Top 17 FREE Local Business Directories

by Glen Andrews

Top 17 FREE Business Directories

Here’s 17 free business directories that will boost your web presence, and surely get you more clients. According to the Wall Street Journal, more people now turn to the internet to search for products and services, before they consider newspapers or the Yellow Pages.

So it only make sense to focus a good portion of your marketing efforts to online media.

An old mentor of mine once said… “If you want to catch more fish, just put more poles in the water.”

This saying also holds true for any business that needs more clients. You need to let your prospects see your business EVERYWHERE they turn – online and offline.

And since these are all free online business directories, that will immediately thrust your business to the top of the search results, it only makes sense to start here. And since most people go online to look for products and services, entering your business information into these directories should be your first efforts towards  building a heavy web presence, and getting more clients.

NOTE: Directories are NOT to take the place of having and optimizing your own website. With iphones, ipads, kindles, and PC’s dominating everyone’s household, the internet is the #1 media that will help you connect your business directly to your prospects.

Use These 17 Business Directories – A Simple But Effective Strategy For You to Get More Clients.

  1. Google Maps and Google Plus for Businesses
  2. Bing Local
  3. Yahoo Local
  4. Yelp For Business
  5. Merchant Circle Free Business Listing
  6. Manta
  7. LinkedIn
  8. YellowPages FREE Business Listing
  9. Supermedia
  10. Foursquare
  11. Mapquest
  12. Biznik.com
  13. Local.com
  14. ThinkLocal
  15. CitySlick
  16. MyCity
  17. CitySquares

If you use a specific business directory that helps you get more clients, please leave me a comment below, and please, share this list with friends. Thanks!

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