Google setup is four jobs. Not a wish for page one.
By Madison Fine, founder of MADDS Marketing · October 26, 2026
“Can you get me on Google?” usually means four different jobs piled into one sentence. I split them so you know what you are buying.
| Job | What done looks like |
|---|---|
| Claim it | You control the listing. One profile, not two. |
| Fill it in | Category, services, hours, photos, description, links. |
| Reviews | A link that works, and a note on who to ask. Real customers only. |
| The button | It calls, books, or hits the form. You tested it on a phone. |
The listing is claimed. Categories, services, hours, description, photos, and the links are filled in. There is a review link that works, and a note on who to ask. Real customers only. I don’t write fake reviews or buy them. The button on the listing calls, books, or hits your form.
That is Google Setup. Starting at $750 for one clean location. A suspended listing is quoted higher, and you hear the number before anyone starts. This is not a website. Monthly posting is not included.
What I can’t promise
Verification still has a step only you can do sometimes. A postcard. A phone call. A video. I prepare the profile and walk the path Google offers. I cannot force Google to approve it on my calendar.
Do this before you buy the setup
Search your business name on your phone. Count the listings. If two of them are you, don’t “optimize” both. Pick the one customers already use. Then read the name out loud. If it has a city, a keyword, and the word “best” in it, that is not a name. The real name goes back. The name, the phone, and the address still have to be one version. I wrote that in one version of the business. If the listing is already suspended, read the email Google sent before you change five fields at once. A clean one-location setup is not the same quote as a suspended one.
| Bring this | I can’t invent it |
|---|---|
| The real name, the phone you answer, the hours this week | A keyword stuffed into the name |
| Photos of the work, or a clear “I don’t have any” | A stock skyline |
| Where the button should go: call, book, or the form | A website, unless you bought one |
| Whether customers come to you, or you go to them | A mailbox dressed up as a shop |
Verification still has a step only you can do sometimes. A postcard. A phone call. A video. I prepare the profile and walk the path Google offers. I cannot force Google to approve it on my calendar.
I also don’t promise leads. Tracking shows what happened. It does not invent customers. If you need the site, the form, the bios, and the posts as well, that is Business Launch, not this.
If you go to the customer, don’t pin a mailbox and call it a shop. The area goes on the listing. The address comes off.
If this is the job, say so.
Tell me what’s missing. I’ll tell you which door it is before anyone starts.
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