Like so many founders who are facing the daunting task of learning yet another new social media platform, I was overwhelmed by the idea of starting a TikTok for my business. Coming from the world of finance, I don’t have a background in content creation, and I wouldn’t even consider myself a particularly creative person. […]
Google is testing including the local business profile listings in Google Discover. There is this new section named “mentioned in this article” where Google can show the local business listing of companies that were noted in the article. Colan Nielsen spotted this; he posted this example on Twitter. The article I wrote does mention those […]
With the rise of big data, there has been increased attention to privacy and data protection. Now, privacy and data protection regulations are coming into play. On January 1st of 2023 California will have a change in the scope of its Consumer Data Protection Act (CCPA), thus increasing its scope and concepts, such as sensitive […]
Google seems to be rolling out a new “top products” report on the performance reports within Google Business Profiles. As you know, businesses can add products in numerous ways to their Google Business Profile local listing, and here is a new report to track the performance of those products in local search. This was spotted […]
Sian is an online marketer, number cruncher and business coach obsessed with helping owners crack the Growth Code for their business. getty You don’t need any special powers of business insight to see that now is not a great time to be in business, especially if you’re one of those sitting at the smaller end of the […]
Google is now testing showing the services listings, the different services a business offers, on the desktop local and maps interface in a business profile. Previously this only showed up on mobile, but now it can show on desktop (I don’t see it yet but some do). Amy Toman spotted it the other day and […]
Chris Burres, Owner of SES Research Inc. One of my great joys is supporting entrepreneurs with my products. getty Most conventional wisdom tells us that new businesses can achieve early success by limiting their focus to a narrow field. Even the richest entrepreneurs started in a niche market and worked their way outward. However, there […]
Sometime in the past couple of months or so, Google added a notice after you upload photos to your Google Business profile that the photo is being processed. It may even add a label on top of the photo to say the photo is “pending” approval.” This was spotted by Mike Blumenthal over the weekend, […]
Over the course of 2022 we received over 400 customer ideas that guided nearly 200 new features and platform enhancements! Thank you for sharing your ideas and knowing that we are listening! We’re constantly iterating to better serve your growing businesses and while we’re excited to bring you even more innovation in the new year, […]
Google recently added a new option to the Google Business Profile settings to remove that business profile. It is named “Removed Business Profile” and will allow you to mark a business as closed or permanently remove the business. I think I saw this last week but I had no idea it was new, but Claudia […]