+ Local Business Directories, Readership and Revenue Scott Barnett [email protected] m @scottabarnett
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LION Webinar – Wednesday, January 16, 2016
Agenda• Goals• Why a Business Directory• Beyond the Business Directory – Search, Mobile,
Engagement• Getting Started – Racine County Eye• Getting Started – Oakland County Moms• Getting Started – Red Bank Green / Sifter• Q&A / Wrap-Up
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LION Webinar – Wednesday, January 16, 2016
Goals
• Why a Business Directory is not enough• The complements to a Business Directory you must
do• Differentiate between Advertising and Engagement• Who are your online friends (and enemies)• The importance of mobile, search, and how you can win as a hyperlocal publisher
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What value is a Business Directory?
Create a Directory Get Businesses to Pay for a Listing
Put Ads in the
Directory
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LION Webinar – Wednesday, January 16, 2016
What value is a Business Directory?
Create a Directory Get Businesses to Pay for a Listing
Put Ads in the
Directory
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LION Webinar – Wednesday, January 16, 2016
Business Directory Issues
• There are > 200 business directories in the US alone (http://www.localvisibilitysystem.com/definitive-local-search-citations/#us)
• Listings without engagement will not help your SEO
• Advertising on directory sites is beyond dead, especially on mobile
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Business Directory Focus
• Accurate – a complete list of businesses, fully categorized
• Editable – Updates should be done by the Publisher and Business Owner ONLY
• Service Area – Business owners want to be known in their service area, not just the town they are based.
• Dedicated Page – each business gets their own page on your site.
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Beyond the Business Directory
• Let search engines know you have an authoritative directory
• Create engagement (e.g. user generated content) in the directory
• Offer ways for business owners to create content that can be referenced throughout your site
• Keep people ON YOUR SITE
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Search
• > 50% of all searches are now on mobile
• Google searches for “near me” surged 34x since 2011 (and they love directories to provide the answer)
• Are you a destination for search?• Are you tying intent to decision?
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Mobile
• ~60% of visits to your site are coming from mobile
• Banner/Display ads will not port to mobile well
• The business directory listing is the new “full page ad.” Combine it with search for a powerful new offering
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Local Publishers’ Benefit
• You are the greatest authority on local. Greater than Yelp, Angie’s List, Google!
• You provide curation that no other site/solution offers
• The area you want to dominate is small enough that you can beat the big boys
• Keeping readers on YOUR site increases your authority. Don’t push people to other sites to find out what’s going on locally.
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What You Should Do• Confirm your directory listings are authoritative• Link from articles you create to appropriate business listings• Have businesses and organizations link to your articles and
business listings• Keep people on your site. Have other sites link to YOU.• Get your readers to participate in the discussion• Email/Text – still (by far) the most effective way to reach
people
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Bizyhood – Full Service Platform
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Engagement is what Matters
• Business dashboard for owners to add content.
• Widgets to automatically display Events, Promotions, Feedback
• Loyalty Points for feedback• Social Publishing – let people share on social media, and point people back to your site
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Is Facebook your Friend?
My name's Dave and this time of year work slows down for painters. Perfect time to build on my list of satisfied customers. I'm willing to charge close to nothing to show our community the quality of my work and I'm going to trust that word of mouth will keep me busy after that. If your looking for a change in the New Year give me a call @ 732.555.1212. I guarantee you'll be more then happy not only with the quality but with the price to. Take advantage of this opportunity and let's start a relationship built on integrity and trust. Happy New Year
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Racine County Eye – Denise Lockwood
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LION Webinar – Wednesday, January 16, 2016
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LION Webinar – Wednesday, January 16, 2016
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LION Webinar – Wednesday, January 16, 2016
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LION Webinar – Wednesday, January 16, 2016
Oakland County Moms – Lisa Lagrou
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Red Bank Green / Sifter – John Ward
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Q&A and Contact Info
Scott [email protected]
@scottabarnett@bizyhood
908-216-3026 (m)Request presentation - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbarnettnjFind this Presentation online! http://bit.ly/lion-webinar-jan-2016
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