{"id":27,"date":"2010-05-01T22:18:12","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T05:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/?p=27"},"modified":"2021-11-04T00:34:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T07:34:19","slug":"where-to-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/where-to-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive your Website through directory listings."},"content":{"rendered":"

Small Business Website Owners Can Compete.<\/strong>
\nGoogle your business name. You’ll likely find yourself in many directory sites. These often come up on top of regular searches. \u00a0Make use of them.<\/p>\n

Create an account and “claim your listing”. Fill it out, and most importantly add your website.<\/p>\n

While you may not have heard of Yelp! – they likely have you listed.<\/p>\n

Where it’s offered – upload photos, fill in information. Tell people about your business. These listings free. Take advantage of them.<\/p>\n

Google maps is a must-do. \u00a0Google has a wonderful added bonus – you may appear on someone else’s Google map. \u00a0Google offers other businesses similar to the one searched…so another way of being found.<\/p>\n

This is time consuming – due to creating accounts, receiving the email to verify your email, etc. \u00a0If you don’t have time hire your son or family member. Make sure there are no typos. especially in the website address. You can also add keywords or categories. These are important and need to be well thought out. \u00a0Superpages allows multiple categories in their free listing.<\/p>\n

It’s a beginning!<\/p>\n

If you don’t have time I offer this to my clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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