Growing Your Business with Google Business Profile

Protect your business’s reputation by learning how to spot, report, and professionally respond to fake reviews and scams targeting your Google Business Profile.

Reviews are one of the biggest ranking factors for your Google Business Profile (GBP). More reviews = more trust = more visibility in local search. If you want customers to find you in Google Maps, you need a steady flow of real, positive reviews. Do deal with the bad reviews though. We can talk about […]

Why freshness matters for your GBP Think of your Google Business Profile (GBP) like a storefront window. If it’s dusty, outdated, or empty, people walk by without stopping. Google thinks the same way. Profiles that are regularly updated signal to both search engines and customers that your business is alive, active, and worth visiting. At […]

Why some businesses dominate the 3-pack (and others don’t) Ever wonder why a competitor shows up in the Google local pack — those top 3 map results — while your business sits on page two? It’s not magic, and it’s not luck. It’s optimization. At MyLocalStart.com, we’ve helped local WNC businesses jump from invisible to […]

Your digital storefront needs a strong foundation. Hiring the right digital marketing agency goes a long way in making a strong first impression online. Imagine walking into a store with no sign, no hours posted, and dusty shelves. That’s what an incomplete Google Business (GBP) looks like to your potential customers. Google rewards businesses that […]

Imagine this… You type your business name into Google Maps. There it is — your store, your hours, even your phone number. But when you try to update it, you realize you don’t control it. Maybe a customer added the listing. Maybe a competitor claimed it. Or maybe Google scraped info from the web and […]