Claiming your Google My Business is a great way to start optimizing a FREE listing Google provides a lot of companies. If your business has a location address and a phone number then you might already have a GMB without even realizing it… but someone else may be running it or at least updating your content for you. You don't want that! It's time to take ownership of your company's GMB and optimize it so that you are ranking in the local 3-pack! This week's featured guest Sherry Bonelli, Owner of Early Bird Digital Marketing and Google My Business Silver Product Expert, shares her insights on the 7 steps to optimize your GMB! She lives and breathes learning all things about GMB, hence why she was recently named as a GMB Silver Product Expert! You won't want to miss getting EDGEucated by Sherry during episode 344 of EDGE of the Web!

Some key points discussed during the show:

• The importance of claiming & optimizing GMB listings
• Steps of GMB optimization
• How to set up and verify GMB listing
• Tracking & destinations
• Generate, monitor, & respond to reviews
• Investigating GMB features specific to your industry