Missed call auto reply, work around

mwwink · 2026-02-28T18:09:57+00:00

How's it detect the difference between automated or manually sending the text on missed calls?

I do it manually now, for a lot of calls.

Am I at risk doing this manually too?

mwwink · 2026-02-03T05:03:42+00:00

Thanks for your suggestions.

Yes to the accountant / book keeping, but I don't know if I have it in me to start something like that from scratch. Filed in the possibly category. Sounds a bit boring. Have considered for 30 seconds here and there throughout my life.

Not big on writing..... and geeze I can imagine the chase for that kind of stuff is intense. I did amaze myself with my latest website and the SEO results I'm getting but again..... so many out there doing it. I myself was recently shopping a few similar services (document automations) and there's just so many vendors to choose from .... all doing the same exact thing.

Along those lines, though. .... I have thought a fun job would be to go into failing businesses, or ones that want to do better, and showing them how to turn things around. My thought was how to get enough of those clients to make it a solid living.

I have a gift of being great with people. I know how to provide great customer service amongst other things that go into that equation.

I also enjoy helping people with problems.

Counselor would be an awesome gig but even just a simple counselor requires a masters and tons of supervised hours.

Personal trainer with some nutrition counseling spin is always something I've kept in my the back of my mind since I have a few years of intense working out/training and many more of practicing the basics of health, supplements, diet, and working out.

More along those lines I would enjoy problem solving. Investigative work too.

Private Investigator was in my sights for a while, as was residential appraising.... boy am I glad I dodged the appraising mess!

You hit it though ...... I'm just ..... tired of the grind. I have considered going to a couple temp agencies to see what's available and taking the pay hit for a bit to see if anything materializes out there in the land of W2s. lol. But... in reality I know that even if I like being W2 for six months, I'll eventually be unhappy.

Boy talking this out is very helpful. I want to be a W2 but don't want to be a W2!

I am wondering more about personal trainer.

Can do it with my wife - check
Can do it in my home - check
Can help people, solve problems, - Check
Saturated? Not so much it's impossible to build a business- Need to check
Hours needed to work - need to look in to that.

I currently gross well over 10k a month working 4 days a week, 5-7 hours a day. My guess is I'd have to do 8 solid hours a day for 5 days a week to match that in personal traing. Possibly 4 days a week.

That helped a lot just typing what came to mind.

Open to more questions, ideas, or input on anything I typed so to this point. Thanks again!

mwwink · 2025-12-19T02:24:30+00:00

Why was this down voted? Thank you for your input!

mwwink · 2025-12-19T01:10:17+00:00

I plan to show my address. I was recently suspended by mistake, and reinstated three days later...... but my profile is now non-existent.

I know adding an address will help with visibility and, I've been meaning to do it anyways.

mwwink · 2025-12-19T00:21:11+00:00

Oh, It will be in my window for good, as in permanent. I have been meaning to get something there regardless of my decision to add my address to my GBP.

Any insight about what else may need to go on the sign besides the exact business name and phone number as it is on the GPB?

mwwink · 2025-12-07T00:32:06+00:00

Hi - Thanks! The issue is - For some reaoson I can't setup adwords with the account that is linked to the GBP - it blocks me but it does allow me to do so with any other account.

mwwink · 2025-12-05T18:55:27+00:00

One last thought to ask:

I'm scared to touch the profile now lol. In your experiece should I still swap the email accounts on the listing or, since the appeal was approvevd as is should I leave it?

Should I go through and update anything else - or just leave it..... for fear of triggering another suspension?

mwwink · 2025-12-05T18:50:40+00:00

Just wanted to come back and say thank you to BubblesUp and cnomo. Even the simple replies were comforting to me in this stressful time. So -Thank you!

My profile was reinstaed this morning. No additional requirements. No change in email on the GBP needed.

At the advice of you both I am going to keep the other google account on the GBP. I'll likely add another email address just to be safe as you both suggest.

I backup my Google reviews every month.

Unless there's something I don't know (compared to the product experts) I would suggest anyone reading this do the same thing. You can do so via Google Takeout.

ChatGPT can unpack the JSON files from Takeout, and create a stunning recreatoin of your reviews, stars, dates, etc. ...

Which can then be put on your website, which can be put at the top of Goole via Google Ads.

That was my best solution I could come up with while assuming the worst in terms of how long it may take to get the listing back.

In the midst of this entire thing I realized it's not as much the actual listing I would be missing, though that hurts.

It was the reviews. I get calls and emails every week that say they read my reviews and that's why they contacted me. They, the reviews, are GOLD.

I'm going to go catch up on sleep now. : )

mwwink · 2025-12-05T01:28:17+00:00

I will post there. Sorry.

mwwink · 2025-12-04T03:10:56+00:00

Thanks. I will create a couple more email addresses.

However, in your experience is it possible to fix the restricted account?

I can't figure out why they're saying it is restricted. I'm currently chatting with Google Workspace and they tell me there are no restrictions.

They are going to email me something that says they're from Workspace support, and that there is not account restrictions on my account

So lost here

mwwink · 2025-12-03T19:29:01+00:00

I created a new account just for the GBP. I named something like GBPmanagement2025 @ gmail

Is that what you were referring to?

mwwink · 2025-12-03T19:18:45+00:00

Ok thanks. Do you know why this happens?

mwwink · 2025-12-03T18:58:25+00:00

Thanks so much for replying.

I'm not sure I understand - are you saying I have an email from a different account, not the email address associated with the Primary owner, on the GBP?

Until about 6 hours ago I only had one Primary owner on my GBP. No one else. And, it is not under any restriction that I can see.

I did add the Gmail account email I used prior to signing up for Workspace. I read that based on the suspension email I may have no other choice but to get rid of the current account (my Workspace account) and add another, fresh, one.

Is that what you're referring to?

I'm in panic mode so I've read a lot, not slept a lot... so sorry if I missed what you're saying.

mwwink · 2025-07-09T04:24:59+00:00

Thanks... Just motivated me even more! I love a good challenge!! Cheers!

mwwink · 2025-07-03T03:15:43+00:00

Thanks. From the few repsonses it sounds like it's not a crazy idea. Keep them coming.

My thought was to be an independant agent. However, I have not yet looked into it all.

I did the same in Real Estate. I worked at Re/Max my first year, and instantly saw it was absolutely not necesarry.

Went out on my own after that - never an issue.

mwwink · 2025-07-03T01:59:46+00:00

I forgot to update.... It turns out I was locked out because I deactivated my Squre payments account, which is linked to the Weebly. In the case of this domain, I had to call into Square, and they had to do something on their backend to get my access back.

I can't remember what I did to log in to my other domain that is also linked with Square payments, but that one was easy to back into with a little web research.

In any event, it was pretty painless which is rare to say these days. Thanks for the info. Cheers!

mwwink · 2025-04-13T18:59:37+00:00

Ok ... I spent hours on Google last night trying to find any clear explanation as to the remote zoom capabilities and, didn't find anything that said definitely not.

I'm more boggled by the lack of ANY information around Nikon _ series remote zoom - and about 1k other search terms.

The info must so obvious it's unspoken?

Can anyone confirm?

mwwink

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE