Blog

About

Careers

Contact

Solo's blog provides the resources that microbusinesses, solopreneurs, freelancers, and other super-small businesses need to start, operate, and grow.

Blog for starting, running, and growing your business | Solo.co

Blog - All Posts

In this article:\nFree resources with marketing tips for your salon\nFree resources with the latest industry news and trends\nFree resources to help your salon grow your client base\nOwning your own salon business is a lot of work, and everything that goes into just getting started can create several challenges. Not only do you have to keep the lights on and the everyday aspects of the business running, but you also need to advertise and market your hair or nail salon to get new customers. \nKnow this: you are not alone. Salon owners and experts all over the world have shared their experiences and knowledge to help others like you on their journey toward entrepreneurial independence. And we’ve taken the time to gather some of their blogs and online resources to provide you with a library of knowledge as you get your business started.\n1. ProBeauty.org\nThe Professional Beauty Association has a helpful library of free resources for salon owners, including articles and videos on starting a salon, managing employees, insurance issues, marketing, setting income goals, and much more. Check out PBA's \nresource library\n.\n2. Salon Owners Collective\nSalon Owners Collective is an online community that was created to inspire and empower salon owners worldwide. It is their mission to help salon owners turn their dreams into a reality that can last a lifetime. \nThey put together podcasts with successful salon owners that they interview, share marketing tips, and even offer a few freebies like a strategic marketing planner and their “Freedom & Profit Formula” for growing your salon. \n3 must-reads (or listens) on Salon Owners Collective:\nHow To Become A #Marketingboss\n\nThe Ultimate Guide To Turn Likes Into Bookings\n\n\n6 Steps To Get Your Salon To Stand Out On Social Media\n\n3. Salon Plaza\nSalon Plaza is another online community that offers resources for helping dreamers become salon owners. They offer franchising opportunities to salon professionals and help with everything from finding a location to marketing the business. \nWith dedicated professionals sharing their expertise to help get your business off the ground, there is plenty of good to be found here. Even if you already own a salon or don’t want to become a member of this organization, their blog has tons of great insights you can gain from. \n3 must-reads on Salon Plaza:\nStudio Salon Advertising Strategies That Work To Grow Your Base\n5 Ways To Keep Salon Clients Loyal When Moving To A New Location\n\nFor Salon Pros: How To Create A Killer Facebook Ad That Works!\n\n4. Sola Salon Studios\nSola Salon Studios provides salon professionals with fully-equipped studios and everything that they need to start their own salon. With this organization, beauty professionals can become an owner of one of the franchises, and Sola does everything they can to ensure success. \nBecause they’ve helped more than 400 salons get started across the United States, they have a pretty large knowledge base that they can pull from to create sweet resources for salon owners like you. \n3 must-reads from Sola:\nHow To Create A Salon Business Plan: A Blueprint For Success\n3 Ways To Grow Your Salon Business\n10 Instagram Tips For Beauty Professionals\n5. Modern Salon\nModern Salon\n is all about keeping you up to date on the latest and greatest trends in the beauty industry. Get new tips on trending styles, colors, the best extensions to use, and so much more. \nModern Salon wants to help beauty professionals every step of the way, whether you are just starting out or you are a seasoned expert. They offer educational articles and inspiration to help you find yourself in the industry. \n3 must-reads on Modern Salon:\nCommunicating To Your Clients About Hair Wellness\nThe Best & Worst Thermal Tools For Thinning Hair\nTop 3 Tips For Achieving A Great Undercut\n6. American Salon\nAmerican Salon \nstarted 141 years ago and has adapted over the years to be one of the best beauty magazines there is for helping salon owners like you. With more than 1.4 million readers, they are committed to providing valuable content that helps you succeed. \nWhether you are a hairstylist or nail technician, they provide tons of articles catered specifically to building your salon, trending styles, and marketing. They also have several videos and podcasts to show you new tricks and styles. \n3 must-reads from American Salon:\nHow Salon Owners Can Make The Most Of Back-to-school Season\n3 Ways To Use Salon Technology To Attract And Retain Talent\n5 Reasons Why You Should Create An App For Your Salon\n7. Beauty Cast Network\nBeauty Cast Network was created to help place beauty students and professionals find their roles in the industry and to help salon owners find the right stylists for their team. They are a career placement network. \nBut beyond their core goal, they also offer several sweet resources for salon professionals all across the board. Split into four categories: employers, professionals, schools, and students; their blog is all about offering the most helpful advice specific to each reader. \n3 must-reads on Beauty Cast Network:\n\nHire top talent in the beauty industry\n\n\nRethinking your marketing – how you can raise prices without losing clients\n\n\nHow to handle a dissatisfied client\n\n8. Millennium Systems International\nMillennium Systems International offers technology solutions to help salons and spas with online booking, payments, marketing, setting goals and conversions, security, resource management, educational courses, and much more. \nMillennium is very familiar with “the business side of beauty” as the like to put it. Beyond their software solutions, they have great articles that can help you to grow your salon. \n3 must-reads from Millennium Systems International:\nWhat Does The Texting Trend Mean For Your Salon Or Spa?\n4 Tips To Keep Your Hairstylists Healthy And Happy!\nTop 3 Business-boosting Metrics For Salon And Spa Goal Setting\n9. Behind the Chair\nBehind the Chair strives to keep salon owners and stylists everywhere up to date with the latest industry news, from new products and trends to advice from the top stylists. Get inspiration with their galleries, find great tutorials, and get formulas for your clients’ favorite hair colors. \n3 must-reads from Behind the Chair:\n3 Sectioning Techniques For A Brighter Money Piece\n3 Cutting Techniques For Softer Texture\nMen’s Haircuts: 4 Tips For A Seamless Taper & Fade\n10. Solo's list of free online business listings\nWe've gathered a list of (more than) \n25 free online business listings\n where you can include your salon. Grow your customer base and show up better in local searches.\nBe sure to check out some (or all) of these resources to continue increasing your knowledge on what you do best!\nAs you improve your trade and impress your clients, be sure to remind them that you appreciate their online feedback, and stay on top of replying to all your reviews.

10 free online resources for hair and nail salons

In this article:\nWhat is local SEO\nWhy local SEO is vital for small businesses, sole proprietorships, contractors, freelancers, and more\n15 free (and low-cost) tips and tools to climb small business SEO rankings\nIf you want to sound smart at your next gathering of local business owners, just start throwing around terms like “maximizing local SEO!” \nSEO refers to the steps you take to improve your business’s ranking in search results, wether they are on Google, Bing, Yahoo, Safari, Firefox, or any other search engine, in addition to mobile search results. \n \n\nLocal \nSEO adds an extra dynamic. If you run a brick and mortar business, you also want to make sure search engines know you have a physical location they should direct customers to. If you're a freelancer, sole proprietor, microbusiness, solopreneur, or similar business, you definitely need to keep an eye on how you show up in search results relative to your product or services.\nIt stands to reason that the higher your business ranks in these results, the more traffic your website and online review profiles will get, and the more new customers will find you in local searches.\nWhy local SEO is vital for small businesses\nFor local, small businesses, you might assume that how they rank on web searches may not really matter. But you’d be wrong. \nNowadays, almost everyone searches online when looking for nearby places to eat, lawyers to hire, mechanics to trust, and dentists to visit… along with every other local service or retail business. In fact, according to a Google report, \n“near me” searches\n have increased by 200%.\n\nSo it’s vital that you do whatever you reasonably can to show up, and show up well, in local searches. \nFor small businesses, this primarily means taking the basic steps to set up your profile completely and correctly on online review sites like Google, Yelp, Facebook, and TripAdvisor, in addition to making sure your website is up to snuff and you are engaging where appropriate on social media.\nFor the purposes of this article, we will get some valuable advice from one of the experts in the SEO industry, and touch a little on the more technical tips that more advanced, tech-savvy business owners might employ. \nBut mainly we’ll go over the basic steps that should be no-brainers for every local business owner who wants to rank higher in local searches, get seen by more potential customers, and make more money.\nDo small businesses really benefit from local SEO tips?\nSEO is a critical part of a successful digital marketing strategy, even for microbusinesses, sole proprietors, and similar businesses. Small businesses should make sure they have successful location data (proper address, phone number, and business name) on Google My Business and other top business directories like Bing Local and ReferLocal.”

We’ll touch more on these techniques below.\nImprove local SEO ranking by claiming and completing all of your free online business listings\nBefore you can “optimize” search engine results, you have to make sure you actually \nhave\n results. This starts with \nclaiming your free business profiles\n on Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and any industry-focused sites (like OpenTable for restaurants, for example).\nClaiming your listings is free, easy, and absolutely crucial, yet less than half of small businesses have bothered to take this step. Plus, research shows that businesses that claim their listings on multiple online business reviews sites make more money! \nFollow our easy, step-by-step tutorials to claim your profiles:\nHow to claim your Google My Business listing\nHow to claim your listing on Yelp\nHow to claim your TripAdvisor business profile\nYou also need a website. Yes, you. Businesses with websites perform better in local SEO than those without. \nThere are hundreds of low-cost sites that will help you create a simple, clean, professional-looking website. We like Wix and Squarespace, but you should have a look and see what speaks to you. \nThey offer easy templates and high-quality images and layouts for you to choose from. We’ll talk about optimizing your website’s SEO a little later.\n\nIn addition to the big review sites like Yelp and Google, you should also take advantage of free national and local business directories and listings. Be sure to read our post, \n25 free business listing websites every small or local business should be on\n, and get clicking.\nBoost local business SEO by filling in all “optional” fields and adding next-level info\nWe go into more detail in our article \nThe top 5 things every small business should include in their Google My Business listing\n, but the gist of it is you need to complete every field, make sure your name, address, phone number, website, and email are listed correctly, and add additional info (like menus for restaurants) and high-quality, web-optimized images to help you stand out from the crowd. \nAll other things being equal, the local business result with more information, images, and relevant detail show up higher in local online searches. \nMake sure you use appropriate keywords and variations thereof in your business description, company boilerplate, or whatever the particular review platform allows. \nThis content is part of searchable terms for web browsers and if you include the keywords you want to be listed for here, you can improve SEO. (More on keywords below.)\nPro tip: your website should also prominently list all of the above info for the same reasons, and include links to your review site pages.\nEngage your customers via online review sites to improve local SEO\nHopefully you have already claimed your business profiles and have started to engage your customers on review sites. Apart from showing good manners, this makes good business sense. \n\nReplying to reviews\n, both positive and negative, shows that you take your customers seriously and are committed to improving your products and services.\n\nBut there’s more to it than that. Chatmeter.com said that Google has confirmed “responding to reviews improves your local SEO.” Improving your local SEO means you get seen by more customers searching for businesses like yours.\nPlus, research shows that businesses that regularly respond to their online business reviews earn more revenue!\nTo improve local SEO, optimize the performance of your website and make sure it’s mobile-friendly\nSo, you decided to build a website. That’s great! You’re way ahead of nearly half of small businesses, who still don’t have a website. \nHowever, throwing up a simple page that lists your phone number, address, location, and email address, while far more effective than nothing, isn’t going to cut it if you want to maximize local SEO. Let’s address some common website issues:\nMaximize website load speed and fix any broken links\nDo you know how fast your site takes to load on desktop and mobile? You should. You only have a couple of seconds before today’s impatient users will give up on your site. \nRun tests using both desktop and mobile devices and use your web hosting company’s recommended tips for optimizing page load speed.\nEvery hyperlink you include on your site should be functional (and rather than just pasting in some random URL, you should use “anchor text” that includes keywords you want to be associated with). \nSometimes these links “break” due to the referred webpage expiring, being removed, the other site forgetting to renew, etc. \nIf there are broken links on your site, search engines will punish you in search rankings. \nOptimize your site for mobile, and don’t use gigantic images\nFar more people today search the web via mobile than on desktop or laptop. A quick and easy thing you can fix is to make sure all your images and pages are optimized for mobile display, and that you don’t have huge, high-resolution images hogging all the bandwidth. \nTry to shoot for less than 100K for larger background images, and under 50K for other images. With the free image optimization tools available today, this is a piece of cake. \nCompanies like Wix and Squarespace will also automatically create the “mobile version” of your site when you build your site, if you desire.\nBonus tip: Google offers a handy, free tool to \ncheck if your website is mobile friendly\n.\nRegularly confirm your site is actually up\nThis might sound silly, but do you have a way to know if your website is actually up and running? \nThere are many reasons why your site might go down, from failing hardware (such as routers or servers) to problems with your web hosting service, or maybe you even forgot to renew your ownership of your domain (some of our writers have been there… done that). Make it a practice to regularly check your website’s heath and function. \nMake sure your site works with and without the “www” in the URL\nOne sure way to drive off potential customers is if they see an error page when they type (your business name).com into a browser window. \nIf you haven’t already, be sure to set up a 301 redirect for the non-www version of your URL. (Google “how to set up a 301 redirect” and pick your favorite platform.)\nYou might also want to snag the .net, .co, and/or .biz versions of your business URL and redirect them to your main site as well. \nParking a domain and redirecting any traffic it gets costs a few bucks a year and you can capture more customers that way. \nRemember, there are other search engines besides Google\nGoogle is the current 800-pound gorilla, but you should pay careful attention to how your business’s results are displayed on \nall\n the various search engines. \nYou may be cited or referred to in other people’s blog posts, social media content, local free business listings, reviews, etc. and if those results are inconsistent or incorrect, it can confuse search engines, and your incorrect information may be pulled up in certain searches. \nThis is especially true if you have moved locations, changed your phone number, or modified your website URL without performing a 301 redirect. \n\nAll of the listings you can control should be consistent, have phone numbers listed in the preferred format of each search engine (for example, is the area code prefix listed with parenthesis or without?). Do the email “contact us” links listed function correctly and launch your email software? Does your website load correctly when you click on your business’s link?\nOptimize local SEO with accurate, comprehensive website keywords, meta description, and title\nCarefully consider and understand the keywords you want your business to rank for and make sure you’re including them in your website build, including your search engine title, slug, meta description, H1/H2/H3 tags, etc. \nThe title is the actual link that a search engine displays, or the “name” of your website, and the meta description is the small block of text that is displayed below that link. H- tags is shorthand for “headline” or “headers” that attract more emphasis from search engines. For example:\nThis is an H1 tag about improving local SEO.\nAn H2 tag about boosting small business SEO looks like this on our template.\nOr if you want less visual (and local search engine) attention, try an H3 header.\nA good exercise is to type out every variation you can think of relating to your business and the services or products you offer. \nFor example, a pet grooming service near Chicago might use the keywords “pet groomers in Chicago,” “Chicago pet groomers,” “pet groomer in Chicago,” “dog groomer in Chicago,” “Chicago dog groomer,” “Chicago dog groomers,” “Best pet groomer in (Aurora or whatever suburb you want to target)”… you get the idea. \n\nConduct searches for all of these terms and pay attention to how your higher-ranking competitors have their sites listed, their titles, meta descriptions, and keywords. See if you can improve yours.\nRemember, don’t just stuff these keywords in a long list at the bottom of a webpage or try to hide them in the code, and don’t repeat terms over and over in a non-organic way. \nSearch engines like Google are getting very sophisticated and you will actually be punished for keyword stuffing or other “90’s era” methods for trying to boost SEO without doing the work or building any value.\nImprove local SEO by setting up social media accounts\nOnce you have a good website built and have optimized your business listings on all the major review sites, you should also create social media profiles for your business on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (if applicable), and maybe LinkedIn. \nYou may have noticed that, in addition to a business website, almost every company has an official account on all of the major social media sites. They are doing this for a good reason. \nReview sites aren’t the only places people engage with companies and write reviews, and you can derive benefit from meeting your current and potential customers on these social media sites. The more active you are in multiple types of online communities, the more you have a voice (and the better you will show up in online searches).\nCreate a company blog or create other original web content to climb local SEO rankings\nIn addition, you should consider creating regular content on your website, such as adding a blog. \nThe value of a blog may not be apparent to, say, a hairdresser or a dentist or an auto repair shop, but you’d be surprised how much SEO value you can get if you have interesting insights into the industry, valuable tips, funny stories, or other content that interests people.\nThe more people talk about you (and ideally, link to your site or content) on multiple online locations, the more “valuable” you become to search engines like Google and the higher you will start to rank.\nAdding a feature like a blog to your site also gives you the ability to focus on specific keywords/ideas without needing to update your main website pages all the time.\nCaveat: you must commit to regular, fresh content on your blog and/or social media sites. You can’t just create your accounts and then never post anything again. This will bring you no value at all and may actually hurt you.\nBoost your small business website’s SEO with link-building\nOnce you have your review site profiles, website, social media accounts, and possibly a blog up and running and healthy, you can work to maximize link-building.\nLink-building is the practice of getting other sites, social media users, etc. to include functional links to your business profile and/or webpage. \nSometimes you can pay “influencers” to include your website link in one of their posts, but for small businesses this is usually not the most cost-effective way to build these “backlinks.” \nIdeally, you should be producing not only a top-quality product or service, but you should also be creating interesting, relevant, regular content for your website, social media channels, and/or blog. \nIf you can spend some time each week working on some fresh, interesting content, and post it regularly, you can start to get noticed by “more important” websites, influencers, and business listings.\n\nThe value of this is, when you first create a new website, you have basically zero “domain authority.” Unless someone specifically types in the name of your business exactly, they will probably not be able to find your business on a search. \nHowever, as your business has more time being listed on the indexes of various search engines, and you consistently maintain accuracy and quality in your site, you will start to climb the rankings. \nWhen people from other, higher-domain-authority sites notice your content and post links to it, then effectively some of their value or “authority” is added to your site, which tells search engines to bump you higher in the rankings. \nThis is why, if you try to purchase a link placement from a site with a domain authority of 40 or above, it can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars per link.\n“Hook” media and influencers by creating compelling stories based on your data or expertise\nOn a budget? There are free ways to build links, and they may be more inherently valuable since you “earned” them instead of “buying” them. \nYou might try to work with local news/media outlets to get mentioned, with a linkback to your site. And, if you can work a little extra to get a URL mention from websites you respect in your industry, your business will start to rank higher in local search results.\nWhen creating a “hook” for local media, you might consider conducting some quick research on your customers’ preferences. \nJust as a quick example, if you run a local coffee shop, and national coffee day is coming up, you might prepare a quick blurb containing interesting statistics you can pitch to local news media or industry websites or forums you follow. Like “Did you know that X% of people prefer decaffeinated coffee?” or “Despite the ‘living healthier’ trend, our sales show that sales of pastry have risen X% over the past year.”  \nIf you’re in a college town, you might find some interesting trends something like “our study shows that late-night coffee sales go up X% during finals week” This is the kind of content that is catchy, is a quick story with minimal research on your part, and which people will link to, talk about online, share, and upvote. All of this engagement improves local SEO.\nLocal SEO is a broad and complicated topic, and the more you learn the more you realize you don’t know. If you take the steps outlined above you will be off to a good start. If you think you have the chops to dive deeper, \nGoogle’s SEO starter guide\n has some good info. 

Local SEO: 15 free tips for better search rankings

More than ever, free business listing sites like Yelp, Facebook, and Google My Business are how customers find your business, even for super-small local microbusinesses, pop-ups, solopreneurs, freelancers, contractors, and more. Basically, the web has become a goldmine of free advertising and exposure for small business owners thanks to these dozens of business listing sites.\nTo help business owners such as yourself, we’ve compiled a list of \nover\n 25 free online communities, directories, and any free business listing sites where you should have a profile. Read the short descriptions below each site and decide which platforms you want to be listed on.\nRemember: the more you choose, the greater your online footprint and the easier it is for customers to find your business and spend money with you. In fact, research shows that businesses that claim their free listings on multiple sites earn more money. Enjoy!\n(More than) 25 free business listing sites for your local business\n1. \nYelp\n\nThe third most popular review website on the web, Yelp is used daily by millions searching for local small businesses, especially restaurants.\nGuide: \nHow to claim your business on Yelp\n2. \nGoogle My Business\n\nShoppers use the most popular search engine for information about and directions to local stores. For everything. It’s the main street of the web. According to Google, 50% of all the mobile consumers who use Google for \nlocal searches\n in a day visit the businesses they search.\nGuide: \nHow to claim your Google My Business listing\nGo deeper: \nRank higher on Google local by optimizing your Google my Business listing\n3. \nFacebook\n\nMore than 1 out of 7 people on the planet are on Facebook, and they’re actively checking out the 65 million plus local business pages listed on the biggest social network ever. Creating a Facebook presence for your business takes five steps. Read our step-by-step guide: \nHow to create and claim your Facebook business page\n.\n4. \nTripAdvisor\n\nAnother top five review website, TripAdvisor’s 415 million monthly users have smoke coming from their keyboards — over 535 million reviews have been published on the site. Your small business, especially if it’s in the hospitality space, is missing out on a windfall of digital awareness and feedback if you’re not on TripAdvisor.\nGuide: \nHow to claim your business listing on TripAdvisor\n5. \nTwitter\n\nWhy is this on our list, you might wonder? True, Twitter might not “sell” your customers to come into your shop, but it surfaces to the top in searches and presents one of the easiest and fastest ways for customers to reach out to you. It’s also a location-based tool that lets you search for customers in your area.\nLearn \nhow to create a business Twitter account\n.\n6. \nInstagram\n\nA \nrecent study\n shows 82% of customers research before they come into the store to buy. Today, especially if you’re marketing to younger demographics, photography-based Instagram is a visual invitation to come in and see for oneself.\nGuide: \nHow to create an Instagram account for your business\n7. \nYouTube\n\nSome people don’t have time to read reviews, scroll through a website, or comb through social media posts. A video is easy. Just hit play. A YouTube video (even just one) is a solid \nsmall business marketing\n vehicle to reach over 30 million customers who are watching almost 5 billion YouTube videos a day.\n8. \nFoursquare\n\nFoursquare has a passionate following of 55 million monthly \nlocal small business\n fans. They check-in, share where they are, and leave tips for others to follow. Without a filled-in profile on Foursquare, SMB owners are missing out on helpful user-generated information about their business.\nLearn \nhow to list or claim your business on Foursquare\n.\n9. \nLinkedIn\n\nIt might seem like LinkedIn only matters for national or global brands, but a local business can show researching consumers more of who they are, from owners to employees. Use LinkedIn to present yourself as a reputable, well-connected owner with years of relevant experience, especially for finance-based businesses.\nRead our step-by-step guide: \nHow to create a business LinkedIn account\n10. \nYahoo\n\nWe know Google reigns supreme in search, but Yahoo is still used by \n1 billion\n potential small business customers people every month. Why? For some, it’s preference. For others, especially Firefox web browsers, it’s the default on their machine. Similar to Google My Business, Yahoo partners with Yext (below) to display local small business listings in search results.\n\nCreate and claim your Yahoo business listing\n.\n11. \nBing Places for Business\n\nWith slightly more users than Yahoo, Bing is Microsoft’s search engine. \nBing Places for Business\n is where small business owners can access their local listings. Every Microsoft computer’s default web browser is Internet Explorer and searches with Bing, so it’s worth your time to set up your business information for Skype, Office, Xbox, and Surface tablet users.\nFollow our step-by-step guide to \ncreate and claim your Bing business listing\n.\n12. Angie’s List (now \nAngi.com\n)\nOriginally created to review local contractors, the online directory has grown to be a go-to repository for crowd-sourced online reviews. It’s free for small business owners to register on \nAngi.com\n). If you offer home services, Angie’s List is highly recommended to reach local customers.\n13. \nYellowpages.com\n\nAccording to the digitally re-invented Yellow Pages’ website, \n60 million people\n still search for businesses on its directory. It’s free to \nclaim your business’s “yp Profile.”\n14. \nSemrush\n listing management tool\nNow, technically this is free, but only for a trial period. But we feel this service might be worth the small price you pay. Semrush is known for their keyword research and search engine optimization (SEO) tools, but they also offer business listings management. Semrush says, “Get your business data automatically distributed to the most authoritative directories on the Internet.” You can improve your rankings on Google’s search results, local pack, map results and more. Visit \nSemrush\n to start your free trial of their business listing management tool.\n15. \nBetter Business Bureau (BBB)\n\nThe Better Business Bureau (BBB) has been vouching for marketplace trust since 1912. It’s the number one website for reporting scams and other quackery. It’s free to have your business listed in the nonprofit organization’s database. Simply search for your business and if it’s not there, follow these steps to \nadd your business to BBB\n. Highly recommended for local law firms.\n16. \nApple Maps\n\nWhile Android dominates the market with an 87% market share, iOS holds around 13% of that market share which is still over a billion users. The primary map app on iOS devices is Apple Maps, another free directory in which you can and should make sure your business is listed. You will need an Apple ID to create or edit your Apple Maps listing, but that’s free to create too if you don’t already have one. Get started at \nmapsconnect.apple.com\n. \n17. \nGlassDoor\n\nSometimes customers want to know how an employer treats its employees. Any type of research in this area will lead curious customers to GlassDoor, the number one review site for companies and employees. With over \n700,000 companies\n reviewed over 33 million times, GlassDoor is another stop local business owners should know about. Recommended for larger corporations. Companies are registered only when employees \nsubmit a review\n.\n18. \nBizJournals.com\n\nThe nationwide local business publication also offers a searchable \ndirectory\n of local private businesses. It serves 43 major markets in the US, each with its own website and tailored news. Bizjournals populates its company profiles from business data company \nOwler\n.\n19. Chamber lists\nAn extremely valuable local resource that is often overlooked is your city’s Chamber of Commerce. A hub for events, news, and networking, the Chamber’s website keeps a list of local businesses and members. It might be worth your time to get in front of the right local officials at the Chamber and participate in the free small business services. They exist for owners — the initiators of local commerce — to thrive.\nA helpful tool to find your city's Chamber of Commerce is the \nChamber of Commerce Directory\n.\n20. \nWhitepages\n\nWith over \n5 billion records\n, Whitepages is an enormous database of global people and businesses. One unique feature of Whitepages is its \nAPIs\n, which allow businesses to buy and use the company’s extensive data to build their own software. This means a WP listing shows up not only on whitepages.com but also across all of their API customers’ sites as well. Whitepages uses Yext to create listings.\n21. \nAlignable\n\nA new player to the industry, venture-backed startup Alignable claims to be the number one source of referrals for local small businesses, with over 22,000 communities networked on its platform. It’s free and easy to connect on \nAlignable\n once you \ncreate your Alignable business listing\n, and start receiving referrals from other local small business owners.\n22. \nManta\n\nAn established online listing community, Manta sees \n1,000 companies\n join its small business directory every day. This site is recommended not only because it’s easy to \nadd your company profile to Manta\n, but also because its time-tested presence carries considerable SEO benefits.\n23. \nYext\n\nIt seems like we’ve been waiting for this one, no? Yext is a one-and-done effort to get your company listed across almost every small business site mentioned in this article. As a one-stop shop, Yext lets you fill out the information for your business and voilà, you’ll be found “everywhere.” See how your company appears in Yext \nright now\n.\nGo deeper: \nHow to use Yext to improve your online business listings\n24. \nCitySearch\n\nCitySearch helps you find local business in your neighborhood. With a voting system, award badges, and special deals, CitySearch prioritizes fun. Locals recommend anything from restaurants to attorney offices to hair salons. Bolster your presence on the platform by \nadding your business to CitySearch’s database\n.\n25. \nMerchantCircle\n\nFinally, MerchantCircle allows consumers to search for local merchants by category. According to its website, the directory has over 2 million merchants on its site with over 100 million consumers visiting each month. \nClaim your business listing on MerchantCircle\n.\nThat’s 25 free business listings, but we’ve got more good stuff for you, so let’s keep going!\n26. \nEZ Local\n\nClaim your free listing on EZ Local. Build up your business’s online presence and check out some of the other features that this web directory site offers: social media management, custom web design, and more. Do a quick search first to see if your business already exists at \nezlocal.com\n. \n27. \nCitySquares\n\nCitySquares was created to help consumers find local businesses in their neighborhoods. Businesses can create a free profile on the platform in order to reach more potential customers. Get started at \ncitysquares.com\n.\n28. \nHotfrog\n\nHotfrog touts itself as the freshest local business directory in the United States. Consumers are able to search for businesses by city to find the most relevant places near them. You can easily add your business for free to their online directory in order to increase your online visibility. Hotfrog also has a \nblog\n to help keep you up to date on marketing best practices. \n29. \nShowMeLocal\n\nShowMeLocal houses over 22 million businesses in its online directory, and it also allows users to review your business. The more opportunity for customer reviews, the better your online reputation can become. Visit \nshowmelocal.com\n to add your business for free. \n30. \nBrownbook.net\n\nBrownBook.net allows your business to create an enhanced online profile with videos, images, logos, an about us section, and much more. Over 40 million businesses currently have profiles in BrownBook.net’s online directory, and that is always growing. Don’t miss out on this opportunity. \n31. \nCylex\n\nCylex offers free and premium listings in their online directory with the primary goal of connecting consumers to businesses. With over 1 million unique daily users on their site, this is a great opportunity to list your business and grow your online reach. Get started at \ncylex.us.com\n. \n32. \nChamberofCommerce.com\n\nAlong the lines of #19 above, this listing helps you find and appear in your local chamber of commerce listing, and their optional paid “premium” packages allow you to more easily get exposure to 25 million directory visitors a year, be found by potential customers in your local area, and drive traffic to your business website. Visit \nChamberofCommerce.com\n to get started.\n33. (Bonus) paid business listings to consider\nIn addition to the free business listings above, you might also look into paid services such as \nDun & Bradstreet\n (touted as “the most trusted online business directory”) and \nThumbtack\n (a great resource for contractors, gig workers, freelancers, and other pros, where you pay only when customers connect with you for your services).\nYou’ve claimed your profile on multiple business listing sites. Now what?\nOnce you’ve claimed your local business listing on as many free business listing sites as possible, what’s next? First, make sure you add as much information about your business as possible to each profile you’ve claimed. The more “alive” your listing looks, the more inviting your business becomes to curious customers. For sites that include reviews, make sure you \nreply to every review\n your business gets.\nYou might also like: \n25 free local advertising ideas for small business\n

25 free business listing websites every small or local business should be on (Updated for 2022!)

In this article:\nWhy a website is still vital for small businesses\nHow a website improves credibility with customers\nHow a business website improves local SEO\nExploit your website to improve sales\nLow-cost options for website layout and hosting\nDon’t think your small business needs a website in this social-media-saturated era of FaceGram and InstaTweet? Prepare to be schooled, peeps. Though a crusty GeoCities website may be totally ‘90s, a properly built and regularly updated website still provides tons of value for any business, including small, local, one-person concerns. Here’s why.\nA website builds credibility for your small business\nThe fact is, even though many consumers now engage businesses primarily via social media and review platforms, people still expect every business to have a website. \nThe more, \nahem\n, seasoned among us may remember excitedly asking people, “You have a \nwebsite\n??” when it was a novelty. Now, an incredulous potential customer might ask a small business owner, “You don’t have a \nwebsite\n??”\nA website provides validation to customers that you take your business seriously, and that your business is legitimate. After all, \nanyone\n can set up a Facebook or Instagram or Twitter page for free. Websites, while not expensive, cost time and money to build, run, and host.\nIf you don’t have a business website, or if—heaven forbid—someone else has parked a generic (yourbusinessname).com domain in your place—you may come off as an amateur or not in it for the long haul.\nFurthermore, you’re not just trying to build credibility with potential customers. Which brings us to the next point.\nA properly built website improves local SEO and search rankings\nNot only does a website show potential customers that you’re an established, credible business, but it makes you more visible and legitimate to Google and other search engines as well.\nIt may seem self-evident when talking about websites that it is vital for your small business to show up, and show up well, in local searches. After all, 9 out of 10 people conduct online searches for local businesses, and your website can be an important factor in how you rank.\nThe more touchpoints your business has online—via social media accounts, \nclaiming your pages\n on review sites like Yelp, Google My Business, and TripAdvisor, \nfree business listings\n, and your website—the more important and relevant you appear to search engines, and the higher you will be ranked when people search online for businesses like yours in your area.\nSEO, or search engine optimization, is somewhat of a dark art and very few people truly understand how it works (Google changes its algorithm pretty much monthly and will not tell anyone exactly what they prioritize when ranking search results), but it’s safe to say that maintaining a properly built website with relevant tags, keywords, and correct business info will help improve your local SEO.\nTry this: type your favorite local business into Google or another search engine, and look at the results. It’s likely that the first, or among the first results listed will be their website (if they have one). Don’t forego the potential customer engagement and SEO benefits of having a business website.\nA website is a great small business sales and marketing tool\nObviously, if you have the capability, ecommerce (online sales) is a huge benefit of a small business website. Most of today’s small-business-friendly web-hosting service providers (such as Wix and Squarespace) also offer shopping cart/ecommerce options for businesses who want to sell online.\nHowever, even if you don’t want to sell your goods and services online, or aren’t ready yet, your website can still be a valuable sales tool, and not only because it can drive more customers to your store via improved SEO.\nYou can use your website to feature weekly sales, coupons, offers, and web-only specials to drive traffic to your store. You should blast these out on your social media channels as well, but don’t forget to link them back to your website. (You should also include your website in your business profiles on Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor, Facebook, and every other relevant review platform and business listing.)\nAdd icing to this marketing cake by adding a simple email capture form-fill to your website to collect contact information from your most enthusiastic customers. Even better, you can use a popular promotion as incentive for people to provide their contact info. After all, actually having correct customer contact information is 90% of the battle when talking about effective customer loyalty programs.\nGo deeper: \nThe 6 elements of an effective loyalty program\nControl your messaging and aesthetics \nYet another advantage of a website is it’s 100% controlled by you. In other words, unlike review sites or social media accounts, random people can’t just post whatever they want on your website. \nYou\n control the message, the look, the images, the font… everything. You can really craft the feeling and messaging you want to convey on your website.\nEven basic websites have real business value\nIt’s cheaper and easier than ever to create a website, thanks to the aforementioned website building and hosting companies like Squarespace and Wix. For around 20 bucks a month you can have a clean, professional-looking website that shows your business in its best light. For a little more money you can add \nemail campaigns\n, offers, apps, shopping carts, and other useful features.\n(Pro tip: if you haven’t submitted your brand/s for trademark registration, be sure to buy all the related website domains on somewhere like GoDaddy or Register.com before you submit your paperwork. There are people who watch the lists of approved trademarks and will automatically buy those domains if you haven’t already… and it may end up costing you a pretty penny to buy them back.)\nEven if all you have the resources and time for is a clean, simple web page listing your correct business hours, location, email, phone, and a quick description of your company vision, products, and services, that will still be valuable to many customers, can drive potential buyers to your location, and, as discussed earlier, it gives search engines one more reason to rank you higher in results.\nBottom line? Yes, you need a website for your small business. \nAs part of any \nsmall business marketing plan\n, a website is invaluable and provides benefits on multiple levels. 

Why every small business still needs to have a website (including yours!)

In this 7-minute read:\n21 free listing sites for your retail business\nManage your listings with reputation management software\nOne of the most important things you can do for your retail business is to increase its online visibility. This allows you to get reviews online, helps your business to get found by more customers, and increases cash flow.  \nA great way to help improve that visibility is to claim all of your free online directory listings, commonly referred to as citations. Research shows that when businesses claim multiple free listings, they earn 78% more money than businesses that don’t claim any. \nLet us help you get started with these free listing sites for your retail business. \n1. Google My Business is essential for retailers\nGoogle My Business is always the first place that you want to start. This is how you get into the Google maps and show up on the first online source people use when looking for a new store. \nList your retail business on Google with our guide: \nHow to claim your Google Business listing\n2. \nFacebook is a must for your retail shop\nFacebook is another huge one that consumers are using more and more to contact businesses. When someone has a question about your store and they can’t find the answer on your website, they’ll often ask a question through Facebook’s messenger app before coming into the store. \nThis is also one that tends to show up on the first page of Google when someone searches for your business (if you have a business page, of course). \n3. Don’t forget Bing Places \nBing is a popular search engine as the default for Microsoft's web browser. Don’t miss out on valuable opportunities by missing this one. The best part is, if you have your Google listing claimed, you can just sign in to your Google account on \nBing Places\n and import your store’s listing. \n4. Retail on Yelp? Yes!\nMillions of people are on Yelp every day searching for new places to shop and take their business to. As the third most popular review platform, this is definitely a place you want your store to be. \nCheck out our guide: \nHow to claim your Yelp business listing\n5. \nTripAdvisor is good for retail also\nMany people use TripAdvisor when they are traveling, and whether you have a souvenir shop or simply a grocery store that someone will need during their travels, it’s a good idea to list your retail business here. \nCheck out our guide: \nHow to claim your listing on TripAdvisor\n6. \nFoursquare is helpful\nWith 55 million users every month, Foursquare is a pretty popular listing site. On their platform, your store visitors can “check-in” to your store and leave helpful tips for other visitors. Get more feedback for your retail business by listing it on this site. \n7. \nBetter Business Bureau (BBB): a no-brainer\nHaving your store listed on and rated by the Better Business Bureau sends huge trust signals to customers and potential employees. This is important for any business. So get your store listed on BBB.org today with \nthis form\n. \n8. \nYellowbook: specialized local digital marketing \nYellowbook is another “yellow pages” directory site. They are run by a digital marketing company called Hibu. Hibu specializes in local digital marketing and they know what it takes to help retail businesses like yours show up better on Google and other search engines. \nList your store on Yellowbook with its simple-to-use \nform\n. \n9. YP.com (remember the Yellow Pages?)\nThe traditional “Yellow Pages” has digitized its platform to bring us YP.com, a huge online directory service that gets more than 60 million visitors every month. They know the importance of improving your online presence. \nYou can go to \nYP.com\n to claim your free YellowPages business listing. \n10. MerchantCircle for local retailers\nMerchantCircle is all about directing users to the best local merchants—that’s you! They separate merchants by category to help their visitors easily find the service or products that they are looking for. \nGet started in claiming your MerchantCircle listing with \nthis form\n. \n11. People still use \nMapQuest\nAnother popular one for travelers, MapQuest is still a widely used directory site. Their support team is awesome and will help you get your store added to their database quickly. \nJust \nsubmit a support ticket\n to MapQuest and see your store’s listing in days. \n12. Manta for cross-platform listings\nManta is a little different from these other sites in the extra features that it offers you. When you put your business information into Manta, they will scan other business listing sites to make sure your information is consistent across multiple platforms. \nThis consistency is super important to the search engines in order to provide customers the most accurate information for your store. \nManta makes it simple to sign your store up for a free listing \nhere\n. \n13. Citysearch: essential for local retail\nCitysearch wants to provide users with the best experience in finding great businesses in their neighborhoods. Customers shouldn’t have to travel far to find what they are looking for. \nCitysearch prioritizes fun with cool features like voting for your favorite places, special deals, and award badges. \nAdd your store to Citysearch by adding it to the \nCityGrid\n database. \n14. Hotfrog: the “freshest” local business directory\nHotfrog boasts itself as the freshest local business directory in the United States, and for good reason. Its directory is constantly growing with more businesses each day to help users find the best local places to be. \nGet your store listed\n on Hotfrog for free today. \n15. Local.com\nLocal.com wants to help customers find the hottest local happenings in their cities. Make sure your store is one of them!\nLocal.com will provide driving directions, reviews, and contact information for each listing on its site to help give customers the best information available. List your store on local.com by signing up for an account \nhere\n. \n16. Verify your retail shop with ExpressUpdate\nExpressUpdate is a big one that you want to make sure your store is listed on. They are what’s known as an “aggregator,” meaning once your store’s information is verified on their site, they’ll pass it along to other partner sites. So you just got multiple free listings from one site. Pretty neat, right?\nExpressUpdate does require a little more on the verification side of things than some of these listing sites. Once you’ve added all of your store’s information, they’ll do a phone call verification to confirm that your info is accurate. Then, the listing is all yours and ready to go. \nGet started by \nsearching your business\n on ExpressUpdate. \n17. Solo profile\nWith a free Solo profile, even the smallest local retailer or pop-up can have a helpful, functional SEO-friendly online presence for free. Building and maintaining a traditional website is simply too much for many small retailers to deal with. This is one reason a Solo profile can be such an amazing benefit. \nYour customizable Solo profile can list your business’s location, relevant contact information, links to your social pages, and any business details you want included. Sign up at\n \nSolo.co\n.\n18. Brownbook: comprehensive retail listings\nBrownbook.net is a fun one because it allows you to add so much more information than several of these listing sites. You can add tons of images, videos, history, business accommodations, and so much more. \nJust make sure you get your business name spelled correctly the first time, because they don’t allow you to change it (without contacting their support team anyway). \nList your store on Brownbook.net with \nthis form\n. \n19. Instagram is huge for retail\nInstagram is super popular among younger demographics, so if the target audience for your store falls in that category, make sure you are active where they are! \nIf you are going to get into Instagram, just be sure to have lots of awesome photos and “heart-worthy” content that will get you tons of followers. \n20. YouTube? Yes tube!\nYouTube is another great social media channel to take advantage of. Create a channel for your store where you can show off new products, give fun tutorials, and share advice about the different ways your products can be used. \n21. Local chamber of commerce\nYour local chamber of commerce is all about helping its community succeed—and that includes helping small businesses like your store get found. Most chambers have an online directory in their community, as well as free resources to help businesses market themselves better, so take advantage. \nManaging all of these listings sites and then trying to get new reviews to these sites on top of that can seem like a lot of work. But online reviews and engagement is super-important, even for the smallest retail business types, so make sure you develop a plan to stay on top of it.

21 free online listing sites you should add your retail business to

In this article:\n15 local business resources in Atlanta, GA\nAs you’re looking to start or improve your small business in Atlanta, you may be wondering where to start. There is a lot that goes into creating and maintaining a successful business, and sometimes we just aren’t aware of everything that we should be. \nThroughout this article, we’ll provide you with resources to help guide your entrepreneurial journey. Learn the best places to go to learn more about business management, funding your startup, networking, and much more. \nWe’ve broken this list down into five categories to help you easily find the resources you need for your Atlanta business:\nComprehensive business resources\nBusiness mentors and courses\nFinancial resources\nLocal chambers of commerce\nRecruitment and employment resources\nComprehensive business resources in Atlanta, GA\nThis first category includes comprehensive business resources that will help you in every aspect of starting and running your small business. \nCity of Atlanta\nThe City of Atlanta has an in-depth “\nHow to Start Your Business\n” guide with a list of all the resources you will need to start a business in Atlanta. From the best places to get funding to the licensing and permits you’ll need. \nTo contact the city:\nAtlanta City Hall Annex
55 Trinity Ave SW
Atlanta, GA 30303\nPhone: 311 or (404) 546-0311
Website: \nhttps://www.atlantaga.gov/doing-business\nYou may also like: \nTop questions to ask before you start a business\n\nGeorgia Small Business Administration (SBA)\nThe U.S. Small Business Administration seeks to help small businesses grow and thrive across the nation. The Georgia District Office runs the SBA branch in Atlanta to help further the economic development of this area. \nThrough this office, your small business can receive business counseling, guidance on business loans, training, and even federal contracting (when applicable). \nGeorgia District Office
233 Peachtree Street, NE Suite 300
Atlanta, GA\nPhone: (404) 331-0100
Website: \nhttps://www.sba.gov/offices/district/ga/atlanta\nAtlanta Business League\nThe Atlanta Business League seeks to help with the growth, creation, and development of small businesses owned by African Americans in the Atlanta, GA metropolitan area. They provide business meetings and seminars for local networking opportunities. \nThis organization also offers membership benefits such as:\nDiscounted ad placements\nReferrals\nExpanded networking events\nAtlanta Business League also has collaborated training and events with Clark Atlanta University, Georgia SBA, Goodwill of North Georgia, and the Georgia Minority Business Development Center. \nContact:\nAtlanta Business League
931 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30314\nPhone: (404) 584-8126
Fax: (404) 584-0445
Website: \nhttps://atlantabusinessleague.org/\n\nBusiness mentors and courses in the Atlanta area\nThe following resources provide training programs and mentorship opportunities for small business owners and entrepreneurs in Atlanta, GA. \nSCORE Atlanta\nSCORE Atlanta has more than 100 business mentors in the Atlanta metropolitan area who are ready to help. You don’t have to learn how to start your business on your own. You can get free mentoring, attend low to no-cost local workshops, and take advantage of a list of free resources that SCORE Atlanta keeps up to date on their website. \nContact:\nAtlanta SCORE
233 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30303\nPhone: (404) 331-0121
Email: admin.0048@scorevolunteer.org
Website: \nhttps://atlanta.score.org/\nThe Atlanta Business Alliance\nThe Atlanta Business Alliance creates networking and mentorship opportunities for Atlanta business owners. They host a weekly forum for businesses to gain education, share business experiences, and make new professional connections. \nContact the ABA\n for an invitation to attend their weekly meetings, held every Tuesday at 7:30 am at The Georgian Club. \nUrban League of Greater Atlanta Entrepreneurship Center\nThe Urban League of Greater Atlanta has an entrepreneurship center that focuses on raising economic self-reliance in individuals. They offer training classes, one-on-one consulting, and additional resources. \nThey want to help business owners take a business from the pre-venture stages to growing enough to hire employees and beyond. \nContact:\nUrban League of Greater Atlanta TEC
229 Peachtree St NE #300
Atlanta, GA 30308\nPhone: (404) 659-1150
Website: \nhttps://ulgatl.org/the-entrepreneurship-center/\n\nAtlanta Small Business Development Center\nThe Small Business Development Center seeks to boost the local economy by providing business owners with the resources they need to succeed. \nThey offer specialized training for experienced entrepreneurs and break it down to the basics for those who are just starting out. They have workshops, training programs, and mentors to help business owners every step of the way. \nContact:\nAtlanta SBDC
75 Piedmont Ave, NE, Suite 700
Atlanta, GA 30303\nPhone: (404) 413-7830
Website: \nhttps://www.georgiasbdc.org/atlanta-office/\nFinancial resources for Atlanta businesses\nStarting your small business may require some financial assistance. So, we’ve included some helpful places that you can contact to help fund your new venture. \nInvest Atlanta\nInvest Atlanta holds seminars and offers informational resources to help you learn more about the business loan process. They also keep an updated list of local and state business loan opportunities that your small business may be eligible for. \nContact:\nInvest Atlanta
133 Peachtree St. Ne, Suite 2900
Atlanta, GA 30303\nPhone: (404) 880-4100
Website: \nhttps://www.investatlanta.com/businesses/small-businesses/small-business-loan-programs\nACE – Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs\nACE provides small businesses in Georgia with small business loans as well as business coaching to help ensure success. With financing and education, ACE has been able to loan more than $69 million to entrepreneurs since 2000. \nObtain a loan up to $50,000 when you meet \nACE requirements\n. \nContact:\nACE – Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs
504 Fair Street SW
Atlanta, GA 30313\nPhone: (678) 335-5600
Email: info@aceloans.org
Website: \nhttps://aceloans.org/\nSBA Loans Atlanta\nSBA Loans Atlanta is powered by Signature Bank and partnered with the U.S. Small Business Administration and Georgia District Office to help Atlanta businesses get the capital they need to start successful ventures.\nThey have several loan options and a quick online application process to help make loan acquisition simple and convenient. \nContact:\nSignature Bank
6065 Roswell Road
Sandy Springs, GA\nPhone: (404) 609-0234
Website: \nhttps://www.sbaloansatlanta.com\nLocal chambers of commerce\nLocal chambers of commerce all seek to further the economic development of their communities. Through membership benefits, networking events, marketing resources, workshops, and much more, local chambers help small businesses get started on the right foot. Contact one or more of the following chambers in the Atlanta area to see what resources are available to your business. \nMetro Atlanta Chamber\n191 Peachtree Street N.E. Suite 3400
Atlanta, Georgia 30303\nPhone: (404) 880-9000
Website: \nhttps://www.metroatlantachamber.com/\nGeorgia Chamber\n270 Peachtree St Nw
Atlanta, Ga 30303\nPhone: (404) 223-2264
Website: \nhttps://www.gachamber.com/\nCobb Chamber\n1100 Circle 75 Pkwy. Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA 30339\nPhone: (770) 980-2000
Website: \nhttps://cobbchamber.org/\n\nYou may also like: \nChamber of commerce basics, what they do, and why you should join\n.\nRecruitment and employment resources in Atlanta, GA\nWhether you need employees from the get-go or you plan to grow your business, you’ll want to be aware of the local recruitment resources available to you. List your job openings with these resources and gain an education on the obligations that you will have as an employer. \nEach of these organizations can provide you with additional resources regarding tax and payroll laws, compliance, and tips for recruiting new team members. \nGeorgia Department of Labor\nVisit the \nEmployer Page\n with the Georgia DOL to learn more about recruitment opportunities and gain valuable recruitment resources. \nMetroAtlantaJobs.com\n\nMetroAtlantaJobs.com\n will help you find the best candidates, promote your brand, and they provide regular webinars for recruiting tips and compliance. 

87 articles found in “Resources”

10 free online resources for hair and nail salons

Local SEO: 15 free tips for better search rankings

25 free business listing websites every small or local business should be on (Updated for 2022!)

Why every small business still needs to have a website (including yours!)

21 free online listing sites you should add your retail business to

Atlanta: 15 best local resources to help small businesses

Recommended

How to spot fake online reviews

25 free business listing websites every small or local business should be on (Updated for 2022!)

How much does it cost to rent space for a small business?

The 6 elements of an effective customer loyalty program

Important market research questions to ask before starting a new business