BRX Pro Tip: How to Get More Google My Business Reviews
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, here’s a hot topic, how can we get more Google My Business Reviews?
Lee Kantor: [00:00:11] Yeah. I think a lot of business people aren’t using Google My Business enough. Something to keep in mind, we just recently had a webinar with an SEO expert. The folks at Rainmaker, Ed Bardwell shared this, and he said that having a lot of Google My Business Reviews is really important, because Google is still kind of the 800 pound gorilla when it comes to how people search for things.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:35] So, if you want to show up on Google better and SEO things are working a little less effectively as they had in the past, Google My Business Reviews are kind of a cheat code to this, where the more Google My Business Reviews you have, then Google trusts you as a provider of these services. So, it’s in your best interest to have some sort of a strategy to build out your Google My Business Reviews.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:00] So, here’s some kind of simple ways that you can be getting more Google My Business Reviews. Number one, log in to your Google My Business page and click Get More Reviews. It’s pretty much that simple. This is going to help you create a short URL that you can now share with people to encourage them to review your page. You can take that short URL, you can print it on a QR code, and you can have it at your place of business. You can put the link on your email signature. You can include the link on all correspondence with your customers.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:36] And then, if you do this kind of relentlessly, you’ll see you’re going to start getting more and more Google My Business Reviews. And just by asking folks, “Hey, do you mind reviewing the business? Here’s the link.” And it sends them right to the exact right spot so that people can review your business locally.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:53] And the Pro Tip is always respond immediately to anybody who posts a review, just thanking them for posting the review. You know, whenever there’s an opportunity to engage, engage.
