We pick the category that ranks
Primary category is the strongest GBP ranking signal, and most businesses choose a category that's too broad or just wrong. We research what's actually ranking for your terms in your area and choose accordingly.
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Google Business Profile setup that wins the map pack.
Your Google Business Profile is the single biggest factor in whether you show up when someone nearby searches for what you do. Most local businesses have one that's half-filled, miscategorized, or quietly suspended — and they lose the call to whoever set theirs up properly. We build, fix, and optimize GBPs so your business is the one in the top three.
Based in Chattanooga, serving the Tennessee Valley and remote. One-time setup or part of an ongoing Local SEO retainer.
What our Google Business Profile service includes
A Google Business Profile isn't a set-and-forget listing — it's a ranking surface with categories, attributes, services, products, posts, and reviews that all feed the local algorithm. Here's what a full setup-and-optimization engagement covers.
- Profile creation or claim, plus verification (including video verification when Google requires it)
- Primary and secondary category selection — the highest-leverage ranking choice most businesses get wrong
- Complete services and products buildout with descriptions targeting your search terms
- NAP (Name, Address, Phone) consistency check against your website and existing citations
- Photo and logo optimization with proper geotagging and naming
- Service-area or address configuration done correctly for your business model
- LocalBusiness schema on your website so it reinforces the profile
- Review strategy and a request flow so reviews come in steadily
- Suspension recovery / reinstatement if your profile is currently down
Why us
Why businesses choose us for Google Business Profile work
Anyone can fill in a profile. The difference between a filled-in profile and a ranking one is knowing which category actually maps to the searches you want, how the proximity and relevance signals interact, and how to keep the listing active without tripping a suspension. That's the work.
We reinforce the profile with on-site schema
A GBP works best when your website's LocalBusiness schema, NAP, and service pages all agree with it. We handle both sides so Google sees one consistent entity, not two that half-match.
We can recover a suspended profile
Suspensions are usually fixable with a reinstatement request that addresses the specific policy issue. We've reinstated profiles for trades, medical practices, restaurants, and retailers.
One-time or ongoing — your call
Some businesses just need a clean setup and a review flow. Others want the profile worked every month. We do both, and we won't push you into a retainer you don't need.
How it works
How a Google Business Profile engagement runs
A focused setup is usually done in a week or two. Ongoing optimization runs as part of a Local SEO retainer.
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1. Audit (free)
We pull your current profile (or your competitors' if you don't have one yet), check categories, NAP consistency, reviews, and suspension risk, and tell you the top things to fix.
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2. Setup or cleanup
We create or claim the profile, fix categories and services, sort out verification, align the website schema and NAP, and load proper photos. If the profile is suspended, we file the reinstatement.
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3. Review flow
We wire up a simple way to ask happy customers for reviews so review velocity — a major ranking signal — keeps climbing without you thinking about it.
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4. Optional ongoing optimization
If you want the profile worked every month — posts, fresh photos, Q&A, review responses, monitoring — that rolls into a Local SEO retainer.
Outcomes
What you get out of it
A properly optimized profile is the cheapest, fastest local-ranking win available to most small businesses.
More map-pack visibility
The right categories, complete information, and steady reviews move you up in the local pack — where most local clicks and calls happen.
More calls and direction requests
A complete, active profile converts searchers into calls, direction taps, and website clicks far better than a bare listing.
A profile that won't get suspended
Set up to Google's guidelines from the start, so you don't lose the listing — and your hard-won reviews — to a preventable suspension.
Reviews on autopilot
A request flow that brings in steady reviews, the single strongest signal for local-pack ranking.
Google Business Profile setup — FAQ
Questions people ask before we start.
A one-time setup-and-optimization engagement typically runs $300–$900 depending on whether we're creating from scratch, cleaning up an existing profile, or recovering a suspended one. Ongoing monthly optimization is part of a Local SEO retainer (from $499/mo).
Where we work
Google Business Profile setup for businesses across the Tennessee Valley.
We’re based in Chattanooga and work with small businesses across the region — Hixson, East Ridge, Red Bank, Soddy-Daisy, Signal Mountain, Ooltewah, Collegedale, Cleveland TN, and Dalton GA — plus remote clients anywhere.
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Learn moreWant to know why you're not in the map pack?
Free profile audit. We'll check your categories, NAP, reviews, and suspension risk and tell you the top three fixes — whether you hire us or not.