Google Business Features and Website Traffic: An Archived Review


You may have heard of Google’s business listing tools. This original article discusses Google My Business as a way to manage business location and product information.

The article illustrates how a business listing could appear beside branded search results or in a local results panel for relevant products and services.

Local search features help display businesses relevant to a searcher’s area, such as services around Kuala Lumpur.
Welcome Offers
What’s one of the easiest ways to generate more sales?
By offering discounts and coupons, right? Just think of it this way, if it didn’t work, Cyber Monday wouldn’t bring in $7.8 billion in sales.
Google knows that people are looking for ways to save money and find good deals. With this new feature, businesses can reward their customers by giving them welcome offers.
By following your business, they can get first-time deals and always keep in touch to see when new deals are posted.
“welcome offer by google”
What is one way businesses try to encourage more sales?
Discounts and coupons are common approaches, though their effectiveness depends on the offer and audience.
Google recognised that customers look for savings. The original feature discussed here let businesses provide welcome offers.

The article suggested that offer notifications could support both first-time and returning customers.
The historical setup instructions for a welcome offer began by opening the Google My Business app and profile, then choosing “Create Welcome Offer” under “Turn followers into customers” and selecting “Create”.
The original offer fields included:
-Title (30% off oil changes)
-Description
-Coupon Code (Optional)
-Terms and Conditions (Optional)
-Website (Optional)
After completing the fields, the original process allowed previewing and publishing. Further instructions on editing, deleting and follower offers were linked to Google Support.
Generate leads with a few clicks
Google is now adding a “Request a Quote” button in your business listing which was discovered by Joy Hawkins and can also be seen on mobile when searching branded terms.
The article also reported a “Request a Quote” button in business listings, noted by Joy Hawkins and visible on mobile for certain branded searches at that time.

