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Online Local Business Referral Directory. Do you have one?

Online local business referral directory. Do you have one?

Before I say much,I want to first thank Mr.Dennis Volz for sharing this brilliant idea with us here on Active Rain. He wrote a post http://activerain.com/blogsview/491606/FREE-ONLINE-Business-Directory. His post will also show you how he set up his online local business referral directory. I am sharing this with you in case some of you missed it or want to get some suggestions on how to form your online local business referral directory.

This is my free online local business referral directory. I just started working on mine yesterday. http://buyahomeinwashingtondc.blogspot.com. I have sent out invitations to local business companies or anyone who wants to advertise on my website for free. I have also sent it to many of many prospects. It is a good way to have an excuse to send them something. You never know. They might know someone who owns a business who might want to advertise for free on my website. Here are some good reasons to have a online local business referral directory.

Geographic Targetic-The ability to target customers online has improved dramatically.
Great communications tool-Its so cheap to advertise on some websites now. How much do the great people at Active Rain charge us to write posts here? NOTHING. Since they are such great people I wonder if they can give all of us free cities to advertise on Localism come July 31st? That would be a great idea.
Great way to make connections-We all know that Internet is the best marketing tool. It is fast and cheap also. (Well not all of them are cheap. But you know what I am talking about.
Serve your local customers-We all know close to 80% of home buyers start their search online.
Your customers are online-Did you know that 48 million people went online last year looking for content?
So are your competitors-It is said that 78% of small business are online and 50% of them will continue to maintain active online.
ITS FREE - Just in case I forgot to mention it.

Some people I hear make newsletters and have local companies pay to advertise for space on their newsletter (Clever idea).

We all know that everybody knows somebody who wants to buy a house or is talking about buying a house. But if that's the case,how come some ready,willing and able buyers and motivated sellers are hard to find? Having a online local business referral directory can help you find those home buyers and sellers.

To receive your free list of "Houses for sale in Washington DC",please give me a call at your earliest convenience. I can be reached at (202) 378-0283 (Direct) or (301) 560-6700 x1154 (Office). I can also be reached online at my websites www.buyandsellnewhomes.com and www.freelistofhomesforsale.com. Thank you very much. Looking forward to working with you and helping you make your home purchase or sale a stress free and very great one. Have a great day. Lanre Folayan- Real Estate Professional with Exit Premier Realty. "Buy a home in Washington DC"

Posted by Lanre Folayan -Petworth DC on 07/24/2008 01:26 AM

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21 Comments on Online Local Business Referral Directory. Do you have one?

JUL

Will have to take a look, thanks!

Tom Davis

World Class Delaware Realtor

Lanre: I said I was back a coouple of weeks ago, but it was more like I am thinking of it. But what a great welcome back blog. This is a great idea! I will check it out and call you with any questions.

How have you been?

Hi Lanre,

Thanks for the ref in the article. Your Ref Dir looks GREAT!

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Thanks for the links on this. I think it is a great idea and will have to update my blogspot as well. I will be sure to add you to mine once I get updated. Thanks!

Lanre, this is a great idea! I think I will steal it!

Tom- Thank you. I really appreciate it.

Tara- I am sooo sorry that I missed your call. I went to sleep late last night. I will call you this weekend-SERIOUSLY. Thanks for your comments.

Dennis- I thank you sir for sharing this great idea with everyone here. People like you are the reasons why I love Active Rain. Thanks for your comments.

Dayana- Absolutely. I am definitely going to check out http://climate.fizber.com/. Thanks for your comments.

Naoma- Welcome back to blogging mama. Great to always hear from you. You know that you are going to be on mine. I didn't need to send you an invitation because I was going to add you to my online local referral directory anyway. Thanks for your comments.

Pat- You are a Superstar. You don't need this-LOL. Everybody knows you. Thanks for your comments as usual.

Lanre- This is a great idea. I signed up- then sent it to my daughter- I am still working on the website. All this stuff is fun but really time consuming. I hope she will pick it up and get it up and running! Thanks

JUL

I like what I see so far, and really need to explore this more. I am very interested in setting up my own, but not exactly sure how to make it so nice as yours. I am new to all this blogging stuff.

Barbara- Glad you like the idea Barbara. It took me while to figure mine out. But Dennis's Volz link on my blog will help you. Have a great weekend.

Troy- There are many templates that you can use to even make it look better than mine. Click on the Dennis Volz link on my blog. That one should show you how to set it up. Good luck to you. Have a great weekend.

I have two webpages that lists people I recommend in the Southwest Florida Area. The one is for my BNI Chapter members only, and the other lists a huge variety of people I network with at a variety of places throughout Southwest Florida. http://yourswflnotary.com/WeRecommend.html

JUL

What a wonderful idea. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Any chance to increase an online presence is worth pursuing.

Ronald - You just reminded me,I got an invitation from a loan officer here in Laurel Maryland who is looking for a realtor for their BNI Chapter. I got to e-mail him now. Have a great weekend.

Trunda- That's what Active Rain is all about. I got this brilliant idea from someone here who decided to share it here with us. Have a great weekend.

Hi Lanre, Thank You for becoming one of my associates! Thank You also for this creative resource you so freely shared with all of us!

Lanre,

An excellent idea ! Some planning involved to get it right but very workable !

Thanks for the inspiration.

Kimberly

JUL

Thank you for sharing a great idea. I will look into it.

AUG

Lanre~ It was good to hear from you, I haven't heard from you in a while. I am thrilled to see this information and I am going to set up one for myself as soon as possible!