{"id":18670,"date":"2015-10-12T10:15:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T14:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=18670"},"modified":"2015-10-12T10:15:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T14:15:07","slug":"google-my-business-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/12\/google-my-business-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Google My Business Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google My Business sent out a survey this AM where they noted:<\/p>\n

….asking for your feedback on how we can best meet your business needs. You can count on us to follow through and continue making improvements to our products and services to help you succeed.<\/em><\/p>\n

For example, in our most recent survey, customers told us they wanted more information about how their business listing appears on Google Search and Maps. So we are working on ways to provide more insights to help you track your business profile online.<\/em><\/p>\n

When I answered as a small business owner that didn’t do marketing I got to the end\u00a0point very, very quickly:<\/p>\n

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When answering as an agency and that I did do the marketing I was taken into a boringly long survey where I was asked some interesting questions:<\/p>\n

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Clearly they are only interested if I have spent some money… go figure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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