How do I get more Google reviews for my business?
Ask right after the job, while the customer is happy, and make it one tap: send a text with your direct review link. Ask every customer, not just the ones you think will say yes. Reply to every review you get, good or bad, within a day. Never offer anything in exchange for a review, and never write them yourself. Google detects it and your profile is the thing that suffers. Businesses that ask consistently usually pass 20 reviews within a few months, and 20 reviews is where the map results start to move.
My hours are wrong on Google Maps. How do I fix them?
Sign in to your Google Business Profile on a desktop, not the mobile app. Under Hours, turn off any Open 24 hours toggle first, then set each day. Check More hours for delivery or pickup hours that may be overriding the main ones. Edits can take a few hours to show. If the edit keeps reverting, a customer or Google suggested a change you need to reject under Updates.
What is missed call text back and does it work?
When you miss a call, the system sends the caller a text from your business number within seconds: a short apology, and your booking link or a question about what they need. Most callers who get a text within a minute keep the conversation going instead of calling the next business. It works because it answers the one question the caller has, which is whether anyone is going to get back to them.
How do I show up in ChatGPT and Google AI answers?
AI tools pull local business recommendations mostly from Google Business Profile data, directories, and your own site. So the basics still rule: a complete, verified Google profile with real reviews, your business name written the same way everywhere, and a site whose pages answer a specific question in the first paragraph. Structured data on your site helps the tools read it. There is no trick that replaces those four things.
Do I need a website if I have a Google Business Profile?
Your Google profile gets you found. Your website is what convinces the customer to call you instead of the next listing, and it is the only place you fully control. Google also ranks profiles with a linked, relevant website higher than profiles without one. You need both, and they should say the same things about your business.
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