Getting in the first spot of Google My Business should be the goal of every business owner. It may sound ambitious, but it is possible if you have a Google My Business account. If you have an account already, here are the tips on how to get the first place:

1. Satisfy Google - To improve your ranking, Google has some specific standards. Your rank will improve if you meet the following:

   -Relevance - Is the item the client looking for relevant to your business?

   -Distance - Is your business near the client?

   -Prominence - Is your business often searched for?

2. Complete Profile - You can improve your ranking if you complete your business profile. Make sure that you satisfy the NAP or name, address, and phone number.

3. Keywords - Describe your business using words that should be researched more often. For instance, if you are a dentist, you can describe yourself as reliable and affordable. If these words are typed by the client, your business profile appears immediately.

4. Ask for Reviews - Reliable businesses are reviewed by their clients. You can take time to ask your clients for a review. It is not going to be difficult to ask your loyal clients for one. You can innovate to ask for a review simply by preparing a form that can be sent in their emails.

5. Post Updates - You can post updates like pictures, events, videos, and offers to keep your audience engaged. When your audience is engaged enough, your rank in Google increases.

Your business’ local ranking is crucial because it helps you draw in more clients. When more clients are drawn to your business, more sales are expected. Moreover, you build good brand loyalty to your clients when you are locally ranked well.

It’s easy to improve your local rank, and that is to sign up for Google My Business. It is easy to sign up for GMB, and it is for free. Here are the steps:

1. Go to Google My Business and create an account using your Google mail account. You can use an existing one for this. 

2. Fill in the complete profile of your business. That includes your business's name, the complete address of the business, and the contact number. 

3. Get verified. However, it is essential to understand that verification takes time depending on the kind of verification made available. The postcard verification takes 14 days the most.

4. And you are good to go and start.

Google My Business Q and A is an additional feature of GMB. It is known as a crowdsourcing portion or simply an FAQ portion where clients ask questions about the business that they are interested in. Google My Business Q and A is an essential part of GMB because the potential clients that ask questions are asking to show that they are interested in your business, and at the same time, it is their way of setting their expectations

This part of Google My Business is a part where other clients can provide the answers to the questions of potential customers. However, the business is not notified when there is a new question posted. This can be alarming because many clients expect answers and usually get disappointed if they do not get any. Be sure to monitor the questions in your business profile. How can you do that?

1. Search for your business in Google

2. Check for Questions

3. Answer the questions

Google allows the business even to ask their questions and answer them. Just make sure that your answers are engaging and informative.