{"id":17718,"date":"2026-10-27T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allinonemarketingpro.com\/abbotsford\/blog\/maple-ridge-business-licence-marketing\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T02:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T09:32:46","slug":"maple-ridge-business-licence-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allinonemarketingpro.com\/abbotsford\/blog\/maple-ridge-business-licence-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Ridge business licence: what to do once it is approved"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17718\" class=\"elementor elementor-17718\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab646d4 e-con-full aio-page e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab646d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-600f4d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aio-post-progress\" data-id=\"600f4d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aio-post-progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"position:fixed;left:0;top:0;right:0;height:4px;z-index:60;background:transparent;pointer-events:none\" data-progress><span style=\"display:block;height:100%;background:#E82400;transform:scaleX(var(--prog,0));transform-origin:left\"><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ef5c40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aio-post-hero\" data-id=\"3ef5c40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aio-post-hero.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header style=\"background:#093346;color:#fff;padding:clamp(140px,16vw,210px) clamp(20px,4.5vw,64px) clamp(56px,7vw,96px)\"><div style=\"max-width:1000px;margin:0 auto;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:28px\">\n    <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;white-space:nowrap;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:600;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.14em;color:#9FB3BE\"><a href=\"\/abbotsford\/blog\/\" style=\"color:#9FB3BE;text-decoration:none\" class=\"h1f6476f\">BLOG<\/a><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\/<\/span><span style=\"color:#fff\">MARKETING STRATEGY<\/span><\/nav>\n    <h1 style=\"margin:0;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(38px,5.6vw,84px);line-height:.98;letter-spacing:-.035em;color:#fff;text-wrap:balance\">Maple Ridge business licence: what to do once it is approved<\/h1>\n    <p style=\"margin:0;max-width:760px;font-size:clamp(18px,1.6vw,21px);line-height:1.6;color:#E4E9EC;text-wrap:pretty\">The City of Maple Ridge issues the business licence. Once it is in hand, the real question is how people find you. These are the checks and habits that matter in a city of suburbs, Haney and rural roads.<\/p>\n    <div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:12px 28px;align-items:center;padding-top:20px;border-top:1px solid rgba(228,233,236,.2);font-size:15px;color:#E4E9EC\"><span style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"width:36px;height:36px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;background:#E82400;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:13px;color:#fff\">AIO<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;color:#fff\">Our Abbotsford marketing team<\/span><\/span><span>5 min read<\/span><\/div>\n  <\/div><\/header>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-150f3c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aio-post-takeaways\" data-id=\"150f3c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aio-post-takeaways.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section aria-label=\"Key takeaways\" style=\"background:#F4F7F8;padding:clamp(40px,5vw,72px) clamp(20px,4.5vw,64px)\"><div data-rv=\"ip3\" style=\"max-width:1312px;margin:0 auto;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:24px 64px\">\n    <div style=\"flex:0 0 220px;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:600;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.2em;color:#45606F;padding-top:6px\">KEY TAKEAWAYS<\/div>\n    <ol style=\"flex:1 1 520px;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0;display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,240px),1fr));gap:16px\"><li style=\"display:flex;gap:14px;align-items:flex-start;padding:20px;background:#fff;border:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;color:#093346;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.00s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.00s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex:none;width:10px;height:10px;margin-top:6px;background:#E82400\"><\/span><span>The City of Maple Ridge issues business licences, so its website is the place for rules, forms and current costs.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display:flex;gap:14px;align-items:flex-start;padding:20px;background:#fff;border:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;color:#093346;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.08s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.08s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex:none;width:10px;height:10px;margin-top:6px;background:#E82400\"><\/span><span>A licence lets you operate, but it does not put you on a map or in a search result.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display:flex;gap:14px;align-items:flex-start;padding:20px;background:#fff;border:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;color:#093346;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.16s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.16s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex:none;width:10px;height:10px;margin-top:6px;background:#E82400\"><\/span><span>Maple Ridge is spread out, so say which parts of it you serve instead of leaving customers to guess.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display:flex;gap:14px;align-items:flex-start;padding:20px;background:#fff;border:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;color:#093346;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.24s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.24s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex:none;width:10px;height:10px;margin-top:6px;background:#E82400\"><\/span><span>Run three simple searches after approval to see what a customer would actually see.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n  <\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d03325c elementor-widget elementor-widget-aio-post-body\" data-id=\"d03325c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aio-post-body.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section aria-label=\"Article\" style=\"background:#fff;padding:clamp(56px,8vw,120px) clamp(20px,4.5vw,64px)\"><div style=\"max-width:1312px;margin:0 auto;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:48px clamp(40px,6vw,96px);align-items:flex-start\">\n    <aside style=\"flex:0 1 280px;min-width:240px;position:sticky;top:100px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:14px\">\n      <div style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:600;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.2em;font-size:12px;color:#45606F\">IN THIS ARTICLE<\/div>\n      <nav aria-label=\"Table of contents\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;border-top:1px solid #DCE3E7\"><button data-on-click=\"c.go\" style=\"all:unset;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:border-box;display:grid;grid-template-columns:28px minmax(0,1fr);gap:8px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-size:15px;line-height:1.4;color:#093346;transition:color .2s, padding .2s\" data-go=\"bs-0\" class=\"h77cb418 h9b802e9\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;color:#E82400;padding-top:2px\">01<\/span><span>Who issues it, and what to ask<\/span><\/button><button data-on-click=\"c.go\" style=\"all:unset;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:border-box;display:grid;grid-template-columns:28px minmax(0,1fr);gap:8px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-size:15px;line-height:1.4;color:#093346;transition:color .2s, padding .2s\" data-go=\"bs-1\" class=\"h77cb418 h9b802e9\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;color:#E82400;padding-top:2px\">02<\/span><span>What a licence does not do<\/span><\/button><button data-on-click=\"c.go\" style=\"all:unset;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:border-box;display:grid;grid-template-columns:28px minmax(0,1fr);gap:8px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-size:15px;line-height:1.4;color:#093346;transition:color .2s, padding .2s\" data-go=\"bs-2\" class=\"h77cb418 h9b802e9\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;color:#E82400;padding-top:2px\">03<\/span><span>Three searches to run in your first week<\/span><\/button><button data-on-click=\"c.go\" style=\"all:unset;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:border-box;display:grid;grid-template-columns:28px minmax(0,1fr);gap:8px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-size:15px;line-height:1.4;color:#093346;transition:color .2s, padding .2s\" data-go=\"bs-3\" class=\"h77cb418 h9b802e9\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;color:#E82400;padding-top:2px\">04<\/span><span>A website that suits a spread-out city<\/span><\/button><button data-on-click=\"c.go\" style=\"all:unset;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:border-box;display:grid;grid-template-columns:28px minmax(0,1fr);gap:8px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-size:15px;line-height:1.4;color:#093346;transition:color .2s, padding .2s\" data-go=\"bs-4\" class=\"h77cb418 h9b802e9\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;color:#E82400;padding-top:2px\">05<\/span><span>Reviews, referrals and honest proof<\/span><\/button><button data-on-click=\"c.go\" style=\"all:unset;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:border-box;display:grid;grid-template-columns:28px minmax(0,1fr);gap:8px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-size:15px;line-height:1.4;color:#093346;transition:color .2s, padding .2s\" data-go=\"bs-future\" class=\"h77cb418 h9b802e9\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;color:#E82400;padding-top:2px\">\u2192<\/span><span>Keeping the licence and the listing in step<\/span><\/button><button data-on-click=\"c.go\" style=\"all:unset;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:border-box;display:grid;grid-template-columns:28px minmax(0,1fr);gap:8px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-size:15px;line-height:1.4;color:#093346;transition:color .2s, padding .2s\" data-go=\"bs-faq\" class=\"h77cb418 h9b802e9\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;color:#E82400;padding-top:2px\">?<\/span><span>Questions &amp; answers<\/span><\/button><\/nav>\n      <a href=\"\/abbotsford\/start-a-project\/\" style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;min-height:48px;margin-top:8px;background:#E82400;color:#fff;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.08em;text-decoration:none\" class=\"hf3251d8\">REQUEST A FREE AUDIT<\/a>\n    <\/aside>\n    <article style=\"flex:1 1 560px;min-width:0;max-width:760px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:clamp(40px,5vw,56px)\">\n      \n        <section id=\"bs-0\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:18px;scroll-margin-top:110px\">\n          <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:14px;color:#E82400\">01<\/span><h2 style=\"margin:0;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(26px,2.6vw,36px);line-height:1.12;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:#093346;text-wrap:balance\">Who issues it, and what to ask<\/h2><\/div>\n          <p style=\"margin:0;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#2B4A5A;text-wrap:pretty\">In Maple Ridge the City hands out business licences, which makes the City's website the only dependable source for what applies to your trade and your address. Requirements, charges and how long things take are the City's to decide and can change, so none are quoted in this article. A figure from an old blog post is a poor basis for a budget.<\/p><p style=\"margin:0;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#2B4A5A;text-wrap:pretty\">Phone with specific questions if your plans are unusual. A home-based business, a mobile service or a shop with a sign each raise different points. Maple Ridge borders Pitt Meadows and Mission, so it is also worth asking whether work you do in a neighbouring city needs separate approval.<\/p>\n          \n        <\/section>\n      \n        <section id=\"bs-1\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:18px;scroll-margin-top:110px\">\n          <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:14px;color:#E82400\">02<\/span><h2 style=\"margin:0;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(26px,2.6vw,36px);line-height:1.12;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:#093346;text-wrap:balance\">What a licence does not do<\/h2><\/div>\n          <p style=\"margin:0;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#2B4A5A;text-wrap:pretty\">A licence gives you permission to trade. It does not create a Google listing, a website or a single review, and it will not tell a homeowner in Haney that you exist. Owners often wait until the paperwork is finished before thinking about visibility, then open to silence for weeks.<\/p><p style=\"margin:0;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#2B4A5A;text-wrap:pretty\">There is a better order. While the application is being handled, you can draft pages, gather photos and prepare your Google listing details. Hold off on advertising or opening until the City confirms what you need. Then you can go live promptly, rather than starting from nothing on the day it arrives.<\/p>\n          \n        <\/section>\n      \n        <section id=\"bs-2\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:18px;scroll-margin-top:110px\">\n          <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:14px;color:#E82400\">03<\/span><h2 style=\"margin:0;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(26px,2.6vw,36px);line-height:1.12;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:#093346;text-wrap:balance\">Three searches to run in your first week<\/h2><\/div>\n          <p style=\"margin:0;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#2B4A5A;text-wrap:pretty\">Marketing in a new city is easier once you see it from a customer's side. Use your phone, because that is where most local searches happen, and write down what appears. A private browser window keeps your earlier searches from skewing the results.<\/p><p style=\"margin:0;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#2B4A5A;text-wrap:pretty\">Look for gaps. If your listing is missing, claim it. If rivals show photos and recent reviews and you show none, that is your first task. If your service never appears next to the city name, your website probably does not say where you work.<\/p>\n          <ul style=\"list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;border-top:1px solid #DCE3E7\"><li style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:22px minmax(0,1fr);gap:12px;padding:14px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-size:17px;line-height:1.55;color:#093346\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"width:8px;height:8px;margin-top:10px;background:#E82400\"><\/span><span>Your business name, typed into Google on a phone<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:22px minmax(0,1fr);gap:12px;padding:14px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-size:17px;line-height:1.55;color:#093346\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"width:8px;height:8px;margin-top:10px;background:#E82400\"><\/span><span>Your main service followed by Maple Ridge<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:22px minmax(0,1fr);gap:12px;padding:14px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-size:17px;line-height:1.55;color:#093346\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"width:8px;height:8px;margin-top:10px;background:#E82400\"><\/span><span>The same service followed by Pitt Meadows or Mission, if customers come from there<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n        <\/section>\n      \n        <section id=\"bs-3\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:18px;scroll-margin-top:110px\">\n          <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:14px;color:#E82400\">04<\/span><h2 style=\"margin:0;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(26px,2.6vw,36px);line-height:1.12;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:#093346;text-wrap:balance\">A website that suits a spread-out city<\/h2><\/div>\n          <p style=\"margin:0;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#2B4A5A;text-wrap:pretty\">Maple Ridge combines suburban streets, the historic centre of Haney and rural land reaching toward Golden Ears Provincial Park. Lougheed Highway threads through it, and the Golden Ears Bridge links it with Langley. A visitor on your site wants to know whether you come to their part of it.<\/p><p style=\"margin:0;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#2B4A5A;text-wrap:pretty\">So name the places you serve, put your phone number at the top and keep forms short. Use photos of your own work, since stock images fool nobody. Make sure pages open quickly on a phone. Our web design and SEO teams build this kind of site for Fraser Valley businesses from the Abbotsford studio.<\/p>\n          \n        <\/section>\n      \n        <section id=\"bs-4\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:18px;scroll-margin-top:110px\">\n          <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:14px;color:#E82400\">05<\/span><h2 style=\"margin:0;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(26px,2.6vw,36px);line-height:1.12;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:#093346;text-wrap:balance\">Reviews, referrals and honest proof<\/h2><\/div>\n          <p style=\"margin:0;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#2B4A5A;text-wrap:pretty\">Ask satisfied customers for a Google review while the job is fresh, and send them a direct link so it takes seconds. Reply in your own voice. Join the neighbourhood groups and local networks where your customers already talk, because a recommendation from someone they know carries more weight than an advertisement.<\/p><p style=\"margin:0;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#2B4A5A;text-wrap:pretty\">We have no published Maple Ridge client and no premises in the city, so we are plain about where our proof comes from. For Abbotsford Fraser Denture Clinic, a website, search and social project produced +30% website traffic in 3 months. Every business is different, and our free marketing audit comes before any proposal.<\/p>\n          \n        <\/section>\n      \n      <section id=\"bs-future\" data-rv=\"ip4\" style=\"scroll-margin-top:110px;position:relative;overflow:hidden;background:#093346;color:#fff;padding:clamp(28px,4vw,48px);display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:20px\">\n        <span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background-image:linear-gradient(rgba(159,220,240,.10) 1px,transparent 1px),linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(159,220,240,.10) 1px,transparent 1px);background-size:40px 40px;pointer-events:none\"><\/span>\n        <div style=\"position:relative;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:600;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.2em;font-size:12px;color:#9FB3BE\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"width:10px;height:10px;background:#E82400\"><\/span>WHAT'S NEXT \u00b7 EMERGING TECH<\/div>\n        <h2 style=\"position:relative;margin:0;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(26px,2.8vw,38px);line-height:1.1;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:#fff\">Keeping the licence and the listing in step<\/h2>\n        <p style=\"position:relative;margin:0;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;color:#E4E9EC\">A licence is not a one-off task, so ask the City how and when yours needs attention. Then treat your online details with the same care. Whenever you move, add a service or change your hours, update the City and update Google, your website and your directory listings together. Consistent facts help both people and the AI tools that now summarize local businesses.<\/p>\n        <ol style=\"position:relative;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;border-top:1px solid rgba(228,233,236,.2)\"><li style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:44px minmax(0,1fr);gap:12px;padding:16px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(228,233,236,.2);font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:17px;line-height:1.4;color:#fff;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.00s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.00s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\"><span style=\"font-weight:300;font-size:22px;color:#9FB3BE\">01<\/span><span>Businesses reviewing their licence and their listing at the same time<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:44px minmax(0,1fr);gap:12px;padding:16px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(228,233,236,.2);font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:17px;line-height:1.4;color:#fff;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.12s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.12s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\"><span style=\"font-weight:300;font-size:22px;color:#9FB3BE\">02<\/span><span>AI assistants and map apps leaning on consistent public details<\/span><\/li><li style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:44px minmax(0,1fr);gap:12px;padding:16px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(228,233,236,.2);font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:17px;line-height:1.4;color:#fff;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.24s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.24s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\"><span style=\"font-weight:300;font-size:22px;color:#9FB3BE\">03<\/span><span>Service-area pages replacing a single generic homepage<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n      <\/section>\n      <section id=\"bs-faq\" style=\"scroll-margin-top:110px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:16px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:600;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.2em;color:#45606F\">Q&amp;A<\/div>\n        <h2 style=\"margin:0;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(26px,2.6vw,36px);line-height:1.12;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:#093346\">Questions &amp; answers<\/h2>\n        <div style=\"border-top:1px solid #093346\"><div style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #C5D0D6\"><h3 style=\"margin:0\"><button data-on-click=\"q.toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" style=\"all:unset;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;min-height:64px;padding:18px 0;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:24px;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:clamp(17px,1.5vw,19px);line-height:1.35;color:#093346;transition:padding .2s\" data-acc-btn class=\"hd57228f h9b802e9\"><span>Who issues a business licence in Maple Ridge?<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex:none;width:36px;height:36px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;border:1px solid #C5D0D6;font-size:22px;color:#E82400\" data-acc-icon>+<\/span><\/button><\/h3><p style=\"margin:0;padding:0 0 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.65;color:#2B4A5A\" hidden=\"\" data-acc-panel>The City of Maple Ridge issues business licences, so start on the City's website or phone it directly. What applies depends on your kind of business and where it operates, so rely on the City's own information rather than a summary from a third-party site.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #C5D0D6\"><h3 style=\"margin:0\"><button data-on-click=\"q.toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" style=\"all:unset;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;min-height:64px;padding:18px 0;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:24px;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:clamp(17px,1.5vw,19px);line-height:1.35;color:#093346;transition:padding .2s\" data-acc-btn class=\"hd57228f h9b802e9\"><span>Can I market my business before the licence is approved?<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex:none;width:36px;height:36px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;border:1px solid #C5D0D6;font-size:22px;color:#E82400\" data-acc-icon>+<\/span><\/button><\/h3><p style=\"margin:0;padding:0 0 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.65;color:#2B4A5A\" hidden=\"\" data-acc-panel>You can prepare your website, photos and Google listing details while the application is processed, but confirm with the City what you need before you open or advertise. Requirements differ between businesses, so ask rather than assume. Many owners use the wait to write pages and collect photos.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #C5D0D6\"><h3 style=\"margin:0\"><button data-on-click=\"q.toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" style=\"all:unset;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;min-height:64px;padding:18px 0;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:24px;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:clamp(17px,1.5vw,19px);line-height:1.35;color:#093346;transition:padding .2s\" data-acc-btn class=\"hd57228f h9b802e9\"><span>Do I need a website if I already have a licence?<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex:none;width:36px;height:36px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;border:1px solid #C5D0D6;font-size:22px;color:#E82400\" data-acc-icon>+<\/span><\/button><\/h3><p style=\"margin:0;padding:0 0 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.65;color:#2B4A5A\" hidden=\"\" data-acc-panel>A licence only lets you operate. Customers still need a way to find you and judge you, and for most local businesses that means a Google listing and a simple site. Our projects start from $1,000, and a free marketing audit comes before any proposal.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #C5D0D6\"><h3 style=\"margin:0\"><button data-on-click=\"q.toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" style=\"all:unset;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;min-height:64px;padding:18px 0;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:24px;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:clamp(17px,1.5vw,19px);line-height:1.35;color:#093346;transition:padding .2s\" data-acc-btn class=\"hd57228f h9b802e9\"><span>Do you work with Maple Ridge businesses?<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex:none;width:36px;height:36px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;border:1px solid #C5D0D6;font-size:22px;color:#E82400\" data-acc-icon>+<\/span><\/button><\/h3><p style=\"margin:0;padding:0 0 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.65;color:#2B4A5A\" hidden=\"\" data-acc-panel>Yes, from our Abbotsford studio. We have no premises in Maple Ridge and no published Maple Ridge client yet, so we point to Fraser Valley proof such as Olive Tree Aesthetics in Abbotsford. Meetings are by phone or video, or at the studio in person.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n      <\/section>\n      <a href=\"\/abbotsford\/blog\/how-to-rank-in-google-map-pack-abbotsford\/\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:8px;padding:24px 28px;background:#F4F7F8;border-left:4px solid #E82400;text-decoration:none;color:#093346\" class=\"h84e77ca\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:600;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.2em;font-size:12px;color:#45606F\">NEXT ARTICLE<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:20px;line-height:1.25\">How to Rank Higher on Google Maps in Abbotsford Without Moving Your Shop \u2192<\/span><\/a>\n    <\/article>\n  <\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-308c49b elementor-widget elementor-widget-aio-post-services\" data-id=\"308c49b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aio-post-services.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"\/abbotsford\/services\/web-design-and-development\/\" style=\"flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:12px;padding:28px;background:#fff;border:1px solid #DCE3E7;text-decoration:none;color:#093346;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.00s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.00s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\" class=\"he16b05b\"><span style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:300;font-size:32px;line-height:1;color:#9FB0BA\">01<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"color:#E82400;font-weight:700\">\u2192<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:20px;line-height:1.15\">Web Design and Development<\/span><span style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;color:#45606F\">Websites that win Fraser Valley customers<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"display:flex\"><a href=\"\/abbotsford\/services\/search-engine-optimization-services\/\" style=\"flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:12px;padding:28px;background:#fff;border:1px solid #DCE3E7;text-decoration:none;color:#093346;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.08s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.08s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\" class=\"he16b05b\"><span style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:300;font-size:32px;line-height:1;color:#9FB0BA\">02<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"color:#E82400;font-weight:700\">\u2192<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:20px;line-height:1.15\">Search Engine Optimization<\/span><span style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;color:#45606F\">Be found on Google across the valley<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"display:flex\"><a href=\"\/abbotsford\/services\/lead-generation-services\/\" style=\"flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:12px;padding:28px;background:#fff;border:1px solid #DCE3E7;text-decoration:none;color:#093346;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.16s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.16s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\" class=\"he16b05b\"><span style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:300;font-size:32px;line-height:1;color:#9FB0BA\">03<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"color:#E82400;font-weight:700\">\u2192<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:20px;line-height:1.15\">Lead Generation<\/span><span style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;color:#45606F\">Steady enquiries from the right people<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n  <\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b782318 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aio-post-more\" data-id=\"b782318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aio-post-more.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section aria-labelledby=\"po-more\" style=\"background:#fff;padding:clamp(56px,8vw,120px) clamp(20px,4.5vw,64px)\"><div data-rv=\"ip6\" style=\"max-width:1312px;margin:0 auto;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:clamp(28px,4vw,44px)\"><div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:16px 64px;justify-content:space-between;align-items:flex-end\"><div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:16px\"><div style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:600;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.2em;color:#45606F\">KEEP READING<\/div><h2 id=\"po-more\" style=\"margin:0;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(30px,3.6vw,52px);line-height:1;letter-spacing:-.03em;color:#093346\">More articles<\/h2><\/div><a href=\"\/abbotsford\/blog\/\" style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:14px;color:#093346;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px solid #093346;padding:8px 0 4px\">All articles \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n    <ul style=\"list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0;display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(min(100%,320px),1fr));gap:16px\"><li style=\"display:flex\"><a href=\"https:\/\/allinonemarketingpro.com\/abbotsford\/blog\/core-web-vitals-explained-for-business-owners\/\" style=\"flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:16px;padding:clamp(24px,2.4vw,32px);background:#fff;border:1px solid #DCE3E7;text-decoration:none;color:#093346;min-height:280px;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.00s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.00s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\" class=\"h60c859c\"><span style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:12px\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:600;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.2em;font-size:12px;color:#E82400\">BLOG<\/span><span style=\"font-size:13px;color:#45606F;white-space:nowrap\">6 min read<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(21px,1.9vw,26px);line-height:1.15;letter-spacing:-.02em;text-wrap:balance\">Core Web Vitals Explained for Busy Business Owners<\/span><span style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;color:#2B4A5A\">Core Web Vitals measure how fast and stable your website feels. Learn what LCP, INP and CLS mean, why they matter and how to improve them.<\/span><span style=\"margin-top:auto;padding-top:16px;border-top:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.08em;color:#093346\">READ ARTICLE \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"display:flex\"><a href=\"https:\/\/allinonemarketingpro.com\/abbotsford\/blog\/starting-a-business-in-abbotsford\/\" style=\"flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:16px;padding:clamp(24px,2.4vw,32px);background:#fff;border:1px solid #DCE3E7;text-decoration:none;color:#093346;min-height:280px;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.08s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.08s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\" class=\"h60c859c\"><span style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:12px\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:600;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.2em;font-size:12px;color:#E82400\">MARKETING STRATEGY<\/span><span style=\"font-size:13px;color:#45606F;white-space:nowrap\">6 min read<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(21px,1.9vw,26px);line-height:1.15;letter-spacing:-.02em;text-wrap:balance\">Starting a business in Abbotsford: from licence to first customers<\/span><span style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;color:#2B4A5A\">Getting your Abbotsford business licence is step one. Getting found is step two. Here is the order that suits a new owner: the City's page, a Google profile, a simple site, early reviews and a local network.<\/span><span style=\"margin-top:auto;padding-top:16px;border-top:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.08em;color:#093346\">READ ARTICLE \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"display:flex\"><a href=\"https:\/\/allinonemarketingpro.com\/abbotsford\/blog\/chilliwack-business-licence-marketing\/\" style=\"flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:16px;padding:clamp(24px,2.4vw,32px);background:#fff;border:1px solid #DCE3E7;text-decoration:none;color:#093346;min-height:280px;opacity:var(--rv-o,1);transform:translateY(var(--rv-y,0px));transition:opacity .6s ease 0.16s, transform .75s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) 0.16s, box-shadow .3s, border-color .3s\" class=\"h60c859c\"><span style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:12px\"><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:600;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.2em;font-size:12px;color:#E82400\">MARKETING STRATEGY<\/span><span style=\"font-size:13px;color:#45606F;white-space:nowrap\">5 min read<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(21px,1.9vw,26px);line-height:1.15;letter-spacing:-.02em;text-wrap:balance\">After your Chilliwack business licence: a marketing checklist by neighbourhood<\/span><span style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;color:#2B4A5A\">Chilliwack is one city with several centres, and each searches a little differently. Once the City of Chilliwack licence is in hand, work through this checklist for downtown, Sardis, Vedder and Promontory.<\/span><span style=\"margin-top:auto;padding-top:16px;border-top:1px solid #DCE3E7;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.08em;color:#093346\">READ ARTICLE \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n  <\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d982898 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aio-cta-band\" data-id=\"d982898\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aio-cta-band.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section aria-labelledby=\"po-cta\" style=\"background:#093346;color:#fff;padding:clamp(64px,9vw,120px) clamp(20px,4.5vw,64px)\"><div style=\"max-width:1312px;margin:0 auto;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:32px 64px;align-items:flex-end;justify-content:space-between\"><h2 id=\"po-cta\" style=\"margin:0;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(34px,5vw,72px);line-height:.95;letter-spacing:-.035em;color:#fff\">Want to put this<br>into practice?<\/h2><div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:12px\"><a href=\"\/abbotsford\/start-a-project\/\" style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;min-height:56px;padding:0 28px;background:#E82400;color:#fff;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.06em;text-decoration:none;white-space:nowrap\" class=\"hf3251d8\">CONTACT OUR TEAM<\/a><a href=\"tel:+16048003883\" style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;min-height:56px;padding:0 28px;border:1px solid #9FB3BE;color:#fff;font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.06em;text-decoration:none;white-space:nowrap\" class=\"he524528\">CALL +1 (604) 800-3883<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Maple Ridge issues business licences. 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