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Source for local business in need of a site

by SlowlyMan
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Hi folks, A short time ago someone posted a technique for finding local brick & mortar shops in need of a website. I seem to have lost track of the site now. Anybody recall seeing it? Not Linkedin. That one I know about.
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  • Profile picture of the author godinu
    Try the yellow pages or manta.com -- look up businesses in whatever city, then see if they have websites. It's surprising how many don't.
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    • Profile picture of the author SlowlyMan
      At least in this area, Yellow pages are dead. but, I'll look into Manta. Thanks
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      • Profile picture of the author TheCG
        Try the local Chamber of Commerce website. Members listings will usually have their website there if they have one.

        If they don't.......there you go.
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      • Profile picture of the author dshipman
        Originally Posted by SlowlyMan View Post

        At least in this area, Yellow pages are dead. but, I'll look into Manta. Thanks
        You could still check the Yellow Pages website. A lot of brick n mortar businesses list their business on it.

        Another good source is yelp.com.
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        • Profile picture of the author godinu
          exactly -- it's still a directory. You could also check the local Chamber of Commerce website.

          Originally Posted by emergemma View Post

          You could still check the Yellow Pages website. A lot of brick n mortar businesses list there business on it.

          Another good source is yelp.com.
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          • Profile picture of the author David Miller
            Here's my method of finding out if a business has a website. It's 20th century technology but it works!

            1. Call the business
            2. Ask for their website address

            If they give you the address, I would go ahead and see if it's something that could stand a replacement or upgrade and make a note of it for a later date.

            If they don't have a website, they'll tell you. Once you know that you can call back another time or pitch....whichever you like.

            I should add that on occassion you'll get the dimwit who isn't sure or starts to give you an email....if the email has a dot com then you'll know.

            Like I said, it's 20th century technology but for the time you'll spend looking for some automated way to do it, you could have called a boatload of prospective businesses.
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  • Profile picture of the author ImDanHoward
    You could also check Google Places because it would give you 3 ways to offer them services.

    1.) If they don't have a website listed in Google Places, then most likely they don't have one, Google is usually good about staying on top of that. So you could give them a call about web design. If they do have a website listed, but

    2. Haven't claimed their Google Places page, then that would be another service you could offer along with submitting them to all the local directories. Either way, if they have claimed it or not, you could offer to...

    3. Setup a new Google Business page for them.

    Just a few thoughts on how I would go about it.
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  • Profile picture of the author kumar125
    Hello
    I think you can use Yellow pages and manta and places reviews these all is the better for local business.
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  • Profile picture of the author localvseo
    If you have a budget to do this and want to possibly save a lot of time, you can also buy leads and specifically ask the seller to filter out all businesses that have sites. You may have to contact a few lead brokers before you find one that can do this. The list will probably still have some with sites, but easy way to narrow it down.
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