New Google+ Dashboard rolling out

Wow it’s been a long time coming if you are managing your own Google Places page and or Google plus pages. For Local marketers it’s been a disturbing factor considering all the power they have over there at Google.

Here is some great info taken from: Google Product forum.

http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/business/I0Royu8V9x8

Today, we’re launching an update to the Google Places for Business dashboard (US only). It’s available today for new signups only. Read more about how it’s now easier to manage your business’ presence across Google on our blog post: Improving the look and feel of Google Places for Business.

What should I do if…

I’m an existing Google Places for Business user?

Sit tight and continue to use Google Places for Business to update and edit your listing. The update currently affects new users only. Please do not make new accounts/pages for listings that already exist. Please know that the update will be gradually rolling out to existing Google Places for Business users like you in the coming weeks.Check back on this forum for announcements and updates.

I’m currently using Google+ to manage a local Google+ page?

Continue to use Google+ to manage the page. We do not recommend making any additional accounts or pages for pages that already exist.

I’m using the bulk tool to manage multiple locations for my business?

Please continue to use the bulk tool to manage the listings. Sit tight! We’ve got some updates coming for bulk users that we hope you’ll like.

I’m new to Google Places for Business and have fewer than 10 locations?

Just visit http://places.google.com and start setting up your listings! Note that only some new signups in the US will see the new dashboard. We are planning to open the new dashboard up to all new signups very soon.

I’m new to Google Places for Business and have 10 or more locations?

Our bulk management tool hasn’t changed. Feel free to start setting up your listings at http://places.google.com/manage, which is our tool for bulk uploading. (https://support.google.com/places/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=178024)

I’d like to learn more about the new Places interface…

Who can use the new Places interface?

The dashboard is currently only available for some new users in the United States. We’ll be opening up the new dashboard to these new users on a rolling basis. We look forward to making the dashboard available to current users as well as international users soon, so sit tight for a smooth upgrade coming soon.

What’s new in the Places dashboard?

An updated interface that makes editing your information easier.
Updates that show the status of your business information on Google Maps.
Improved insights to help you track your business’s performance on Google.
Edits will go live faster.

Are there any changes in policy or the quality guidelines?

No — the current quality guidelines still apply.

I’m a new user to Google Places for Business. How do I add a listing?

Get started on http://places.google.com.

I’m a new user to Google Places for Business with a service-area business. How do I proceed?

If you serve customers at their locations, you can designate yourself as a service-area business in your listing editor. Beneath your address information, select the checkbox for My business has service areas where I visit customers at their locations. You will be able to set a service area based on the zip codes or cities you serve, or on a given area around your location.

I’d like to know more about Insights.

To see insights for a listing, navigate to Edit the business information, then click on the Insights tab.

Why can’t I see this updated dashboard?

We are doing a gradual rollout that will start with a subset of new users in the U.S. Then, we will gradually make this service available to a larger group of both existing and new users in the weeks to come.

How can I integrate with Google+?

Right now, Google+ integration is not yet available, but it’s coming soon. Soon, you’ll be able to upgrade a listing to a local Google+ page, right from Google Places for Business. We’ll let you know (with more details) when that’s available.

If you’re in the new dashboard, you may see a widget that says the Google+ upgrade is coming soon. Whether or not you see the widget, we will be making this upgrade available to you, so sit tight!

I’m using the new Places for Business dashboard, and I need help…

How can I get help correcting some of the information on a page?

Contact our support team by visiting our Help Center and clicking the Contact Us button.

How can I get help verifying a page?

You can contact our support team using this form.

Can I use custom categories?

The only categories available are the ones that auto-complete when creating a page.

Do I need a Google+ profile to use the new Google Places for Business dashboard?

No, you can add and edit a listing via Google Places for Business without a Google+ profile. You can also access AdWords Express and Offers. However, in order to access the social features (Posts, Circles, Videos), the verified business owner account will need to be associated with a Google+ profile.

Can I have more than one verified business owner account per page?

At this time, there can only be one verified business owner account per page.

I am the verified business owner for a page, but I don’t see a checkmark.

Checkmarks are not currently appearing for pages verified via Google Places for Business. You can determine if you are the verified business owner for a page by checking to see if the page appears in your Google Places for Business dashboard.

Types of Pages

Name	Where to manage?	Checkmark?	Characteristics	Where to find help?
Google business listing	Google Places for Business	no	Write a review button, no Follow button	look under Fix a problem here: https://support.google.com/places/
Google business listing (new dashboard)	Google Places for Business	no	Write a review button, no Follow button	Use Contact Us here: https://support.google.com/business/
local Google+ page	Google+ pages admin	yes (if local verified)	both a Follow and a Write a Review button	fill out this troubleshooter: http://support.google.com/business/bin/request.py?hl=en&contact_type=local_pages_editing_help&rd=1
unverified local Google+ page	Google+ pages admin	no	Follow button, inset map	verification troubleshooting here: http://support.google.com/business/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=ts.cs&ts=2535756&from=2535756&rd=1

Feel free to comment with what you have experienced or if you have noticed the new dashboard yet?

Post engagement from third party sites

Lot’s of people use third party applications to post to and from Facebook. I have done this myself as it can be a time saver. What you need to know is the fact that it is one of the few reasons your engagement may be down for your posts. Since Facebook has implemented the use of promoted posts and other features, things are quite different from the early days of building your audience for fan pages.

If you are not aware of the recent changes your pages could get stuck in this rut of less likes and comments. When Pages first came out and for some time after, if you posted from your page it was thought and pretty well true that you were reaching all of your fans. So if you posted to your page you would reach all of your fans. Now things are quite different. When you post from your page, Facebook determines how many fans you will reach. The percentage is downright horrible, they are going to factor in your pagerank and come up with a number of fans that will see your post. Depending on how active your page is will determine just how many fans you can reach with each post. I’ve read that the numbers could be as low as 16% of your audience will see your posts on a regular basis. This is why it is so important now to keep your page active all the time.

If you are posting to twitter and having your tweets post to your page on Facebook you are not going to show up in too many newsfeeds of your fans for that post. This was a mistake I learned the hard way and I spent some good quality time and effort thinking I was reaching my audience with great content when all along I was only reaching my twitter base. The best way to get interaction, likes and comments is to post directly on your Facebook page. I would love to hear what you’ve experienced using a third party application as I am only referring to the use of Twitter posts to Facebook for the purpose of this article.

I have heard the same from others using such sites as Hootsuite and Tweetdeck but there are many others out there. If you can help it I recommend that you post directly to your Facebook page from Facebook. Always post relevant content to your page and we know everyone loves pictures. So in order to grow your page and get more fans I recommend not to use any third party apps.

While we are on the topic of getting fans. You may also want to know about promoted posts. These are a terrific way to reach more of an audience and in relation to Facebook ads it is a cost effective way to reach more people as Facebook ads can be a bit more expensive. There is one problem with promoted posts. You can Not or do not even have the option unless you have a fan count of 400 fans or more. This I’m sure presents a problem for many pages that are local pages and don’t have a national reach or need one. If you own a local pizza shop in a somewhat small town having 300 fans would be a great accomplishment not to mention you would be reaching almost all of your customers. But with the new pagerank / algorithm facebook is using without promoted posts your only going to reach a small percentage of your fans. If you would like to learn more about using your Facebook fan page for business give this article a read.

Feel free to leave a comment and let me know how you like or don’t like what you see here and throughout my blog articles.

How “likes” engage your page

Does Quality matter over Quantity? Who’s going to engage?

Like this page while your here!

There has been a lot of talk about Facebook likes and what they may be worth and the quality of likes opposed to quantity. I felt as though it’s a good enough topic to discuss and it’s been awhile per usual since my last post.

I have lot’s of discussions with other social media managers and page owners and one of the most important things I like to get across is how important it is to get quality likes for a page and not just quantity. My biggest qualm with that whole debate on quantity over quality is that when you go and buy likes, or obtain unrelated likes from maybe a giveaway of sorts. A lot of pages will give away an Ipad in return for liking a page. Now You may have a page about baseball and the person liking your page is a woman that want’s a new Ipad and knows nothing nor has any interest at all in baseball. What good is that like to your page? It is no good at all, you can’t connect with that person or her friends because she’s not going to be very engaging with your page when in fact she really hate’s baseball..lol

Another reason to have quality over quantity is the ranking system on Facebook called pagerank. If you have a page of 600 committed fans that are engaging you on every post. You are going to have a better pagerank over a page with 10k likes and hardly any engagement. The fake fans are a tactic used for one thing and only one thing. That is to convince new visitors that the page is more important by having a lot of likes and the visitor may feel compelled to like the page also. “Again, another fake or bad like” Now that page has one more lame fan. There is some good information and research that ClickZ wrote about here. I had found an interesting article on one of my new favorite social media news and information sites Performinsider.com and you can see what they wrote about this topic here also. Social Media Must: Quality over Quantity. Written by Michael Levanduski of www.performinsider.com

Facebook and your business page

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Business owners need to understand that this is the new media and we can reach the world just as easy as we can reach our neighbors. Every customer is a potential super fan. If your page can have a few super fans you are going to see a lot of activity. There is another hot topic that I’m going to have to save for another post and that is the power of promoted posts and what they are up to on facebook. Please let me know if this post was any good or just say hi in the comment section below.

How to link your facebook to twitter

Let’s start with why you would want to link your facebook page “your business page” to twitter. Some people don’t have lot’s of time to spend on their social media, but we all should know how important it is to getting recognized as well as the possibility of gaining a new customer or fan. If you don’t have a twitter account already go to www.twitter.com and make one for your business.

This will also help your website with linking and show a bit more authority to the search engines when you have your website listed on all of your social media sites. So without getting to in depth on how important it is I will just tell you that you should have an account on all the major social sites.

Linking your Facebook page to your twitter account

First thing you need to do is log onto facebook as your business page! From there go to the edit page section by selecting the drop down menu next to your name. Then you want to click on the Resources link on the left as shown in the picture below

Once you click that you will be taken to the next screen that should look like this.

Now you are going to be asked to change back to using facebook as a person. Don’t be afraid to click this you will not lose any information, it should look like this.

Once you click here you will be brought to a page that will list all of the pages you are an admin of on Facebook. If you only have one then just select that one. If you have more than one make sure you select the correct page you are linking to twitter. Be prepared to enter your twitter name and password so that they will connect to Facebook.

Once this is complete you are ready to put twitter to work for you even without going there. Every post you make on your Facebook page will be transferred to twitter as a tweet. Text and photo’s, so you will now have an active twitter account. If you don’t know much about twitter yet it’s a great way to start. People will see your posts/tweets and friend / follow you on twitter. I hope this helps someone that may have been a little worried or even scared to use this function as I can tell you from experience it is a great tool.

Enjoy and Good luck.

PS: Feel free to folow me on twitter @Flipit4u is my twitter name

How to stay on top of your competition

One of the main things we can do when trying to build our reputation in any market is being noticed. I see all to often businesses that are not optimized to stay on top of the competition. Lot’s of businesses have a great service or product but when you can’t be found what good is it.

One of the biggest mistakes I see is companies that don’t utilize the power of Social Media. Two things happen here.

1. They set up a business page on one network that usually being Facebook and when they don’t see any activity, likes, or sharing they just toss in the towel and say that isn’t working for us.

2. They set up a business page and somehow think that people are going to flock to it because they have a page! Then nothing happens and they see it as useless.

These two scenarios are all to common and can be fixed and made useful if they actually put the time or effort into maintaining their presents on Facebook.

Here is a great article on using social media for your business

You can’t just create a page and expect people to flock to it and share it just because it’s there, nor can you expect results from a page that has under 100 fans. A local business can actually make use of a page that has under 100 fans depending on the type of business it is. As long as these fans are all local fans you will be able to engage them and grow your page. My advise is to keep at it, even if you think nobody is listening or seeing your posts. The more you use it the more likely you are to get noticed.

The key to any business page is to keep at it, understand that you can’t build a fan page over night it takes time. Even if it takes 6 months to a year if you are posting regularly you will start seeing progress. The other thing is don’t use your business page to make sales. I know sounds crazy right, that’s why you wanted to be on Facebook so you could increase your sales. Well guess what? Just by being there and communicating with your fans you are building a community of trust worthy fans. When the time comes that someone needs your product or service guess who they are going to think of first. Your business, why because they have seen you posting and keeping them entertained or just providing some helpful tips regarding your industry. Those things stick with people even though you can’t see it. If you are following my suggestions and providing them with content on Facebook that is actually useful or even just fun facts, your business will be on their mind when it comes time to make a purchase.

I have written many posts about using facebook for your business here is a link to a post called Facebook tips

I hope you enjoyed this post and I hope you can understand the social game a little more. Brows through my other posts to find more info on how to use social media for your business.

The Google Bomb!

Just when you were about to count them out

Google launches a whole array of news updates changes and hold on to your hat kind of stuff that either pisses you off, or you are excited about all the new features. I believe everyone was a bit thrown off unless you are a search junkie or work in the field. Here is a great post from Search Engine Watch about some of the changes and how Google is completely in control and will be giving Facebook a nice challenge.

There is only one way to the top

From me: Searching on Google is now better than ever, it may be ruffling lot’s of feathers from business owners to SEO companies and individuals. The truth is it’s getting social. Google knows what you are searching for just by the phrases you use in the search, and people are getting more and more savvy when it comes to searching as well. Like using the correct terms and adding a location to their search. These were things that the SEO Community relied on that the user searching was going to use common phrases and therefore going after a set of keywords that would result in the desired destination. A little confusing yes I hope I didn’t ruin the moment..

Well it is perfectly clear what Google has been up to for the last year or so. Getting everyone excited about the their Google places page was no accident. That was preparation for the now Google Local and Google + business pages. Everyone’s Places page is now a Google+ Page and much to the likeness of a facebook page with some even better feature’s. I don’t want to go on about what changes have been made and what’s better than what. What I will say is you better have your Google stuff in order and get ready to spread the word. Your Google + Page is now indexed as well so any content you share there will also have an impact on your results. I can’t encourage you enough to use and get used to using Google+ for business.

They also rolled out a cool mobile app feature for your business where you can create a deal for customers if you have a brick and mortar location. I see a whole lot more of mobile coming from Google and I just want you to be aware of what’s going on around us in the search world.

Here is some great info from Yelp.com stating that 85% of Consumers use the internet to find local businesses. I couldn’t agree more with this article. The Original article from Search Engine Land also states that 72% of Consumers Trust Online Reviews as much as personal recommendations. Reviews are the next best thing to Paid advertisement even better in fact. If you can maintain and get your customers talking about your business you are going to have the upper hand over your competitors.

Flipit4u Marketing is always digging into what’s going on in search to help me manage my clients, this is a good thing for you as well because I always love to share info I think would help you out. Like my last post about the Google 7 Pack, I noticed a change in April and wrote about it. Local Search Marketing is where the consumers are headed, lot’s of them are already here and it just keeps getting better every day! What song is that? Wow Just noticed there’s two music references in this post what was the first one?

Please leave a comment below I’d love to hear your thoughts!

New search results and how to rank higher

Google Places is changing the search results

If you haven’t noticed if you are searching for a product or service you are going to see results that are listed with balloons ranking from A to Z of course the first page is only going to list A through G and that is considered the first page! This is the New search results. I’ve been doing marketing for local businesses for just over a year and I am confidant that I can get any business to the top using knowledge that I have learned through hours months and years of research and training. I was going to title this post link building with street cred, because there is a lot of linking that needs to be done to gain the recognition from Google that is going to be credible and reliable for them to recognize it.

You can’t just start throwing links around in your site and building backlinks from any site you can think of, trying to get as many links as you can. What that will do is get you to the bottom of a search if not thrown out completely. You need to be strategic and know the authority sites that have the street cred I’m referring to. You want to research and do your homework before you start building your link strategy. For instance do a search for the term you are trying to rank for and see where the results are coming from. This is a true live example telling you which sites hold authority with the search engine. I am in the process of writing an ebook that teaches you step by step how to dominate the search results page for any business. But for now I’m going to give you some great nuggets of info that will get you moving in the right direction. I can’t write a blog post long enough to give you everything in detail. Which by the way is one of the points / tips for learning how to rank your site for search. Keep your blog posts relativity short. No shorter than 300 words but no longer than say 1000. this enables the search spiders to clearly see what you are posting and grab the info they are looking for to determine your authority. Such as Links, key words and back-links. This would be a back link, here is a post I wrote about my marketing business being rated #3 but since then It has climbed to #2 Here I have placed a link directing back to my site which is a good thing for search engines to see, just don’t over do it. In that I have used keywords that match what I would like to rank for. Marketing and business, This is not the same as ranking for the number one spot on Google places although it does play a part!

Get your business to the top of Google places and you are going to make a difference in your bottom line. More Customers

I have written a number of posts that will give you the information you need to start getting your business to the top of the search results. For instance take a look at this post as it shows how the Google Places listing out weighs the organic and paid results. The post is titled Google search results back to a 7 pack

Yes this is an actual screen shot of my search as I checked the status of one of my clients and they are still at number 1 when they weren’t even on the first page before I started working with them.

Cleaner results

I am so excited about writing my ebook so I can show anyone how it’s done. This post is already too long and I feel I need to give you more information to take away and implement on your own site or your clients sites. One more Nugget before I go is to make a page for your business on sites like Tumblr.com and Posterous.com These are great places to get the backlinks your site needs from other authority sites like we spoke about above. Take this info and use it to your benefit, it will help you out and not raise any flags with Google. The key is to appear natural. We are natural but if you start filling your site with a ton of links and throwing your site links around like a wild man it will not be natural and you will be penalized by Google for it.

I encourage you to comment below and let me know if what you have been told makes sense, was easy to read, anything you like. Take advantage of my opt in form on the right and get even more tips. You will also have first dibs on access to my ebook when it is complete. Thanks so much for taking the time to read this post and I wish the best for you and your business.

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About Flipit4u Marketing

Flipit4u Marketing uses unique methods designed to get your business positioned in local search so your business is at the top of a Google Search Results Page. There are lot’s of agencies out there that claim they will drive business to your business or website so please do some homework and research the people you deal with. I am a self motivated individual with the ability to apply what I know in the world of search engines and social media to get you results. I have a list of happy clients all of which can be verified and called for a reference. I am able to save you and your business money because I have my own business and everything I do is done by me, no employees and no overhead that you end up paying for with other companies. A lot of other marketing businesses will use automated techniques that do not work,, google is constantly changing and implementing things to prevent people from manipulating search results. Flipit4u does everything the natural way for maximum exposure. I am proud to be able to work closely with all of my clients to make sure we are all on the same page, the first page of Google
I am dedicated to what I do and you can rest assured you will be taken care of throughout the process weather I set your business up and hand it over for you to keep up or if I can maintain the management of your new business listings. The worst thing you can do for your business is “Nothing” and just hope that you will be found.

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Here’s a link to their WSO: “Warrior Special Offer” I had to because I didn’t know what WSO Was for the longest lol

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Now for my personal review of Omar’s Product and his business as a whole. I am a member of both Speedy Profit and MUA “My Unfair Advantage” I can confirm what was said above about Omar being an upfront type of guy that isn’t going to trick you into something. Instead you get something unexpected, Results and more information than you signed up for. Omar Martin is a class act when it comes to business relations. He stands behind everything he does if it has a price tag and if you are not happy you will be refunded but honestly I can’t see anyone having the balls to ask for a refund when you get so much content and good information to help you along the way with both of these products. I am in the midst of writing my ebook and this is just the tool I was looking for. I am so glad I found Omar to deal with before I was sucked into someone that is only in it for the buck. Omar is here to help you and that’s what you get. Straight forward hassle free instructions with more than enough information on any topic that you will ever need. He holds weekly webinars for his members on top of all the other stuff you will be blown away at the amount of attention and detail he puts in to every single customer/ member. I wouldn’t write it if I didn’t believe in it and here it is in black and white. Trust me! You can Trust Him! Thanks again Omar for all of your hard work in making our lives easier. – Chris Picanzo -Owner Flipit4u Marketing

Google search back to a 7 Pack!

Google search results back to a 7 pack!

First of all I’d like to wish everyone a Happy Easter Sunday!

Being in the game of search for some time now we have noticed all the recent changes that Google has been throwing at us over the last year or so. It appears that they are going back to the older way of showing results when you do an everything search from the Google home page.

About 2 years ago Google had a 7 Pack to show the top 7 Google Places listings for the term searched for. Everyone thought they had it down and counted on this results format. Then Google changed things up more than once. I’ve seen a 3 pack a 5 pack as well as the original 7. Well it appears they went back to the old way’s of showing you the top 7 places pages in the organic search results, here is an example of a search done today 4/8/12

There is a lot of competition for insurance and I’m proud of the fact that we accomplished a number 1 spot for Rocco Rose Insurance. Yes they are one of my clients Another lesson learned! Look how I built a link for them in this post, thus giving their page a bit of Authority with a good link to their website. This is what google is looking for! Not a catch all but a definite builder of authority. This along with lot’s of other tips and tricks that I will soon be releasing on how to get your business to the top of a Google search!

Now let’s take a look at some past results page screen shots.

Now this is the same type of search for CPA’s which is a very competitive market and they are only showing 3 results for the hot pack of places. This was only back in October of 2011 about 6 months ago.

Now back to today’s search results page.

Cleaner results

I’m liking this look more as it isn’t as cluttered and you can actually see that they are a local business. This also opens the doors to a new approach on getting clients as you can always suggest getting them to the top of a google places search results page. This leaves room for obtaining new clients in the same field. Some people don’t like to do that at all thinking it creates conflict of interests. Personally there is plenty of businesses out there to work with so you wouldn’t have to be in that situation, but sometimes it’s unavoidable. This is when you explain that you will get them to the top of a results page, Not to number 1. As this is not something you can control but we do our best to maintain and optimize so that our clients do get to the number one spot. We just can’t promise that as a result of our efforts.

It’s been a little while since I’ve had time to post and it being Easter Sunday gave me a few minutes to sit and take a look at what’s going on today. I actually like the pages the way they are now. Let’s just hope Google can realize this and keep it that way for more than a few months. This is one of the things that small businesses don’t realize or have the time to even notice. That is why it is so important as a marketing agent or social media manager to stay on top of the little things that matter.

What do you think of the Google front Pack? “The new but old 7 Pack” I’d love to hear your thoughts, just comment below with your own thoughts or suggestions.