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Hi Jeanie, As I suspected, I could not find any ideas of a workaround to having a personal account in order to set up the Google+ Business Page. I want to link to a Mike Blumenthal article here, just to make sure that you understand all of the steps involved in the transition from Google Places to Google+ Local: http://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/06/08/google-for-business-places-forums-wrapup/ This, in particular, describes the issue at hand, I believe: 1- Be sure that you upgrade your Google account to a Google+ personal account. Life will be much easier if it has the same email as your dashboard account as it will make the coming merge go more smoothly. If your Google+ Business page is created under a different account than your Places listing, then add the email for the Places Dashboard as an additional manager of the G+Business Page. The Places email must be associated with an individual and that individual must have a G+ account. This will make it easier for Google to match the Google+Local page that was created to the Google+ Business page. Note if the email is a business email and can not be associated with an individual you will need to wait for the implementation of Google’s manual merging process. I recommend reading the whole article. Mike does a good job of explaining what is happening and why you have to have certain accounts to swim with the tide on this. Granted, you must have that personal account to manage the Google+ Business Page, but the outward facing signals of the page can be about the business, rather than about you. All the same, I agree that the way Google has gone about this is confusing in the extreme and I'm sure thousands of business owners are saying,"huh?" Hope the above resource helps, Jeanie.

I have used Umbraco and Sitecore lately. Umbraco is the easiest to install and use, but there's also a free version of Sitecore available. You might need some support to install a CMS, but once you get used to using the tool you'll see that you have new opportunities to design the user experience, work on your SEO, and enjoy creating great content for your readers.

Well I'd say that the nonindex issue Gareth pointed out, and the major markability error I discovered are your two biggest concerns initially.  But yeah, once the dust settles, the other issues I point out are all a concern.  Unique content that's specific to each page is quite important to long term SEO success.

Hi Brent - Thanks very much for the resource!

Not sure on get satisfaction but based on what you are trying to do I would recommend creating social platforms for your company. Start with a blog, add a facebook page and add a twitterfeed for starters. This creates connections and interaction between your company and customers.