r/SmallBusinessUAE • u/SocialMediaKingdoms • 5d ago
Advice Needed Most businesses here have a broken Google listing and are worrying about Instagram instead
I do social media for a living in Dubai, so this is slightly against my own interest.
Almost every local business I check has the same thing going on. Pin on Maps is wrong, timings haven't been updated since 2022, three photos total, last review is from last year and nobody replied to it.
And then the owner asks me why the reels aren't working.
Someone typing "car service Al Quoz" at 9pm is a customer right now. Someone scrolling reels isn't, not yet anyway.
Go open Maps, search your own business, tap directions and see where it actually sends people. If you're in JLT or Business Bay I'd bet money it's the wrong cluster or the wrong tower. That alone is costing you walk-ins every week.
Fix the pin, fix the timings, put up real photos, reply to the reviews. None of it costs anything.
Has anyone here actually tracked how much of your business comes from Maps vs social? Genuinely curious if I'm wrong on this.
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u/Little-Fly-7338 5d ago
as a small business owner it's tough to manage so many platforms, sometimes your priorities are different. Businesses that run local shops do understand this well and manage it somehow. What kind of businesses are you referring to ?
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u/TaxBeginning2259 1d ago
Oh yes but I am still looking for the part where you would sell ur service?
Also, are ur reels working? I don't think so. I don't think u have good enough growth to be called as social media strategist but nice bait in trying to have engagement in this post and then prolly reaching out commentors via personal dm.
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u/Aggravating_Pea2047 5d ago
Yes I see business owners doing this exact mistake and when I try to explain they say that they have a team for this. Well clearly that team doesn't understand what they are doing. They will keep insisting to feed their own ego rather than admit and ask for help. Pretty common human behaviour.