by Geoffrey Giles | Jan 21, 2026 | Blogs, Facebook, Google
Forget Facebook Likes: How Local Search Delivers Real Customers Picture this: A homeowner named Jane comes home on a sweltering July evening to find her AC has stopped blowing cold air. It’s 90°F inside and rising. Jane’s kids are crying, everyone’s sweating, and...
by Geoffrey Giles | Jan 15, 2026 | Blogs, Google
Overcoming Verification Issues for Your Google Business Profile: The 2025 Playbook By The Team at Cut Throat Marketing, Columbia, SC If you’re reading this, you’ve likely reached the biggest gatekeeper to establishing your local online presence: Google Business...
by Geoffrey Giles | Dec 11, 2025 | Blogs, Google
The Review Graveyard:How to Remove a Google Review That Violates Policy The Ultimate Guide for Small Businesses to Flag and Appeal Inappropriate Feedback Welcome back to the Cut Throat Marketing blog, where we cut through the noise to give you the actionable, no-fluff...
by Geoffrey Giles | Dec 10, 2025 | Blogs, Google
Cutting Through the Noise:How to Optimize Your Google Business Profile and Dominate Local Search If you followed our last guide, you’ve already claimed and verified your Google Business Profile (GBP). That’s the hard part done! Now, you have a digital storefront...
by Geoffrey Giles | Oct 29, 2025 | Blogs
The True Cost of Cheap Hosting:Hidden Dangers for Home Service Websites Imagine this: A homeowner’s AC dies during a heatwave, and they frantically search online for an HVAC repair. Your website comes up, but it’s down or painfully slow. They click the next...
by Geoffrey Giles | Oct 28, 2025 | Blogs, Google
Master Your Local Market: The Complete Guide to Setting Up Your Google Business Profile For home service businesses in Columbia and across South Carolina, showing up when customers search “near me” isn’t optional; it’s survival. Nearly half of all Google searches have...
