Your barns look great. Google just can't find them.
You built your own site, and the photos do the work. The problem is everything around them. Here's what I found, and what it costs to fix.
What I found
I went through jonesrenovationsllc.com and your Google listing on October 3.
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Google Business Profiles for the barn business
Your phone and address sit on a listing called "Jones Acres Indoor Storage." Search "pole barn builder Germantown OH" and you're not in Maps. Miller Barn Sales is, with 404 reviews. - 0
Times your phone number shows on the site
It's hidden inside the "Get a Quote" button. Nobody can tap to call. - 0
Towns named anywhere on the site
Not Germantown, not Montgomery County, not even Ohio. Google has no idea where you work. - 1
Page on the whole site
Pole barns, renovations, siding and metal roofs share one paragraph. Each one needs its own page to show up in search. - 3
Reviews shown, all from Facebook
No years in business, no insured line, and the quote form says the phone number is optional.
What a customer sees on their phone
- A big logo and a cookie banner. That's the whole first screen.
- The business name runs off the right edge.
- No phone number, no town, no "pole barns in Germantown."
- Most people looking for a builder are on their phone. They give you about three seconds, then they call the next guy.
Google answers with AI now
Search "how much does a pole barn cost in Ohio" and Google writes the answer itself with AI, then lists the sites it pulled from. ChatGPT does the same thing when someone asks who builds pole barns near Dayton.
Those answers come from sites that spell things out: what you build, where you work, what it costs, how long it takes. Yours is one page with one paragraph, so there's nothing for the AI to quote. When it can't quote you, it names somebody else.
Every page I build is written so Google's AI and ChatGPT can pull from it. Plain answers to the questions barn buyers ask, your towns named on every page, and the behind-the-scenes code that tells Google exactly who you are and where you work.
Two ways to fix it
Keep The Lights On
- New site built for phones, your number up top on every screen
- Hosting, SSL, daily backups, security
- Quote form texts you the second a lead comes in
- Every lead saved in your own dashboard
- Automatic review requests after each job
Make The Phone Ring
- Everything in Keep The Lights On
- Google Business Profile for the barn business, set up and managed
- Ranking for pole barns in 2 towns you pick. More towns are $200/mo each.
- Up to 10 pages: each service, each town, a project gallery
- 8 blog posts a month answering what barn buyers ask, written so Google's AI answers and ChatGPT can cite you
- One pole barn builder per area. I won't take your competitor.
- Monthly report showing where every call came from
- 2 hours of site changes a month
Why start now, not January
- Barn buyers shop in winter. People plan a pole barn over the winter and want it built in spring. If they can't find you in January and February, they've already picked somebody by March.
- Google takes time to trust you. A new Google profile and new pages don't rank the day they go live. It takes months of reviews, posts and pages stacking up. Start now and that clock is running before spring. Start in January and you're still waiting when the calls should be coming in.
- The build takes about two weeks. Two weeks after I get your info, you're live. Start this month and you've got the whole winter to collect reviews.
- One pole barn builder per area. Once I take a builder in your towns, I don't take another one. Right now that spot is open.
Terms
Three-month minimum, then month to month. No yearly contract.
You own everything. The domain, the site, the Google profile, the lead data. If you ever leave, you take all of it.
Next step
Got 10 minutes this week? I'll walk you through the Google piece on a call. It's the biggest leak. Just text me back.
will@techdadmedia.com