Your Google Business Profile Is Free. Why Haven't You Set It Up?
If I could only do one thing for a small business owner's online presence, it wouldn't be a website. It would be their Google Business Profile. It's free. It's what shows up in that map pack when someone searches "electrician near me." And most businesses either don't have one or filled it out in 2019 and forgot about it.
What shows up when they search
When someone Googles a local service, the first thing they see (before any website) is the map pack — three businesses with their name, rating, phone number, and hours. That's your Google Business Profile. If you're not in that box, you're invisible to the most common search behavior.
What makes you rank higher
- Complete profile — every field filled out, business category correct
- Photos — real photos of your work, your team, your truck, your shop
- Reviews — more reviews with higher ratings push you up
- Posts — Google lets you post updates, offers, news
- Website link — having a website linked from your profile helps both rank higher
The 20-minute version
- Go to business.google.com and claim your business
- Fill out every single field — hours, services, description, category
- Upload 10+ real photos (your phone camera is fine)
- Ask your last 5 happy customers for a Google review
- Add your website URL
That's it. 20 minutes of work that will drive more calls than a $500/month SEO package.
What we do
Every 997 website includes Google Business Profile setup. We fill it out, optimize it, and make sure your website and your profile work together. It's one of the highest-value things we do and it's included in the $997.