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How to grow your business online when you're short on time

You don't need a €5,000 website or an agency to exist online. For a local business, what matters comes down to a few simple levers — as long as you stick with them over time. Here are the most effective, from the highest-impact to the nice-to-have.

Your real storefront is your Google listing

Before walking in, a customer types "restaurant near me" or "hairdresser + your city". What they see first isn't your website: it's your Google Business Profile (name, photos, hours, rating, reviews).

Start there: claim your listing, complete it 100%, add real photos, check your hours. A lively, up-to-date listing builds trust and catches the eye.

Look after your reviews: the most underrated lever

Customers read reviews before choosing — and they look at the owner's reply as much as the review itself. A listing where every review gets a composed, quick reply signals professionalism to every future customer.

Google explicitly recommends replying to reviews to strengthen local visibility. In other words: every reply works for you.

Be where your customers actually look

No need to spread yourself across ten networks. Focus on where people look for you: Google first, then Facebook and, depending on your trade, Tripadvisor, Booking or Trustpilot.

Two perfectly kept listings beat ten ghost profiles.

Automate what can be automated

The real hurdle isn't knowing what to do — it's time. Replying to a review properly takes 5 to 10 minutes, and you have to do it regularly, evenings and weekends included.

That's exactly where a tool like Igor changes things: it reads your reviews, writes the reply in the customer's language and emails it to you — you approve in one click. You keep the presence, without giving up your evenings.

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