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 Local Business Listing
                                                                                                                                                              Key Benefits
 Claiming, adding, and validating your online business listing
 page in Google, Yahoo, Bing and other local classifides                                       ¤   Submitting your local business to a local business directory has
 can increase your business and website traffic, draw new                                          become very important since more and more internet users are now
 customers, and reduce your marketing costs while                                                  searching for products and services online and not making use of
 increasing your local business’ Internet visibility. By claiming                                  their telephone directories anymore. A good directory listing must
 your page, you can tell the search engines directly about                                         contain the physical address of the business, contact numbers and
 your business by using your relevant, business-critical                                           the website URL if permitted in order to increase exposure of the
 keywords and improve trust in your geo-location for better                                        business. This will enable directory users to find useful information from
 Local Search rankings. These business listing pages are                                           your listing to facilitate a contact with your business, without requiring
 often added to location-specific search results, giving your                                      additional information.
 business listing more space on the search results page.
 Claiming, updating, and maintaining these business listing                                    ¤   Local business directories allow users to easily locate businesses in
 pages is easy and, in most cases, free.                                                           their area; hence they have become very popular over the years. A
                                                                                                   useful local directory can provide the searchers with a list of
                                                                                                   individuals and businesses that offer a product or service they will be
 Milestones                                                                                        looking for within their area. This will minimize the amount of time users
                                                                                                   spend looking for businesses on the internet.

 ¤     Google Local also known as Google Maps. Google is                                       ¤   The biggest advantages of advertising your business in a local
       the largest search engine in the world and to be found                                      business directory are gaining plenty one-way links that will send
       locally, you have to show up in the results on                                              highly relevant visitors to your website. These will improve the search
       Local.Google.com.                                                                           engine rankings of your site in the result pages of search engines
 ¤     Google, Yahoo and Bing Local brings up targeted                                             because search engines consider inbound links when ranking
       results by region and this is your chance to show up on                                     websites.
       Google Maps at the top of a targeted search phrase.
 ¤     Online Yellow Pages. Yellow pages are not used much                                     ¤   Directories that are industry specific enable users to narrow their
       anymore, but an online listing can get you some high                                        searches and in the process giving you’re your business listing greater
       quality back links.                                                                         prominence. Links from industry targeted directories are important
 ¤     Free Classified Sites. There are number of local free                                       and enhance search engine rankings of a company website.
       classified sites available in the internet space. Product
       or services information can be advertised free in these                                 ¤   Since printed business directories lack frequent updates, individuals
       classified sites. These listings will get you high quality                                  and businesses now prefer making use of internet directories to
       back links and also local information for local target                                      obtain information. The benefit is that if a business changes an
       audience.                                                                                   address or telephone numbers for one reason or the other, they are
 ¤     Social Networks. These sites operates a social network,                                     able to update their listing in just a few clicks.
       user reviews and local search websites of the same
       name.                                                                                   ¤   Having your business details listed in a local online business directory
                                                                                                   is a fast and cost-effective way to expose your business to thousands
                                                                                                   of internet users. This is because advertising in printed media has
 Measuring ROI                                                                                     become expensive for an average individual or small business that is
                                                                                                   just starting up. This therefore means that a business will enjoy the
                                                                                                   benefits of getting free traffic and future customers from their
 ¤     Listing at Google, Yahoo and Bing                                                           business listing within the directory, for free.
 ¤     Number of local free classified listings
 ¤     Number of local yellow business listings                                                ¤   In the event that existing or new customer loses your business contact
 ¤     Number of local social network listings                                                     details, they can make use of a local online business directory to
                                                                                                   quickly search for your business and be able to get all the information
                                                                                                   they need. This is more convenient that having to browse thousands
                                                                                                   of pages in a paper directory.
 Reporting
                                                                                               ¤   The benefits of advertising your business in a local business directory
 ¤     A summary of effort made in the month and results                                           are therefore not limited to gaining exposure for your company but
       achieved                                                                                    are expanded to obtaining quality back links to your site, a
 ¤     Report consists of number of likes in Facebook, followers                                   reasonable improvement in the search engine rankings and an easier
       in Twitter, ratings in Youtube, answer ratings in Linkedin,                                 way for your customers to locate your business. Therefore, never take
       ratings in Flickr, followers in Slideshare, ratings in                                      for granted the benefits associated with submitting your business to a
       Blogger and Wordpress, etc.                                                                 local business directory.


I Marks Digital Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.                                                            Branches
Regd. & Corporate Office, #16-2-753/A/2, Sri Sri House, 4th Floor, Revenue Board Colony
Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad - 500060, A.P, India, Tel: +91 40 30484950/51, Fax : +91 40 30243040   Mumbai | Vijayawada          info@imarks.in                    www.imarks.in

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Imarks local business listing

  • 1. Local Business Listing Local Business Listing Key Benefits Claiming, adding, and validating your online business listing page in Google, Yahoo, Bing and other local classifides ¤ Submitting your local business to a local business directory has can increase your business and website traffic, draw new become very important since more and more internet users are now customers, and reduce your marketing costs while searching for products and services online and not making use of increasing your local business’ Internet visibility. By claiming their telephone directories anymore. A good directory listing must your page, you can tell the search engines directly about contain the physical address of the business, contact numbers and your business by using your relevant, business-critical the website URL if permitted in order to increase exposure of the keywords and improve trust in your geo-location for better business. This will enable directory users to find useful information from Local Search rankings. These business listing pages are your listing to facilitate a contact with your business, without requiring often added to location-specific search results, giving your additional information. business listing more space on the search results page. Claiming, updating, and maintaining these business listing ¤ Local business directories allow users to easily locate businesses in pages is easy and, in most cases, free. their area; hence they have become very popular over the years. A useful local directory can provide the searchers with a list of individuals and businesses that offer a product or service they will be Milestones looking for within their area. This will minimize the amount of time users spend looking for businesses on the internet. ¤ Google Local also known as Google Maps. Google is ¤ The biggest advantages of advertising your business in a local the largest search engine in the world and to be found business directory are gaining plenty one-way links that will send locally, you have to show up in the results on highly relevant visitors to your website. These will improve the search Local.Google.com. engine rankings of your site in the result pages of search engines ¤ Google, Yahoo and Bing Local brings up targeted because search engines consider inbound links when ranking results by region and this is your chance to show up on websites. Google Maps at the top of a targeted search phrase. ¤ Online Yellow Pages. Yellow pages are not used much ¤ Directories that are industry specific enable users to narrow their anymore, but an online listing can get you some high searches and in the process giving you’re your business listing greater quality back links. prominence. Links from industry targeted directories are important ¤ Free Classified Sites. There are number of local free and enhance search engine rankings of a company website. classified sites available in the internet space. Product or services information can be advertised free in these ¤ Since printed business directories lack frequent updates, individuals classified sites. These listings will get you high quality and businesses now prefer making use of internet directories to back links and also local information for local target obtain information. The benefit is that if a business changes an audience. address or telephone numbers for one reason or the other, they are ¤ Social Networks. These sites operates a social network, able to update their listing in just a few clicks. user reviews and local search websites of the same name. ¤ Having your business details listed in a local online business directory is a fast and cost-effective way to expose your business to thousands of internet users. This is because advertising in printed media has Measuring ROI become expensive for an average individual or small business that is just starting up. This therefore means that a business will enjoy the benefits of getting free traffic and future customers from their ¤ Listing at Google, Yahoo and Bing business listing within the directory, for free. ¤ Number of local free classified listings ¤ Number of local yellow business listings ¤ In the event that existing or new customer loses your business contact ¤ Number of local social network listings details, they can make use of a local online business directory to quickly search for your business and be able to get all the information they need. This is more convenient that having to browse thousands of pages in a paper directory. Reporting ¤ The benefits of advertising your business in a local business directory ¤ A summary of effort made in the month and results are therefore not limited to gaining exposure for your company but achieved are expanded to obtaining quality back links to your site, a ¤ Report consists of number of likes in Facebook, followers reasonable improvement in the search engine rankings and an easier in Twitter, ratings in Youtube, answer ratings in Linkedin, way for your customers to locate your business. Therefore, never take ratings in Flickr, followers in Slideshare, ratings in for granted the benefits associated with submitting your business to a Blogger and Wordpress, etc. local business directory. I Marks Digital Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. Branches Regd. & Corporate Office, #16-2-753/A/2, Sri Sri House, 4th Floor, Revenue Board Colony Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad - 500060, A.P, India, Tel: +91 40 30484950/51, Fax : +91 40 30243040 Mumbai | Vijayawada info@imarks.in www.imarks.in