The map pack is where local buying decisions happen.
When someone searches 'physio near me' or 'emergency plumber', three businesses show up above every website result. Being in that box, with strong reviews and accurate details, is worth more to a local business than most other marketing combined.
What you get
Google Business Profile, properly worked
Categories, services, photos, posts, Q&A, all maintained monthly, not set up once and abandoned like most profiles are.
A review engine
A simple, repeatable way to ask every happy customer for a review, timed so it actually gets done. Reviews are the ranking factor you control most.
Location and service pages
Pages that match how people search, service by suburb. Written for humans, structured for search engines.
Citations and consistency
Name, address and phone consistent across the directories that matter. Boring, essential, done.
Plain reporting
Calls from the profile, direction requests, ranking movement for the terms that pay. Not a 40-page keyword dump.
How it works
The profile and reviews run continuously
GBP upkeep and review generation are weekly rhythms, not projects. Momentum is the whole game.
Pages get built where demand exists
We add location and service pages in order of search volume and job value, highest-return pages first.
Technical fixes happen as found
Speed, indexing and structure issues get fixed when they're worth fixing, not bundled into a 'phase two' that never comes.
Want to know why you're not in the map pack?
Call 0405 589 145What this is not
Local SEO attracts more cowboys than any other service. So:
- No
No guaranteed rankings. Google doesn't sell them, so neither can anyone else.
- No
No link-buying schemes that risk the asset you're building.
- No
No 12-month lock-in contract 'because SEO takes time'. It does take months, but you stay because it's working, not because you signed.
Who it's not for
Not for you if you serve one tiny suburb with no search volume, we'll tell you that in the first call and save you the retainer.
Ask where your local visibility leaks.
Send a short enquiry and we'll call you back. No pitch deck, no pressure, a straight conversation about whether we can help.
Nick · Owner and operator
You deal with one person, start to finish. Based in Melbourne, working with businesses Australia-wide.
What happens after you enquire
- 1. It goes straight to Nick's phone.
- 2. He calls you within the hour, during business hours.
- 3. If he can't help, he says so and points you somewhere useful.
Prefer to talk now? Call 0405 589 145 or email nick@vantagepointmarketing.com.au.