Then click on “Add Your Business” as shown below:

Step 2: Enter Your Business Name and Address

After clicking on the “Add You Business” button as shown above, you will be taken to the next page where you can insert your business name.

As mentioned earlier, we will be using a search engine optimized name for Donvin.co (listed as Best SEO Agency in Ghana | Digital Marketing | Website Design | Donvin.co).

Note that we are using this particular name so our name and the terms (keywords) we wish to rank highly for can be listed as such, in your case you can use your business name just as it is, just like we did for one of my business; Papanu Herbal Limited and for my wife’s business; Edah Beauty World.

You’ll see I didn’t embed any keywords to that business name, therefore you can make yours as simple as that as that is what people will see on the Google Maps when searching for your business name and location for direction.

Let’s continue as shown in the screenshot below, and click Continue once done with your business name:

Step 3: Choose Your Business Type

In the next step, you will be asked to select your business type which are listed as:

• Online Retail: Select this option if customers can make purchase for products from your website.
• Local Store: Choose this options if you have a physical location where customer can visit to do business with you.
• Service Business: Tick this option if you visit customers at their location to render your service to them.

You can select multiple options depending on which of the above relate to what your business offers. In my case, the 3 options relate to my business so I will be picking the 3 of them.

Then click Next button as shown above to continue to the next step.

Step 4: Add Your Contact Information (Website, Phone Numbers etc)

The next page will ask you to add your website, type in your website address if you have one and click NEXT and if you do not have a website for your business, you can simply click Skip to move on to the next step.

Step 5: Add Your Business Category

Now you will be taken to the page where you type in your business category and you will then be provided with option related to that category. In my case, my business category lies under Marketing Agency and that is what I selected.

Once you’ve picked the appropriate category for your business, click the next button to move on to the next step.

Step 6: Enter your business address

In this step, you will be asked to enter your business address. Note that this is the address that will be used on the Google Maps.

Once you make sure the address is added correctly, then click on Next.

In my case, I received a prompt that says it looked like there is a business that is mine, but that information is incorrect so I will have to select that the business isn’t mine.

Select “This doesn’t match” and click Next..

Step 7: Set your address on the Google Maps

The next page titled “Where are you located” will give you the opportunity to navigate the map pin on your location. This can be a little bit tricky. Drag the pin while you expand the map to make sure the pin is pointing directly to where your business is located on the map.

See it below in the screenshot, then click on Next page when you are satisfied of the pinned location for your business on the map.

Clicking Next button above will take you to the next step.

Step 8: Add your phone number

In this step, you will be asked to insert your phone number, make sure you use the correct phone numbr customers can reach you and also Google may use this number to verify your account later as well.

In the absence of no number for your business, you can click on the Skip button. Though it is well advisable to provide a number to make business profile verification easy on the next steps ahead.

You will be prompted on the next page to select some boxes which asked if you will like to Get news and tips about how to improve your Business Profile and also Get invitations to participate in occasional surveys and pilot, select the boxes and select Continue button.