Rankings built through good SEO don't maintain themselves. Google's algorithm evolves, competitors optimise, and listings drift. Monthly management keeps your Google Business Profile active, your citations clean, and your performance data in front of you — with a strategy call each month to make sure the work keeps moving in the right direction.
✓ Month-to-month · Cancel anytime with 30 days' notice · Full handover on exit
The same structured work, delivered consistently. Each deliverable is documented — you'll always know exactly what was done and why.
The work follows a consistent four-week cadence so nothing falls through the gaps and you always know where things stand.
Exact timing is adjusted to your business calendar — busier months get more post frequency, quieter periods focus on citation depth and keyword research
Every month, the same data points are tracked — so trend direction becomes visible. Month one is a snapshot; month six is a trend line.
Monthly management on a misconfigured GBP or with inconsistent citations is like maintaining a car that hasn't been repaired. The work keeps the car clean — but it doesn't fix the engine.
If you're not sure whether your foundations are solid, start with the audit. $300, 48 hours, and you'll know exactly where you stand — whether you continue with implementation or handle it yourself.
Start with the Audit →Strongly recommended, yes. Monthly management is designed to maintain and grow a properly established local SEO foundation. If your GBP is misconfigured or citations are inconsistent, monthly management will have limited impact — you'd be tending a garden that hasn't been planted. Most clients go audit → implementation → monthly management. If your foundations are already solid from previous work, monthly management can start without prior work with me.
Each month includes: four GBP posts written and scheduled targeting your service keywords; new photos added when available; Q&A submissions monitored and answered; review responses drafted for your approval and published; and a monthly check for any unauthorised edits to your listing. Google allows third parties to suggest edits to any GBP — these can change your business category, hours, or address without your knowledge if not monitored.
GBP insights (views, search queries, calls, directions, website clicks); keyword ranking changes for your primary and secondary terms; competitor ranking movements; citation health status; and a plain-English summary of what changed, what it means, and what the focus is for the following month. Designed to be read in ten minutes — no raw data dumps, no unexplained charts.
Yes. Month-to-month, no long-term contracts. I ask for 30 days' notice so I can document everything cleanly and hand it over to you — GBP Manager access revoked on your timeline, keyword tracking exports provided, citation records handed over, full report history archived. You leave with complete ownership of everything that was built.
Rankings built through legitimate SEO don't disappear when management stops — you keep the gains. What does require ongoing attention is GBP activity (posts and photos signal freshness) and citation monitoring (listings drift over time). If you pause monthly management, the most important thing to keep doing yourself is posting to GBP weekly and checking your key directory listings every quarter.
If monthly management follows a completed implementation, most clients see continued ranking improvements within the first 60–90 days. The compounding nature of consistent GBP activity, growing review velocity, and sustained citation health means results tend to build month on month. The monthly strategy call is where we review what's working and redirect effort if needed.
Everything is yours. On cancellation with 30 days' notice, I prepare a structured handover: GBP Manager access is removed on your timeline, all keyword tracking data is exported to a format you can continue using, citation records are documented in a reference file, and the full history of monthly reports is archived and sent to you. You leave with complete ownership of everything that was built and monitored. There's no proprietary system or tooling lock-in — the work is done in standard platforms accessible to any future provider or in-house team.
Pausing isn't a standard option because the value of monthly management is in its consistency — GBP activity signals, citation monitoring, and review velocity all compound over time, and a pause breaks that continuity. However, if a genuine business interruption makes a pause necessary (seasonal closure, major operational change), contact me and we'll find a practical arrangement. For most businesses with seasonal variation, adjusting the scope of activity in quiet months is more effective than a full pause.
Yes, with adjusted pricing per location. Each GBP listing requires its own management — posts, photos, review monitoring, citation checks, and performance tracking are all location-specific. For businesses with 2–5 locations, a per-location rate is agreed during the scoping call. For larger multi-location groups, the engagement is scoped differently — typically focused on the highest-priority locations first, with a structured expansion plan. Get in touch with your number of locations and I'll give you a clear cost structure.
Google's local search algorithm updates multiple times per year. When a significant update is detected — through monitoring tools and ranking fluctuations across client accounts — the impact is assessed during that month's strategy call. Updates that affect local rankings typically relate to review signals, GBP activity, proximity weighting, or link signals. The monthly management approach is designed to maintain the fundamentals that withstand algorithm changes rather than optimise for any specific signal that might shift. If a particular update causes a ranking drop, the strategy call that month focuses specifically on diagnosing and responding to it.
Book a free call to discuss your current situation. If monthly management is the right next step, we'll agree a start date. If you need foundations built first, I'll tell you that too.