A Google Business Profile for my hospitality venue?
Keep your online information up to date
It is essential to make sure that everything found online about your business is accurate. So ensure that all your information is current!
Make sure to do the following two things:
- Inform Google (and therefore your customers) about your opening hours, website, phone number, and location.
- Use Google Maps and Google Search to keep your online presence up to date everywhere.
Communicating with customers
With a Business Profile for your restaurant, you can post photos of your venue, your products, and your services online.
What's more, you can even receive reviews from customers and respond to them.
Attracting new customers
By being digitally visible, you improve the online representation of your hospitality business. Customers can find you much more easily.
They are also directed much more quickly to your professional website!
A correctly set up Google My Business profile for a restaurant looks roughly like this on Google Search:
Google Maps is at least as valuable for your venue. The possibilities are virtually the same, though it looks slightly different visually.
Here is a small example:
Place online orders, visit the website, or find more information โ all of it is possible via Google Maps!
RestoManager is also an official partner of Reserve With Google!
Thanks to our seamless integration with Google, people can make reservations without even visiting your website. Find out more on our website!
Right, back to the essentials. How do I actually create a Google Business Profile? We are happy to walk you through it.
Below you will find a comprehensive step-by-step guide to finally becoming visible to customers in your area.
Step-by-step guide
Step 1: Go to the Google Business Profile Manager and add your venue
First of all, navigate to this link: Google Business Profile Manager.
After logging in with your Google account, you will see an overview. Here you can add your first business!
Step 2: Complete the business profile for your hospitality venue
After clicking the blue button, you will fill in the full description of your restaurant. Be as precise as possible!
After adding the name of your venue, location, contact details, and opening hours, Google will ask whether customers are allowed to send messages to your business. This is extremely important โ make sure to enable it!
Next come the things that really matter. Make the choices that are relevant to your venue:
Then we arrive at the description of your venue. You have 750 characters to list the most relevant aspects of your restaurant. However, do not use the full character limit. Keep it concise but relevant.
An example:
Congratulations! The first version of your business profile is ready. You can now take a look at what you have already achieved.
It goes without saying that you can always adjust every aspect of your restaurant's business profile afterwards. The possibilities are virtually unlimited.
Step 3: Keep your venue up to date
Finally, you can always make changes when needed. Here is everything you can do with a Google Business Profile for your restaurant:
1. Post updates
Share announcements and news with your customers by posting updates to your business profile on Google Search and Maps.
2. Update your business information when needed
From your location and opening hours, to the link to your website where customers can place orders or reserve a table. Even payment options are among the things you can update to give your customers as much information as possible.
3. Your menu
A picture is worth a thousand words!
Show your most appealing dishes to customers even before they have found your website. That way you immediately make a great impression.
4. Food ordering
If you use takeaway or delivery systems, such as RestoTakeout, you can add that link directly to your business profile as well!
5. Reviews
Nothing is more important than public reviews. People are influenced by others' opinions โ make use of that! Of course, collecting reviews quickly is not easy. That is why we send your customers an email after every reservation asking for their feedback. Discover how here.
Help, I can't figure it out!
No need to worry. When building websites, we at RestoManager always make sure your Google Business Profile is visible. Feel free to browse our website to discover everything RestoManager has to offer!
