Verify Your Business for Google Local Services Ads

With Marketing 360® and Evident, you can get Google Guaranteed and start running Google Local Services Ads with Marketing 360, all from one place. 

 

*Business Verification is $125 and is non-refundable. Verification of business and owner background check is required for LSA. Field agent background checks are $35 / person and are non-refundable. 

In this guide: 

Submitting your business details

Business verification and payment

Checking your verification status

Adding field agents

Removing field agents

Selecting a budget

Local Service Ads setup and Google LSA Checklist

Troubleshooting failed verification

Start the verification process

To get started, visit the Google Local Service Ads page in the Ads App, and click the Get Started button. 

 

Step 1: Business Details

Click on Business Details on the left side menu and enter your Business Location Name, State and select a Category*. 

Once you have selected your category, click on the Services you would like to promote using Google Local Service Ads. When you have finished, click Save. 

*Note: Business verification is available for select business categories. If you do not see your business category, contact us to learn about our other advertising options. 

 

Step 2: Business Verification and Payment

Click Business Verification on the left-hand menu and select your Primary Business Owner from the dropdown.

Note: The Primary Business Owner must be added to your Marketing 360® Account in order to proceed with this step. If needed, you can invite the Business Owner to your account by clicking the Invite User button. This will add them as an Owner to your Marketing 360® Account. 

 

When you have selected the business owner, click Continue and Pay. 

 

 

Select or add the payment method you wish to use for your payment, acknowledge our terms and conditions by selecting the checkbox, and click the blue "Pay $125.00" button to complete your transaction.

 

Once your payment is successful, the Business Owner will receive an email from Evident that asks for required information needed for the background check. Once all required information is submitted, it will take about 2-3 days for Evident to process your background check. 

Checking your business verification status

You can keep an eye on your verification status using the status flags. Statuses you may see include: 

In Progress - Information is being collected to create the request.
Pending - Any state of the submission process to Evident before results are available.
Complete / Passed - The criteria has been completed or passed verification requirements
Failed - Requirements not met further action may be needed or the person / entity cannot qualify for verification. If your business verification fails, you may follow these steps to troubleshoot why it failed. 

 

 

Step 3: Field Agents

Once your business background check is passed, you will need to complete additional checks for your business's field agents. Field agents that perform services at your customer’s residences must also pass a background check in order for your business to become Google Guaranteed. 

 

*Field agent background checks are $35 / person and are non-refundable. 

If you do not serve customers at their residence, you can mark “No field agents”, and click Save. 

If you do have field agents, add them using the following instructions

1. Click on Field Agents in the left side menu.
2. Select a field agent from the dropdown, and click Save. If needed, click Invite User to add a new field agent. Be sure to review our account permissions so that you can grant field agents the correct access to your Marketing 360® Account. Learn more about account permissions here.

Once invited, field agents will receive an email from Evident that asks them to submit required information needed for the background check.

Check the status of your field agent's background check at any time viewing the status tag next to their name. 

Remove a field agent

To remove a field agent click the trash icon to the right of their name, and verify you wish to remove them. 

Add a new field agent

You can add a new field worker at any time. Your ads will continue to run even when the new field worker’s background check is being processed. If the background check fails, your ads will pause until action is taken to remove the worker, or pass the background check. 

 

Step 4: Select A Budget

Next, you will select a monthly budget for your Google Local Services Ads program. Use the toggle to set your monthly budget, and click Continue. 

 

Review your payment details on the Payments page. Then, select or add the payment method you wish to use for your payment, acknowledge our terms and conditions by selecting the checkbox, and click the blue button to complete your transaction.

Step 5: Local Service Ads Setup

Once your background checks have passed, a member of our team will reach out to you for next steps to set up your Local Service Ads program. If you have reached this step, save time by filling out our Google LSA Checklist to give our ad specialists more information for your ads. 

 

Troubleshooting Failed Local Service Ads Verification

What does it mean if my verification failed? 

If Evident finds an issue with your business owner or your employees’ background checks, you will see a notification that tells you what part of your background check failed.

For example, if one of your employees failed the background check, you will see a notice like this: 

To pass verification after an employee’s background check has failed, you will need to either: 

• Appeal the background check with Evident. Click “Go To Evident” to see why the employee failed, and to appeal if necessary. 
• Remove the failed employee by clicking on the trash icon next to their name. 

To pass verification after an business owner’s background check has failed, you will need to either: 

• Appeal the background check with Evident. Click “Go To Evident” to see why the it failed, and to appeal if necessary. 
• Remove the failed business owner from your business’s background check by clicking on the trash icon next to their name. 

NOTE: There must always be an active, verified Business Owner for your business. If a sole business owner fails verification, the business will be ineligible to run LSA Ads with Marketing 360.

If the Business Owner verification fails at any point, or if the background check is pending, your ads cannot run. 

If you are already running LSA ads and a business owner verification fails, the ads will be automatically paused until the verification has passed, or a new verified Business Owner has been added. 

 

Things that will pause your LSA ads: 

• Failed business owner verification. 
• Failed employee verification. 
• Not having a business owner associated with your account. 
• Insufficient budget

If you have any questions during this process, please reach out to support@marketing360.com.