A: Google Street View is no longer just for the streets - Business View utilises the same interface and technology allowing local businesses to showcase themselves with their very own fully interactive 360-degree virtual tour, hosted on Google but also easily embeddable to your own website and social media such as your Facebook page.
What this means is customers are now able to engage with your business online across all devices such as mobile, tablet and all web browsers with no plugins needed.

 

 

A: Google Business View enhances search results both on Google and on your own site resulting in more people coming to see you. A virtual tour offers a fully interactive marketing tool, giving customers a fun, valuable new way to explore your business. For instance, if searching for a hotel, store or restaurant online and you are provided with multiple results; imagine one having the ability to explore, quickly seeing the ambiance, décor and what’s on offer. This ability alone puts you above your competitors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A: During NYC Restaurant Week™ in 2013, the official tourism and marketing organization - NYC & Company, conducted third party research into how influential Google Business View was to its participating restaurants.

 

55% of all participating restaurants had Business View and results showed that
diners were more likely to reserve a table at those restaurants. In New York
City’s competitive food scene, this compelling visual imagery offered these
restaurants a valuable edge.

 

• During NYC average, restaurant listings that included Business View had a 30%higher click through to reservations.

• Visitors who viewed Business View for a given business clicked throughto make a reservation 50% of the time (20% more than visitors who didn’tview Business View).

• 84% of 1,300 surveyed customers said Business View played a factor intheir restaurant choice.

 

See the external research Here.

 

 

 

 

 

A: Your Google Business View tour is hosted on Google, allowing it to appear on your Google+ Local page, in Google Maps itself, Google searches and even linked into Google Street View. Of course it can also be published on your own website and social media.

 

 

 

 

A: Google Maps Business View is a one off cost starting from as little as £149 with no ongoing weekly or monthly fees. Included in this is the shoot, publishing and also hosting. What’s more, during the shoot we also take 10-15 point of interest shots for example wide-angle interior décor and frontage, business cards, close up features such as table settings and even foods or products which can be used at your disposal. Doesn't this sound better than paying for advertising that has a limited lifespan?