How you convince Local Businesses to List Their Business ON Your Local Business Directory

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Hi fellow warriors my question is How you convince Local Businesses to List Their Business ON Your Local Business Directory. i am having a little problem like what benefits should i tell to them, i am marketing just for a small town with almost 200 or something businesses now here is what i mainly get from them .

Our mainly clients are offline so why we spend money for just get listed in your directory

when i tell them that i will create a facebook page and gather all people from town they are oh we have our own business page



in such conditions what you will advise what should i do if you can help me with how i can tell them benefits that will be great as i always had a problem that i cant express myself correctly One of biggest lackness in me....Any help ?
#business #businesses #convince #directory #list #local
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    speedylikesKJ,

    Great question.

    I currently have 3 local business directories, and a 4th in the works. What I did was go ahead and create a "general basic" page for each category. Get it indexed and ranked. Once I got each page high enough in the search engines the sale was simple. Most of my target clients were on the 3rd - 7th page for their specific industry. Who wouldn't want to be on page 1 with absolutely no work.

    I have found that the ones who say no to a 1-3 spot ranked site have no clue the value of being online. you need to make them understand what that value is. Whats the search volume for specific area? Are they paying for advertising already? What is the value of a customer for them? (there are calculators out there that can help you figure this out, albeit a bit general). Answering these questions will help you in picking the correct businesses to target. Also, the price is what drives away a ton of businesses. If you are asking for $500 per month to be listed the chances are going to be slim. However, charging $2000 a year is much more likely to get bites. *disclaimer- all businesses will have different results, those figures are for educational purposes only.*

    Hope it helps a bit.

    Scott
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