Getting more Business by getting on local directories for Business Owners

Customer’s care more about reviews online today, are you ready? More and more customers are looking up the review of a business on their mobile phone before the website or their Facebook page. Your next customer is looking for reviews of your business online from sites like: Yelp, Google Maps (Google+), TripAdvisor and others. This is a limited seating hands-on classroom class to get you on Google Maps and Yelp correctly. We will also explain how to get on other directories that are important for your industry. We will also teach you how to avoid common scams related to being “number one on Google” and “updating your Google listing” Why is it so important to get your business on the directories? People today often care more about what anonymous people have to say about your business on other directory sites than your marketing material. The businesses that understand how to work with these directories will have a great advantage attracting new business over the ones that do not. Why Google Maps and Yelp? If you speak into an Android phone for a restaurant in town it will go to Google maps and if you ask Siri on the iPhone the same question it will go to Yelp.

Speaker(s): M. Brossman

Burrell Building 202 Who is it for: Any business with a physical address that is public. We can include home based businesses but these listings are more limited. What you need to bring: Personal Gmail account with sign in and password that you can access in the classroom. Photos of your business/products on a USB drive and possibly a text or word document with text about

Fee: No Cost