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Google Business Profile & Local SEO for Local Businesses
In short: Your Google Business Profile is often the first thing local customers see. We set it up or clean it up for $299 one-time: categories, services, description, photos, hours, review requests and your first posts. Then, if you want, we keep it active for $199/month with 4 posts a month (one a week), or $399/month with 2–3 posts a week from your 8-week calendar, a new web page each month (such as additional town or service-area pages) and competitor tracking. The goal is to help improve your visibility in local search. No one can guarantee rankings, and we don't.
How it works
- Book a free call so we can review your current profile and website.
- We fix the basics: verification, categories, services, description, photos and hours.
- We set up automatic review requests and publish your first posts.
- On a monthly plan, we keep posting, add photos, draft review replies, keep directory listings consistent and send a simple report.
Not sure yet? Start with a free Google Business Profile audit. We compare your profile to the top 3 businesses in your local map pack.
What a monthly plan covers
Google's Business Profile help page says businesses with complete and accurate info are more likely to show up in local results, recommends replying to reviews and adding photos, and notes that local results are mainly based on relevance, distance and prominence. It also says there's no way to request or pay for a better local ranking. Distance from the searcher is out of anyone's control. So we focus on the parts you can control: an accurate, complete profile, regular posts and photos, a steady flow of reviews with timely replies, and the same name, address and phone number on the free directories customers use (Bing, Apple Maps, Yelp, Nextdoor).
Related guides: How to get more Google reviews · Review request text templates · Google review request setup
Pricing
Google Business Profile setup or cleanup
- Help claiming and verifying your profile
- Category audit vs. the top 3 map-pack competitors, with relevant secondary categories added
- Competitor review teardown: 30/60/90-day review velocity, services and towns mentioned, and the reviews a month needed to catch the leader
- Review-response templates for 5, 4, 3 and 1–2 star reviews, 3 variations each, naturally mentioning your service and town
- An 8-week posting calendar (2–3 posts a week, including neighborhood posts)
- Services-section audit vs. your website, with clear, keyword-rich service descriptions
- Photos, hours and business description
- Review-request setup and your first posts
Monthly local SEO
- 4 Google Business Profile posts a month (one a week)
- New photos every month
- Automatic review requests, plus drafted replies to new reviews based on your 5/4/3/1–2 star templates
- A monthly review-velocity check against your map-pack competitors
- Category and services-section check each month, with updates when something changes
- Answers to questions on your profile
- Hours, services and holiday-hours updates
- Name, address and phone kept consistent on free directories (Bing, Apple Maps, Yelp, Nextdoor)
- 1 local article a month for your website, if you have one
- A simple monthly report: calls, direction requests, views and new reviews
Growth
- Everything in Monthly local SEO, with more posts: 2–3 Google Business Profile posts a week from your 8-week posting calendar (refreshed as it runs out)
- A new page for your website every month, including additional town or service-area pages
- Competitor tracking
Prices in USD. Third-party software, ad spend and domain fees aren't included. All prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
Is there a free option?
Yes. Request a free Google Business Profile audit. We compare your profile to the top 3 businesses in your local map pack and show the category, service and review gaps.
Can you guarantee I'll rank higher on Google?
No. Nobody can honestly guarantee rankings. Google decides them based on relevance, distance and prominence. We work on the parts you control to help improve your visibility.
What does the $299 setup include?
Help claiming and verifying your profile; a category audit against the top 3 map-pack competitors, with relevant secondary categories added; a competitor review teardown (30/60/90-day review velocity, services and towns mentioned, and the reviews a month needed to catch the leader); review-response templates for 5, 4, 3 and 1–2 star reviews, 3 variations each, naturally mentioning your service and town; an 8-week posting calendar at 2–3 posts a week, including neighborhood posts; a services-section audit against your website, with clear keyword-rich service descriptions; plus photos, hours, description, review-request setup and your first posts. If you already have a profile, we clean it up instead.
What's the difference between $199 and $399 a month?
The $199 plan covers 4 posts a month (one a week), new photos, review requests and drafted replies based on your templates, a monthly review-velocity check against map-pack competitors, a monthly category and services check, answers to profile questions, hours and holiday updates, directory consistency, 1 local article for your website if you have one, and a monthly report. Growth ($399/mo) raises posting to 2–3 posts a week from your 8-week posting calendar and adds a new web page every month, including additional town or service-area pages, and competitor tracking.
Do I need a website?
No, but it helps. Without a website we skip the monthly article. We also build simple websites. See website setup.
Will you post reviews or write fake ones?
Never. We only help you ask real customers for reviews and draft replies for you to approve.
What do I need to provide?
Access to your Google Business Profile (or help claiming it), your services and hours, and photos of your work when you have them.
Related
- Free Google Business Profile audit
- Google Business Profile management in Lancaster, PA
- Pricing
- Google review request setup
- Website setup for local businesses
- Reviews & reputation tools
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