What is an online Local Business Listing?
A local business listing online today is the equivalent of placing a traditional advertisement in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical. The objective is to increase your visibility in the community so that people will see your listing and ultimately purchase products and services from you.
How is an online Local Business Listing different from a traditional advertisement?
An online Business Listing can include business name, address, phone number (NAP), an interactive map, hours of operation, a brief description of your business and be listed in multiple categories.
More importantly a Business Listing can be enhanced with keywords specifically describing the products you sell and services you offer. You can also enhance it so that it’s the most compelling listing on the page.
Your Business Listing will be displayed when consumers conduct an online search for local products and services using the keywords you select.
Its cost effective!
Why is a Local Business Listing so important today?
More and more consumers are using the Internet to conduct a Local Search for products and services. Traditional advertising is no longer cost effective for most of us and Local Search allows customers to easily find your business even if you don’t have a website. Consumers can find and contact you from their computer, their smart phones, their GPS devices and more.
Should I have a Local Business Listing?
Yes, if you have a Local Business address and are doing at least one of the following:
1. Selling products and/or services at that address.
2. Selling products and/or services at the customer’s location within a geographically specific radius of that address.
3. If you want your Business Listing (NAP) visible online.
What results can I expect to see from my Business Listing?
You can expect to see your Business Listing on dozens of Local Search Platforms and several pages of search results. Results will vary based on your location, your industry, your competition, how rapidly search engines index and verify your listing and your willingness to actively participate in ensuring your own success. Generally results can be clearly seen in 90 days or less.
The true measure of success will not be in the physical number of listings and overall visibility of your Business Listing, it will be in the number of new customers generated from that Business Listing and your overall online marketing program.
How do I get started?
Go to clickfirst.com. Sign up. Follow the fill in format and you’re Business Listing is done. Your Business Listing will be distributed to over 150 search engines and Local Search Platforms all over the Internet.
How much does a Business Listing cost?
The ClickFirst Local Search Marketing Plan will show you the 3 most important places to list your business for FREE. However, simply listing your business on these sites is no longer sufficient to achieve the desired results as search engines cross reference data from other sites and use “citations” (the number of times your Business Listing is found on other sites) and “data centers” to determine how important your Business Listing is and where to display it on results pages.
Since Local Search is more than just about your Business Listing and we are dedicated to helping you succeed; we have combined our Business Listing service, web page creation and Marketing Program into a bundled package for only $199 per year.
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