26 Mar Why Your Auto Repair Shop Needs A Google Maps & Google My Business Listing
Need to get somewhere in a hurry? In the past, you’d have to wrangle with an outdated map to plot the shortest route. The map wouldn’t be able to tell you the duration of your trip or if you’d encounter traffic on the way. You’d have to take your chances and hope for the best. Thankfully, times have changed. Now, anyone with a smartphone can call up any location and see the quickest route to get there. While this is convenient for your personal life, it’s also something that could impact your business. Auto repair shops, in particular, could stand to benefit from claiming, securing and optimising their Google Maps and Google My Business listing. It’s All About Convenience Google Maps has become a preferred navigation tool for many reasons. It’s easy to access, regularly updated and filled with useful information such as possible road closures or car accidents ahead. A customer using it only needs to open the application on their phone to get going. Google Maps offers businesses a free service called Google Places, which allows you to list your business’s location on Google Maps. It means that should a person search your business online they’ll find directions to it. Usually,...