Google Business Profile
Setup or cleanup: categories, services, service area, hours, photos and a description that says what you do and where.
Local SEO
Local SEO for Nanaimo and Vancouver Island businesses
We help local businesses show up when people nearby search on Google and Google Maps. That means a complete Google Business Profile, a steady flow of real reviews, and a website with a page for each service and town you serve. Nobody can promise you first place, and we will not.
Why you are not showing up in Maps
Google says local results are based on relevance, distance and prominence. Distance you cannot change. Relevance comes from your Business Profile and your website telling Google exactly what you do and where. Prominence comes from reviews, links and how often your business is mentioned across the web.
Most businesses we look at have the same gaps: a profile with the wrong primary category, a handful of old reviews, and one services page that mentions everything once. A roofer who only has a home page will struggle to rank for roofing in Parksville, because no page on the site is about roofing in Parksville.
We wrote a longer explanation in why your business is not on Google Maps. Search is also changing: AI answers pull from the same signals, which we cover in making your site ready for AI search.
What we work on
A system for reviews
A short link and a printable card that open your review form in one tap, plus a simple routine for asking after each job.
Structured data
LocalBusiness schema on your site, linked to your Business Profile, so Google can match the two.
Service and town pages
A useful page for each main service and each town you work in, written for people, not stuffed with keywords.
Citations
Your name, address and phone made consistent across the directories Google cross-checks.
Monthly reporting
On the monthly plan you get a report showing where you rank and what we did that month.
One-time setup or monthly plan
| Option | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Google Business Profile setup | CAD $250 | Profile created or cleaned up, categories, services, photos, review link |
| Local SEO setup for an existing site | from CAD $450 | Schema, titles, on-page fixes and Search Console, on a site you already have |
| Monthly Local SEO | from CAD $150 / month | Profile posts and photos, review requests, new service and town pages, monthly ranking report |
P3 Mechanical & Electrical in Nanaimo is on our monthly local SEO plan.
How we start
Audit
We check your Business Profile, your site, your reviews and how you appear for the searches that matter to you.
Fix the foundations
Profile categories and details, schema, page titles and any technical issues come first, because they are the cheapest wins.
Build the pages
Service and town pages are planned around what people actually search, then written and published.
Keep it moving
On the monthly plan we post to your profile, add pages, keep review requests going and report each month.
An honest note on results
No one controls Google's rankings, and anyone who guarantees first place is either guessing or selling you ads. What we can promise is the method: complete information, real reviews, useful pages and steady work every month. In a small market like Ladysmith or Lantzville that can move quickly. In Nanaimo or Victoria, for competitive trades, it takes longer.
Local SEO works best on a site that is fast and well structured. If yours is not, a website redesign may need to come first. For trades businesses, our page on websites for contractors shows the page structure we use.
Reviews deserve their own mention. Google lets you ask customers for reviews, but not pay for them or steer unhappy customers away from the form. Our review system asks everyone after every job, which is the version that holds up over time. Replying to each review, good or bad, also shows the next reader how you treat people.
Deliverables
- Business Profile with correct primary and secondary categories
- Review short link and printable QR card
- LocalBusiness schema linked to your profile
- Titles and descriptions written for local searches
- Service and town pages planned and published
- Citation list with consistent details
- Monthly report on the monthly plan
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Questions people ask
How do I get my business on Google Maps?
Create and verify a Google Business Profile with the right category, address or service area, hours and phone number. Then add photos, collect reviews and link the profile to a website with matching details. We set this up for CAD $250.
How much does local SEO cost?
Our monthly local SEO plan starts at CAD $150 a month. A one-time Google Business Profile setup is CAD $250, and local SEO setup on an existing site starts at CAD $450. All prices are fixed in writing before work starts.
Can you guarantee first place on Google?
No, and nobody honestly can. Google decides rankings using relevance, distance and prominence. We promise the work and the method, and we report what changed every month.
How long does local SEO take to work?
Fixes to your Business Profile and site can show up within weeks, while new pages and reviews build up over months. Small towns usually move faster than competitive searches in Nanaimo or Victoria.
Do I need a separate page for each town?
If you want to rank in several towns, yes, as long as each page is genuinely useful. A page about your work in Courtenay, with local jobs and details, gives Google a reason to show you there. Copies with the town name swapped do not.
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