Asking for reviews
- Ask on the day you finish, before the details fade
- Text or email your profile’s review link so it opens in one tap
- Keep staff, family and friends from reviewing the business
Google Business Profile and Google Maps SEO
Google Business Profile optimization services that turn map searches into calls.
A complete, accurate Google Business Profile for the towns you serve, kept up to date every month and backed by a review request after every job.
- Part of every SEO retainer
- Review-funnel support
- Works without a storefront
Your business
Primary categoryOpen nowServes your towns
CallWebsiteDirections
- Services listed
- Service area set
- Hours accurate
- Real photos
- Reviews answered
- Details match site
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$10M+Over $10 million in Google ad spend managed
Businesses
we’ve worked with
Businesses we’ve worked with
- Willard Power Vac
- Sarkinen Plumbing
- Robinson Restoration
- Town & Country Glass
- Dixie Glass
- Byers Septic Service
- F&W Fence Co.
- Drake’s 7 Dees
- Rickabaugh Construction
- Hillsview Building
- Dozer Dave
- Mt. Hood Pro Painting
- On-Target Landscape
- Atiyeh Bros Carpet
- Lovett
- Westmore Construction
- Northwest New Homes
- Porter Sealcoating & Paving
- RescueHero Restoration
- Panda Plumbing
- Biermann Plumbing & Heating
- Ballistic Junk Removal
- Smart Doors LLC
- Peak Performance Roofing
- Deluxe Heating & Cooling
- Lifetime Exteriors
- Bruce Johnson Construction
- Madrone Painting
- Smart Tree Service
- Premier Gutter Cover
- NW Pacific Electric
- Universal HVAC
- Lenny Martin Painting
- Next Level Decks & Exteriors
- Prodan Construction
- Smooth Rollin’ Sealcoating and Paving
- Lovett Restoration
- Greenlight Titles
- G.W. Hartley IV
- Advanced Coatings
- Thomson Equipment
- MyADU
Google Business Profile checklist
What does a fully optimized Google Business Profile have?
A fully optimized profile has the right categories, every service listed, a service area that matches where you work, accurate hours and contact details, real photos, and a steady flow of reviews with replies.
- A primary category that matches your main service
- Secondary categories for the other work you do
- Every service listed, in the words buyers use
- A service area set to the towns you cover
- Your real business name, as it appears on your signs and invoices
- A local phone number that matches your website
- Accurate hours, including holiday hours
- A website link that goes to the right page
- A description that says what you do and where
- Real photos of your team, vehicles and finished jobs
- Attributes that apply, such as online estimates or onsite services
- Reviews coming in steadily, each one answered
Setup, then upkeep
What does Google Business Profile management include every month?
Lithium sets the profile up completely once, then keeps it accurate and consistent alongside the rest of your SEO.
Full setup and cleanup
Every item on the checklist above, filled in or corrected and checked against Google’s guidelines for business profiles.
Citation cleanup
Your name, phone and services are corrected on Yelp, Apple Maps and Bing Places, so every listing matches your profile.
Profile and website in sync
Your service and town pages, schema and contact details say the same thing as the profile, so every place Google checks agrees.
Kept current
New photos of real work go up, and when you add a service, change your hours or start working a new town, the profile changes to match.
Calls traced to the profile
Call tracking and GA4 show which calls and website visits came from your Map Pack listing, and the monthly report counts them as leads.
Ready for AI answers
Google’s AI Overviews pull business details and reviews from profiles like yours, so an accurate profile is what an AI answer has to work with.
Google reviews
How do you get more Google reviews without breaking Google’s rules?
Ask every customer and keep it honest: Google lets a business request reviews, but not pay for them, write them or ask only the customers it expects to be happy.
Replying to reviews
- Thank each reviewer by name and mention the job you did
- Answer a bad review calmly and offer to fix it offline
- Keep customer details out of every public reply
- Write in your own voice, not a copied template
Lithium’s review-funnel support gives your team a simple, repeatable way to send that request, so no one on the crew has to remember to ask.
Service-area businesses
Does Google Maps SEO work without a storefront?
Yes. Google lets a business that works at the customer’s door keep its street address off the profile and still appear in the Map Pack and on Google Maps.
Ranking without a storefront comes down to the same three factors Google uses for every local result.
1
Relevance
How well your profile and website match what the buyer typed, from your categories to a page on your site for each service.
2
Distance
How far the searcher is from your business. Nothing changes this, so the other two carry the work.
3
Prominence
How well known the business is across the web, from your reviews to the sites that link to and list you.
Published rankings
Top-3 Google rankings for a restoration company and a glass company.
Both companies got a new website and SEO from Lithium, and Town & Country Glass also ran Google Ads. Fast service pages and steady link building are the website half of local search, the part a strong profile needs behind it.
Robinson Restoration
120
top-3 Google rankings
Town & Country Glass
Keywords in Google’s top three
1
109
BeforeWith Lithium
Town & Country Glass started with 1 keyword in Google’s top three and reached 109.
For Sarkinen Plumbing, the plumber at the top of this page, Lithium optimized the Google Business Profile as part of its SEO, alongside a new website and Google Ads.
Pricing
How much does Google Business Profile optimization cost?
There’s no separate fee: profile work is included in every SEO retainer Lithium runs.
$1,300–$3,000
per month
Setup and monthly upkeep share one price with technical SEO, content, links and reporting, and the value of a lead in your trade sets where that price lands. Service agreements typically start with six months, then renew monthly with 30 days’ cancellation notice.
“Ever since we've used Lithium Marketing, our phone has been ringing off the hook and we can hardly keep up with the leads we get from Google, Facebook or through our website. Most of our leads other than referrals are through Google and it's all because of Lithium Marketing.”
Chris MartinMt. Hood Pro Painting“We used the team at Lithium Marketing to update our website and increase our SEO. We couldn't have been happier with the results! We receive compliments about our updated website on a regular basis!”
Marc RickabaughRickabaugh ConstructionFAQ
Google profile questions, from suspensions to fake reviews.
Still curious?
Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
How long does Google Business Profile optimization take to show results?
Profile corrections show up as soon as Google accepts each edit, and Map Pack movement usually takes 60 to 90 days. The Map Pack takes longer because it depends on reviews, citations and your website pages building up together.
Do I need a separate profile for each town I serve?
A service business needs one Google Business Profile, not one per town: Google allows a profile only for a real location where you meet customers or base staff. A second town gets its own profile only if you have a staffed office there, and extra profiles for towns without one break Google’s guidelines and can get the business suspended.
What if my Google Business Profile is suspended?
Getting a suspended Google Business Profile back starts with finding the cause and fixing it, then asking Google to reinstate the profile. Suspensions follow guideline breaks, and common causes are keywords added to the business name and an address that doesn’t qualify, such as a P.O. box or a virtual office. Google’s reinstatement request asks for proof of the business, such as a license or a utility bill. Don’t create a new profile in the meantime.
Can I get a fake or unfair review removed?
Google removes a review only when it breaks Google’s policies. Spam, fake engagement, conflicts of interest and off-topic content can be flagged from your profile, and Google decides whether the review comes down. A real negative review stays up even when you disagree with it.
Free action plan
Ready to turn your profile into calls?
Let’s have a real conversation about your business. No fluff, no high-pressure sales pitch. In a 1:1 strategy call, we’ll review your goals, your website, and your current marketing efforts. You’ll leave with a prioritized plan outlining quick wins and a clear path toward long-term, sustainable growth.
What we’ll cover
- What’s working (and what isn’t) in your current marketing
- Site and funnel gaps that are costing you leads
- Local SEO and paid traffic opportunities
- Simple tracking and KPIs to measure success
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