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Google Business Profile for hair salons.

When someone nearby searches "hair salon near me", your Google profile is often the first thing they see, before your website or Instagram. Here's how to set it up so they book, and a routine that keeps it working in about 15 minutes a week.

1. Get the basics exactly right

Your name, address and phone number should match everywhere: Google, Instagram, Facebook, Yelp and your website. If one says Suite 4 and another doesn't, fix the odd one out.

Use your real salon name. Adding words like "best balayage Denver" to the name breaks Google's guidelines and can get the profile suspended.

Keep hours current, and add special hours before every holiday. Wrong hours send clients to the salon down the road.

2. Choose categories the way clients search

Your primary category matters most. For most salons that's "Hair salon". If you mainly do one thing, such as extensions or blowouts, check whether a closer category exists and compare.

Then add secondary categories for real services you offer, such as "Nail salon" or "Waxing hair removal service". Only add what you actually do.

3. List services in clients' words

Add each service with a short description and a starting price where you can: balayage, silk press, keratin treatment, extensions, bridal hair.

Use the words clients type, not menu names only you use. "Lived-in blonde (balayage)" beats "The Sunkissed Signature".

4. Make booking one tap

Add your booking link so it opens straight to picking a time, not your homepage. Test it on your phone from the Google listing itself.

If you take new clients through a consultation first, say so in the service description so nobody is surprised.

5. Show real work, often

Upload your own photos: finished looks in good light, the space, the team. Skip stock photos.

A steady trickle beats one big upload. A few new photos every week keeps the profile looking alive.

6. Earn and answer reviews

Ask happy clients in person at checkout, then send your direct review link by text. Asking everyone is fine; paying or rewarding people for reviews breaks Google's rules.

Reply to every review, good or bad, within a few days. A calm, specific reply to a bad review reassures the next person reading it.

7. Post updates

Use updates for new services, open slots, seasonal offers and new team members. Short, with a real photo, is enough.

The 15-minute weekly routine

  1. Add three to five new photos of real work.
  2. Reply to every new review.
  3. Post one update: a new look, an open slot or a service.
  4. Check hours for any upcoming holiday.
  5. Tap your own booking link from Google on your phone to make sure it still works.

Check the rest of your online presence

Google is one of three places clients decide. The free Salon Profile Check covers your Google profile, Instagram and booking path in 18 quick checks you can do on your phone today.