A Minneapolis garage door company came to us buried on page 3 of the map. Nine months later: top-3 across the metro, +78% Google Maps views, and 689 new leads worth an estimated $241,000. Here's the proof — real screenshots, real numbers.
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Same city. Same searches. Left = where they started. Right = where they are now.
Actual Google Maps grid for "emergency garage door service" across their service area. Every dot is a spot on the map where a customer searches. Red = buried. Green = top 3. Average ranking went from 6.4 → 4.3, and top-3 placements rocketed from 15% to nearly half the metro — 49%.
In this market, ~4,500 people search every month for garage door work — an estimated $1.5M in jobs up for grabs. But customers call one of the top three names on the map. They don't scroll.
An established competitor with 470+ reviews was showing up first and catching those calls. Every $350 spring repair and $4,000 install at the top of the map was a job our client never even heard about.
They didn't need a new website. They needed to be the first name customers see — and to answer when those customers call.
"garage door repair" — top-3 placements more than doubled, 15% → 37% of the map.
Lower average ranking = higher on the map. More top-3 = more calls.
| Keyword | Avg rank (before → after) | Top-3 of the map |
|---|---|---|
| emergency garage door service | 6.4 → 4.3 | 15% → 49% |
| garage door repair | 7.9 → 5.7 | 15% → 37% |
| garage door service | 8.7 → 6.1 | 11% → 36% |
| garage door installation | 8.8 → 6.4 | 11% → 34% |
| garage door replacement | 9.0 → 6.1 | 11% → 34% |
| garage door springs | 18.9 → 9.8 | 0% → 18% |
They also started showing up in AI search — ranking on Google's Gemini and other AI assistants for several of these terms, where they were nowhere before.
One more keyword — "garage door springs" — the hardest one they ranked for.
Started dead last — not ranked anywhere in the top 3. Now they're top-3 across the core of the city.
One system, running every day — nothing for the owner to babysit.
Their Google Business Profile got optimized and posted to every day — fresh photos, weekly posts, videos, and listings kept consistent across dozens of directories. The map turned green zone by zone.
Automated review requests after every job and fast, professional replies drove a 4.9-star rating — higher than the bigger competitor they were chasing.
SEO content, FAQs, and round-the-clock lead response meant the visibility we earned turned into booked jobs — not missed calls.
Not vanity metrics — calls, clicks, and directions that turn into jobs.
| Metric | Growth |
|---|---|
| Phone calls from Google | +83% |
| Direction requests (drove to the shop) | +114% |
| Website clicks | +80% |
| Times they showed on Google Search | 11,845 (+69%) |
| Times they showed on Google Maps | 2,927 (+78%) |
| Total lead actions · est. value | 689 · ~$241,150 |
Tracked from October 2025 to July 2026. Estimated value based on the business's own average job values across calls, visits, and web leads.
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