Overview
The exact step-by-step GBP setup process we use when setting up new contractor clients. Covers category selection, service areas, descriptions, photo strategy, review generation, and ongoing optimization, everything that actually moves your ranking in the local 3-pack.
What's inside
- 14-chapter PDF guide
- GBP setup checklist (printable)
- Category and attribute selection guidance
- Service area configuration for trades
- Photo strategy and examples
- Review generation playbook
- Ongoing optimization routine
- 2026 updated edition
Who it's for
Contractors who know they should be higher in the local 3-pack but have no idea what's actually broken with their Google Business Profile.
Works best with
Tradesman Office products are designed to work together. Each one feeds into the next, so what you buy here compounds instead of sitting alone in a folder.
- Contractor Website Design Service, A website the GBP links to (done-for-you)
See the full system on our How It All Works page.
Why buy from Tradesman Office
Every product in the shop is built by a working electrician, someone who actually uses these tools on real job sites. That means they're calibrated to the problems contractors actually face, not the problems a software designer guessed at from a spreadsheet.
- Excel-first. Buy once, own forever. No subscription, no vendor lock-in.
- Works on any device. Excel, Google Sheets, iPad, wherever you quote from.
- Part of a complete system. Every product here works with the others. See the full flow on our How It All Works page.
- Fast support. Message through Etsy and get a response from the founder within one business day.