Google Profile Fix

Google Business Profile optimization, done in 5 business days

The Google Profile Fix is a one-time Google Business Profile optimization for $199 flat. You add Saltwater Studio as a manager, and within 5 business days your categories, services, hours, description and service area are corrected, your photos are uploaded, review-reply templates are written, and your first four posts are scheduled. No call, and you stay the owner.

Updated October 4, 2026

What's included

• —You add the studio as a manager on your profile — you stay the owner
• —Categories, services, hours, description, and service area corrected
• —Your photos uploaded
• —Review-reply templates written in your voice
• —First four posts scheduled
• —A one-page before/after of what changed

Who is the Google Profile Fix for?

A local business whose Google profile exists but isn't doing its job: the wrong primary category, an empty services list, old hours, no photos, and no posts since the day it was set up. If customers find you on Google Maps and the listing looks abandoned, the fix brings it current in one pass.

It suits owners who want the profile right once and are happy to keep it up themselves, and owners who aren't ready for a monthly plan. It also follows on from the Google & AI Visibility Audit, which finds the profile problems and ranks them by impact. If you want the profile run every month instead, that is Local Growth: the Page Plan website plus monthly profile upkeep for $297/mo. And if your profile is already complete, current and active, you don't need the fix.

How does the fix work, step by step?

Everything happens in writing. You pay once through the checkout link, add Saltwater Studio as a manager on your profile, and send the photos you want used. The studio corrects the profile, writes the review-reply templates, schedules the posts, and sends a one-page before/after when it's done, within 5 business days.

• —Pay: one payment of $199. No subscription, nothing recurring.
• —Give access: add the studio as a manager in your profile's settings, under People and access. You stay the owner.
• —Send photos: text or email real photos of your work and your team.
• —The work: categories, services, hours, description and service area corrected; your photos uploaded; review-reply templates written in your voice; the first four posts scheduled.
• —The hand-off: a one-page before/after showing every change.

Why does the Google profile matter so much for local calls?

For most local businesses, the call starts on Google, not on the website. Someone searches for a service near them, sees a few businesses in the map results, and taps Call. That call never touches your site, so the profile is often the first and only thing a new customer sees.

A profile with the right primary category, a full services list, current hours, real photos and answered reviews looks open for business. One with a generic category and nothing new since setup looks closed, even in your busiest month. Categories and services also tell Google which searches to show you for, and AI assistants that summarize local results read the same listing. The checklist the fix works through is the one used on the profiles the studio runs every month, including Beach House Moving's and its own.

How much does Google Business Profile optimization cost?

The Google Profile Fix is $199, paid once. There is no monthly charge and no call to book. Not sure the profile is the problem? The Google & AI Visibility Audit is free and ranks what is wrong first.

Ongoing upkeep is a separate plan. Local Growth runs the profile every month (posts, photos, every review answered, hours and services kept current) together with the Page Plan website and a plain-English monthly report, for $297/mo, no setup fee — 3-month minimum, then month to month. If you would rather keep the profile current yourself, the review-reply templates and the four scheduled posts give you a running start.

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