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Local SEO and Google Business Profile

Right now, donors who searched for a charity like yours found someone else.

Most Australian charities do not show up in local search. Donors, volunteers, and funding bodies search Google every day for organisations like yours. If your Google Business Profile is incomplete, miscategorised, or invisible, that search ends with someone else.

Free 30-minute call. We audit your current Google presence and show you exactly where you are losing visibility.

15 new verified 5-star Google reviews in 30 days, guaranteed Provided you supply 50 past contacts. If we miss it, we keep working at no extra cost.
1
Your Charity Name ✓ Optimised
4.9 (38)
Disability Support · Open now
2
Competitor Organisation
3.2 (11)
Community Services · Closes 5pm
3
Another Provider
4.1 (7)
NDIS Provider · Open now

Your charity is doing the work. Google does not know it exists.

When a donor searches "disability support services near me" or a volunteer searches "charities in Ballarat," Google serves them a local map pack. The top three results get 75% of all clicks. Everything below that gets almost nothing.

Your Google Business Profile is your cover letter for that map pack. If it is incomplete, miscategorised, or has fewer reviews than the organisation next to you, you will not appear. The search ends without you.

Google made local search deliberately hard to optimise. The category system is opaque. The ranking signals change. Most charity teams do not have time to learn it. That is not a criticism. It is just the reality of running a mission-driven organisation with a stretched team.

Every month this stays unfixed

Your competitors are collecting the reviews, the rankings, and the referrals that should have been yours. A charity that starts this month has a 30-day head start on every charity that starts next month. That gap compounds.

  • 01
    Your GBP category is wrong or too broad

    The category you choose is the single strongest ranking signal in local search. Most charity profiles are miscategorised and do not know it. The cost: you do not appear for the searches that matter most, regardless of how good your service is.

  • 02
    Your profile is incomplete

    Missing services, no photos, outdated hours, no description. Google treats an incomplete profile as a less trustworthy result and ranks it lower. The cost: the donor who found your profile left without contacting you because it did not look credible.

  • 03
    You have few or no Google reviews

    Reviews are both a ranking signal and a trust signal. An organisation with 4 reviews next to one with 40 loses the click, even if the service is better. The cost: every unreviewed month is a month your competitor's reputation grows while yours stays still.

  • 04
    You have no idea what the profile is generating

    Without tracking, there is no way to connect GBP activity to donor enquiries, volunteer contacts, or funding calls made. The cost: you cannot report it, defend the investment, or improve what you cannot measure.

Two services. One goal: your charity at the top of local search.

GBP optimisation gets you into the map pack. Review generation keeps you there and builds the trust that turns clicks into contacts.

Google Business Profile Optimisation

Your charity ranked in the top three local results for your most important searches. We get there through a full audit and rebuild of your GBP against the ranking signals that matter most in your specific category and location. Everything is measured before we touch anything, so before-and-after proof exists from day one.

  • Competitor category analysis across Australia to find the highest-ranking category for your profile
  • Full profile rebuild: description, services, attributes, photos, hours, and service areas
  • GBP post sequence activated to keep the profile active and trusted by Google
  • Ranking grid baseline established before any changes, so progress is measurable
  • All changes submitted for your approval before going live

Google Review Generation

15 new verified 5-star Google reviews within 30 days, guaranteed. An automated sequence asks past donors, volunteers, and service users to leave a review at exactly the right moment. Built in GoHighLevel and run entirely by us once your contact list is provided.

  • Personalised SMS and email review request sequence, branded to your organisation
  • Automated review response agent: every review acknowledged within 24 hours
  • Ongoing fortnightly review cycle using new contacts as they come in
  • Review velocity tracked monthly and reported against baseline
  • Guarantee: 15 new verified 5-star reviews within 30 days, given 50 contacts

The map pack gets 75% of clicks. Position matters.

If your charity is not in the top three for your key local searches, you are invisible to three quarters of the people looking for you. That is not an algorithm problem. It is a fixable optimisation problem.

Donors and volunteers who were specifically looking for an organisation like yours are finding someone else. Not because your charity is less deserving. Because your Google presence is less optimised. Those two things are not the same, and only one of them is within your control.

Local search ranking is not about paid ads. It is earned through a complete, accurate, active, and reviewed profile. We know exactly what Google weights and in what order. That is what we build.

75%
of clicks go to the top 3 map pack results
BrightLocal, 2024
88%
of people trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations
BrightLocal, 2024
97%
of people learn about local organisations online before visiting or contacting
Google / BrightLocal
56%
of actions on a GBP listing result in a website visit, call, or direction request
Google Business
Local map pack Click share by position
1
Your Charity (after optimisation)
Complete profile · 38 reviews · Active
~33% clicks
2
Competitor A
Partial profile · 22 reviews
~24% clicks
3
Competitor B
Basic profile · 9 reviews
~18% clicks
4+
Everyone else
Below the map pack
~25% shared
Click share is approximate and varies by query. Source: BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey 2024.

Baseline, optimise, build, report.

We measure before we touch anything. Every result is compared against a documented before-and-after baseline.

01
Week 1

Audit and Baseline

Full GBP audit covering category, completeness, photo quality, review count, review velocity, and current ranking grid position. Competitor analysis run. Baseline documented before anything is changed, so every improvement is measurable.

02
Week 2

Profile Optimisation

Recommendations prepared and submitted for your approval. Once confirmed, we implement: category correction, description rewrite, service listings, attributes, photo additions, and service area configuration.

03
Weeks 2 to 4

Review Reactivation

Contact list provided by you, loaded into automated sequences in GoHighLevel. Personalised, branded review requests sent by SMS and email. Review response agent activated. First reviews typically arrive within seven days.

04
Ongoing

Monthly Management and Reporting

GBP kept active with regular posts. New contacts added to the review sequence on a fortnightly cycle. Monthly ranking grid run. 10-minute Loom report delivered: rankings, reviews, GBP calls, and website clicks, compared to baseline.

Your team's time commitment: one onboarding call and one contact list

We handle everything else. You review a 10-minute Loom report each month and join a 30-minute quarterly call.

What GBP optimisation delivers when done properly

Our own charity case studies are being built with current clients. Here is what the data shows for local SEO and review generation more broadly.

75%
of all local search clicks go to the top three map pack positions
BrightLocal, 2024
88%
of consumers trust online reviews as much as a personal recommendation from someone they know
BrightLocal, 2024
56%
of GBP interactions result in a website visit, call, or direction request
Google Business Insights
2.7x
more likely to be considered reputable if a business has a complete GBP profile
Google Research
Charity-specific case studies are being built with current clients and will be published here. Results available on request at the audit call.

What this looks like in practice

All Results
GBP Optimisation
+19%
increase in GBP phone calls in month one
Allied health practice. 62 to 74 calls in the first month after optimisation. Website clicks from GBP up 32% in the same period.
Review Reactivation
50%
increase in Google reviews within 30 days
Retail business. 44 to 66 reviews in a single month. GBP calls went from zero to five. Website clicks from the profile doubled.
Combined
130%
increase in 5-star reviews after full reactivation
Trades business. Zero GBP-attributed calls to six per month. Over $30,000 in confirmed revenue traced back to Google in three months.

These are commercial client results. Charity-specific case studies are being built with current clients.

What does it cost?

We keep specific pricing for the audit call, because scope depends on your organisation's situation. What we can say clearly:

  • GBP optimisation is a one-off engagement. Review generation is an ongoing monthly service
  • Both services can be bundled or run independently depending on your priorities
  • No lock-in contract on the monthly service. Cancel with 30 days notice
  • The audit call is free. You will have a clear number before you decide anything
What you get
Full GBP audit with documented before-and-after baseline
Competitor category analysis and profile rebuild
Automated review request sequences, built and managed
Review response agent: every review acknowledged within 24 hours
Monthly ranking grid and GBP performance report
15 new verified 5-star reviews guaranteed within 30 days
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Pricing confirmed on the call. No obligation.

15 new verified 5-star Google reviews in 30 days. If we miss it, we keep working at no extra cost.

Provided you can supply 50 past contacts (donors, volunteers, or service users) with a mobile number or email address, we guarantee a minimum of 15 new verified 5-star Google reviews within 30 days of the sequence going live.

If we do not hit that number, we continue running the sequence until we do, at no additional cost to you. That is a specific, measurable promise made before you sign anything.

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Questions we get asked

Almost certainly. Having a profile and having an optimised profile are very different things. In our experience, the majority of charity profiles are miscategorised, incomplete, or lacking enough reviews to compete for map pack positions. The audit takes 30 minutes and will show you exactly where you stand before you spend anything.
Particularly for smaller charities. Large organisations have marketing budgets and name recognition. A smaller charity with a well-optimised local presence and 40 genuine Google reviews will outrank a large organisation with a neglected profile. Local SEO is one of the few places where doing the work well genuinely levels the playing field.
We adjust the guarantee scope by agreement before signing. If you can provide 30 contacts, we agree a proportionally adjusted target. The key requirement is that contacts have a mobile number or email address so the sequence can reach them. We discuss this in the audit call and set a target we are both comfortable with before anything is signed.
We do not ask people to remove legitimate reviews, and doing so violates Google's policies. What we do is flag reviews that breach Google's content policies (spam, fake, or irrelevant) and submit them for removal through the proper channel. We also set up the review response agent so every review, positive or negative, is acknowledged professionally and promptly. Over time, a consistent response to negative reviews and a growing volume of positive ones is what moves the needle.
Most clients see new reviews within seven to fourteen days of the sequence going live, and measurable ranking movement within four weeks of optimisation. We run a ranking grid at the start and again at 30 days so you can see exactly what moved. Results vary by location and competition level, but the monthly report tracks everything against the documented baseline from day one so there is never any ambiguity about what has changed.
We keep pricing for the audit call because scope depends on your situation. GBP optimisation is a one-off service. Review generation is an ongoing monthly service. Both can be run together or independently. The audit is free and you will have a clear price before you decide anything.

Find out where your charity stands in local search. For free.

Book a free 30-minute audit. We review your Google Business Profile, check your current map pack position, and show you exactly what is holding you back before you spend a dollar.

No lock-in contracts. 15 new reviews in 30 days, guaranteed.