If you are a entrepreneur who has a business with a physical address or even if in addition to your online store, you also have a commercial establishment in a specific location, you can benefit from including it in Google Maps. By doing so, users will be able to find your business on Google Maps and all the information related to it, such as the address, telephone, hours, even customer reviews.
Add a business to Google Maps
The first thing you should do is access the Google My Business official website and then you must click on the option “Appear in Google”. After this you must enter the name of your business and press the "Enter" key.
Then select the option “None of these options match the company. Add company ”. After this you have to complete all the information of your business in the form that is displayed on the screen.
The data that you must provide includes the name of the company or organization, the address, the phone number, as well as specifying several categories that describe the scope or segment to which your business belongs.
Once you click on "Continue", Google will ask you to make a Google+ page in such a way that from there you can manage all aspects related to your company. You must confirm that you are authorized to manage that business and then you must click on the "Continue" button.
After a period of time that is usually between two to three weeks, you will receive at the address of your business, a letter with the instructions that will allow you to complete the verification process of your business.
The advantage of adding your business to Google Maps, is that when someone searches for your company in the Google search engine, a map will be displayed indicating precisely the address of your business, in such a way that it is an excellent way to achieve greater exposure for your business, even without having a web page.