List your business on Google Maps by creating a Google My Business profile or add your brand, i.e. band, sports team or cause to a Google profile.

1. District Creations
Let’s talk Google
Set up a Free
Google My Business Listing
displayed on Google Maps

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction
Set Up Your Free Listing
Verification Code
Entering Reviews
Contact Info
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3. Introduction
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4. Introduction
Whether you have a brick and mortar
business, or a consulting agency with no fixed
address, setting up your business on Google
can :
• Boost your rating on Google Maps.
• Boost your rating on Google Search Engine.
• Generate more leads.
• Enable your clients to rate your service.
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5. SET UP YOUR FREE
LISTING
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6. Set up your free listing for a physical location
1. A. If you have an office address or physical location, open a browser and type
in “Google My Business”
2. Open the first
result under the ads
Ads
Ads
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7. Set up your free listing for your brand
2. Open a search engine and type in
“https://business.google.com/create?gmbsrc=ww-ww-et-gs-z-gmb-v-z-h~bhc-core-u”
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Product, Sports team, band, cause, etc

8. List your Brand
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9. Set up your free listing for your business
3. You will be taken the Google My Business Page
Setting up your Google My Business page is the first
step in Local Search Optimization, and should be a high
priority for all businesses.
If you have a
Google account
Sign in.
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10. Set up your free listing
If you do not have a Google
Account, select “Create account’
You will need to create a Google
Account if you do not have one. It’s
free. This is also helpful for a
Google Analytics account if you
have a website.
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11. Set up your free listing
4. Click “Start Now”
If Google can’t find your business you will have to manually enter your
company name, address and phone number by clicking “Add your business”
Tip: Make sure your Name, Address and Phone Number is consistent in all
of your online listings
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12. Set up your free listing
5. Upon clicking “Add your business”,
the following screen appears:
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13. Set up your free listing
b. Brick and Mortar Businesses:
• Select “No”
a. Consultants and people who do not have a
brick and mortar business:
If you do not have a brick and mortar
business (and work as a consultant),
make sure that “Yes” is selected under “I
deliver goods and services to my
customers at their location.
If you do not serve customers at the
address that you filled in, you are defined
as a Service Area Business (SAB).
• Check “Yes”
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14. Set up your free listing
6. Authorization
Verify the information and check the box if
you are the owner of the business or
authorized to fill this information out.
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15. Set up your free listing
6. Authorization
Consultant Example:
I filled in my zip code and since I can
work online, I put within 1000 miles. It
adjusted to 632miles.
If you want your home address or
business to be listed, check “I also serve
customers at my business address”
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16. Set up your free listing
7. Agree
All Business Owners:
Click Continue
Check to Agree to the Terms of Service
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17. Set up your free listing
8. Verification
Your profile will not be created on
Google My Business until you enter the
verification code. See step 9.
• You will get an option for a
Verification post card.
• The post card will contain a code
that you need to enter.
• Sometimes, there is an option to
verify via SMS (text).
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18. Set up your free listing
8. Verification continued…
If you are verifying via post card, there is an option to enter your name:
Your business needs to be verified within 30 days, so once the post card arrives,
verify immediately.
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19. Verification Code
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20. Enter Verification Code
9. In 1-2 weeks you will receive a verification code in the mail to verify your business.
10. When you receive your verification code
• Go to https://business.google.com
• Log into your account,
• Enter the Code and Submit.
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21. You did it!
Congratulations!
Your business will be live on Google Maps within minutes. You are on your way to
boosting your search engine rankings and generating new leads!
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22. Result
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23. Entering Reviews
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24. Creating a Review
Once your business is live, your clients can go to Google Maps and find you:
Click on the name of the business
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25. Creating a Review
The information you entered will
appear:
Click on the link that says Google
reviews, assign a rating and leave a
review.
Reviews will boost your rating on the
Google search engine and drive more
custom to your business.
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26. Shelley Magnezi
240-274-9940
http://www.districtcreations.com
@shelleymagnezi
District Creations
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