How to Add Social Media to Google My Business (2020 Hack)

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How to Add Social Media to Google My Business - now updated for 2023 on youtu.be/l9t-21U7Qd0
A question often asked but never answered...until now. Also if you want to automate social media don't miss this: youtu.be/BznBTrs6uTk

Please remember it's Google that adds social media links to google my business, not the business owner. What we are doing is making this easier for Google to pick up the possibility.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction to Social Media in Google My Business
1:20 Explanation of Adding Social Media to Google My Business
1:52 Example of social media links in GMB panel
2:14 Locating all 5 social links within Google maps
3:00 Why social media links needed for your business listing
4:22 Why Google offers social profiles
7:00 Consider the footer for Google social media spider
8:17 Search the code for schema
9:42 add the code to your website home page HTML
11:28 Test the structured data
12:20 free plugin from Yoast
14:00 Social media links on footer now showing for Google spider
15:23 Overview of the process
17:30 How long can it take to show?
18:00 Check Google is indexing on search console

Why you need to add social links or social media to Google My Business
Google calls these "Social profiles for local businesses"
Google uses them when evaluating the online authority of your business.

2 things are needed
1 Consistency. - Use the same name to represent your business in both your listing and your social profiles.
2 Authenticity. - verify your profile through the 3rd party social media software

So ultimately it will help your authority and authenticity/trust/rank

The Benefits of adding Social Media Profile to Google My Business For your users
Increase Website Exposure and Brand Awareness
Gain Subscriber, Increase Page Likes and Followers
Generate more leads from Social Media and Improve Sales
Target the active Social member on your profile with Social Media Ads Campaign
Reach a new audience and bring them into marketing funnel convert them into the potential customer

UPDATE JUNE (2 weeks on) I now have 3 Social media links on my Knowledge panel
Twitter has now been added based on the above tutorial, so I'm pleased to see it did give the nudge Google needed to list it

UPDATE JAN 21 (20 weeks on) I now have 3 Social media links on my Knowledge panel
Twitter has now been lost but this Youtube channel has been added.

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