Google Business Profile
Offers and updates on the listing customers see in Google Maps, so your profile stays current instead of claim-and-forget.
Social media
Months of branded posts, written and scheduled for you.
We write the posts, make an on-brand image for each one, and schedule the whole calendar to your Google Business Profile, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. You approve it once, before anything goes out.
Proven on our own accounts
- Posts
- 312built and scheduled for Forge’s own accounts with this process.
- Runway
- 6 monthsacross 4 platforms.
- Price
- Quoted per project after a short call. There is no public list price.
Our own accounts, not a client result.
Four platforms, one calendar
Every post lands where your customers already are.
One approved calendar publishes to four accounts on the same schedule. No half-dead profile that has not been touched since last spring.
Job posts, seasonal reminders and offers, framed for the neighborhood groups where word of mouth travels.
The image carries the post: finished-work framing and offer graphics in your colors and type, not stock photos.
For commercial accounts, property managers and referral partners: the people who send you work.
How it works
Five steps from intake to a scheduled calendar.
It is the same process we run for ourselves. Nothing depends on you remembering to post on a Tuesday.
- Step 1
We learn your shop
Services, service area, tone, current offers, logo and colors. One short intake and a call. It is the only step that takes your time.
- Step 2
Posts get written
Copy is drafted from your intake on the schedule we agree, then reviewed. Each platform gets its own framing.
- Step 3
Images get made
Every post gets an image built from your colors, type and logo. No stock library.
- Step 4
You approve it
You see every post, image, platform and date before anything is scheduled. Strike anything that does not fit.
- Step 5
The calendar loads
Once you sign off, the whole calendar is scheduled across all four platforms, and it posts on its own.
Straight answers
What owners ask about social media.
What is automated social media management?
A done-for-you service: we write your posts and make the images on a set schedule, then schedule them in bulk across your accounts, so posting never depends on your free time.
"Automated" describes the production and the scheduling, not the judgment. A person sets the schedule, captures your voice at intake and reviews the calendar before it is loaded.
Which platforms do you post to?
Four: Google Business Profile, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. One approved calendar publishes to all of them.
TikTok, X and YouTube are not part of the service today. If a platform is not on the list, we say so on the call.
What does it cost?
We do not publish a price. It depends on how many platforms, how many months you want scheduled ahead, and how much image work each post needs. After a short call you get a fixed-scope quote in writing, with the post count, platforms and months spelled out before you pay anything.
It pairs with Forge Sites but is not part of it. Every Sites plan, from $397 a month, includes a weekly Google Business Profile post. Four-platform social is quoted separately.
Do social posts help local SEO?
Google Business Profile posts are part of your local listing, so they keep the listing current where customers compare you with the shop two towns over. Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn posts are not Google ranking factors.
Ranking itself is different work: service pages, town pages, schema, listings and reviews. That lives in local SEO and every Forge Sites plan.
How many posts do I get?
The schedule is set at intake and held for the whole calendar. Your number depends on how many platforms you run and how far ahead you want to be scheduled, and it is written into the quote. No "up to" wording and no per-post upsell partway through.
Scope, spelled out
What goes out, platform by platform.
| Platform | What gets posted | Image | What it is for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Business Profile | Offers, service updates, seasonal reminders | Sized for the listing card | Staying current in Google Maps and local results |
| Job posts, offers, service-area news | In your colors, type and logo | Neighborhood reach and word of mouth | |
| Finished work, offer graphics, short captions | Square, and the image leads | Proof for people comparing shops | |
| Commercial and capability posts | A cleaner business layout | Referral partners, property managers, commercial accounts |
The schedule per platform, the total post count and the months scheduled ahead are set at intake and stated in the quote.
Questions
The questions owners actually ask.
Do I have to approve posts before they publish?
Yes. We build the full calendar and hand it to you before anything is scheduled. Once you sign off, the posts go out on their dates with nothing more needed from you.
What do you need from me to start?
A short intake: your services, service area, tone, current offers, logo and colors, plus manager access to your Google Business Profile, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts. Everything after that is ours to do.
Do you make the post images too?
Yes. Every post comes with an image made from your colors, type and logo, so the calendar reads as one brand instead of a mixed feed.
Is social media included in my Sites plan?
No. Every Forge Sites plan includes a weekly Google Business Profile post as part of profile management. Four-platform social is a separate, quoted project that pairs with any Sites plan.
What happens when the calendar runs out?
Near the end of the scheduled months, we build the next calendar with updated offers and seasonal angles. You review it the same way, and it is scheduled before the current one ends.
Can you post to TikTok, X or YouTube?
Not today. We schedule to Google Business Profile, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Stop posting when you remember to
Get months of posts, approved and scheduled.
A short call sizes the schedule, the platforms and the months ahead. You get a fixed-scope quote in writing.