# Connecting Google My Business (Social Posting)

Google My Business is one of the most reliable mainstays for marketers to manage the online presence of their business. It is the best way to win the trust of your audience by bringing out your information to create a personalized relationship with them. This way, you'll be able to drive more potential customers towards your business. \\

**Step 1:** The first step is to log into \*\*\*\* account and go to the Marketing, click on the Social Planner.\\

**Step 2:** On Visiting Social Planner, there will be an wizard with connect option or after visiting the overview of Social Planner will have a Setting option (gear icon)

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**Step 3:** After clicking Add account, there will be option to add the GMB Locations.

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**Step 4:** It will ask to choose the Gmail account and provide the permissions for social planner.

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**Step 5:** Next step is to choose the GMB Locations for social planner

{% hint style="info" %}
Note :

1. If the GMB location is already added, it will show the message of location already added.
2. If the GMB account has more than 10 locations, it will show an error that **"This location belongs to a chain. The Local Post API is disabled for this location"**.\\
   {% endhint %}

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**Step 6:** You can manage the accounts from the Setting Icon

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