My SECRET Method To Get Your Business On Google Maps First Page!

Boost Your Local SEO with Google NotebookLM – A Simple & Powerful Strategy

Ranking high on Google Maps is a game-changer for local businesses, but how do you break through the competition? In this video, you’ll discover how to leverage Google NotebookLM to enhance your website, Google Business Profile (GBP), and customer reviews—all crucial factors in improving your local SEO.

From creating location-specific pages to optimizing your GBP with service areas and Q&A strategies, and even helping clients leave better reviews, this approach is simple, effective, and easy to implement. If you want to rank beyond your physical location and increase visibility in multiple service areas, this is the strategy you need.

Let’s dive in and explore how NotebookLM can supercharge your local rankings!

Chapters
I. Optimizing Your Website with NotebookLM
II. Tweaking Your Google Business Profile
III. Improving Reviews with NotebookLM

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Episode Transcript

The video describes a three-pronged approach to rank higher in Google Maps using NotebookLM: optimizing your website, tweaking your Google Business Profile (GBP), and improving your reviews.

  1. Optimizing Your Website with NotebookLM:
  • (0:14-0:26) The video emphasizes the importance of ranking in the top section of Google Maps for local searches. This is the most clicked area, especially for emergency service businesses.
  • (0:30-0:47) The goal is to rank in areas beyond your physical location, for example, ranking in Brandamore or Romansville if your business is in Armstrong.
  • (1:00-1:24) The first step involves using NotebookLM to add location-specific pages to your website. You need to go to notebooklm.google and create a new notebook.
  • (1:30-1:55) You then add your website as a source into NotebookLM by pasting the URL.
  • (2:00-2:25) Next, you configure custom settings in NotebookLM to extract the title tag, description, and all H tags from your website.
  • (2:30-3:35) You then prompt NotebookLM to generate a 1,000-word location-specific keyword page. An example prompt is provided for “plumber brandamore PA” using the information from Armstrong Plumbing’s website.
  • (3:35-4:30) It’s recommended to create multiple keyword pages (5-10) for each town you want to target, focusing on different services like plumbing, HVAC, and emergency services. For example, you would create pages for “HVAC Brandamore” and “24-hour emergency plumbing Brandamore”.
  • (4:30-5:00) These location-specific pages don’t necessarily need to be in your main website navigation.
  • (5:00-5:30) The content generated by NotebookLM should be reviewed and expanded if it’s not the desired length (e.g., less than 1,000 words).
  1. Tweaking Your Google Business Profile:
  • (5:40-6:18) The video emphasizes that simply having content on your website isn’t enough; you also need to optimize your Google Business Profile.
  • (6:20-7:45) You need to check off the areas you work in within your GBP. Log in to business.google.com, click “Edit profile,” then “Locations,” and then “Service area”.
  • (7:45-8:25) Select service areas within a 10 to 25-mile radius of your registered business. Avoid selecting areas too far away.
  • (8:25-9:00) For every service area you select in your GBP, you need a corresponding location-specific page on your website.
  • (9:00-10:30) Fill your Google Business Profile with as much information as possible about the areas you serve and the services you offer.
  • (10:30-11:30) Add photos taken in the different service areas to your GBP.
  • (11:30-12:20) Utilize the Q&A section to ask and answer questions about your services in specific locations.
  • (12:20-13:30) Add updates to your GBP, especially when you start serving new areas, to inform potential customers.
  • (13:30-13:50) Consider also utilizing the options to create offices and events within your GBP.

III. Improving Reviews with NotebookLM:

  • (14:00-14:30) Reviews are highlighted as the easiest method to increase your GBP ranking.
  • (14:30-15:35) You can use NotebookLM to create an outline for your clients to write reviews. You are not allowed to tell them exactly what to write, but you can guide them.
  • (15:35-16:50) To do this, find your top competitors in your target area on Google Maps and go to their reviews. Sort the reviews by “most relevant”.
  • (16:50-17:55) Copy and paste about five of these “most relevant” reviews into NotebookLM as a new source.
  • (17:55-19:30) Prompt NotebookLM to create a review outline for your plumbing service in a specific area (e.g., Brandamore, PA), based on the provided relevant reviews.
  • (19:30-20:30) Simplify the generated outline for your clients, for example, by asking NotebookLM to “please simplify for a sixth grader”. Simplified questions like “What was the problem?” and “What was good about the service?” can be used.
  • (20:30-21:45) Provide this outline to your clients after the job, encouraging them to answer some of the questions in their reviews. This helps them write more specific and helpful reviews for Google.
  • (21:45-22:10) Consider using a QR code that directs clients to your Google review page.
  • (22:10-23:40) The goal is to get reviews that mention what you did, where you did it, punctuality, affordability, and whether they would recommend you. General reviews are less effective.

By consistently implementing these steps, you can improve your local SEO and increase your visibility in Google Maps for your target areas

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