To be successful with your business, potential customers need to know that you exist. There is a phrase called “top of mind” that describes where you want to be from the customer’s point of view – the first thing they think of! There are many methods with great results to get your name out, but here are some of the more broad avenues to reaching the masses: online places you can, and should, list your business. Don’t make the mistake of only listing your business in one or two places!
- thumbtack.com
- yellowbook360.com
- yellowpages.com (AT&T)
- local.yahoo.com
- bing.com
- google.com
- listyourself.net
- botw.org
- hotfrog.com
Note that they all ask for both a description of your business and a list of services, so you can come up with that ahead of time. All of the websites are free with upgrade options as well.
An honorable mention to the list is Dex (http://www.dexknows.com/info/build.asp). You submit a query and they will apparently get back to you, although they have yet to contact me after mine.
