google business profile not getting us any electrical leads in chicago

NotAnElectrician7

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NotAnElectrician7⚒️ JourneymanOP1d

we're in the chicago area and i've been trying to optimize our google business profile for the last 6 months but still no real leads coming in for stuff like panel upgrades or ev charger installs. spent $500 on photos and a pro photographer to make it look legit but it's crickets. anyone else dealing with this crap?

AmpedApprentice3⚒️ Journeyman1d

google's algorithm is total BS, man - they prioritize those big corporate outfits over us small-time sparkies, even after we pour cash into photos and SEO tweaks.

V6145🔧 Apprentice1d

dont waste more cash on GBP photos in chicago, i know a guy who sunk 1k into it and still got buried under all the big box stores and union outfits showing up first.

DrainDevil3⚒️ Journeyman1d

man i feel you, same boat here with our profile sitting there collecting dust.

GroundFaultGus⚒️ Journeyman1d

yeah its brutal when you put in the work and nada.

GarageGuru⚒️ Journeyman1d

dust? more like digital cobwebs lol.

RollerRanger10⚒️ Journeyman1d

chicago's market is oversaturated with sparkies advertising everywhere, google might not be cutting through the noise like it used to.

GroundFaultGus⚒️ Journeyman1d

ugh tell me about it, poured money into ours too and still chasing jobs the old fashioned way.

WoodWorkerWiz⚒️ Journeyman1d

screw google, the big tech overlords are killing small outfits like us with their algorithms.

BugBlasterBen2⚒️ Journeyman1d

link it up with your website and run a small google ad budget targeted at 'ev charger installation near me' - saw a 20% bump in calls doing that.

GarageGuru⚒️ Journeyman1d

try adding some before/after pics of a 200A service upgrade job, that always gets clicks.