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GBP Blast + Sniper

The maps levers — push the GBP pin to the 3-pack and generate phone calls.

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GBP Blast + Sniper are the only map levers in NEO. Goal: push the client's Google Business Profile pin to top-3 ("map pack") for high-intent commercial keywords. Phone calls follow. The weekly quickstart is the condensed loop; this is the full reference.

Step 1 — Rerun the grids (weekly)

Open each client's GBP grid in NEO, hit Rerun (costs credits, accept it).

Weekly for active push; monthly minimum for maintenance.

Read the live stat, not the colours. A real grid run for JA Headshots' "LinkedIn Headshots" showed 3-PACK 10% / 4-10 RANK 0% / 11-20 RANK 90% over the Fort Myers FL area — i.e. the pin is buried in the 11-20 band almost everywhere, which is exactly the weak keyword you blast next:

SEO Neo Heatmap Carousel for LinkedIn Headshots — 3-PACK 10% / 4-10 RANK 0% / 11-20 RANK 90% on a grid overlaid on a Fort Myers FL map Heatmap Carousel for "LinkedIn Headshots": 3-PACK 10% / 4-10 RANK 0% / 11-20 RANK 90% over Fort Myers FL. The mostly-red grid is the buyer-demand keyword to point a single-keyword Blast at.

Step 2 — Pick the weak keywords

Flag the red keywords that also have real buyer demand. "LinkedIn headshots" → yes. "Team headshots" → no (companies hire their own photographers), even if it's red. Prioritize 3–4 to rotate.

Step 3 — Single-keyword GBP Blast

NEO → Wizards → GBP Blast → your client's GBP → one keyword as the primary anchor (just "LinkedIn headshots," not "near me," not variations). Run.

The wizard's left rail walks Content Buckets → Keyword and Heatmap selection → Campaign settings, with a Select a Project step up front. On Joshua's run the project resolved to JA Headshots (26.58058, -81.85437), and the heatmap you push to is a Grid 9×9 [2.5 km spacing] (a 9×9 measurement grid, 2.5 km between points). (NEO version on that build: 3.2.8.)

SEO Neo Wizards — the "Select a heatmap to create directional URLs" step of the GBP Blast, project JA Headshots (26.58058, -81.85437), each option a Grid 9×9 [2.5 km] heatmap, with the selected grid and its 3-pack / 4-10 / 11-20 stat band Picking the heatmap/grid for the GBP Blast (SEO Neo Wizards). Each grid is 9×9 at 2.5 km spacing; the stat band (3-PACK / 4-10 / 11-20) is how you read map strength before pointing a single-keyword Blast at the weak grid. SEO Neo 3.2.8.

Why one keyword: the map is the only place you can get away with concentrated single-keyword anchor pressure. The same on your money site would over-optimize and tank you.

Step 4 — Rotate weekly

~4 blasts/month, all sharing the core noun ("headshots") plus niche differentiation = diversity-with-coherence. NEO's programmatic targeting pushes to your weakest pin; all-1s pins are ignored (already won).

GBP Sniper

Companion to Blast, different mechanism. Run it alongside Blast on the same weekly cadence while in active push.

Maintenance mode

When grids show consistent top-3, drop to monthly Blast + Sniper. Stop for 3+ months and the backlinks roll off and rankings fade — so bake a monthly freshness blast into the SOP for every client. See Monthly cadence.

Coverage refinements