When someone nearby searches for what you sell, will your shop come up? A simple checklist, no jargon.
The free listing that puts you on Google Maps. Claim it, verify it, and fill in every field.
Opening hours, phone number and address must match everywhere, including bank holidays and Christmas.
The shopfront, the inside and your products. Listings with photos get far more attention than bare ones.
Happy customers rarely leave a review unless asked. A polite request at the till works well, and always reply.
Even one page with your hours, location, products and a phone number, so Google and customers have more to go on.
Nothing loses a customer faster than turning up to a closed door that Google said was open.
A social page is useful, but you don't own it and it rarely appears when someone searches for what you sell nearby.
Questions, reviews and wrong details sit there unanswered. A few minutes a week is enough.
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