Get Found on Google in 7 Days

The honest truth: if you don't show up when someone searches "[your trade] near me", you don't exist to them — no matter how good your work is.

Most tradies are invisible on Google not because they're doing anything wrong, but because nobody ever set the basics up. Good news: those basics are a week's worth of small jobs, and you can do them between quotes. Here's the exact order.

Day 1 — Claim and verify your Google Business Profile

Your Google Business Profile (the listing with your name, map pin, and reviews) is what shows up in local searches and the map pack. It's free, and it matters more than your website for getting found locally.

• Search your business name on Google. If a listing exists, claim it. If not, create one.
• Verify it (Google sends a code by post, phone, or video). Nothing ranks until you're verified, so start this today — the wait is the slow part.

Day 2 — Fill it out completely

A half-finished profile gets buried. A complete one gets shown. Google rewards detail.

• Primary category — be specific ("Electrician", not "Contractor"), then add secondary categories for what else you do.
• Services and service areas — list the actual jobs you do and the suburbs you cover.
• Hours, phone, and a real description — plain, honest, what you do and where.

Day 3 — Add real photos

Listings with photos get far more calls than ones without. Real beats polished.

• Add your logo, a van shot, the team, and 5–10 photos of finished jobs.
• Keep adding a few every week — Google sees an active profile as a live business.

Day 4 — Get reviews (this is the big one)

Reviews are one of the top three things that decide who shows in the map pack. More good reviews than the tradie above you is often all it takes to overtake them.

• Text your last 10 happy customers a direct link to leave a Google review.
• Keep it simple: "Hey [name], glad you're happy with the job — would you mind leaving us a quick Google review? Takes 30 seconds: [link]."
• Make it a habit after every job, not a one-off.

Day 5 — Post and add your services

An active profile outranks a dormant one. Posting is free and takes two minutes.

• Add a Google Post — a recent job, an offer, a tip.
• Make sure every service you offer is listed individually so you show up for each one.

Day 6 — Back it up with your website

Your profile and website should tell Google the same story. Mismatched details quietly hurt your ranking.

• Check your business name, address, and phone are identical everywhere they appear online.
• If you've got a website, make sure it's fast, mobile-first, and has a page for each main service and the suburbs you cover. (No site, or a slow one? That's the next thing worth fixing.)

Day 7 — Lock in the habit

The work is done — now it just needs to keep ticking over. Ten minutes a week holds your spot and keeps you climbing.

• One Google Post a week.
• Ask every happy customer for a review.
• Reply to every review, good or bad.

Want it done for you?

Doing all this yourself works — but it's a week of small jobs on top of a full workload, and most tradies start it and never finish. That's exactly what we set up and run for tradies: your Google Business Profile, reviews, and the website behind it, all working together so the phone rings without you thinking about it.

Book a quick call and we'll take a look at where you're showing up now — free, no pitch, just a straight read on what's costing you jobs.