Get Your Church on Google Local Business Center
My 250th blog post…
Google Local Business Center is an online directory of local organizations in any given city/town. If you do a Google search of any service plus a city and province/state (Churches Halifax Nova Scotia (or any variation)) – you use a key word (churches) and a defined location which now automatically activates the Local Business Center results. Try it for your city or town. The first results you get are organization names and links with locations that are pinned on a Google Map of that city.
Every church should register themselves for the Google Local Business Center in their city/town. It’s simple, it’s easy, and it’s free.
Tip: Make sure you are at the church when you do this. You will need to “verify” your church phone number and Google does this by calling the church number at the end of the registration process.
Here’s How:
- Go to Google Local Business Center – Click Here
- If you have a Google Account sign in. If you don’t, create an account by clicking the “Sign Up Now” link” (it only takes a few seconds and it’s free).
- Fill in the basic information form (have all your church contact info handy)
- The next screen will allow you to add a picture, your service hours, and a few other details about your church
- After you fill in the form it will ask to “verify” the listing. The easiest way to do this is by phone – you select that option and hit the “Finish” button. An automated Google service attendant calls your church phone number within seconds (so be near the phone). They give you a PIN number – enter that PIN on the last page of the submission form and your submission is done!
Here’s Why:
- This is like getting a free yellow pages listing on Google
- Google gives greater authority and better search results placement to churches that are registered with the Local Business Center
- You want people to find you easily if they are looking for a church in your city
- Oh ya…did I mention it’s free?
- Finally, the service now also provides some statistics so that you can see how many people saw your listing in the directory and clicked on it for more information.
This is a great online marketing tool for your church. Get your church listed today!
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