Local Listings Cleanup and Reputation Retainer (10-21 days)
A productized engagement that fixes inconsistent business listings across maps and directories, then layers review response and AI-answer visibility checks into a recurring retainer for clients with physical locations. Time: 10-21 days.
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Local Listings Cleanup and Reputation Retainer (10-21 days)
A productized engagement that fixes inconsistent business listings across maps and directories, then layers review response and AI-answer visibility checks into a recurring retainer for clients with physical locations.
- Signed access to the client's Google Business Profile and any secondary location profiles, granted before day 1 A canonical NAP record (legal name, address, phone, hours, service area) approved in writing by the client's operations lead Inventory of every location, including franchise or satellite sites, with the internal owner named for each Baseline export of current listings, duplicate records, and review counts pulled from the chosen platform Agreed review-response tone guide and escalation path for negative or legally sensitive reviews
- 1.Collect profile access and confirm the canonical NAP record against the client's business license
- 2.Inventory every location and flag duplicates, closed sites, and unclaimed profiles
- 3.Log baseline review counts, average rating, and response rate per location
- 1.Run a citation audit across the major data aggregators and top directories
- 2.Score each listing for name, address, phone, hours, and category mismatches
- 3.Rank discrepancies by likely impact on map pack visibility
- 1.Build the correction queue and assign each fix to either the platform's automated distribution or a manual submission
- 2.Draft corrected descriptions and category sets for the client's primary service lines
- 3.Confirm which locations share hours versus which run seasonal schedules
- 1.Push corrections through the chosen platform's listing distribution
- 2.Submit manual fixes for directories the aggregators do not cover
- 3.Screenshot every change for the client's audit trail
- 1.Verify that corrected data has propagated to maps and the top ten directories
- 2.Re-check duplicate records and request removal where the platform cannot merge them
- 3.Document any directory that rejected the update and the stated reason
- 1.Set up rank tracking for a defined keyword set per location, capped at 10 to 15 terms
- 2.Configure a weekly visibility snapshot the client can read without training
- 3.Establish the review monitoring feed and route alerts to the account manager
- 1.Draft review response templates for five common scenarios, including a service failure and a pricing complaint
- 2.Review the templates with the client's owner or general manager
- 3.Load approved templates into the platform's response workflow
- 1.Respond to every review older than 30 days that has no reply
- 2.Flag reviews that mention safety, licensing, or legal claims for the client's counsel
- 3.Log response time per review for the first reporting cycle
- 1.Run a buyer-intent question set through the major AI assistants to see which locations get named
- 2.Record which competitors appear instead and the sources those answers cite
- 3.Compare AI answer coverage against the client's map pack positions
- 1.Publish or refresh location pages for the top three revenue-driving sites
- 2.Add structured data for hours, service area, and accepted payment methods
- 3.Link each location page to its corresponding profile
- 1.Assemble the white-label report: citation health, rank movement, review response rate, AI answer coverage
- 2.Write a one-page action memo naming the three highest-value fixes for the next 30 days
- 3.Walk the client through the report and confirm the retainer scope
- 1.Hand off the recurring checklist to the delivery pod with named owners
- 2.Schedule the monthly review-response and citation-drift audit
- 3.Set the 90-day checkpoint to re-measure map pack and AI answer visibility
Citation cleanup is front-loaded labor that converts into a low-touch retainer, because once listings are consistent the monthly work is review response, drift monitoring, and reporting rather than rebuilds. Agencies can price the retainer at 15 to 25 percent of the setup fee per month and still hold 60 percent-plus gross margin when the platform handles distribution and rank tracking. The stickiness comes from the client's own data: switching providers means re-verifying every profile and re-earning review response history, which most owners will not do for a marginal cost saving.
- A canonical NAP record and corrected listing set across maps, aggregators, and the top directories A rank tracking dashboard covering a defined keyword set per location with weekly snapshots A review response playbook with approved templates and a logged response history A white-label monthly report combining citation health, rank movement, review metrics, and AI answer coverage A 90-day action memo naming the next three highest-value fixes per location
Every location shows matching name, address, phone, and hours across maps and the top ten directories, with zero unresolved duplicates and a documented response on 100 percent of reviews older than 30 days.