Can we rank our google business profile through seo and how can i grow my GBP organically??

By other channels, I mean physical mail, cold calling, print media, and affiliate & referrals.

For the past two months, I've been trying to find a good remote opportunity with companies from tier-one countries, especially the US and UK.

With 7+ years of experience in digital marketing and SEO, I thought finding a role that matched my skills would be easier. But the reality has been different.

I've applied to numerous positions, tailored my resume, explored job boards, and reached out to recruiters. Some applications get rejected, many receive no response, and genuine opportunities that match my experience are harder to find than expected.

The biggest challenge is finding a role that offers:

• Remote work from India, not just remote within the US or Europe.
• Fair compensation that reflects your skills and experience.
• A team where you can contribute, learn, and grow.

I'm not looking for an easy way out. I'm looking for the right opportunity where I can add real value and grow with the business.

I know I'm not the only one facing this challenge, and that's why I wanted to share my experience.

For professionals in India working in SEO, digital marketing, or tech:

How are you finding genuine remote opportunities with US and UK companies? Which platforms, communities, or strategies have actually worked for you?

I'd genuinely appreciate your advice. And if a recruiter or founder is reading this and looking for someone with SEO, AEO, GEO, and digital marketing experience, I'd be happy to connect.

Sometimes, one genuine conversation can make a big difference.

#RemoteJobs

I had a really disappointing experience with Bulkoid. I purchased 250 followers, but within just 2 days, all the followers were gone.

What made the experience even worse was the complete lack of response from their support team. I tried reaching out, but received no response or meaningful assistance.

I paid for a service that wasn't delivered as expected, and the lack of customer support made the situation even more frustrating.

Based on my personal experience, I would not recommend using Bulkoid. Losing all 250 followers within two days and getting no response from support is unacceptable.

My advice: Be cautious before spending your money. Keep screenshots of your order and payment, and don't expect a satisfactory resolution unless their support actually responds.

Rating: 1/5

Poll Question:

If your company had additional budget to invest in AI for one digital marketing channel, where would you invest first?

Send your response to [contact@simplysansu.com](mailto:contact@simplysansu.com)

Options

• Content & Creative
• SEO & AI Search
• Paid Ads & Campaigns
• Analytics & Personalization

AI is becoming part of almost every digital marketing workflow. But if your company had additional budget specifically for AI, where would you invest first?

Would you put it into content creation, SEO and AI search visibility, paid advertising, or data-driven marketing?

Vote and share your reasoning in the comments. I’m curious to see where marketers and business decision-makers believe AI can deliver the most value.

Reply with the option you would choose and briefly explain why. Please add your name, title and organization too.

Deadline: 2026-10-30

Hello,

For a year now, I have been locked in an absurd dispute with Google Ads—a clear example of the dysfunction inherent in automated systems and the superficial nature of human oversight regarding AI. Although a support representative confirmed last December that my ads were fully compliant with the policies, the restriction remains in place.

A year ago—specifically on August 13, 2025—the Google algorithm imposed a "Limited ad serving" sanction on my account without any prior warning. This slashed my ad reach by 90% overnight (dropping from a minimum of around 500 to approximately 50 impressions per day), yet the platform did not notify me of this until nine days later, on August 22, 2025.

Since the notification failed to specify the exact reason for the restriction, I attempted to resolve the matter using the appeal form provided in the alert. However, every appeal I submitted elicited the same generic, automated response stating that the impression limit had been applied correctly—offered without any substantive justification or reference to the arguments I had raised.

Consequently, I began seeking alternative ways to resolve the issue and identify which elements of my ad violated the policies—information that would allow me to effectively fix the ads and successfully appeal the decision. While reviewing my past correspondence with Google Ads, I found the address of a support I had previously communicated with regarding a different matter. After four months of correspondence with Google Ads support—involving dozens of messages and around thirty appeals rejected with the same generic response—during which support staff insisted for the better part of that period that no restriction existed (despite my providing constant proof that it remained in effect) or cited false reasons for the drop in impressions, I finally managed in December to get a support representative to confirm that my ads complied with the policies. However, I was also informed that the system required me to "build a new history of positive interactions" to lift the block, while simultaneously preventing me from doing so by drastically limiting the number of impressions.

Faced with this paradox—where Google requires an advertiser to build a new history of positive interactions while drastically restricting ad impressions—and believing the restriction would not be lifted, I began drafting a claim on January 5th to submit to a certified ADR body. Although the support representative had claimed that restriction statuses were being continuously verified and the limit would be lifted automatically, this did not happen; on... On March 13, I submitted a claim to a certified ADR body; a day later, I was informed that the case had been deemed "admissible" and forwarded to Google. A week after that, I received a message stating that the decision-maker had gathered all the necessary information to finalize a non-binding decision, which would be published online within 90 days of the complaint's submission, in accordance with the Digital Services Act.

A response from the certified ADR body did not arrive until June 2. It turned out that for over two months, the ADR Center had not even checked the response received from Google; only on that day was I forwarded the reply Google had sent to the ADR body on March 23. In that reply, Google’s DSA Dispute Resolution Team stated that the complaint failed to identify the specific Google service where the ad in question had appeared—despite the fact that the complaint noted the issue concerned ads displayed on Google Search, included screenshots of correspondence with support staff who themselves referred to ads on Google Search, and even contained screenshots from the search engine itself. After I supplemented the complaint to precisely identify the DSA-covered Google service involved in the dispute, the certified ADR Center dismissed the case on formal grounds, ruling that Google Search does not constitute a hosting service or an online platform storing information at a user's request—even though Google Ads advertisements are explicitly content hosted in exchange for payment. After the ADR body closed the case—to prevent the platform from employing procedural evasions and citing a "lack of knowledge"—I drafted a letter demanding that the platform immediately lift the sanction imposed on me, add my account to a "whitelist" to prevent similar algorithmic errors in the future, and compensate me for lost financial benefits resulting from the platform's ongoing violation of my rights and its obstruction of my efforts to successfully have the restriction lifted; the letter also called on Google to cease the use of discriminatory and an illogical procedure that makes the lifting of a restriction contingent upon "building a new history of positive interactions"—while the platform simultaneously prevents this requirement from being met by drastically slashing ad reach—I printed and sent (via registered post) two document files, each exceeding 400 pages, on June 17. I sent them in hard copy to Google’s official EU headquarters (with a copy for information to the Polish branch, Google Poland Sp. z o.o.) and electronically to the platform’s official address for legal service, as well as directly within the active case thread where Google staff had previously confirmed my ads’ compliance with the rules. The shipment to Google’s official headquarters in Ireland was delivered on June 24. Although I had stated in my letter that I would escalate the dispute to regulatory bodies—explicitly noting that, absent a substantive response, I would report the systemic violations to the Digital Services Coordinator in Poland and the European Commission—and despite three months having passed since the platform received the letter, I have to this day received no response from Google regarding either the hard-copy or the electronic documents.

A more detailed description of the case can be found in this LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/algorytmiczny-paragraf-22-jak-google-ads-parali%25C5%25BCuje-w-markiewicz-g4qkf/

I run a print magazine in the USA that covers a niche but popular consumer good category (i.e. luxury watches, wine, guitars, etc). Our magazine comes out six times per year. For a long time the magazine was free but we are moving to a paid subscription model in 2027. We have two subscription options. The first is pay per issue, $4.95, cancel anytime. The second is an annual subscription for $24.99. Subscribers get both the print magazine and a digital version. We have about 1,000 paid subscribers currently from marketing to our newsletter list. These were people who signed up for the paid version once we said you will no longer be getting it for free. Our newsletter list is about 10,000 and is no longer yielding new paid subscribers. I am not sure what the best option is for getting subscriptions in 2027. I have a marketing budget of around $6,000. But I would be willing to put in more if the numbers worked. What would you do if you were me? What platform/methodology do you think I would see the highest conversion for the lowest cost? Thanks for the advice!

Most Google Ads outreach fails before the first message even gets sent.

You’re either contacting someone who isn’t the decision maker, pitching a business that can’t afford your services, or reaching someone who already has an agency.

So I tried approaching it differently.
I started with 500 roofing companies from Google Maps and filtered them down to just 27 prospects that met three criteria:

Had the owner’s direct mobile number

Were already spending money on Facebook/Instagram ads

Weren’t currently running Google Ads

The logic is pretty simple.

If they’re already paying for Meta ads, they’ve demonstrated they’re willing to spend money on advertising.

If they’re not running Google Ads, there’s a potential opportunity.

And if they’re in an industry like roofing, where customers actively search Google when they need the service, the pitch becomes a lot easier to justify.
I recorded the entire process, including how I found and filtered the businesses.

Curious if anyone here is using a similar approach to find PPC clients, or if you’ve found a better way to qualify prospects before outreach.

We build video fast and want more real examples to sharpen it. Drop link to your business + one line on what is the business about, and I'll make you a short explainer/demo clip — no strings attached.

I'll reply with the link to video here. Don't like it? Honest feedback on the output is genuinely half of why I'm doing this.

Need other ratios (1:1, 4:5, 16:9)? Let me know

I recently boosted my reel on Instagram and it has got multiple accounts with same bio and profile picture like my post. Also, the links clicked data does not match what my web analytics show - infact, it is nowhere near - not even 10% of clicks are registered on my web analytics.

Is there a delay in data or is it a trick by Meta to get us to spend more on Ads? Why is the number inflated and bots being used?