Becoming A Google Local Guide
The creation of the ‘Google Local Guides’ programme offers a great way of being able to review local businesses on a regular basis whilst also developing a level of trust with Google.
In order to become a ‘Local Guide’, you will need to sign up at maps.google.com and then take a proactive approach in regards to uploading images, reviewing local businesses, updating business details which you know to be incorrect and many more.
Earning Perks As a Local Guide
Google Local Guides unlock Google perks like access to new features as they earn points.
As a Local Guide, you earn points for sharing reviews, photos and knowledge on Google Maps. Those points lead to higher levels of the programme as well as benefits such as early access to Google features and special perks from partners. At Level 4, you also unlock your first Local Guides badge, which helps your contributions to places get noticed.
Make sure you’ve signed up for updates by reviewing your email preferences on your Local Guides settings page.
Points, Levels and Badges
Earn points by contributing content to Google Maps. Score a place with ratings, describe your experience with reviews, share photographs and videos, provide insights with answers, respond to questions about a place, update information with place edits, add missing places or verify the information by checking facts.
| Maps contribution | Points earned |
|---|---|
| Review | 5 points per review |
| Review with more than 200 characters | 5 bonus points per review |
| Rating | 1 point per rating |
| Photo | 5 points per photo |
| In-stream video | 7 points per video |
| Answer | 1 point per answer |
| Respond to Q&As | 3 points per response |
| Edit | 5 points per edit |
| Place added | 15 points per place added |
| Fact checked | 1 point per fact-checked |
Local Guides levels
Reach higher levels as you earn points for your contributions.
Please Note – Points and levels can take up to 24 hours to be updated. Points do not expire, though they may decrease if the content is removed for violating Google’s policies. Remain an active contributor on Google Maps to be eligible for perks and early access to new features.
Contact Us
If you would like any further information regarding becoming a Google Local Guide, Footprint Web Design have been at the forefront of web design and Social Media development for nearly 20 years. If you are looking for a website that truly represents your business, or advice on how to make your site stand out, then contact us today on 01883 372 488, or via email at info@footprint.co.uk.
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Can WhatsApp Help Your Business?
WhatsApp Business is a free to download app available on Android and iPhone, and was built with the small business owner in mind. WhatsApp Business makes interacting with customers easy by providing tools to automate, sort and quickly respond to messages.
It’s also intended to feel and work just like WhatsApp Messenger. You can use it to do everything that you’re used to doing, from messaging to sending photos.
Some of the features we currently offer in the app include:
- Business profile to list important information, such as a company’s address, email and website.
- Statistics to see how many messages were successfully sent, delivered, and read.
- Messaging tools to quickly respond to customers.
You can learn how to download it from the Google Play Store and the App Store.
WhatsApp can help you provide customer support and deliver important notifications to your customers.
If you’re not a business, there’s no need to download this separate app. You can continue using your WhatsApp Messenger account for free to talk to friends, family and businesses.
Business Profile
Create a business profile with helpful information for your customers like your address, business description, email address, and website.
Quick Replies
Quick Replies let you save and reuse messages you frequently send so you can easily answer common questions in no time.
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Messaging Tools
Send your customers the information they are expecting where they want to receive it. Respond to questions and provide support.
WhatsApp Business API
Contact Us
If you would like any further information regarding the suitability of using WhatsApp for your business, contact us today.
Footprint Web Design have been at the forefront of web design and Social Media development for nearly 20 years. If you are looking for a website that truly represents your business, or advice on how to make your site stand out, then contact us today on 01883 372 488, or via email at info@footprint.co.uk.
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Is Your Website A WordPress Website? 3 Reasons Why It Should Be
Websites designed in WordPress are absolutely ideal for any business looking to have content management created on a stable platform and is easy to use.
At Footprint Web Design we will use the latest in design techniques to ensure that your website helps to provide an accurate extension of your company.
No. 1 – Enhanced Company Profile
Over the years we have seen the web evolve and have noticed the constant change in the client’s expectations. With its numerous design benefits, WordPress allows us to stay ahead of the curve to create tailor-made designs to meet the needs of each individual client.
WordPress is a website building system which was originally designed for building web blogs but has now evolved to the stage where it is now an extremely very powerful platform for building standard websites. With a close degree of communication between you and our designers, we can use WordPress to create a unique design which will help to enhance your company profile.
No. 3 – ‘Google Friendly’
Your website infrastructure can play a pivotal role in regards to the success of your business and can bring massive change to your online fortunes due to the excellent results obtained from a search engine optimisation perspective, WordPress works particularly well.
With its tremendous levels of coding, it provides a great opportunity to achieve some great results, even for competitive terms. WordPress’ open source software is easily managed by non-technical people using its simple content management system not to mention it has massive SEO benefits to improve ranking in Google.
No. 3 – Optimised Performance
With so many options out there for people looking to build and manage their website, choosing the right web design company to design your site is very important. Our high-quality web designs have been used by companies in all sectors and in all lines of work. We cut no corners during the full web design process and this ensures that your web site will be designed to perform at its optimum level.
If therefore you are looking for a company to establish a professional easy to manage a website then you may want to consider using WordPress as your platform.
Further Information
If you’d like to speak to us regarding any of our services, including our WordPress web designs, please give us a call on 01883 372488 or contact us via Facebook and we’ll be happy to talk you through your options.
