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Online Promotion

CityLocal franchisees are specialist 'Local Business Promoters'. They work closely with local businesses and lift their profile within the community and put them in touch with their customers, the local public.

The online market is developing at an astounding rate...

The online business promotion that they offer is rich in features and works in perfect synergy with the offline business promotion strategies that are used.

Here is an online listing for a small business in Southampton. As you can see its much more than a name and a number in a classified phone book:

1. Full name and address

   This is displayed clearly at the top of the listing



2. Multiple contact numbers

   This includes a landline number, a fax number and a mobile number if they want

3. Email link and web link

   Businesses can receive emails that are sent directly from the site without the user having to open up their own email programme. Businesses can also have a direct website link allowing visitors to click straight onto their website.

4. Unlimited text

   There is as much space as required for businesses to have unlimited amount of text to describe their business, their products or their services.



5. TV Style Video Commercials

   Business can choose to upload videos of their business if they have one. If they don't, our franchisees can offer high quality and professionally created 30 second TV style adverts to bring their listing to life.

6. Picture Slide Show

   An unlimited amount of pictures can be uploaded to the listing for visitors to view in a slide show. These pictures could be images of products that they supply or even photos of their premises.

7. Review and testimonials

   Our franchisees work closely with local business to capture some of the great things that their satisfied customers have to say about their business and have this published on the business listing. There is nothing more powerful than testimonials from local customers.



8. Printable, money-saving voucher

   Business can choose to have printable special offer vouchers on their listing. Customers love special offers and businesses can change these offers as often as they want to keep visitors coming back.

But that's not all! Our franchisees can offer highly sophisticated and keyword targeted Search Engine Optimisation.

Businesses can be found for their industry category on the search engines driving traffic to their listing on CityLocal and raising their local profile!

Read about how we achieve search engine success >