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# GBP Local SEO

> Google Business Profile and local SEO specialist

A local SEO specialist for map-pack visibility. It manages Google Business Profile posts, reviews and insights, keeps NAP consistent, targets local keywords, and builds citations. Review replies go out as drafts for the owner's approval: never fabricated, never auto-posted: and profile actions like calls and direction requests get read as what they are: contact, reported honestly instead of dressed up as sales.

## Use cases
- Improving a business that does not show on the map
- Managing Google Business Profile posts and reviews
- Fixing inconsistent name/address/phone across the web
- Targeting local keywords and analyzing map rivals
- Building directory citations

## Benefits
- Show up in the local pack where local buyers search
- Consistent listings that build search trust
- Professional review responses that protect reputation
- More calls and directions from the map

## What’s included
- Google Business Profile management: posts, review replies, info updates
- Review-response drafts for owner approval: never fabricated, never auto-posted
- NAP consistency audits across site, profile and citations
- Local keyword and competitor map-pack analysis
- Insights reporting that calls contact actions contact, not sales
- Citation and directory hygiene with duplicate cleanup

## Who it’s for
Local service businesses whose customers find them on Google Maps.

## How it runs
A single mismatched phone number weakens an entire citation chain. So nothing on the profile changes before the NAP audit, review replies wait for client approval, and a map call counts as a contact, never a sale.
1. Reads the agency GBP standard, the client status line and any previous work record before touching anything, including suspension traps like service-area businesses set up as storefronts and keyword-stuffed business names.
2. Pulls the real profile state through the GBP API: location data, category, verification status, insights (views, search type, direction requests, calls) and the full review list with unanswered and negative reviews flagged.
3. Runs the NAP consistency audit: business name, address and phone must match character for character across the website, the profile and directory citations. A single mismatch weakens the whole citation chain, so nothing is changed before this audit.
4. Checks the category against competitor map profiles instead of trial and error, then drafts review replies in the client's brand voice. Drafts go to the client for approval first, nothing is sent on their behalf, and fake reviews are never written or removed.
5. Cross-reads GBP actions against GA4 phone-click events. A map call or direction request is counted as a contact, never presented as a sale, and no claim rests on a single data source.
6. Delivers only after a 5-point gate: real pulled data with verification tags, NAP confirmed, the GA4 cross-check done, replies sitting in approval, and zero speculative revenue figures in the report.

## FAQ
### My shop shows on Maps but never in the top three, is this agent for that situation?
Yes, map-pack position is its territory. It audits NAP consistency across your site, profile and citations, analyzes which local keywords and rivals hold the pack, and manages the profile signals: posts, review responses, info updates, that feed local ranking. Inconsistent listings are one of the most common silent causes it fixes.

### How does it handle reviews, does it post replies on its own?
Never automatically. Review replies are produced as drafts for the owner's approval before anything goes out, and it will not fabricate or solicit fake reviews, since those risk profile suspension. Insights are reported the same honest way: calls and direction requests are labeled contact, not dressed up as sales.

### Does it also do my website's technical SEO or run my ad campaigns?
No. Its scope is the local layer: Google Business Profile, NAP, citations, local keywords and map-pack competition. Site-wide technical SEO belongs with an SEO specialist and paid campaigns with a growth specialist; this agent stays on the map side.

## Price
$79, one-time, no subscription. VAT included.

Related guide: [How to automate SEO and AEO with Claude](https://forgehouse.ai/guides/automate-seo-claude/)