Most people look for local services on their phone, on maps and in apps. Here’s how to make sure they find you, and book you, instead of the next business down the road.
Being good at what you do isn’t enough if people nearby can’t find you. The businesses that win local customers make themselves easy to find in the places people search, and easy to book once they do.
Your free Google Business Profile is what appears on Google Maps and in local search results. Add your services, opening hours, photos, and a link to book. If you go to customers rather than having premises, you can set a service area instead of showing an address. Here’s how to add your booking link to your Google profile.
Reviews help customers choose and build trust. Ask happy customers to leave a review, and reply to reviews politely, including the negative ones. Never buy or invent reviews.
Customers increasingly browse local services on a map and book directly. On Bookuro, your business appears on the map for customers nearby, across every category from beauty and barbers to MOTs, cleaners and locksmiths, with 0% commission when they book.
Use the same business name, phone number and address (or service area) on Google, your website, social media and booking apps. Consistent details make it easier for customers, and search engines, to trust you.
Put your booking link in your Instagram and TikTok bio, on your Google profile and on your website, and your QR code in your window, on your van and on your cards. The fewer steps between finding you and booking you, the better.
Good photos of your work, your premises or your van help customers choose you. Keep them up to date.
List your actual services and prices, and the areas you cover. “Mobile car valeting in Manchester” is much easier to find than “car services”.
Bookuro makes this easier. Free to join, 0% commission and unlimited bookings, with deposits, cancellation rules, automatic reminders and your own booking QR code built in.
Create a free Google Business Profile, verify it, and add your services, hours, photos and booking link.
No. If you visit customers, you can set a service area instead of showing an address.
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