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<\/a><\/div>\nToday I want to talk to you about why agencies, no matter how big or small they may be, can benefit from partnering with a local listing service. It\u2019s not just about the time and the money; it\u2019s about making your agency the best it can be.<\/p>\n
What Features Local Listing Services Can Offer<\/h2>\n
Before I try to convince you that agencies truly need local listing partners, let\u2019s delve into the specific services that a partner can offer an agency. Here are the top three that will give your agency the leg up it deserves.<\/p>\n
Dashboard Solutions<\/h3>\n
Improving organic and local visibility becomes infinitely simpler when agencies have a local listing partner backing them and their clients up. The dashboards many of these local listing management companies have are easy to navigate, include lead generation solutions, and have tools in place to make a single change to a business\u2019 location data that disseminates to the directories<\/a>, local profiles and data aggregators.<\/p>\n Baseline reports and progress reports, as well as updates on ongoing projects, are delivered directly to your client. Although the local listing service is doing the behind-the-scenes work, your clients will see your branding on the reports. This cuts down on the workload while still properly crediting the agency.<\/p>\n As a local listing management service<\/a> provider and local presence management technology company, our goal is to tackle the struggles agencies face every single day. Our products and resources are geared toward helping them improve their bottom line.<\/p>\n With our local listing software and array of scalable agency services, we can easily provide agency partners with cost-effective local presence management solutions that won\u2019t break the bank. Not only do our partners save money by working with us \u2013 they also substantially improve their annual revenue.<\/p>\n We will help agency partners achieve digital marketing success in three big ways. First, we monitor their clients\u2019 online visibility to see where they stand in the local ecosystem. Second, we identify clients\u2019 weaknesses and offer tried-and-true solutions to improve local search placement. Third, we continue to monitor and review the clients\u2019 progress, even after their weak points have been addressed.<\/p>\n Online reviews are more important than ever thanks to changes Google has made in recent months. Negative reviews<\/a> instantly impact local businesses, which is why we do everything in our power to provide tools and resources to help you manage your clients\u2019 online data, reviews, social sentiment and reputation.<\/p>\n Picking a local listing management<\/a> partner can be a challenge. There are dozens of companies competing for agency business, so before making any commitments, follow these steps to ensure you\u2019re working with the company that will best benefit your agency.<\/p>\n When something goes wrong, who will you be able to contact immediately? How do you report problems or concerns? Interacting with the local listing management service will be a huge part of the process, so it\u2019s vital that you understand how accessible their customer support team will be when they\u2019re needed.<\/p>\n There are several different ways to collect and distribute data. Understanding which methods your listing management provider uses can be critical. For example, some companies include a business\u2019 data in their pushes to directories and data sources as long as they are paid to do so. When they stop getting paid, most times the data will revert back to what it was before they were hired. In essence, the business is paying to be included.<\/p>\n The critical difference between Advice Local\u2019s local listing management solution and the others is that when service is cancelled with us, a business\u2019 data will stay intact on the various data sources until someone changes it, manually or otherwise. We are paid for the initial submission and then a monthly fee to maintain its accuracy, so no other sources can override the data with incorrect information<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhite Label Reporting<\/h3>\n
Let a Local Listing Management Partner Do the Heavy Lifting<\/h2>\n
Increase Revenue by Working Smarter<\/h3>\n
Client Management Made Easy<\/h3>\n
Reputation is Everything<\/h3>\n
How to Choose a Listing Management Partner<\/h2>\n
Customer Support Can Be a Killer<\/h3>\n
How Do They Distribute Data and How Often?<\/h3>\n