Access Checklist
The fastest way to get us working for you. Most clients finish the essentials in about 15 minutes — and for most accounts, we send the request and you just click “Approve.”
Why we ask
To grow your search, social, and AI visibility, we work inside the accounts that drive it — your Google Business Profile, website, ads, and analytics. The old way (“go add us as a user on 90 things”) is why access used to take weeks. We rebuilt it: tell us your accounts once, we send the requests, and you approve them from your inbox.
How it works — three steps
Grant access to
The same identities everywhere below — one email, one ads ID, one Meta ID, one vault. No guessing.
Local Service Spotlight — access identities
Tier 1 — The Essential 6
This is 90% of what we need to start. Knock these out first; most are one click.
| Account | How | The 30-second version |
|---|---|---|
| Google Business Profile | We request | We send an access request as Manager. You get a Google email → click Accept. ~2 min |
| Google Search Console | Add 1 user | Settings → Users & permissions → Add user → our email → Full. (If we run your DNS, we verify automatically.) ~1 min |
| Google Analytics (GA4) | Add 1 user | Admin → Property access management → + → our email → Editor or Analyst. ~2 min |
| Google Ads | We request | Email your Google Ads account ID to access@localservicespotlight.com → we send a Manager (MCC) link request → you click Accept. ~2 min |
| Meta — Facebook + Instagram + Ads | We request | Business Settings → Partners → Add → enter our Business ID → check your Page, Instagram, Ad account & Pixel. ~3 min |
| Website / CMS | Invite admin | WordPress: Users → Add New → our email → Administrator. Hosting / FTP / a vendor portal (e.g. FordDirect) → use the vault, not email. ~2 min |
Why this is faster: four of the six are “we request, you approve,” so you never hunt for the right menu or guess a permission level. The other two are one screen each.
Tier 2 — Expand as we grow
We turn these on as your plan calls for them — not all at once.
YouTube — Channel ManagerLinkedIn Page — adminTikTok — Business CenterReddit — we advise / runPinterest — collaboratorX / Twitter — delegateDNS / registrar — vaultVendor / OEM portal — vault
Building AI / answer-engine visibility (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews)? Reddit, YouTube, and clean website schema matter most — we prioritize those.
Passwords? Use the vault, never email
For anything that needs a login we can’t request — hosting, a registrar, an OEM/vendor portal — we send a secure vault link. You paste credentials there; it’s encrypted, access-logged, and expires on its own. Never email or text a password.
You’ll see it land — live
As each grant comes through, a checklist in your project updates itself. No “did you do it yet?” emails, and you always know what’s left. When the Essential 6 are green, we’re off and running.