1. Define the territory before you spend
Your firm may serve Lawrenceville and parts of Gwinnett County, but those labels are not interchangeable. Lawrenceville is a city; Gwinnett County is the recorded county relationship. A Local Services Ads profile should therefore be reviewed against the exact locations your firm accepts, the courts or communities it actually handles and the matters it wants to receive. Do not use the city’s population estimate as a forecast of searches or leads. Use it only as context when deciding whether the municipality belongs in the geographic review.
Recommended approach
Map the firm’s real service area first. Then compare that area with the locations and case types available for the profile. Record excluded locations and out-of-area inquiries so the firm can judge whether targeting is producing the conversations it wants.
