Promoting Your Business with Directories

When marketing your business, always be sure to submit your business profile to online directories. Many customers base their choices off of reliable listings The following directories are free and are some of the top directories on the web.

• DMOZ.org - DMOZ.org is the king of directories. It take a long time to be listed, but it is well worth the wait.
• Local.com - Local.com helps customers find businesses close to them. They allow visitors to rate companies and write reviews.
• Yellowpages.com - Much like local.com, YellowPages.com is a very strong website that allows you to put your company info online.
• Whitepages.com - Very similar to Yellow Pages.
• Superpages.com - Also very similar to Yellow Pages.
• Brownbook.com - Like they say in their slogan, BrownBook.com is a free directory that anyone can edit. With a high PageRank, BrownBook is a great directory to be added to.
• Merchantcircle.com - MerchantCircle is an online directory but also a business-related community. When you set up your company profile, you can send and receive messages, receive stats of the profile viewed, and make connections to other businesses. It is a unique website that is worth checking out.

There are thousands of other directories on the web. Just be sure to check their PageRank before linking to them.

Brad Harmon is the President at a leading financing company, First Star Capital (www.firststarcapital.com). Brad is a frequent contributor to online publications and newsletters, and is the author of this blog on commercial financing topics.