Online business directories are a great way to boost your business’ profile online. You can use general, and niche business directories to make your business known.
Virtual Neighbour’s niche directory is for Christians who have their own businesses, organisations, or churches. We welcome almost all types of Christian businesses to help you be more visible, build brand awareness, improve your SEO, and overall, your online presence. And especially, to make it easy for consumers, and your Church family, to find and support you as they shop with you.
We provide a FREE basic, but essential listing, and PAID professional advertising with premium features to connect you and consumers looking to buy what you sell. So, whether you’re starting out in business or have been in business a number of years, or launching a new product or service, we have a pricing plan for you. So why not let your customers, neighbours, and Christian community know all about you here?
Key Information to Help You Create an Engaging Business Profile
What you include in your business profile will depend on the package that you choose. Our FREE basic plan is just that, very basic, while our PAID professional plans go further to increase your exposure.
So, before you get started in adding your business details to our directory, gather the important information below:
- Business Name*: clearly state your business name.
- Business Description*: use this to help search engines find you but also, as your shop window to entice people to connect, so be specific about what you are offering.
- Address*: provide your business address whether it is physical or virtual but if it is the latter, choose the ‘By appointment only’ in the additional information to help potential customers know when you’re available for face-to-face meetings.
- Phone Number*: make it easy for potential customers to quickly reach you by providing your phone number.
- Website Address*: include your web address as it is important for your SEO.
- Business Hours: amend the default business hours to suit your business’ operating days and times.
- List of Specific Business Categories* and Features: choose the categories that relate to your business and add your key Features (products or services) e.g., an electrician could include electrical fault finding, lighting design, emergency lighting, electric gate wiring, house rewiring, electrical testing and inspection, and much more as appropriate. (Features are not available on the FREE Plan.)
- Social Media Accounts: allow potential customers to connect with you via other methods by including your social channels such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, etc.
- Images: showcase your products or services, staff, or yourself with images and video, and maintain your brand building with your logo. Remember to add a caption to your images so that you’ll appear in the right search results. (Bronze Plan – 7 images, Silver Plan – 12 images, and Gold Plan – unlimited imges.)
- Keywords/Tags: make sure to include the words your potential customers will be using when searching on various search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo).
- Location: if your business caters for a specific area be sure to select those areas.
*Refers to FREE plan information.
Once you have gathered all the important information you can get started. Check out Create a Business Profile on Our Directory.
So, what other directories are you using now or have you used before? Are you able to track how well they are working for you? With our online business directory, you will be able to monitor traffic and engagement.
Why not check out what we’re offering and take a step of faith with us? We want to help you reach your goals, and be the blessing you were created to be.
Other places you may consider listing your business:
Bing Places for Business – https://www.bingplaces.com/
Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/business/tools/facebook-pages
Google Business Profile – https://www.google.com/business
LinkedIn – https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/linkedin-pages
