So you have your business listed on Google Places. You have your address, website and some basic info on your listing. Your super excited because “HEY! I’m on Google”. Days go by, then weeks and even months. Still your phone doesn’t ring. Your puzzled and confused. You submitted your business to Google but nothing!

The truth is almost all businesses listings in Google and other search engines like Yahoo and Bing are not optimized correctly. How important is this? Well it’s very important. If you want proper Google places optimization then there are certain things you have to do.

Matching Information Is Key

When submitting your business to multiple locations like Google, Yahoo, Bing, Yelp, City Search, and so many others, it’s very important for proper Google places optimization that all your information is exactly the same on all directories. This includes business name, phone number and address. The reason you need to do this is because Google tries to match your information in their database with all the other databases on other sites.

A Full Listing Is A Successful Listing

You have to fill out your listing. You have to FILL OUT your listing. I’ll say it once more. YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT YOUR LISTING. Why am I stressing this so much? Because it’s important! Google and other search engines want their visitors to have the best search experience they can. If your business listing is not filled out then why would Google and others want to show your listing? For best Google places optimization make sure all available information is filled in like photos of you and your staff, videos showing your business or user reviews, hours of operation, proper categories for your business.

How To Get More Citations

Maybe you have noticed that at the bottom of your listing page it shows “citations”. How many do you have? Do you have any at all? This is another important step to better optimizing your Google places listing. Basically citations are other places on the internet via directories, websites, blogs and review sites that your business information is located mainly your phone number and address.

There are hundreds of places online that you can submit your business to. Check out this page for local business directories.

Here is a quick tip so your citations get noticed faster. After you submit your business to these directories go to the exact page on that site where your listing is at. Copy the URL for each site you do. Copy and paste them in a note pad file. Then go to a site like PingFarm.com and paste all the URL’s on that site and do what is called a “Mass Ping” this will signal the search engines to check out those URL’s to help get your citation faster.

User Reviews Matter

Now for the final act in this Google play. What is your feedback from your clients? Do they talk about your business on the internet? Are they good reviews or bad? This is super important because potential customers are more probable to do business with you if they can see other customers experience while using your products or services.

If you don’t already have reviews or have very few, one thing you could do is contact past or current customers and ask them to post a review of your business on your Google places page or on other places such as YELP.

If they don’t want to do that then ask them to email you with their feedback and with their permission you can post their review yourself. I would avoid posting the review on Google or Yelp yourself but on other review sites as they are more than likely to be accepted.

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Is There A Better And Faster Way?

Lucky for you there is a better and faster way. Localtized specializes in all of the above and so much more. We are professional Local Business Marketers and have 20+ years in marketing knowledge and skill. We have helped hundreds of others achieve amazing online results for their business. Some were able to double their business in a matter of 6-12 months using our amazing services.

How would you like to have a dedicated Online Marketing Partner that takes care of all the techie, complex, boring, labor and stress for you?

We submit and market your business across hundreds of Key Digital Points that will get you hundreds of citations and the best part more business.

If you were to do all the work yourself you would spend well over 40+ hours of your time. Plus valuable time trying to duplicate our proven Local Business Marketing Strategy that has helped so many other businesses.

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Did you know that most of online searches today are people looking for local businesses? The real question is can your business be found on the internet? The search engines are always tweaking their system to give their users a better experience and put them in front of the most relevant results.

Maybe you noticed that when you search for a service, restaurant, or any other keywords that could be an indicator of a local search term Google and other search engines are giving you phrases to search for before you even finish typing your phrase based off your location.

From the video above you can see how it automatically give you a reference on what to click. Also you will notice that Google map listings are replacing the top results for local search terms. Google have been doing this for some time now followed by Yahoo and Bing as well.

There is a science to making sure you list your Google places and other listing all over the internet properly. Localtized has built all it’s services around this fundamental strategy that is key to getting the best results.

We list your business on hundreds of key sites and keep all information consistent on all sites. Why is this important? It gives your business more credibility in the online world. Google, Yahoo, and Bing (The Big 3) reference these sites and try and match their databases with the other directory sites to see if the information is the same and how credible your business is to give their users the best search experience.

The problem is 99% of business owners are not very savvy when it comes to the online world of local business marketing and setting up their business on these sites. If they were submit their business to all the sites that we do and with the same meticulous detail then they would be spending close to 100 hours of their time to do this! Whoa whoa 100 hours? Yes that is right because we distribute to hundreds and hundreds of sites and we have a big enough team that can handle this work for you.

Do you really want to waste 100 of hours of your life on something that most people would want to strangle themselves to death from the boredom? I didn’t think so that is why we developed Localtized. It’s the easiest way to maximize your online exposure in one place without breaking the bank. We have multiple packages you can pick from to meet your budget.

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As I talk to many business owners especially the “Old School” business owners they are not aware or don’t care about social media.

They clinch to the old ways of business and cringe when you try and talk to them about how to market their business online.

Let’s face it not many people use the phone book anymore or read the paper and why should they? You can get all the info you need faster on the internet. This is especially true today as the rise of smart phones. Anyone with a smart phone has the power of a powerful small computer capable of browsing the internet all from their pocket.

With these smart phones like Android’s, Blackberry’s, and iPhone’s you can look for businesses, restaurants, shops and everything in between. Not only that you can get directions, phone numbers, coupons and other things.

Also you can manage and engage in all your social media accounts. Almost everyone you know friends, family and clients are on social media like:

These are the three major social media sites you should be active in especially LinkedIn. Whether you have your business present on these sites or not people are here talking about your business. Don’t you think it’s important your business is present on these sites so you can interact with them? Also if your starting a new business social media is a great way to spread the word very fast.

It’s also a great way to generate traffic to your website so people can see your services and what you are all about. If I were you I wouldn’t waste anymore time about wondering if you should join in on Social Media.

Here at Localtized we know the importance of Social Media Branding. That is why we have created an ultimate package that spreads your brand on over 100 social media sites and other blog content networks.

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