For churches, schools and local businesses, better search rankings in the local search engines has a HUGE impact on getting new people to your website and connected with your organization. We’re talking about:
- Google Maps
- Bing Maps
- Yelp
- Yahoo Maps
One of the factors that has the biggest impact on local search rankings is the number of reviews posted, because…
More online reviews = better local search rankings
Better local search rankings = you reaching your goals
Here’s a simple trick to get more reviews and those better local search rankings…
Ask
I said it was simple didn’t I?
To make things even easier, Bing Maps and Yahoo Maps both use Yelp reviews, so you only have to ask people to post reviews on two sites – Google and Yelp.
How to Get Google Reviews and Yelp Reviews in 10 Minutes
- 1) Get the URL of your Google Maps listing – Go to Maps.Google.com, search for your organization, click on the listing, click “Share” and copy the URL
- 2) Get the URL of your Yelp listing – Go to Yelp.com, search for your organization, click on the listing, copy the URL from the address bar of your web browser
- 3) Send a quick email to your list-
Subject: Quick favor. It’ll only take 5 minutes…
Hi,
Posting a review of [your org] on Google Maps and Yelp will help us connect with more people in the community. Would you take 5 minutes to click the links below and post a quick review?
Google Maps: [URL]
Yelp: [URL]
Thanks!
[Your Name]
Easy peasy!
Would you do two things for me…
- If you send that email out to your list, post a comment now and let me and your fellow readers know what organization you did it for.
- Then come back in a day or two and share how many new reviews you got.
Thanks! If you need more help with your church SEO or Christian SEO, click for more info and to schedule a free phone consultation.
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Its Great Paul Thank you its really helpful