elsue Virtual Assistants help small businesses establish an online presence through local business listing optimization and website services. This includes claiming and enhancing listings on Google Places, Bing, and Yahoo Local through adding photos, videos, descriptions and offers. elsue's services also include ongoing monitoring and maintenance of listings to increase visibility and drive more customers through positive reviews, citations and local recommendations.

1. How We Help Your business Claim and maintain Your Google Places Listing

2. Who We Areelsue Virtual Assistants help small local businesses be successful in establishing their web presence and brand awareness by providing Local Business Listing Optimization and Local Business Website services.Our love of web-based and mobile technologies and our marketing and administrative backgrounds make us a leader in BlogSite and Social Media services.

3. elSue Services For Your Business Local Business WebsitesMicroSites

4. BlogSites

5. Training to maintain and monitorLocal Business Listing OptimizationGoogle Places, Bing Business Portal and Yahoo! Local Optimization

6. Training to maintain and monitorWhat is Google Places?The Ferrari of Business Listings!Hop on-board – get a jump start on the competition!

7. Why Google Places?It’s Free! You won’t have to tap into your marketing budget!What’s the first thing you do when looking for a restaurant, nail salon, store – you Google it!People search Google to find local informationA great way to attract new customersStay ahead of the competition!

8. People Are On The Go – Searching For Your Business!

9. Can they find you? Not Verified

10. Owner Verified

11. Preparation Have the following info ready in one spotKeywords Business description Email for your Google accountResearch citations to be consistent with your business description and keywords

12. Create a Google Account You need a Google account to claim Google Places pageYou don’t need a Gmail account – an email with your business domain is idealWith a Google account, your business can setup Google voice and other free appselsue is more than happy to set this up for you

13. Search for your Business ListingGoogle search bar – type in your businessClick on the Place pageClick on Business Owner?Edit your listingGoogle Places homepageAdd a businessSearch by phone number If you are unable to find your business you will need to add a new listing

14. Claim Your Business ListingIf you do not find your listing, you will need to follow Google’s instructions on how to add your business listing.

15. Edit Your Listing – Basic InformationDescription – 200 characters Categories – 5 industry/business specificService area and location settingsHours of operationPayment options

16. Enhance Your ListingPhotos – add up to 10Add photos of your products, storefront, or teamelSue offers a “photo shoot” service at your business location – inquireVideos – add up 5Add a “how to” or product demo videos

17. Reviews & CitationsReviews are a great way to promote your business through the testimonials of satisfied and happy customersCitations are mentions of your business name and address on other web pages, even if they don’t link back to your website elSue works with you to increase reviews and citations – result – higher ranking!

18. Local RecommendationsThe places user’s likewhen users rate places they like, Google will tell them about related places they may be interested in Example, if a users rates 5 stars for his favorite restaurant in Holliston, Mass, Google will try to recommend other places in the city similar to the restaurant the user ratedThe places user’s friends likeratings can be shared with friends and users can see the places they’ve recommended.

19. Details SectionAdd more information about your businessServicesSpecialtiesParkingLanguageA link to your “menu” or your “blog”Whatever you like - Make more of your Google Place page and take advantage of the details section

20. Create and Promote an Offer

21. The DashboardShare an UpdateRespond to Reviews

22. The Dashboard – MonitorImpressionsActions

23. The Dashboard - MonitorTop Search QueriesDriving Stats – where driving directions came from

24. Google Keyword ToolRank higher with the search engines using Google’s Keyword tool – easy!

25. More Business Listing Options

26. Bing Business Portal30% of consumers use Bing as their method to search onlineClaim and enhance with photosPromote “deals” Integrates with FacebookIt’s FREE

27. Yahoo! LocalBoost your listingsPotential customers from your area use Yahoo! Local every day

28. GWord of mouth online – reviewsAdd business information and photosCommunicate with your customersTrack your business trendsMotivate customers – promote discounts, special events, limited time offersEntice new customers

29. Brick and Mortar businessesSpecials and promotionsVenue statsFree stats and analytics Promotions, campaigns, and eventsProvide value – connect with your customers

30. Yext – Manage Your Listing

31. Yext – Manage Your Listings