Why Join
Valencia Business Directory?
What Does My Valencia Business Directory Membership Give Me?
What are the Benefits of Adding Your Small Business to the Valencia Business Directory?
Not only are listing sites important for getting your business and website noticed and creating a positive first impression, but they are also highly beneficial to the growth of your business. Read on to learn about the many advantages directory listings offer your business.
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Benefits Summary
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1. Amplify Online Presence
Due to the fact that business listing sites tend to pull information from one another, getting listed in one directory can very likely mean getting listed in several more, allowing you to kill two (or more) birds with one stone.
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2. Improve Local Visibility
Do you prefer to shop locally? Most people do if they can find you. Valencia Business Directory deliberately focuses on our community population. Plus, being an online business directory, we have advanced filtering and suggesting capabilities, allowing you to become highly visible to our community and niche audiences.
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3. Attract New Customers
The typical online business directory allows users to search by specific criteria such as specialty, neighborhood, ratings, and more. By simply entering complete and accurate information in your listing, the directory will then connect your business to the people searching for it, even if they don’t search your business name explicitly.
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4. Increase Engagement
The easier it is for a potential customer to engage with your business—whether it’s to make a phone call, submit a contact form, or even go to your location—the more likely they are to do so. Business directories create a channel by which potential customers can engage directly with your business or easily get to your website to do so.
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5. Promote Word of Mouth
Word of mouth has always been a trusted source for consumers, and now predominantly takes the form of online reviews. With apps and mobile devices, customers can now publish reviews more quickly—even during their experience. Getting listed in online business directories equips happy customers to spread the word about your business.
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6. Strengthen Your Reputation
The fear of negative reviews prevents many businesses from getting listed online, but this shuts them off from getting positive reviews too, which are essential for a good reputation. As long as you know how to properly handle one, the cost of one negative review is outweighed by the benefits of many positive reviews. Plus, a mix of reviews can even strengthen your reputation, as it shows that you are a genuine company with nothing to hide.
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7. Increase Brand Awareness
When a user performs a search in an online business directory, it will display a list of relevant results, each with a brief snapshot so that you can decide which one to click on to learn more. This means that even if a user doesn’t click on your listing, they still see your business. Every encounter a person has with your business increases their awareness and familiarity with your brand, which makes them more receptive to future outreach.
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8. Improve SEO
Online business listings improve your SEO by sending signals to Google about your online presence and helping to validate your trustworthiness. Google wants to be trusted by its users, so the more information it can obtain about your business online, and the more consistent that information is, the higher you will rank.
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9. Show Up on the First Page of Google
It is possible to get on the first page of Google through SEO practices, but it can take a few months to start seeing results. Popular online business directory sites, on the other hand, have been around for a while, have high amounts of traffic, and are trusted by Google. This means that your profile page on, say, Yelp has a high chance of showing up on the first page of results for relevant searches.
Valencia Business Directory was created around Search Engine Optimization. Our goal is to work continuously to be seen in every digital place your Valencia County customers might find you.
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Your Listing With
Valencia Business Directory
Will Include:
Your Location on a Google Map
Clients will find your business easily with Google Maps. These will have options for directions directly from their location.
Your
Facebook Link
The link to your business’s existing Facebook will be added so that your clients can find you. If you would like your other social media links added, like Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc. Each of these links help you get found, but also, the links will enhance your online credibility.
Your Business Description
Your business storefront address or your online location. Once you give us your business description, we will review it to ensure it is unique content. We will make it rich in SEO by applying metatags and header tags to make it easy for Google to find and index your business listing page for the target keyword.
Your Business Hours of Operation
Listing your Business Hours can help save customers time. It can also save phone calls that take you away from other tasks you are doing.
Images of Your Business
Your logo, a main image and 5-7 Images can be used. Your business marketing materials help identify your business with just a glimpse. Images are more than just the visuals that your customers see on a website. They have SEO value in the alt tag. We will also Geo-Tag your images to further improve Search Engine friendliness. So we would love to use photos of your storefront, your products, services, and yes, even you and your team.
Your Business Website Link (URL)
Listing your business website will contribute to booking your own website ranks by providing a contextual backlink to your website. This will also drive traffic from the VBD to your website.
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Want to Enhance Your Listing
With Valencia Business Directory?
We Also Offer:
Promotional Videos
Custom Made Promotional Video for your Business. Multiple studies have proven time and time again that short promotional videos increase traffic conversions and keep people on your page longer. We can create this for you. Post your video on any social media - Facebook, IG, YouTube your website and right here on your business listing.
Custom-Made Logos
Your brand identity starts with your LOGO. Your new Logo can be used on your Business Cards, Social Media, Print Media or your website. A logo is often the starting point of a marketing profile, even if you have not created anything else yet. It's a great way for customers to recognize your business at a glance.
Do You Need a Website?
We can help you design a brand new website or give your old site a fresh new look. Websites offer so much more than just a phone number and a photo. It is your digital presence in the online world. We can integrate marketing tools, e-commerce, and so much more. Just send a message and we will help you all the way.