MAIN STREET SCOREBOARD GUIDES

Practical guides for your business

Work through a specific problem, use a worksheet, or watch a lesson at your own pace.

WRITTEN GUIDE

Verified but not showing on Google Maps? Start with these checks

Separate a profile-status problem from a search-ranking problem with a simple Google Maps check and a worksheet for your next step.

By the Main Street Scoreboard team · October 19, 2026

WRITTEN GUIDE

How to add services to your Google Business Profile

Build an accurate Google Business Profile services list from the work you actually do, with plumbing examples and a practical worksheet.

By the Main Street Scoreboard team · October 19, 2026

WRITTEN GUIDE

How to set holiday hours on your Google Business Profile

Plan holiday and short-term hours changes, enter them correctly, and check the information customers see before they call or visit.

By the Main Street Scoreboard team · October 19, 2026

WRITTEN GUIDE

Google reviews not showing up: what to check before contacting support

Gather the right details when a customer says their Google review is missing, check possible explanations, and prepare a clear support request.

By the Main Street Scoreboard team · October 19, 2026

WRITTEN GUIDE

Someone else owns your Google Business Profile: how to request access

Recover the right access to an existing Google Business Profile, with separate routes for storefront and service-area businesses and an access worksheet.

By the Main Street Scoreboard team · October 19, 2026

5:25 VIDEO COMPANION

Google Business Profile video verification: what to show before you record

Plan your Google Business Profile verification video with practical business examples, a recording worksheet, and checks before you submit.

By the Main Street Scoreboard team · October 19, 2026

5:46 VIDEO COMPANION

Google Business Profile: Address or Service Area?

Check whether your Google Business Profile should show an address, a service area, or both. Includes home-business examples and a before-you-edit worksheet.

By the Main Street Scoreboard team · October 15, 2026

6:04 VIDEO COMPANION

Look at your Google Business Profile like a customer

Check the services, website link, phone, hours, photos and reviews a customer sees on your Google Business Profile.

By the Main Street Scoreboard team · October 15, 2026

8:50 VIDEO COMPANION

Google Business Profile audit: find the break before you edit

Check your profile, follow the contact path and use a worksheet to choose one repair you can verify.

By the Main Street Scoreboard team · October 15, 2026

4:29 VIDEO COMPANION

Choose a Google Business Profile category that fits your business

Choose an accurate business category, test additional categories against your real work, and put individual jobs under Services.

By the Main Street Scoreboard team · October 15, 2026

6:21 VIDEO COMPANION

Use AI to draft pest-control replies without guessing

Verify contact-form delivery, copy a bounded inquiry prompt and review AI reply drafts with two fictional pest-control test cases.

By the Main Street Scoreboard team · October 15, 2026

These lessons use fictional examples and practical checks. They do not promise rankings, leads or revenue.