How Google Maps Is A Great Weapon For Local Marketing Strategy And Local Business? Do you know? More than 90% of consumers use the internet to find local businesses in which 70% of searches are made only on Google Maps. Google Maps is the most reliable source of traffic for almost everything. So these statistics are likely to rise in the future. For most small businesses, the people who live near your business are most likely to be your potential clients or customers . When you run local business in the tech-savvy world, sidewalk banners and email vouchers aren't enough to capture all the local traffic you want . If you want customers to go to you, you need to tell them where to go first. Perhaps the most effective way to send crowds in your direction is to add Google Maps Marketing to your business strategy. Google estimates that users make 3 billion hotel searches and one billion clothing store searches every month. Most of them will visit a store soon on the same day. Mor...