so today we're creating a google business account it might seem silly but i really recommend going to google and hitting create a google account hit the top page because then it gives you the option to make a google account type for yourself or to manage a business we're going to say to manage a business um having a google account for your business is uh the best way to get uh google my business up and loading so i'm creating my account obviously my first name is natasha my last name is sandwich we have the best sandwiches
so i'm going to have a great username regarding sandwiches and here you can put an optional phone number recover email address whatever information you put in to make sure you can access your account again perfect now we can um sign in after saying we agree and now we add our business profile so you can hit continue here in here um you can find and manage your business so you're going to add our business to google so we put in our business name which is best sandwiches best sandwich shop but it's whatever the name of your
business is obviously say the kind of business that you have and then you can put your location on google maps if you have a physical location so you pop in the address obviously i'm using very real addresses here it's gonna not find my business because i don't actually have a sandwich shop so i'm going to hit none of these next and then you know you show where you're located do you serve customers outside this location some might be yes especially if you're online so it might be no here's where you input the contact details that
will come up on your google my business page so these are the ways your customers could potentially contact you and hit finish and then it needs to verify so you can fully manage your business so you have an option to do it by postcard there are not many other options it seems other than by mail so i'm doing this even though i'm never going to need a postcard i'm never going to make an actual account but my postcard's coming in five days in the meantime you're able to add in your business hours what days of
the week you're open what time you start what time you end and you can accept messages or not accept messages on google from your customers for free here you might want to put a little bit of the blurb about your business uh in my case we're the leading sandwich shop in the area and you hit save and here you can add any photos of your store and they'll come up in your photo gallery i'll be doing a picture of a deli because we're a sandwich shop next i'm going to skip this we're almost done so
here we're at your google my business page right now it says we're pending verification because we're still waiting on the postcard which i'm not gonna get and you have the option to add more photos here other ways to showcase your business i'm probably going to add another sandwich and here we are you have a google my business profile you can list products on here if you need to you can do food orders through here as well and alter any more info you might have so that's how you add your business to google my business good
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