How To Set Up Your Business Directory Settings

Our Business Directory tool submits your business information and gets listed to offline and online directories such as Google My Business, Google Maps, Facebook, Bing, Foursquare, Instagram, etc. This article will guide you on how to set up your Business Directory settings to get you started with the tool.

 

How To Set up your Business Directory Settings

After purchasing our Business Directory tool, follow the steps below to set up your business directory settings.

1. Log in to your Online Marketing Hub.
2. Go to the domain name you wish to manage, and click the Open button on the Business Profile Progress.
   If you don't have Simple SEO activated, you will only have the Business Directory setting tabs showing at the top menu bar on the Business Profile page.
   
   
   
   We’ll go through each tab in setting up your Business Directory. You can click on the specific setting below, to jump directly to the specific section of this article.
    
   • Name and Location
   • Payment Options
   • Contact Details
   • Business Hours
   • Logo & Images
   • Description
   • Attributes
   
   We recommend filling all the necessary information for your Business Directory settings to ensure better results and improvements for your website rankings.

 

Name and Location

1.  Under Name and Location, enter your Business Name, Business Address, and Industry. You may refer to the image and description below.
   
   
    

   Business Name	Your business name can be the domain name you registered upon purchasing the Business Directory tool.
   Business Address	Enter your business address in the text box. Or you can opt to choose the Google maps locator on the right side to locate your business address.
   Industry	Enter the industry category that is relevant to your business.



2. Click the Save Changes button

 

Payment Options

1. Under the Payment Options tab, select the payment options your business support and is available for your customers.
   
   
    
2. Click the Save Changes button.

 

Contact Details

1. Under the Contact Details tab, enter your business contact number, website, and email address. Please refer to the image and description below.
   
   
    

   Primary Phone	Enter the primary phone number of your business.
   Mobile Phone	Enter the secondary/mobile phone number of your business.
   Website	Enter your website URL.
   Email Address	Enter your business email address. For example, [email protected]



2. Click the Save Changes button.

 

Business Hours

1.  Under the Business Hours tab, enter your Operations days and hours. Please refer to the image and description below.
   
   
    

   Operational Days	Click the radio buttons corresponding to the days your business is open.
   Operational Hours	Set the time when your business is open and your closing hours. If your business is open 24 hours, click the sliding button on the right side.
   Add More	Use this option to add more operational days and hours information.
   Add Special Days	You can use this option if you want your customer to know that your business is open or closed on certain holidays.



2. Use the More Information text to add more details and a description of your business hours.
   
   
    
3. Click the Save Changes button.

 

Logo & Images

Personalise your business profile by adding your business logo and related images. The page is divided into three sections: Business Logo, Main Image, and Additional Images.

Click the section you wish to upload an image to. You can opt to drag and drop the image to the corresponding box.

NOTE: Images should not exceed 5mb in file size. And should follow the file formats: JPG, JPEG, and PNG.

If you wish to delete it, you can do so by hovering your mouse pointer over the image and clicking the X icon.

If making a business logo is taking too much time, why not let our professional logo designers do the job for you. Visit our Logo Design service page for more details.

 

Description

1. Under Description and Keywords, enter the keywords and description that best define and relevant to your business.
   
   
    
2. Click the Save Changes button.

 

Attributes

Attributes will help you define your business’ features and options that are available to your customers. Our Business Directory tool makes it easy for that it will automatically generate attributes for you. And these attributes are relevant to the information you’ve submitted in the previous tab settings.


 

Our tool will also go in-depth in generating additional attributes. This includes:

• In-room kitchens
• Parking
• Credit Cards
• Appointment Links
• Menu Link
• Reservations Links
• Wifi

 
 

NOTE: Additional attributes section may not be available automatically, as the system will take time to generate this part.

If you’re satisfied with all the information. Click the Save Changes button. You can view the results on your Business Directory page. To do that, click the Back to Dashboard link at the top-right of the page. Then click the Open button on the Business Directory option.

You may contact us if you need further assistance in setting up your Business Directory settings, or if you have any questions. We’d love to help!