers is the only way to ensure your business is positioned for success.
If you haven’t heard of Google Business View yet, it’s a cool new search tool crafted by Google using the same technology they used to create their Street View maps, only Business View is used to take customers right inside a business from anywhere in the world.
If you ask any business who has already added their location to Google Business View, they’ll tell you it’s a no brainer.
“After we added our restaurant to Business View, we saw about a 25% increase in new customers in the first month. Customers loved it.” said Mike Chang of Lotus in Farmingdale, NY.
Business View isn’t just a great tool for restaurants and retail stores, it’s become increasingly popular in all public facing businesses.
Joseph Saitta of TLC Auto & Center noted “We’ve gotten great exposure from it. People tell us that being able to virtually tour our shop before they came in helped them see how clean and professional our office area is, and they like that. It really helped them build trust in our quality of work before even coming in.”
Adding a Google Business View virtual tour for your business is simple, and can be done in as little as an hour and live online appearing in Google search results, Google Maps and social media pages within a day.
For more information about how Business View works, or to schedule your tour, please read more on our Business View services page or contact us by email (contact@jlouis.com) or telephone (516-847-4707) and we’d be happy to help you get your business setup on Google Business View.
