I remember the moment clearly—sitting at my desk, staring at my frustrated dashboard. Leads that once flowed in like a steady stream suddenly dried up. My GMB profile was shadowbanned or worse, ghosted. It felt… 

I remember the moment vividly. I was staring at my GMB dashboard, frustration creeping in as my carefully optimized business suddenly showed up under the wrong category. It felt like trying to fit a square… 

It hit me during a quiet morning at my local coffee shop, watching potential customers walk past my client’s storefront without stopping—despite the bright, welcoming Google My Business profile they had. I realized I’d been…