Your competitors are showing up on Google Maps. You're not.
Sharpstones Media builds, fixes, manages and grows your Google Business Profile. It’s often the first thing local customers see, and most businesses never touch it. No ad spend required to start.
20+ years senior digital marketing · Google Ads certified · Based in Shropshire
Most local businesses lose customers before they even reach the website
Missing from the map pack.
The top three Maps results take the majority of local clicks. An unoptimised profile rarely gets there, however good the website is.
Reviews going unanswered.
Unanswered reviews, especially negative ones, sit there for every prospect to see. Google also factors in how responsive a business is.
Out of date information.
Wrong hours, an old phone number, no photos. Small gaps that can push customers to the competitor listing next to yours.
Simple monthly management, no long tie-in
Google Business Profile is free from Google. Our monthly fee covers the time and expertise to manage it for you.
FOUNDATION
£79/month
+VAT
- Monthly profile health check
- Monthly information & photo updates
- Review monitoring
- Up to 5 review replies/month
- Short quarterly summary
GROW · MOST POPULAR
£149/month
+VAT
- Everything in Foundation
- Fortnightly GBP posts
- Up to 15 review replies/month
- Spam and fake review reporting
- Monthly performance report
Pro
£249/month
+VAT
- Everything in Grow
- Up to 25 review replies/month
- Geo-grid rank tracking & reporting
- Quarterly strategy call
- Priority response (same working day, before 2pm)
Want to sort your directory listings yourself? Download our free step-by-step guide.
One-off setup and optimisation, £195 +VAT: a full audit and rebuild of your profile before monthly management starts. Waived if you sign up to Grow or Pro for 6 months.
Four steps, nothing hidden
We review your current profile, ranking and reviews against your closest competitors.
Rebuilds categories, services, photos and description.
Ongoing posts, review replies and updates on the schedule your plan includes. Every post is checked by a person before it goes live.
A plain-English report showing calls, direction requests and ranking movement: monthly on Grow and Pro, quarterly on Foundation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to be spending on Google Ads already?
No. This runs independently of any ad spend. It’s built for businesses that can’t or don’t want to advertise yet, as well as existing PPC clients.
How long until I see a difference?
Initial optimisation happens within the first two weeks. Ranking movement typically shows within 4 to 8 weeks, depending on competition in your area.
Do you use AI to write posts and replies?
Drafts come from your own content brief, but nothing goes live until a person has checked it, facts, tone and offers included. AI speeds up the writing. It doesn’t publish anything on its own.
Do you use review incentives or gating?
No. Google’s review policy bans incentivised reviews and review gating, and its April 2026 update tightened the rules on how businesses ask for reviews. Fake and incentivised reviews have also been illegal in the UK since April 2025. We never ask for reviews in a way that breaks these rules.
Is there a contract?
Foundation and Grow run month to month after an initial 3-month term. However, if you sign for a 6-month commitment on Grow or Pro we will waive the setup fee. Pro is billed quarterly.
Who owns my Google Business Profile?
You do, always. We’re added as a manager, never the owner, so you stay in control. If you ever decide to leave, we’ll hand back full control straight away, and always within 7 business days.
Are you part of Google?
No. Sharpstones Media is an independent agency and isn’t employed by or partnered with Google. Nobody can guarantee a ranking on Google Maps, and anyone who promises one isn’t being straight with you.
See exactly where you're losing customers on Google Maps
A free, no-obligation audit of your current Google Business Profile: what’s wrong, what’s missing, and what it would take to fix.
Already sell advertising to local businesses & want a white-label product?
If you publish to a local audience, put your name on the service and we deliver it behind the scenes. Wholesale rates scale with volume, and you keep the advertiser relationship.