December 30 2012
This post comes to us from BrokerageU:
Since you already have a real estate business, why not list your company or real estate team on Google Places? This is an online forum of listings (or "Places") that consumers can quickly go to view important information that is related to your business: location, services, contact info, hours, etc. You get the idea.
Each Google place is free to enter and allows you to verify information currently available online (via Yellow Pages, etc.), as well as edit or add additional information as necessary. Note that your "Place" needs a valid address in order to successfully set up the Place Page. Google will most likely verify this info by phone or mail to ensure accuracy.
How do you go about adding your Place to Google's? If you already have a Google account, head here to get started. If not, just click "Sign Up" once you're there. Note that if you currently have a team of multiple people operating as the same "place" it would be a good idea to add them to your Google account before beginning the following steps.
Now that we've begun, Google will need a little more info from you.
We need to mention that Google always has the final say on what shows up on any of their services. They have to approve your place listing in order for it to make the cut and be visible to the general public. To assure that you have the best possible chance of yours showing up, read over their terms and check to make sure that you meet all of their guidelines. A common pitfall comes when agents try to squeeze in marketing info, incentives or phone numbers into the "Business Name" field. There's a place for your promotions and services on Places, just not in the name field.
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