coldcutsenjoyer

A real-world Google Business Profile verification story for you: We recently got our painting company verified, and since I know this process causes a lot of confusion, I figured I’d share exactly what we did. First, we rented a real commercial office. Not a virtual office. Not some sketchy setup. A real office in an office park, and specifically one right in the center of the high-net worth part of Cincinnati, which was ideal for the kind of customer we actually want. Then we made sure the physical setup matched the story we were telling Google. We ordered a sign from Signs . com with our logo on it, along with the same phone number and address listed on the Google Business Profile. Inside the office, we kept it simple. We set up a desk, two chairs, a computer, and some promotional material so it was obvious this was a place where a real business operates and where a customer could reasonably come in for an in-person visit. We also had our CRM pulled up on the laptop during the video, just to reinforce that this is an actual operating company and not a rented room with a folding chair in it. On top of that, we brought lease documentation and LLC paperwork in case extra proof helped. And in the back room, we showed the storage area with our yard signs, flyers, business cards, and the other usual stuff that naturally accumulates when you’re actually running the business. Then we submitted the video. It was under 60 seconds. That part, in my opinion, matters more than people think. You still want to show every required element, obviously. But I’ve seen enough of these now to believe that longer videos are more likely to get rejected. Better to be clear, complete, and quick than drag it out. After that, we waited about two weeks. Got approved. And we haven’t had a single issue since.

we ruined such a good thing

Lost in Translation (2003)

Hot take: Vegas was a Boomer phenomenon.