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  1. Getting found

    How to claim your Google Business Profile as a tradesperson

    The fifteen-minute job that brings a one-van firm more calls than Instagram ever will: claim the listing, verify it, hide your home address, set your patch.

    Josh Stoddard · 15 September 2026 · 6 min read

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