Several local sites in same niche

I have several sites in same local niche - let say locksmith. Created 2nd very real looking 'brand', and with real pictures, the site looks different, uses different CMS - 1st wordspress and 2nd joomla. And you can't tell that it's same guys behind the companies. We do our best to provide good service, and people usually happy with us.

Obviosly 2nd website helps us a lot, and we don't want to loose it. What are the best strategies to be under google radar? I am worring not so much about the site itself, but about google local plus(places) page.

Currently we:
1. Don't use google chrome when logging in google places account
2. Clear all history/cookies when logging
3. Use different IPs

Any other tips?

Thanks so much!
Den

46 views, anybody?

Having 2 sites in the same niche for the same company is nothing bad if the content is different. It increases the chance to stay at the top of search results as you have 2 options to rank.

Have you created 2 Google local pages for the same business?

just make sure they are not on the same server.