For operators
If you clear cedar, burn pasture, build fence, or spray, you can be listed here for free. You do not need a website. A lot of the calls for this work still start with a name and a phone number.
Free listing
On the site now, a free listing shows:
- Business name
- Town
- Phone, with a tap-to-call button. The number is on the page. It is not behind a form.
- Services
- County, and the area you cover when a public source stated it
- Customer reviews, when a customer leaves one. There is no charge to show a review. The directory is new, so pages do not have any yet. HirePlains does not write reviews.
You can claim, correct, or remove the listing at no charge. Until you claim it, the page says it is not yet verified by the business. Names stay in alphabetical order. Listing is free. Ranking is not paid.
If you do not have a website
A landowner who inherits a place, or who lives in town, often just needs a local number. The HirePlains page is that number, plus the town and the work. A Google Business Profile is the other place that number can show up, in Maps and in a search like "cedar clearing near me." The helper further down drafts the text. You still create the profile yourself.
Pro listing
Coming soon
A paid Pro page is not for sale. No price is set. None of the items below are turned on. There is no promise about how many calls a Pro page would bring.
- A short page you can hand out as your website, at a short address
- Photos, including before and after
- A map of the area you serve
- A quote form that texts you the lead
- A way to ask customers for a review and to reply
- A verified badge
- A monthly count of views, calls, and quote requests
- A note when you are booked or out for the season
- Help getting a Google Business Profile set up
We will say what it costs before anyone is asked to pay.
Why a Google Business Profile matters
A Google Business Profile is the free listing Google shows in Google Maps and in local search. HirePlains is not Google, and this page does not sign you in.
- The profile itself is free. Ads are a separate product. You do not have to buy them.
- It is what shows up when someone searches a job and a place, such as "cedar clearing near me." HirePlains cannot put you first. Google decides the order.
- From that listing, a customer can call, get directions, and leave a review.
- It works if you have no store and no website. If you go to the customer, choose a service-area business and hide your home address. You list the towns you travel to instead. Google may still mail a postcard to the address to check that you are the owner. That address does not have to be shown to the public.
Google profile helper
Fill in the blanks. The page writes text you can paste into the profile.This draft is written in your browser from what you type. It does not send your answers anywhere, and it is not saved if you leave.
Description
Google cuts this box off at 750 characters. 0 of 750.
Services list
Add these one at a time in the Services section. Delete any line that is not work you do.
Category suggestions
Google's category list is fixed. A name here might not appear when you type it. Pick the closest one Google offers. Put the specific work, such as cedar or prescribed burn, in the description.
Create the profile yourself
- Open business.google.com in the Google account you control. Copy the text on this page first. It is not saved.
- Add the business. Use the real name. A name stuffed with cities and search words can get the profile suspended.
- Choose a category from the suggestions, or the closest match Google shows.
- If you go to the customer and you do not have a shop, choose a service-area business and hide the home address. Add the towns and counties you actually serve. Do not claim the whole state if you do not go there.
- Add the phone and the hours.
- Paste the description. Stay under 750 characters.
- Add services from the list. Skip any line you do not do.
- Verify. Google requires the owner to verify. They decide how. It is often a postcard, a phone check, or a video. HirePlains cannot verify it for you.
- After it is verified, the owner can add a manager. If you add HirePlains as a manager later, we can help with edits. You stay the owner.