Confirm the applicable requirements
Review availability and screening for the business’s category and location. Required checks and documents vary, so use the relevant account checklist.
Local Services Ads Management
Understand your Local Services Ads opportunity.
Check fit, eligibility and lead-handling requirements before committing to a managed Local Services Ads engagement.
Prices cover the listed scope. Additional work and external costs are quoted separately.
A practical approach
Check eligibility before planning the lead flow.
Local Services Ads setup starts with the actual business category, service area and platform requirements.
Prepare the business information
Collect accurate service details and any requested verification material from the business owner. Keep submitted information consistent with the real operation.
Plan the response process
Agree who answers leads, how missed contacts are handled and how outcomes are logged. Review lead quality using the platform’s applicable reporting process.
Eligibility and verification decisions belong to Google; approval is not guaranteed by the setup service.
Platform reference: Google Local Services: screening and verification
Local Services Ads Management
What we’ll deliver.
Assess one business’s Local Services Ads eligibility, configure the agreed profile and manage lead review after onboarding.
- You are unsure whether your business category is eligible.
- Lead quality and dispute handling need a process.
- You need to separate platform screening from agency work.
Check business eligibility
Review the category, operating location, account and verification status.
How we check it
Confirm platform availability for that specific business before committing to management.
Prepare the profile and documents
Configure approved business information and list required verification actions.
How we check it
Record the document owner and retain pending status until the platform confirms approval.
Set lead routing and availability
Agree service areas, schedules, budget and call coverage.
How we check it
Check the responsible recipient and what happens when a call cannot be answered.
Review leads and booked work
Review lead records weekly and compile the available monthly job outcomes.
How we check it
Distinguish platform leads, business-qualified enquiries and confirmed bookings.
Your handover
Eligibility and verification register, service-area and routing settings, weekly lead review and monthly booked-job summary.
Included scope and boundaries
- 1 business/category/location
- eligibility checklist
- profile/service-area configuration
- lead-routing/schedule review
- weekly lead review
- monthly booked-job summary
Outside this scope: Guaranteed eligibility/verification, unsupported categories/markets and lead-cost promises
Scope and investment
Plan the work and the budget together.
$300 – $600 / location / month
Eligibility review first; platform verification timing external
Additional costs
$200 – $400 onboarding; lead/media charges separate
What changes the cost?
Onboarding depends on business eligibility. If the proposed placement is unavailable, assess a separately scoped Google Search Ads campaign.
Working with your budget
If the full scope is beyond your budget, we’ll prioritise the most useful work and agree a smaller first phase with you.
What we need from you
- Category/location
- verification status
- call coverage
Share what is available. We’ll identify any missing access or inputs during scoping.
Published prices apply to the listed scope. Deliverables, timing, revisions and external costs are confirmed before work starts.
Budget planning · USD
See setup and running costs together.
These editable example inputs are assumptions, not a quote or a vendor price. Replace them with your actual allowances. Taxes and unlisted work are excluded. A zero means excluded from this scenario, not included free.
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An eligibility and launch checklist
An illustrative delivery approach to help you review the scope. This is a planning example, not a client case study.
| Stage | Example work | Acceptance or decision |
|---|---|---|
| Business fit | Record category, operating location and requested service area. | Verify current platform availability for that business. |
| Verification | List required documents, account owner and outstanding actions. | Do not mark approved until the platform confirms it. |
| Lead handling | Agree call coverage, lead review and budget responsibilities. | Confirm what starts monthly management and what pauses launch. |
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Tools and delivery
Platform examples
Illustrative platform screens show the type of work and reporting. These are not client results.
Google Local Services Ads
Local Services lead review
Review enquiry type, booking status and follow-up ownership.
Google Business Profile
Business profile and service details
Check categories, services, hours and the information customers use to choose a business.
HubSpot
Lead ownership and deal pipeline
Give each enquiry an owner, a next action and a clearly defined stage.
Calendly
Appointment availability and booking
Connect available slots with service details and confirmation rules.
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Before you decide
Questions worth asking.
Is my business eligible, and what work can you actually handle?
Begin with your business category, service location and current verification status. Platform availability and eligibility must be checked for that exact business before onboarding. The management scope covers the agreed profile, budget and lead-review work; platform lead charges are extra. Verification approval and timing belong to the platform.
What information should I prepare?
Business identity and contact details, service area, category, account access and the documents requested by the platform for your business. Confirm any licensing or screening requirements during the eligibility review rather than using a universal checklist as a guarantee.
What happens if we are not eligible?
Stop and discuss a suitable alternative before committing to ongoing management. The quote should distinguish any completed eligibility/onboarding work from a monthly service that has not started.
What is the starting budget and what is separate?
$300 – $600 / location / month. $200 – $400 onboarding; lead/media charges separate These are published USD prices. The written quote must state the complete cost, payment schedule and applicable taxes.
When can the work begin and what do you need from me?
Eligibility review first; platform verification timing external. To scope the work, prepare: Category/location; verification status; call coverage. The schedule starts after the required access, inputs and approvals are ready.
How are revisions, extra work and support agreed?
Use the listed deliverables and exclusions as the starting point. The quote must state acceptance checks, review rounds, payment stages, cancellation arrangements and any ongoing support. Requested additions need an agreed cost and schedule before implementation.
Getting started
Start with the right questions
Plan my projectLet’s scope your next step.
Tell us where you are, what needs to change, and what success would look like for your business.