What is OPEZ.com?

Let's have a look at OPEZ.com — It's a new networking tool and a referral magnet for local service professionals and small business owners.  Service professionals such as contractors, interior designers, hair stylists, DJs, caterers, business consultants, insurance agents, real estate agents, etc. all can benefit from an OPEZ profile, for local networking, referrals, and client testimonials. 

Need a few good links into your website or blog?  Your opez profile is simple, yet SEO and link-friendly.  I can recommed OPEZ.com as a great new resource for promoting your website and your business, and it's still FREE.

"We Love Opez: Stylists, Personal Trainers, Masseuses, Bartenders, Managers, Sales Associates, Realtors®, Professionals, Local Business Owners..."

• Every website or blog needs as many good links as it can get...  you can put some links, with anchor text, on your OPEZ profile.  Search engines like Google seem to like these links, they have good SEO value.

• OPEZ fits in the gap between Twitter, Yelp, LinkedIn, and Facebook... It fills a valuable niche for local small businesses and service professionals.  Clients can post reviews, and you can network with diverse local service pros and business owners.

• Simply post your brief OPEZ profile, add links, update your OPEZ mini-blog with a comment or two, and get brief reviews from a few of your best clients. Network with local resources and associates, get recommended, and build an active fan base.

Today's OPEZ front page, screenshot:

Why choose OPEZ?

There are many other alternatives, but most have become too bloated with features and ads, are too restrictive, or have become very costly.  For now, OPEZ.com remains very simple yet very powerful, elegantly clean, and FREE.

It's very easy for clients to post brief reviews, and when you get a few reviews and recommendations, you can be featured on the OPEZ front page.

Even if you don't have a blog or website, OPEZ can be a simple way to fulfill your need for a web-presence.  If you already have a blog or website, links from your OPEZ profile can help your Google search results.  Links from your OPEZ to your facebook or twitter can help make it easier for people to find you by using Google search. Make sure to use good keywords to label your anchor text for those links.  Need any help setting up your OPEZ profile?  See some examples, below.

Starting a new website or blog? You will need a few links to help prime the pump and get search engine spiders attention.  This new website got into Google with good keyword ranking within a few days with help from an OPEZ profile: Camille Stephens, Hair Stylist, Mountain View.

Examples:

George Fanucci • OPEZ profile • http://opez.com/george

Camille Stephens • Hair Stylist • http://opez.com/camille


Any comments, questions, or critique of this OPEZ.com review?  Please message me, or comment below.  Thanks!

UPDATE: November 23, 2011.  OPEZ is now invitation-only, but it is very easy to get invited.