How to Start a Google Maps and Street View Agency in 2025

Cloudpano
July 2, 2025
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🚀 How to Start a Google Maps and Street View Agency in 2025

In 2025, local businesses need visibility more than ever—and that’s exactly where your Google Maps & Street View Agency can thrive. 🌍📸

With Google Street View virtual tours, optimized business listings, and local SEO, you can offer high-value services that help businesses get found—and get paid doing it.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to set up, grow, and monetize your own agency using tools already at your fingertips.

🎥 Watch the full video hereHow to Get Paid Using Google Maps

🎯 Join the free challengegsv.virtualtourprofit.com

🔥 Why Start a Google Maps Agency in 2025?

Every local business wants to rank on Google Maps. But most don’t know:

  • How to set up or optimize their profile
  • That they can add 360° virtual tours
  • That reviews and photos can dramatically increase clicks

That’s where you come in.

✅ No coding required
✅ High-profit, low-overhead service
✅ Thousands of potential clients in every city
✅ Recurring revenue opportunities

💡 Already wondering how to monetize? Read:
👉 How To Monetize Google Maps in 2025: The Complete Guide to Turning Listings Into Profit

🧱 Step 1: Learn the Core Services You’ll Offer

Your agency will help businesses improve their Google Maps presence. Here's what you'll sell:

1. 📍 Google Business Profile Setup & Optimization

  • Claim their business
  • Add categories, keywords, hours, etc.
  • Add service areas

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2. 🏠 Google Street View Virtual Tours

Use a 360° camera (like Insta360 or Ricoh Theta) and tools like CloudPano to create tours that appear on Google Maps.

Clients love these because:

  • They boost visibility
  • They reduce bounce rates
  • They increase conversions

👉 How to Offer Google Maps and Street View Services as a Side Gig

3. 📸 Local Content + Reviews Strategy

  • Upload optimized photos weekly
  • Help generate customer reviews
  • Post weekly offers, updates, and events

You can charge monthly retainers for this service.

🛠️ Step 2: Set Up Your Tools & Process

You don’t need a huge tech stack. Here’s what to start with:

💼 Step 3: Find Clients in High-Value Niches

Not every local business will pay $500–$1,500 for a service—but many will.

🎯 Focus on these industries:

Need help finding leads?

👉 How to Use Google Maps to Find Local Business Leads

💸 Step 4: Create Packages & Pricing

Here’s a sample pricing model to get you started:

Offer monthly retainers for updates and reviews. Recurring revenue 💰.

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📣 Step 5: Get Your First Clients

🎯 Ways to get your first 10 clients:

  • Post in local Facebook groups
  • Walk into businesses with a demo tour
  • Offer a “first 360 tour free” promo
  • Network with realtors who need tours
  • Run a simple Facebook ad

🧪 Pre-sell your service with demos →
👉 gsv.virtualtourprofit.com

🎥 Sample pitch:

“Hey [business owner], did you know Google lets you publish a virtual tour inside your listing? I shoot 360° tours that help local businesses rank higher and get more leads. Want a demo?”

🧠 Advanced: Scale with Street View Certification

Once you’ve shot 50+ tours, apply to become a Google Trusted Photographer.

That adds:

  • Credibility 🏅
  • Direct leads from Google’s directory
  • The ability to charge higher rates

👉 Become a Google Maps Trusted Photographer in 2025

🔁 Recap: Your 2025 Google Maps Agency Blueprint

  1. 📍 Master GMB optimization
  2. 📸 Shoot Street View tours
  3. 💼 Package services for local businesses
  4. 🔎 Target proven niches
  5. 💰 Build monthly recurring revenue
  6. 🚀 Scale with automation + referrals

You’re not just creating pretty photos—you’re helping clients get found and make money.

📚 More Resources to Level Up

🎥 Watch the full training
👉 https://youtu.be/Yb-jjL-sVoc?si=-3zxy-vu9FEu1UVh

🚀 Join the free challenge to get clients fast
👉 https://gsv.virtualtourprofit.com

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