Free Local Marketing Audit

See Where You Rank on Google, Across Your Entire City

Your customers search from every corner of town, and your Google Maps ranking shifts block by block. Run a free audit and get a color-coded heat map of exactly where you show up, where you vanish, and who is beating you.

Run My Free Audit

Free. About 2 minutes. No credit card.

Your Google Maps Rankings

Sample heat map

Top 3 Middle Not ranking

Four things you will see in minutes

One audit, a complete picture of how findable your business really is.

Google Maps rank heat map

A grid of your area color-coded by where you land in the map pack. Green is top three. Red means customers there never see you.

AI search visibility

Whether ChatGPT and Google's AI recommend you when someone asks for a business like yours, the search your next customer is already using.

Competitor comparison

The businesses winning the rankings you should own, side by side with yours, and what they are doing that you are not.

Optimization score

A single score for how well your Google Business Profile is built to rank, with the specific gaps holding you back.

How it works

Three steps, no sales call to see your results.

01

Connect your Google Business Profile

Securely link your profile in one click so we can pull your live listing and rankings. Nothing is changed on your account.

02

We scan your rankings across the map

We check your position from dozens of points around your area, on Google Maps and in AI search, and compare you to nearby competitors.

03

Get your heat map and score

Your full audit appears on screen in minutes. Keep it, share it, and act on the gaps. No commitment required to look.

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Your single ranking is a lie

When you search your own business name from your office, you show up first. That feels like proof you are ranking. It is not. Google serves different results depending on where the searcher is standing, so a customer three miles away may never see you at all.

The map pack, the three businesses Google shows above the regular results, is where most local clicks and calls happen. The heat map shows you the truth: not one ranking, but your ranking everywhere your customers actually are.

Questions, answered

What is a local ranking heat map?
It is a map of your service area broken into a grid of points. At each point we check where your business lands in the Google Maps results, then color the point green if you rank in the top three and red if you barely show up. The result is a picture of exactly where you win and where you disappear, block by block.
Is the audit really free?
Yes. You run it, you see your heat map, your AI search visibility, your competitors, and your optimization score on screen. There is no cost and no obligation to book a call to view your results.
What kind of business is this for?
Any local business with a Google Business Profile. It works for storefronts customers visit, like restaurants, dentists, and gyms, and for service-area businesses that travel to the customer, like contractors, cleaners, and law firms. If people find you on Google, this shows you how well.
Where does the ranking data come from?
We pull your live Google Business Profile and check your position from dozens of points across your area, plus how AI search engines like ChatGPT answer when someone asks for a business like yours. It is the same data our agency uses in paid client audits.
What do I do with the results?
Use them to see whether your Google presence is actually bringing in customers. If the map is mostly red or a competitor is beating you, the audit points to the gaps. You can fix them yourself, or text Mike and we will walk you through what to prioritize.

Want help reading your results?

No sales team. No runaround. Just a straight conversation with the person who runs the agency.

Mike Forgie, founder of Next Step Connect

Have a question?

Text us and get a real answer, not a bot.

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