Ultimate Local Identity Packages

Google+ Local (formerly Places)

97% of consumers search for local businesses online. Be there when they’re looking for you with Google Places (now Local) for business – a local platform from Google. We’re going to create and/or claim the business listing for you and incorporate optimized strategies for better visibility. We’ll add the correct business details and further establish the Google+ Local listing. We’ll get the most out of your listing and show customers why they’ll want to choose you. If you already have a claimed business listing we’ll coach you on topics and tactics for improvement.

Being on Google helps people find, share, rate, and recommend your business to their friends, and people across the web. Google Local for Business lets you see what people are saying, and respond to customer reviews. Your local listing will also bbe found in Google+ making it easy for people to review and share your business with friends and around the web.

Facebook Business Page

The need to leverage social media for business is getting more important every day. A company’s effectiveness on Facebook can be hampered if the account isn’t set up properly. We’ll establish and optimize your Business’ Facebook page. If the business owner doesn’t set up the profile correctly it may get banned by Facebook and everything you’ve worked for would vanish. We take the right steps in setting up and optimizing the page. If you already have a page we’ll audit it and discuss needed changes then implement those changes with approval. We optimize in preparation for the new Graph Search by Facebook.

Your business is for your customers. Build relationships with them, reach new people and drive sales using Facebook. Over one billion people like and comment an average of 3.2 billion times every day. When you have a strong presence on Facebook, your business is part of these conversations and has access to the most powerful kind of word-of-mouth marketing — recommendations between friends.

Digital Raffle Giveaway

The digital raffle giveaway is one of our keys to launching and executing a successful local business optimization strategy.  The giveaway works the same inside and outside social networks. We’ll establish and run your giveaway on our local news website, your facebook page, even your website (if applicable) Your giveaway allows you to get reviews for Google Local, and add likes on Facebook in addition to building awareness about your business. We require you to supply a valuable service or product for the giveaway.

Radio Advertising

Now that we have an executed plan and infrastructure it’s our job to let people know! In addition to Google Local, Facebook and the Giveaway we also include a radio blitz! This let’s people hear about your giveaway and business while making it easy for them to register and connect with your business. Options depend on local radio agreements, call to learn more.

Featured Business (on website)

Our local news websites receive thousands of unique daily visitors. Right on the homepage in the header we advertise the giveaways! We set up a page on our news website that lets people know about your business and allows them to easily register for your giveaway. We make it easy for people to connect with your business.

Training

As a special offer you’ll get 30 minutes of Google Local and Facebook training.

Be found on more search sites, mobile services, and social networks with our small business listing plan.

Database Release

Broad syndication of business listings to major databases that feed search engines.

Direct Listings

Submission of your business profile to multiple publishers and national data providers including (but not limited to): Yelp, AboutUs.org, ChamberofCommerce.com, Citysquares, Judy’s Book, Local.com, Local Database, OwnLocal, ShowMeLocal, Tyloon, USCity.net, Compass, Factual, nSphere.

Distribution

Our core distribution service is a powerful and effective method to broadcast your business listing information. We distribute your detailed business profile through InfoGroup and Acxiom, the data warehouses behind the scenes that power 95% of online search. Distribution points: Search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing, Online yellow pages sites like Superpages and Yellowpages.com, Social networks like Yelp, Twitter, and Facebook, Portals and guides like AOL and Citysearch, Mobile devices like BlackBerry and iPhone, 411 directory assistance services, GPS navigation services, Telematics services like OnStar.

Visibility Reports

Our Visibility Reports gather and analyze your online business listings. We find as many citations (mentions of your contact information) as we can for your business on directory sites, social sites, local sites, and more, and provide links to your citations as well as ratings showing the relative importance of each site from an SEO perspective. An initial Visibility Report is created upon purchase of a qualifying package with a followup report four months later. Though they also reflect other changes, followup reports show how your online presence has grown.