Can we force Google to make a Google Places listing via citations?

Hi Rus,

Well, I am going after the rent-a-site model if you will. It's not really them renting a website though, as I am more focused on providing a guaranteed minimum X amount of leads per month. I want them to get their moneys worth. Renting out a website that I is not performing but receiving some traffic is not a good way to build a long term business for myself.

As such, this is the reason I am actually trying to open up the Google Places. To get more traffic --> more callers/leads.

I would build business listings with a name like "Town Dental" so it is not 'specific' to a business name, but a more 'general' type. I know this is not 'allowed' within Google guidelines, but it seems like the only way for me to move forward in this specific geographical area as I don't the numbers of leads that I would want coming in just yet to easily be able to close a client (I am new to this, so having the leads already coming in at that X amount per month would be HUGE for me to have).

Also, the phone number in the listing would be a number that I own - and I can set it to re-direct wherever I want. So the goal is just to get a places listing made (ranked high hopefully) and once this is done, leads should now be coming in and my problem of getting a client, should hopefully, be for the most part removed.

EDIT: So just to make it clear, I am the owner of the said website in that specific town/suburb and I do not yet have a client.

Hi there,

Thanks very much for your help. I actually have told myself before not to 'pester' clients and I usually don't bother pestering people. I don't know why I let myself slip this time. Possibly, because I thought I "had" the guy in the meeting and then ended up not "having" him and maybe I panicked to try and get him in on the deal. I know I can provide him HUGE value as he has 0 online presence. I guess it is my fault for not really emphasising the benefits or something, whatever it may be, that turned him off or didn't completely sell him.

While I do think I did a decent job in the meeting, I am still firmly believing that had I done some things differently, I'd have him calling me back. Oh well, learning experience!!

I do like your suggestions, but for now I will try to stick with dentists (it is the industry I am trying to learn most so I can effectively get leads for them). Your idea of walking in, no doubt, will get results - but I'm too busy procrastinating to probably do any of that. I have walked in before to drop off envelopes with proposals before, but didn't get a response! Never tried walking in to talk to the owner though. But I guess it would be a lot easier with some industries, compared to the likes of dentists, etc - who usually do a great job at stopping you at the gatekeeper haha!