Tips to get the most out of your business listing...

You've got a great business, you invested in a website, you are found online in "Google" - but are you forgetting something? Local business search, an extension of the old "Yellow Pages" is the way businesses are being found today. Can customers find YOUR business?

Here are 8 tips to get the most out of your listing.

1) If you haven't already got a business listing - get one now!
With more & more businesses online, businesslinedirectory.com is one of the fastest growing business networking sites to market your products and services.

Businesslinedirectory.com offers free listings and paid advertising listings, promote your business, get better results or even "own" a category result with market leader.

2) Write a compelling description.
Sell, Sell, Sell & promote to your potential customers using businesslinedirectory.com they are looking for a solution (product or service); they are highly focused and ready to purchase. Your business listing needs to convert into a sale. Ask your top sales person to help write a compelling description.

Give your potential customer enough information to satisfy their search, but leave them with a good enough reason to call or click that enquire button to your business.

3) Multiple listings
The CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt is known for saying "People advertise in more than one place". This also applies to online listings. The more places you list your business, the more people will see it. We recommend you purchase a high ranking listing on businesslinedirectory.com and support it with the social bookmaking tool, make full use of our blogs and head over to your business networking profile to join the business community.

4) Update regularly
Unlike the old yellow pages, businesslinedirectory.com is not a "list and forget" technology. Visitors, Google and businesslinedirectory.com love content that changes regularly and is relevant. Talk about promotions, awards and changes within your business. Update your businesslinedirectory.com listing at least 5 times a year, regularly if you have information to share. However don't overdo it, keep it to once a month. Free listings need to verify their business still exists every 6 months.

5) Leverage Social Media
You can leverage this to drive qualified traffic to your listing and elevate your Google search results. For example, 'ipod' is a popular theme. If you are an online music retailer you should be using the term  'mp3', 'ipod', 'itunes' in your description, related terms also work such as 'iphone', but you should make sure the content is relevant to your business.

6) Business Reviews & Rating
Word of mouth is one of the most effective forms of advertising. Businesslinedirectory.com leverages word of mouth through online business reviews & ratings. Encourage your customers to review your business on businesslinedirectory.com through an in-store competition or incentive.

What about a pessimistic review?  Successful businesses respond to customer concerns, reviews help identify areas for improvement, these reviews offer valuable feedback, remember we allow you to respond and post comments to the review left. If you have any issues you can always contact us.

7) Discover
How do people find your business? If you don't ask you won't know. Why not offer a discount for those who found you on businesslinedirectory.com. Incentives are a great way to encourage customers to tell you how they found you. For example, including "Tell us you found us on businesslinedirectory.com to receive a 5% bonus discount" in your description.

8) Communicate
Unless you communicate with your potential customers they will never know what your business offers. Make full use of your community profile to network and share ideas. Start a group and be a moderator, leverage your businesslinedirectory.com listing, reviews, blogs & social profile. Communication drives leads and converts to results.

Let businesslinedirectory.com help grow your business.