Local Business Directory is Giving Boosts to Local Business Owners

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In the midst of a retail apocalypse, one local business directory expert has a solution.


With the recent news about so many retail stores closing across the county, local shop owners have been scrambling to figure out how to attract more customers to their stores. And while most of them understand that they can no longer use the tried and true methods of yesterday, they don’t know how to get their stores seen online without spending a fortune on internet marketing costs.


“We understand the dilemma that so many local shop owners are in,” says a spokesman from FindUsLocal.com, a local business directory that uses GEO location technology to match the results visitors see with their immediate location. “But we have information that could change everything.”


He’s talking about a special feature on the FindUsLocal.com website that allows both business owners and consumers to leave comments about a local business. “It’s not the same as online reviews,” he says, “because there are no limitation as to what you can and cannot say about a business. In other words, if a business owners wants to leave a comment about an upcoming sale at their shop, that’s okay. And if a visitor wants to give other people in the community pointers about how to find the best parking near the shop, that’s okay, too.”


He says that when people leave these comments for a local business, it adds fresh content to the local business directory, which causes it to rank better in the search engine rankings. In addition, if potential customers see a lot of activity on a local business listing, it will likely make them more inclined to visit—and buy from—that shop.


“Local business owners need to do all they can to stand out among the crowd these days,” he says. “And one of the smartest ways to do that is to make sure their shop or restaurant ranks high in the search engine results. Luckily, they won’t have to spend a lot of money to do that. They only need to ensure that plenty of comments are left for their business on local business directories like ours.”


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