{"id":1681,"date":"2017-07-06T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/publish-posts-on-your-google-my-business-map-listing"},"modified":"2020-03-07T13:04:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T13:04:29","slug":"publish-posts-on-your-google-my-business-map-listing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/publish-posts-on-your-google-my-business-map-listing","title":{"rendered":"Publish Posts on Your Fire and Security Google My Business Map Listing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your Google My Business Map Listing is one of the most important pieces of Fire and Security advertising real estate that you can have. And it&#8217;s FREE!<\/p>\n<p>But so many Fire and Security marketers are not taking full advantage of this valuable resource<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Very few companies have realised that you can now publish content actually onto your map listing. It&#8217;s a great way to get more eyeballs on some of your valuable  more of your Fire and Security website&#8217;s content. Or your special offers.<\/p>\n<p>These can be seen and clicked by people viewing your listing in Maps or on the Knowledge Panel on the right hand side of some search results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gmb-create-posts-feature.png\" alt=\"gmb-create-posts-feature.png\" width=\"364\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 364px;\" title=\"gmb-create-posts-feature.png\" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\">Here&#8217;s one we created last year which worked really well for us!<\/p>\n<p>Even when you&#8217;re closed, you&#8217;re still able to show off your products!<\/p>\n<h3>How to create and publish posts on your Google My Business map listing<\/h3>\n<p>On Desktop:<\/p>\n<p>Sign in to<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/business.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google My Business<\/a> And click the option to Create a post.<\/p>\n<p>On Mobile:<\/p>\n<p>Open the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/business\/answer\/4601325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google My Business app<\/a>. Tap the option to create a post.<\/p>\n<h3>Downsides to creating posts on your GMB listing<\/h3>\n<p>The image sizing can be a bit suspect on different devices, so always check your work on a few different types of mobiles and tablets.<\/p>\n<p>These posts will disappear after 7 days unless they are advertising an event, in which case they will disappear once the date of the event has passed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The best way to get Fire and Security Leads<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/lead-generation-fire-and-security-companies\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lollipop-Lady-250px-Black-Belt-Fire-Security-Leads.png\" alt=\"click for fire-security-leads-black-belt-guarantee\" width=\"268\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lollipop-Lady-250px-Black-Belt-Fire-Security-Leads.png 268w, https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lollipop-Lady-250px-Black-Belt-Fire-Security-Leads-186x300.png 186w, https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lollipop-Lady-250px-Black-Belt-Fire-Security-Leads-93x150.png 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 85vw, 268px\" \/><\/a>Lollipop specialise in helping Fire and Security companies to generate more leads on what we call a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/lead-generation-fire-and-security-companies\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\u2018pay per lead\u2019<\/strong><\/a> basis. No complicated contracts, or monthly retainers. Just high quality leads that can help your business scale.<\/p>\n<p>We have some powerful new approaches and tools which make a huge difference to companies whose websites are not generating sufficient leads. <\/p>\n<p>Your  leads are exclusive to you &#8211; they don&#8217;t get sent to other Fire and Security companies like most comparison sites.<\/p>\n<p>We even have a way to filter out fakes and hoaxes. You NEVER pay for those.<\/p>\n<p>Plus we offer a <strong>BLACK BELT GUARANTEE<\/strong> so there is no risk to you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/contact-lollipop-local\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> and tell us when you&#8217;re available for a chat about getting more leads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Google My Business Map Listing is one of the most important pieces of Fire and Security advertising real estate that you can have. And it&#8217;s FREE! 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