Comments on: Google Places Rolls Out New Offers Program and Interface http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/05/09/google-places-rolls-out-new-offers-program-and-interface/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Sun, 19 May 2013 15:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Google Acquires Incentive Targeting For Coupon Programs | Understanding Google Places & Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/05/09/google-places-rolls-out-new-offers-program-and-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-586203 Google Acquires Incentive Targeting For Coupon Programs | Understanding Google Places & Local Search Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:32:49 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=12804#comment-586203 [...] fact had a disdain for coupons. Their past behaviors have certainly reflected a certain schizoid, on again off again approach to [...]

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/05/09/google-places-rolls-out-new-offers-program-and-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-571352 Mike Blumenthal Wed, 16 May 2012 20:08:14 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=12804#comment-571352 @Caleb

Google has confirmed that Offers does NOT work with Bulk uploads regardless of size. Previously you were able to add them to locations manually now that is not the case. When or if the feature will come to fruition is not known.

]]> By: Caleb Ross http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/05/09/google-places-rolls-out-new-offers-program-and-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-571343 Caleb Ross Wed, 16 May 2012 16:57:52 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=12804#comment-571343 ^^^ Update to above comment: The clients I am referencing specifically are less than 100 locations, so aren’t addressed by Anne Baum’s comment.

]]> By: Caleb Ross http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/05/09/google-places-rolls-out-new-offers-program-and-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-571342 Caleb Ross Wed, 16 May 2012 16:51:31 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=12804#comment-571342 I am seeing that with this new interface I am not able to create offers/coupons for bulk-uploaded and verified accounts. So, at this time, with bulk accounts, I’m not able to create offers/coupons at all.

Is anyone else seeing this?

]]> By: Google and Your Business Wrapup – May 15, 2012 | Understanding Google Places & Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/05/09/google-places-rolls-out-new-offers-program-and-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-571328 Google and Your Business Wrapup – May 15, 2012 | Understanding Google Places & Local Search Wed, 16 May 2012 13:31:31 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=12804#comment-571328 [...] affected a number of listing has been squashed (see this post for details) -Google rolled out a new Offers and Bulk Upload tools -The Places Dashboard once again supports the use of a URL (in addition to [...]

]]> By: Sara Garrison http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/05/09/google-places-rolls-out-new-offers-program-and-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-571202 Sara Garrison Mon, 14 May 2012 22:54:44 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=12804#comment-571202 This also seems to only be for businesses that have pin-verified listings and not bulk-verified. The option to create an offer in the new interface first requires you to submit a listing, and claim it via pin even though there are already bulk-verified listings in the account.

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/05/09/google-places-rolls-out-new-offers-program-and-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-571180 Mike Blumenthal Mon, 14 May 2012 14:04:06 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=12804#comment-571180 @Anne
That is an interesting limitation. Seems very arbitrary and it would seem that the 200 location business would be a key target to increase coverage… go figure. I guess that they want to charge you $?

@Dennis
Yes the limited availability (no iPhone & no desktop) certainly limit their immediate value.

@Chris
Perhaps you need to get creative. For example remove the word “new patient” and add it to the limits area of the coupon… thus it would become: “Free Consultation for any of our cosmetic dental services” Limits apply: new patients only. However I am not sure that this type of offer is in compliance with their guidelines and might be pulled down.

@Sean
Yes it is frustrating but I assume that there are both technical and legal issues to deal with on this one.

]]> By: Anne Baum http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/05/09/google-places-rolls-out-new-offers-program-and-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-571176 Anne Baum Mon, 14 May 2012 13:43:51 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=12804#comment-571176 Thanks Mike. Another limitation is that the Google Offers interface currently doesn’t support businesses with more than 100 locations. We are directed to a sales e-mail when we try and create an offer.

]]> By: Dennis http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/05/09/google-places-rolls-out-new-offers-program-and-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-571145 Dennis Sun, 13 May 2012 17:59:00 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=12804#comment-571145 Now the big push is on via Android: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/05/shop-and-travel-smarter-with-google.html – ignoring the iPhone market…

]]> By: Chris http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/05/09/google-places-rolls-out-new-offers-program-and-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-571116 Chris Sat, 12 May 2012 17:36:19 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=12804#comment-571116 I discovered Google Offers this morning while in my client’s Places dashboard so I decided to create an offer. I was a little disappointed with the way your limited on writing the offer (see screenshot: https://skitch.com/prodentite/832bg/google-offers).

The offer title is: “Free New Patient Consultation when you Cosmetic Service”

I was trying to state “Free New Patient Consultation for any of our cosmetic dental services”.

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