Maintaining and managing a GMB account is essential, primarily if your business serves locally. It increases your business's online visibility and allows you to target and interact with a larger audience. Suppose you choose a company to handle the operation of the website. In that case, it is essential to grant them access to the Google Business Profile so that they can properly manage your business account. The user you are granting access to must be trustworthy and wise. In this article, the step-by-step process of granting access is explained to help you give access to your GMB account to a new user.
Step-by-Step Process of Granting Admin/Owner Access For Google My Business (GMB)
Follow these simple steps to grant us access of your GMB account.
- Login to your business account.
- Click on the "Menu" then select "Business Profile Settings".
- After that, click on the "People and Access".
- Once the People and Access page opens, click "Add" at the top left corner.
- Add the email address of the user you want to grant access to.
- Once done, carefully select the level of access you want to grant to the user.
- Click on "invite".
- An invite will be sent to your user on his email, and once he accepts the invite, you will receive a notification.
Best Practices
While giving access to your account with someone, utilizing the best practices while performing the above steps is recommended.
- Make sure the person you are granting access to is trustworthy.
- You can remove the given access once the user has performed the operations.
- You should be literate about the access levels and understand what level of access you should give to the user.
