Google My Business (GMB) is a powerful tool for reaching customers. It can be integrated with your system, to increase your ability to conveniently communicate with your leads or customers. When someone Googles a category of business, most businesses that pop up have the buttons to call, save, get directions, or access the website. You can make your business stand out more, and reach additional leads, by adding the chat/message option.
This will allow you to conveniently reach leads through SMS communications, completely integrated with the system. Follow these steps to learn how:
Part 1: Enable Google My Business Messaging
Step 1: Integrate your Google My Business page.
Navigate to Settings > Integrations.
Choose the "Google My Business" integration.
Click "Select a GMB page" to connect a page.
Once the page is integrated, you'll have the option to "Change Page" or access "Messenger Settings" to make changes. You can also remove a page.
Step 2: Configuring your GMB Settings
Click into "Messenger Settings"
Customize your GMB configuration. Note: the changes will be reflected in the display on the right-hand side.
Choose a display name, add a logo, and set the welcome message.
Choose a contact name, email, and brand website.
You may also insert a Privacy Policy URL if you wish.
Click "Save" to confirm your changes.
Step 3: Accessing your GMB Communications
Navigate to Conversations.
Click into a conversation and you'll be able to see the GMB communication with a contact. It will appear as SMS communication. You'll be able to reply directly within the conversation channel.
Note: you may now also filter the "Customer Replied" channel in a trigger by GMB Messaging. See Part 2 below for details.
Part 2: Setting Up Communication Notifications
Once you've integrated your system with Google My Business (GMB), you may want to set up notifications when someone messages you through the platform. Follow these simple steps to create a trigger to be notified when you get a new GMB message.
NOTE: This article is for creating triggers after you've integrated with GMB. Check out our article "How to Enable Google My Business Messaging" for the tutorial on how to get the integration setup.
Step 1: Setting up the Trigger
Navigate to Triggers to create a new trigger.
Under Part 1, set up "Customer Replied" as the event to trigger the automation.
Then define the filter as "Reply Channel" > "GMB Messaging".
In Part 2, set up whatever type of notification you want, such as an email or SMS to yourself or a user on your team, to be notified that a new GMB message has come in. In the example below, we set up a text to a specific number.
Don't forget to save and activate your trigger.
Step 2: Viewing your GMB Messages
To view the messages, go to your Conversations tab.
You can reply directly from this area.
