Shop Local, Buy Local, Invest Local & Review Local by Martin Brossman: October 2014

Get in action today helping local owned business with reviews! If you are a business owner and what more review than start giving them!!!

[ ]- Signup for Google+ (with a personal gmail if possible), add a photo and some “business casual” info about you. Signup for Yelp with the same gmail.

[ ]- Start reviewing a local business found on maps.google.com and/or Yelp twice a month. Add photos of possible.

[ ] – Get your own business on the Maps: Google Places for Business and Yelp to start!
google.com/mybusiness – Yelp.com

[ ] – Send happy customers to your review pages or just let them know you would welcome reviews on-line. Just ask them when they express how much they love your place do not "try to get them to review". The review sites are looking for "gamed" or "incentivised" review and it can hurt you.

[ ] – Once a week interact with other local businesses on Facebook as your own local business.

[ ] – Check your directory listing once or twice a month and respond to reviews.

[ ]- Use the Hashtage on social media #ShopLocal and/or #BuyLocal and/or #ReviewLocal with relevant post on Social Media letting your friends know you just reviewed a local owned business.

How many reviews have you written this week for a local owned business?
You can see my reviews here: https://plus.google.com/+MartinBrossman/reviews
Let's support each other in reviewing local owned businesses.

NCSmallBusinessTraining.com – Martin Brossman

Also see my resource page for getting on directories:
http://www.ncsmallbusinesstraining.com/local-directories/

My training on the topic:
http://www.ncsmallbusinesstraining.com/marketing-your-business-using-free-online-directories/

Photo in the top right if the owners of "Lovely Interiors" 114 Nash St E Wilson, NC 27893 https://plus.google.com/+LovelyInteriorsWilson/about

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A list of Local Owned Businesses in Wilson NC that have Google Map Profiles setup to see and review. I have taught Social Media Marketing in the Wilson NC area for a number of years. Now that people are starting to seeing the value of getting on Google Maps and even reviewing other local owned business. That is why I set up this post so those in Wilson can find and other local owned business to support and review. With the Big event coming up I think it is import to act now. Here is a list of business in Wilson NC (if you want to be added let me know your Google Maps listing link in the comments):

Local Owned with profiles set up
(no specific order):

Wilson Chamber of Commerce
https://plus.google.com/113619937660922196057/about

Upper Coastal Plain Business Development Center
https://plus.google.com/+UpperCoastalPlainBusinessDevelopmentCenterWilson/about

Wilson Community College
https://plus.google.com/109758816814449763929/about

Chick-fil-A of Wilson
https://plus.google.com/110372199416686221722/about

Carolina Cheese Company
https://plus.google.com/+CarolinaCheeseCompanyWilson/about

The Beer Store

https://plus.google.com/107089809463076879185/about

ReChic
https://plus.google.com/112910968837311242120/about

Lovely Interiors
https://plus.google.com/+LovelyInteriorsWilson/about

Boone's Antiques
https://plus.google.com/+BoonesAntiquesWilson/about

James Grey & Company
https://plus.google.com/115236724779390217940/about