For smaller institutions, local search is the most efficient channel there is.
Courses, academies and exam centers usually operate in a tight catchment. That is an advantage: local visibility, set up properly, competes without a large budget.
The centers we work with
Private tuition courses
Exam preparation, support and study programmes.
Exam centers
Exam calendars, center information and the online exam system.
Academies
Vocational, arts, software and certificate programmes.
Student counselling
Study abroad and university choice counselling.
Highest impact on a tight budget
For centers the order is: Maps first, then the site, then content. Reversing it wastes months.
A center's most expensive mistake is starting to advertise while its Maps profile is still empty.
Even users who arrive through an ad check Maps to verify you. If the profile is thin, reviews are missing or photos are stale, the ad budget is lost at the verification step.
That is why with centers we always start with the profile and the review foundation.
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