# Tracking calls from your Google profile without expensive tools

- URL: https://movingbusinesses.online/blog/tracking-calls-from-your-google-profile-without-expensive-tools
- Published: 2026-09-10
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Author: Local Dispatch Editors (Local Dispatch)
- Section: Local Marketing
- Tags: analytics, google business profile, call tracking

> A tagged phone number, a spreadsheet and ten minutes a week tell you which marketing is working.

Most owners guess where their calls come from. You can know with very little effort.

### Use a tracking number or a tag

Add a second number to your [Business Profile](/blog/google-business-profile-checklist-for-service-businesses) and ask every caller how they found you.

### Review weekly

Ten minutes in a spreadsheet shows what to repeat. Read more in [local marketing](/category/local-marketing) and [how to ask for reviews](/blog/how-to-ask-for-reviews-without-being-awkward).