What Is A Google 360° Virtual Tour And Why Should A Business Invest In One.

The Google 360° Virtual Tour program is by far the best piece of marketing your business can have on Google and Google Maps. It gives your business the power to be showcased on 24/7 and instead of being a regular style of picture that does not move, the Google 360° can be moved up, down and side to side and then when the directional arrow is pressed, the picture advances in the business to the next area.

The Google 360° Virtual Tour is embedded into your Google Business Listing under the “Streetview & 360°” tab. It can be accessed on both mobile and desktop devices as well. When someone does a search for your industry, the first thing they will normally see is the Google Business Listing. What they won’t see first is your website, Facebook page, instagram or YouTube page, or anything else. Google does this on purpose because they want you to play with their toys.

So, doesn’t it make sense to have this snapshot of your business fully optimized for the user who finds you and wants to see what your business is all about? Since America’s Finest 360 first started, we have posted over 600 Google 360° Virtual Tours to Google and Google Maps and we have over 135 million views on our work. This tells us that this one piece of marketing works and tells the story of your business in pictures.

We are often approached by marketing companies to have a Google 360° Virtual Tour photographed for their clients. Of course we are delighted when this happens because if a marketing company is coming to us for our service, it tells us that a Google 360° is very important to have on a Google Business Listing. In fact, every marketing company that we have talked to about the 360° program, they, and us, really wonder why every single business with a physical location does not have one. Maybe you can comment and let us know why.

Here are some important reasons that we, and marketing companies, think why every business needs a Google 360° Virtual Tour on their Google Business Listing.

1. Increases engagement, interest and conversions on Google and Google Maps

2. Showcases a business 24/7

3. Increases local SEO

4. Gives a prospect the ability to see your entire business in 360° format

5. Give a business an upper hand on the competition that does not have a 360° tour.

6. A one time investment with no monthly or yearly charges.

7. Google 360° can be embedded into your company website

These are just a few of the many benefits that come with the Google 360° Virtual Tour program. When you are ready for your business Google 360° Virtual Tour, contact us at America’s Finest 360 and we will come to you with a very professional experience. Thank you for reading and we will see you on the next Google 360° Virtual Tour.

America’s Finest 360 / 619-316-9671 / bgphotos619@gmail.com

Tips To Optimize Your Google My Business Listing in 2021

The Google My Business listing is at the front of getting noticed on Google and Google Maps. So, having your listing completly optimized and up to date is essential to looking your best when someone finds you.

Below are some tips for you to use on your Google My Business listing that will help generate high quality leads and rank higher in the local pack.

1.Make sure your listing has all of the necessary information.

This might be a silly subject to bring up, but on a daily basis, we see incomplete listings. Things like hours of operation, websites that are not linked up, profile photo missing, images of the business missing and even telephone numbers are missing in some.

To Google (and America’s Finest 360) these are the mandatory things that are needed in every Google My Business Listing.

• Up to date contact information

• Profile photo

• Industry of business

• Hours of operation

• Linked website

• Images of the business

These things will help people searching for businesses like yours, find you faster and more often. If your business is not ranking where you would like to be, make sure you have all of these in place.

2. Google My Business Updates (COVID-19)

From time to time Google will put features on your listing that will help your clients and prospects see if you have special hours, open for certain holidays and of course, COVID-19 protocalls.

It is a good idea for you to go through your listing and make sure your business is following local and state mandates and get them on your listing. Things like, are temperature checks required, how often are you sanitizing, are masks required and so on.

This will let the public know what is required of them to be at your business. It also shows Google that your are active on your listing and want to keep your employees and customers safe.

3. Weekly postings

In the last year, Google added a feature to Google My Business that lets the business owner post weekly on the listing. This is probably one of the best tools available because the owner can post about an upcoming event, a new product or serivce, new hours of operation, discounts and so much more.

Also, weekly postings will let the Google algorithm know that there is activity on the listing. So make sure you use this tool in your marketing efforts because when people are looking for your service or product and see there is some sort of special, this could be a deciding factor for them to visit you.

4. Final thoughts

The Google My Business listing is a very powerful piece of real estate on Google and Google Maps. Unless people only want to go to a website or a Facebook page first, your Google listing is the very first thing they will see when a search is done organically or if they go directly to you.

So, all of the information needs to be correct, high quality images of the business is important and a Google 360° Virtual Tour should also be present. Weekly postings and even videos up to 30 seconds can be uploaded to the listing. It does take a little time to get everything set up, but once it is finished, your business will get found faster and more often.

If you need help or want us to manage your Google My Business listing, we are here for you.

Or if you would like to showcase your business 24/7 on Google and Google Maps with a Google 360° Virtual Tour, we would be happy to assist you with that as well.

Contact us for more information. Thank you for reading!

America’s Finest 360 / 619-316-9671 / bgphotos619@gmail.com

America's Finest 360 / Your Google 360° Virtual Tour Photographer In Las Vegas Nevada January 2021

America’s Finest 360 were in Las Vegas in January 2021 doing photoshoots for various businesses. This is not the first time we have gone out of state for photoshoots either. Even though San Diego California is our hometown, we enjoy seeing new things and getting to photograph Google 360° Virtual Tours as we sight see and meeting new people is one of the most fun things we can do in our profession.

As we want to make sure that we are as productive as possible, we set ourselves up with photoshoots before we go out of town. With emails and telephone calls, we talk to business owners and let them know we will be in town photographing Google 360° virtual tours for businesses. Doing this sets us up for success. If our photoshoot days are lighter than expected, we will canvas the area by walking into businesses to let them know what we are doing. This works out well and by doing this, we picked up four more businesses on this trip.

Affordable Flooring in Las Vegas has two locations, and this was our first stop. Check out the Google 360° Virtual Tours we photographed for them.

7165 South Buffalo Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89113

6535 North Buffalo Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89131

There are so many benefits to owning a Google 360° Virtual Tour and having it attached to your Google and Google Maps Business Listings.

1. Your business is showcased 24/7 across the Google platforms

2. Increases interest, engagement and conversions to your business

3. Helps increase local SEO activity

4. Adds credibility to your business

5. Free hosting of the tour by Google and Google Maps

6. Covid -19 buster as the tour will let people see how your business is situated and kept clean. Great for seniors!

7. Google 360° Virtual Tours can be embedded into company websites and Facebook (if you have at least 2000 likes)

8. The investment is a ONE TIME investment and there are never any monthly fees.

It is not just our opinion at America’s Finest 360, but so many marketing professionals wish their clients had this embedded into their companies websites and Google and Google Maps Business Listings. We have photographed so many different businesses in so many different industries and we have photographed some major national and world wide brands for Google and Google Maps. Harley Davidson, Porsche, Double Tree by Hilton, Marriott and Homewood Suites are just a few. Heck, we even photographed a world famous bar and restaurant in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California called The Cabo Wabo.

So when you are ready to have your business photographed for Google and Google Maps in the form of a 360° virtual tour, we hope you will call on us at America’s Finest 360. With over 650 Google 360° virtual tours on Google and Google Maps, we know what people are looking for when they look at these tours and we will make sure that your business looks world class.

Our ongoing special is $97 for a five panoramic Google 360° Virtual Tour of your business (San Diego businesses only for the specail). We will do the editing of the photos, upload the tour to your Google and Google Maps business listing, Google will host if for free, you will get 5-10 still photos, a link to the tour so you can embed it to your website and we will give you a money back guarantee.

Call or email us today to schedule your Google 360° Virtual Tour! 619-316-9671 / bgphotos619@gmail.com

Mystic Journey Crystals Google 360° Virtual Tour By America's Finest 360

America’s Finest 360 are the leading Google 360° Virtual Tour photographers in Southern California and we were hired by Mystic Journey Crystals, in beautiful Santa Monica California, to photograph one for them. Being such a unique store, the owner Jeff Segal wanted to capture it’s world class look in a professional manner. We were honored that he chose America’s Finest 360 to get this done.

When we arrived, the store was lit up and the crystals in the geodes were shining all throughout the store. The setting was almost museum like as all of the geodes were mounted and displayed and just wanting to be touched. Jeff gave us the permission to touch all of the crystals and even said “yes, the store does look like a museum but with one difference, these are all for sale”.

Even though the store was not very large, we photographed thirteen panoramic images. We wanted to make sure that we got all of the geodes photographed properly so that the user would be able to see them in the light that they deserve. Still photos are also a big part of our package and we made sure that Jeff had a lot to choose from when we delivered the links to him.

Since our home office is in San Diego California, we would like to offer all San Diego businesses a special on our Google 360° Virtual Tour package. For a ONE TIME investment of only $97, we will come to your business and photograph a 5 panoramic Google 360° Virtual Tour for your Google and Google Maps business listings.

Included in the package is,

Editing of all the photography, uploading of the Google 360° Virtual Tour to your business Google and Google Maps business listings, FREE hosting of the tour by Google, 5-10 still photos, an ebook on how to optimize your Google listing, a link to the Google 360° Virtual Tour that can be embedded into your company website and a money back guarantee that if not satisfied, we will make it right. If still not satisfied, we will refund your $97 investment.

619-316-9671 / bgphotos619@gmail.com