Hi Darren, thank you for this video. It really helps to see what you explain in your other videos in action. We would love to get an audit from you. Boca Auto Fix is our auto repair shop in Boca Raton, Florida. We have been in business for 11 months. One of the driving factors for the name of the business was SEO. Local ranking has been tough for us since the city only allows auto repair shops in a small geographical area. We also get confused with other similarly named repair shops. Thanks for you offer and we hope to get picked :)
Great tips, thanks! Made lots of notes. We have three locations, all were doing well, per testing on Local Falcon. Last year one location dropped severely, from what I can see all thre have the same setup(not duplicates). All took a hit fro Google Updates, as to how far away they would rank well, but the one dropped severely. I wish I could find out why!
1. What type of your business? ( storefront or service area) 2. Which niche industry of your business? 3. Do you change any major point? ( category or anything )
@@sujankumarnaha Thanks for the reply and questions. 1.Storefront, all 3 locations, each is about 25miles apart. 2. Air Conditioning Contractor 3. All 3 have the same categories: Air conditioning repair service PRIMARY HVAC contractor Heating contractor Air conditioning store Air conditioning contractor Air conditioning system supplier
Great content Darren!! My new business needs lots of help. I will be adding those Q&A as you recommended. Please add my business to your queue for business audit,, Whatcha Saying we are a mobile hearing aid cleaning business in south Florida!! oh we will be adding little videos too great idea.. Also we had our first customer just a few weeks ago and was soo excited they found us through google,, unfortunately we forgot to ask for a review ,, should we follow up with him and ask for a review?
Absolutely follow up and ask for a review! Research shows that review requests made 9-14 days after the visit are more effective than those made within 24 hours of the visit. I'd suggest mentioning some details about the customer's experience in your review request, just so they remember what a good service they received :)
Great video, and yes, I’d love an audit. Sterling Property Services has at least two big challenges: 1. our name (we’ve had it for nearly 20 years) doesn’t describe what we do. We’re painting contractors and I’m an architectural paint color consultant. 2. We’re located in Hendersonville, NC and our service area is a 35 mile radius on the border of NC and SC. We don’t show up in searches in our entire service area, even though there are local pages on our web site. Are we a hopeless case, or can you help us?
This was a gem Darren! Haha if you're bored and want to go in on a personal trainer you could always glance at "simple solutions fitness" in Columbia mo. Curious as to how I'd speak to offering public speaking as a service alongside training
Great video! Curious if adding custom services can also help with local rankings? I remember that it was proven last year or late 2022 that predefined services can impact rankings and am wondering if that is the same for custom services as well.
Love these videos! Very informative. What do you think about a digital marketing company that asks for ownership of the GBP listing instead of just the manager role?
Hi Darren, would love to get added to the GMB audit list. Philadelphia Event Rentals in Ambler, PA. We have an interesting use case pretty small service business competing against mostly nationwide companies. Thanks in advance!
I would love for you to audit my business-I am a full time professional realtor since 1998 that niches in: probate, guardianship, out of state sellers and senior relocation & am always looking to improve!
This video is so helpful! I've been watching many of the videos you produce, and they are easy to understand and implement. I'd love an audit on my GMB. Simplify With Purpose located in Lehi, UT. We are a professional organizing company.
Hi Darren, @5:33 you said “make sure you got your GMB everywhere turned on” I didn’t understand what you meant by that, what do you mean please and how? Thanks
Have not yet seen evidence that they help for rankings, but YES, fill out the descriptions. Services show on the new local finder desktop results, and businesses that have nicely filled out and described services will look better than their competitors and will convert better. And, they might help rankings too.
Well done, Darren. You're the king of local SEO my friend.
Aw shucks. Thanks, Savvas!
A powerful and explanatory video, I love it !
Thanks, Darren!
My pleasure!
Nice video.
Lots of point I note down.
Thanks, Darren.
You're welcome!
Hi Darren. Very informative. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure!
Excellent work. Thanks. About half of us learn by doing, and this ticks the box. Looking forward to more videos like this one. :-)
I plan to do more of these audits!
👍 Super helpful. Thank you.
Glad you found it helpful!
I’d sincerely appreciate an audit of Supercuts in Niles, Illinois please (the one on Dempster Street)!
you've been added to the list! :)
Hi Darren, thank you for this video. It really helps to see what you explain in your other videos in action. We would love to get an audit from you. Boca Auto Fix is our auto repair shop in Boca Raton, Florida. We have been in business for 11 months. One of the driving factors for the name of the business was SEO. Local ranking has been tough for us since the city only allows auto repair shops in a small geographical area. We also get confused with other similarly named repair shops. Thanks for you offer and we hope to get picked :)
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I've added you to the audit list!
@@WhitesparkCa Thank you
Great video and a quick query.
When I optimize the page, should I need to use the primary category in H1 or the keywords?
Thanks
helpful content. What camera/setup are you using?
Great tips, thanks! Made lots of notes. We have three locations, all were doing well, per testing on Local Falcon. Last year one location dropped severely, from what I can see all thre have the same setup(not duplicates). All took a hit fro Google Updates, as to how far away they would rank well, but the one dropped severely. I wish I could find out why!
1. What type of your business? ( storefront or service area)
2. Which niche industry of your business?
3. Do you change any major point? ( category or anything )
@@sujankumarnaha Thanks for the reply and questions. 1.Storefront, all 3 locations, each is about 25miles apart. 2. Air Conditioning Contractor 3. All 3 have the same categories: Air conditioning repair service
PRIMARY
HVAC contractor
Heating contractor
Air conditioning store
Air conditioning contractor
Air conditioning system supplier
Great content Darren!! My new business needs lots of help. I will be adding those Q&A as you recommended. Please add my business to your queue for business audit,, Whatcha Saying we are a mobile hearing aid cleaning business in south Florida!! oh we will be adding little videos too great idea.. Also we had our first customer just a few weeks ago and was soo excited they found us through google,, unfortunately we forgot to ask for a review ,, should we follow up with him and ask for a review?
Absolutely follow up and ask for a review! Research shows that review requests made 9-14 days after the visit are more effective than those made within 24 hours of the visit. I'd suggest mentioning some details about the customer's experience in your review request, just so they remember what a good service they received :)
Great video as usual. Would you be willing to give an audit to "Frank's Friendly Cars Maui Car Rental LLC." Thanks.
Adding you to our list!
Great video, and yes, I’d love an audit. Sterling Property Services has at least two big challenges: 1. our name (we’ve had it for nearly 20 years) doesn’t describe what we do. We’re painting contractors and I’m an architectural paint color consultant. 2. We’re located in Hendersonville, NC and our service area is a 35 mile radius on the border of NC and SC. We don’t show up in searches in our entire service area, even though there are local pages on our web site. Are we a hopeless case, or can you help us?
You won the free audit lottery, Sandy! :)
This was a gem Darren! Haha if you're bored and want to go in on a personal trainer you could always glance at "simple solutions fitness" in Columbia mo. Curious as to how I'd speak to offering public speaking as a service alongside training
no subtitles even in English...However, it really helps to understand better. Is it possible to find the video with subtitles elsewhere ? Thanks :)
I think the captions may have been processing. I can turn them on now.
It's work for me though, the CC is works fine
@@WhitesparkCa THANKS IT S OKAY !!!!
Great video! Curious if adding custom services can also help with local rankings? I remember that it was proven last year or late 2022 that predefined services can impact rankings and am wondering if that is the same for custom services as well.
I haven't seen any evidence that custom services impact rankings yet!
Your Personal LINKEDIN URL leads to another DARREN SHAW. Make sure to correct it in your description.
Thanks for the heads up! Yes, we need to go through and update all our past videos.
I would love an audit of my locksmith business. Platinum Shield Services in Salem Oregon. Please
Love these videos! Very informative. What do you think about a digital marketing company that asks for ownership of the GBP listing instead of just the manager role?
Thank you! I think the digital marketing company chose the wrong option. They should not need or want ownership. Manager is the way to go.
@@WhitesparkCa Thanks for confirming that for me. I tried to tell my client that but they won't listen.
Hi Darren, would love to get added to the GMB audit list. Philadelphia Event Rentals in Ambler, PA. We have an interesting use case pretty small service business competing against mostly nationwide companies. Thanks in advance!
Thank you for your comment! You've been added to the list. :)
I would love for you to audit my business-I am a full time professional realtor since 1998 that niches in: probate, guardianship, out of state sellers and senior relocation & am always looking to improve!
This video is so helpful! I've been watching many of the videos you produce, and they are easy to understand and implement. I'd love an audit on my GMB. Simplify With Purpose located in Lehi, UT. We are a professional organizing company.
Thank you! I'm glad you find our videos helpful and easy to understand! I'll add you to the audit list :)
Daren know what he speaking about and I actually used WhiteSpark 2 times and had great results. I would love a new audit..
Hi Darren,
@5:33 you said “make sure you got your GMB everywhere turned on” I didn’t understand what you meant by that, what do you mean please and how? Thanks
Hey! GMB Everywhere is a Chrome extension that allows you to see your competitors' categories in Google Maps. You can download it at gmbeverywhere.com
Hi Darren, can you please make a video reviewing (or just a reaction), the newest google update with google map and the google search. Thank you
Hi Krishna. Which update are you referring to?
@@WhitesparkCa well its the google search with generative AI and google map immersive view, thanks Darren 😁
Hey, i love your videos. Would you do the same for a german company? I would be really interested! :)
Great Video, keep it up!
Thank you! I could definitely audit a business in Germany. Would be fun!
descriptions for services?
Have not yet seen evidence that they help for rankings, but YES, fill out the descriptions. Services show on the new local finder desktop results, and businesses that have nicely filled out and described services will look better than their competitors and will convert better. And, they might help rankings too.
thank you
You're welcome!
This is nice. Can you help me audit Toronto Homeopathic Wellness GMB?
Adding you to the list!