Google Local Business CenterLocal brick and mortar businesses can effectively drive traffic to their websites by simply optimizing their Google local listings (Google maps). While any business can get listed for free, there is much competition and unless you know how to outrank your competitions then you will most likely not be listed on the first page of the Google local listings.

There are many ways to do this. One is to make sure you upload the maximum number of videos to your Google local business center account. The easiest way to do this is to upload your videos to YouTube and enter your exact business listing details in the video description so Google can see that they match.

Get some reviews! Call, email, or send letters to your existing customers asking them for a review. You may even "bribe" them with future discounts... just a couple a week can make a big difference, and when new customers see that your business has reviews, and positive ones at that, they will be more likely to do business with your company.

The "more about this place" section, also called citations, are simply other high profile sites that list your company. This can be done manually or, for best results, by paying an SEO company to do the grunt work for you. These will not be listed immediately however, and can take up to a couple months to be useful. Regardless, acquiring citations for your business WILL get it noticed by the big G, and can make all the difference in the world as to where your business will be listed.

Once such company that specializes in getting local brick and mortar businesses listed on the first page of Google local business centre is OptimizeWebsite.org. I have referred 3 clients to them myself and all there are now prominently displayed on the first page of Google local listings. Thees include a plant shop, an accident attorney, and a cosmetic surgeon. Each had huge competition but after OptimizeWebsite did its work, all there were able to increase their business by as much as 40%, in a very short period of time.

To learn more how OptimizeWebsite can drive more customers to your local business click HERE.

For full service SEO and promotion that will totally dominate your local market see the "Getting Customers" experts. These guys go all out to put you on top and for much less than what you may think...

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