Business Listings
Adding a business listings
9)Then the next thing to be filled is the payment method. For this, you can type different methods through which you would like to be paid.
10)You can also upload photos related to your business. Such photos can be useful for promoting your business. In the ‘Photos’ section browse and choose appropriate photo and then click ‘Open’. Then you can click ‘Upload photo’.
Once you have uploaded the photo you can also add a caption related to it. This you can add in a box below the photo. You can also select the preference order for your photos so that the photo, which you desire, will appear first along for your business listing. At the most, you can upload 10 photos. Note that maximum photo size is 5 MB.
11)After this, comes the ‘Addition Information section. In this section, you can add any additional information you want to be displayed along with your business listings. You can add the brands related to your business, specialties, as well as professional affiliations. You can enter multiple entries however remember to separate them with semicolons.
12)You also add an extra contact person whom you would like to be contacted in your absence. This is to be done in the ‘Add additional professional contact’ section present in ‘Professional contacts’
13)Then click ‘Next’
This will complete the procedure for adding your business information. After doing so you will need to select the category or categories to which your business belongs.
Selecting category
Procedure for selecting category
1)You can select the appropriate categories from the ‘All categories’ tab.
Alternatively, you can also enter a keyword in the search box and then from the results choice the appropriate ones.
2)If you want to select more than one category, in the go to the Categories associated to your listing box. From there click the appropriate ones from the list. Then you can arrange the categories with the help of up and down arrows so that they appear in the order of relevance. If you want to delete one of them click ‘X’.
3)Then click ‘Next’.
Reviewing information
After this, it is important to review all the information you have filled in. For this, the procedure is as given below.
!)Make sure that the business and category information displayed on the screen is correct. If you have forgotten or missed some information, or you have filled in incorrect information, continue clicking previous until that section arrives on the screen. Then you can edit the information.
2)If your business location on the map is not correct, click to hold and then drag the pushpin to the correct location.
3)Then review all the conditions and rules for the service agreement and privacy policy. If you agree and are able to abide by them click ‘I Accept’. Note that the terms and conditions are very important while using live search maps and therefore you should seriously consider all of them and only then accept them.
After all this, filling and reviewing your business information you need to do the conformation for listing on live search maps.
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