Demand Capture · Google Business Profile
When homeowners search for your trade, Google shows three companies on the map, and we build and maintain your profile so yours is one of them.
Included in every Core6 program, as part of Demand Capture.
Why it matters
For most service searches, the local map is the first thing a homeowner sees. Whitespark found the map pack on about 93% of local-intent searches in its 2025 study. Three companies get that space. Everyone else is a scroll away.
Your Google Business Profile is what earns you one of those spots. It's also what homeowners check before they call, and Google draws on the same profile for its AI answers and its Local Services Ads. One profile, three places it matters.
First impression
Your rating, your photos, your hours, and your service area show up before anyone visits your website.
AI answers
Google tells businesses to keep their Business Profile current because its AI features use that information. An incomplete profile gives AI less reason to name you.
Upkeep
Profiles need steady updates, fresh reviews, and accurate details. Most contractors set theirs up once and never touch it again.
What's included
Google Business Profile is part of Demand Capture in every Core6 program. We handle it alongside your website and local SEO, so they all tell the same story.
Your primary category is the strongest single factor in who shows up on the map (Whitespark, 2026 Local Search Ranking Factors). We choose your primary and additional categories for the work you want more of.
Most profiles list a few service names and stop there. We fill in every service you offer, each with its own description written the way homeowners search, so Google knows exactly what you do.
Products show on your profile as cards with a photo, a short description, and a link to the matching page on your website. We create one for each service, so homeowners can see what you do and go straight to the right page.
Most contractors are service-area businesses. We set up to 20 service areas and hide your address when customers don't come to you, following Google's rules so your profile stays in good standing.
Fresh project photos, updates, and posts, so your profile shows real, recent work. Every blog post we publish for you, written to our Real Customer Standard, is shared to your profile.
Homeowners notice when reviews are old: 74% only look at reviews from the last three months (BrightLocal, 2026). We help you ask at the right moment, for reviews that mention your trade and your town.
89% of consumers expect owners to respond to reviews (BrightLocal, 2026). We can automate your replies so every review gets a prompt answer that sounds like you, or draft them for you to approve.
Your name, phone, address, and hours match across 50+ directories, so Google and AI tools can trust what they find.
How it works
The setup gets you in the race. The monthly work is what keeps you on the map.
01
We check your profile against your competitors': categories, services, reviews, photos, and where you show up on the map across your service area.
02
We correct what's wrong, fill in every service with a description, create a product for each service, and line your details up with your website and directories.
03
Every month: new photos and updates, review requests and replies, and new services and products as your business grows.
04
You see the calls, direction requests, and site visits your profile brings in, and what we're changing next.
Results
Plumbing · Salinas
Alvarez Plumbing is #1 on the Google map for “plumbers in salinas,” “salinas plumbers,” and “plumber salinas ca.”
Pest control · Santa Cruz County
Calls from the profile tripled, from 11 a month to 34, between October 2024 and September 2026.
34
calls a month, up from 11
25
reviews, all five stars, up from 5
Underground utilities · Central Coast
A new profile in January 2025. By September 2026, it was bringing in 96 calls, direction requests, and website visits a month.
96
profile actions a month, up from 7
34
reviews, all five stars, up from 4
Stone and slab · three showrooms
Calls from its three Google profiles rose 55% in a year, from 249 in September 2025 to 385 in September 2026.
385
calls a month, up from 249
110
reviews, up from 78
Calls are taps on the profile's call button, as Google reports them. Profile actions are calls, direction requests, and website visits from the profile. Source: each client's Google Business Profile data.
200+
contractor clients served on the Central Coast
30 days
Most clients see their first measurable ranking gain within 30 days
20+ years
of local marketing experience on the Central Coast
Local
Work done here, never outsourced
Where it fits
Questions
Google says local results are based on relevance, distance, and prominence. You can't control distance, but you can control the rest: the right categories and services, a complete and accurate profile, a steady flow of good reviews, and the same business details everywhere online. That's the work we do every month.
Most clients see their first measurable ranking gain within 30 days. The map is competitive, so steady work over the following months is what holds and builds those positions.
No. Most contractors are service-area businesses. Google asks you to hide your address if customers don't come to you, and lets you list up to 20 service areas. We set that up correctly so your profile stays in good standing.
More than you might think, and recent ones. 47% of consumers won't use a business with fewer than 20 reviews, and 31% only choose businesses rated 4.5 stars or higher (BrightLocal, 2026). We help you keep new reviews coming in, not just add to an old total.
Not much on their own. Industry research ranks posts low as a ranking factor. They help in a different way: they show homeowners recent, real work right before they call. We use them for that.
Yes. We can automate replies so every review gets a prompt response that sounds like your business rather than a form letter. If you'd rather approve each one, we draft them and you sign off. Either way, no review goes unanswered.
Yes. It's part of Demand Capture in every Core6 program, alongside your website, local SEO, and AI search visibility. We partner with one company per trade in each service area, so we never manage your competitor's profile.
In a strategy session, we'll show you where you appear on the map across your service area, who's showing up instead, and what it would take to close the gap.
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