{"id":968,"date":"2019-05-27T23:30:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T23:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seosolutions.us\/blog\/?p=968"},"modified":"2019-05-28T00:01:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T00:01:07","slug":"google-suggested-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/google-suggested-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"GOOGLE HAS MADE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO PROMOTE POSITIVE CUSTOMER REVIEWS WITH GOOGLE&#8217;S SUGGESTED POSTS FEATURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 5\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>You can now highlight positive customer reviews for your business with ease. Google has rolled out a new feature that allows you to highlight the reviews from your happy customers. It\u2019s called <strong>Suggested Posts:<\/strong> <strong>Customer Testimonials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Google-Reviews-Positive.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-978\" src=\"http:\/\/seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Google-Reviews-Positive.png\" alt=\"Positive-Google-Reviews-Graphic\" width=\"375\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Google-Reviews-Positive.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Google-Reviews-Positive-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Google-Reviews-Positive-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Google-Reviews-Positive-624x312.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Why is it so important to promote your businesses positive Google reviews with Google&#8217;s Suggested Posts feature?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><em>Beyond being a possible ranking factor. As much as\u00a0<strong>91%<\/strong>\u00a0of customers read reviews while shopping online and that is why reviews are one of the most important factors you should pay attention to when evaluating your online marketing campaign. Reviews not only help you generate trust among your prospects but also help you stand out from the crowd as a trusted business.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Customers prefer a business that has a healthy number of reviews &amp; it increases the click-through rate (CTR) up to\u00a0<strong>25%<\/strong>. The more reviews a business has, the more customers they will get as good reviews tend to correlate closely with CTR. More eyeballs to your site mean more possibilities to convert those eyeballs into customers.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read our blog, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/seosolutions.us\/blog\/reviews-ratings-most-prominent-local-search-ranking-factor\/\"><strong><em>Reviews &amp; Ratings Are The Most Prominent Local Search Ranking Factor<\/em><\/strong><\/a>&#8221; to learn more about the importance of positive online reviews.<\/p>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Here\u2019s an excerpt from Google&#8217;s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/business\/answer\/9317436\">announcement<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>We&#8217;re happy to announce a new feature that lets you post automatically suggested reviews as customer testimonials.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>In some countries, Google My Business will provide suggested posts to help you showcase positive reviews left for your business. You may get suggestions for new testimonials to post when you sign in to Google My Business, or via email notifications.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>These posts are automatically suggested based on 4 or 5-star reviews recently left for your business. You&#8217;ll be able to review and edit the post before publishing it.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" style=\"padding-left: 90px;\" title=\"Page 6\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\" style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Below is an example of how automatically <strong>Suggested Posts: Customer Testimonials<\/strong> looks:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-6.13.43-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-969 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-6.13.43-PM.png\" alt=\"google-my-business-suggested-posts\" width=\"283\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-6.13.43-PM.png 552w, https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-6.13.43-PM-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" style=\"padding-left: 90px;\" title=\"Page 6\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Google Suggested Posts Takeaway<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Positive reviews are exceptionally beneficial to your business and your bottom line. If you have a verified Google My Business listing, you can use Google posts to highlight positive reviews from your happy customers. This can help your business in so many ways.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Do not forget to constantly use Google posts to promote your events, products &amp; offers. In case you are new to Google posts or thinking about how much value it will bring to your business, we highly suggest you give this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/business\/answer\/7662907\">article<\/a><\/strong> a read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong>What Can You Do Now?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Allow our specialists to help! Our proprietary<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/seo-marketing-dashboard-capabilities\/\">reporting, marketing &amp; SEO dashboard<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0is full of capabilities and it is FREE to all of our clients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A few of our marketing dashboard capabilities include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mega_info_box_2 mega-info-box-408 nones \">\n<div class=\"mega-info-footer\">\n<p class=\"mega-info-title\"><strong>Google My Business Insights<\/strong><br \/>\nTrack how many people called you, wrote a review, requested directions to your business or visited your website with Google My Business Insights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mega_info_box_2 mega-info-box-379 nones \">\n<div class=\"mega-info-footer\">\n<p class=\"mega-info-title\"><strong>Business Reviews Tracking<\/strong><br \/>\nHear it all \u2013 the good and the bad about your business right from our\/your dashboard. This was designed to help you keep track of your business\u2019s online reputation. You get a head start when reacting to your customer\u2019s reviews and mentions of your business. When you react fast to good reviews, you can promote them so more eyeballs see the good work you are doing for other companies. When you react to bad news\/reviews, you have a better chance of resolving the issue, retaining your client, and getting the mention or review removed from the Internet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We hope this article helps you understand the importance of reviews and how you can better track, react, and promote your businesses online reviews.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seosolutions.us\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/span> today! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email us @\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:info@seosolutions.us\">info@seosolutions.us<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can now highlight positive customer reviews for your business with ease. Google has rolled out a new feature that allows you to highlight the reviews from your happy customers. It\u2019s called Suggested Posts: Customer Testimonials. Why is it so important to promote your businesses positive Google reviews with Google&#8217;s Suggested Posts feature? 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