How to Make Your Directory Listing Work for You
You have made the investment to be listed on the Interior Redesign and Home Staging Directory this year so I want to share with you some tips on how you can make your listing really work for you.
The main goal of the Directory is to send more traffic to your business and/or Web site through the Internet so please take a look at the 7 tips below and see if you can apply any of them to your Web marketing plan.
1. Submit your redesign, staging or decorating articles to be added to the article section of the Web site. Email to: tracy@interiorredesigndirectory.com
BENEFIT: The search engines are looking for multiple windows into your site. Your article will have a by-line pointing back to your site which gives you a VERY valuable back link to your site. Search Engines rank your site on the number of industry related links pointing back to your site.
2. Submit original mini articles or new and events about your business to our blog for inclusion. Email to blog@interiorredesigndirectory.com
BENEFIT: We not only submit your blog entries to multiple announcement blogs across the Internet the Search Engine love Blogs and the engines bots are constantly indexing the Directory Blog for inclusion in their indexing.
3. Use the Calendar of Events section on the Blog. If your company or training center has a class or special event coming up advertise it on the calendar. Follow this link to add an event to the calendar. http://www.interiorredesigndirectory.com/blog/about-2/
BENEFIT: By posting your events on the calendar you give your events or workshop one more place on the Internet to be seen.
4. Update your profile in your listing. If you have not already double checked your listing please go to the “Find a Redesigner or Stager” page, find your listing and email us with any changes.
BENEFIT: We have found that those listings that have included both a professional photo and logo get more click throughs.
5. If you are offering classes, workshops or seminars in decorating, redesign or staging add your training center to the “Want a Career in Redesign or Staging” page. For the low fee of $25.00 per year you can add your center to the countries top list of trainers. Add your listing here and look for the “Trainer Link” http://www.interiorredesigndirectory.com/add-listing.htm
BENEFIT: The Career in Redesign or Staging Page is one of our top visited pages you won’t want to miss adding your training center to this page.
6. Feature your business on the Map on the home page of the site for $25.00 per month. This is a very cost effect way to advertise your business alone for your state to over 8000 new unique visitors each month. These map listings are given out first come first serve so don’t delay. Add your listing here and look for the “Featured Map Listing Link” http://www.interiorredesigndirectory.com/add-listing.htm
BENEFIT: Your business is the only business listed under your state for as long as you want. Check out your state to see if it is available. Go the home page, wait for the map to load and put your mouse over your state and see if any one has already reserved it. If you want to see an example, look at GA.
7. Add the new Interior Redesign & Home Staging Logo to your Web site. Please cut and copy this code and have your Web master add it to your site.
<a href=”http://www.interiorredesigndirectory.com” target=”_blank”><img alt=”Home Staging and Interior Redesign Directory” height=”69″ src=”http://www.interiorredesigndirectory.com/images/directory_banner.gif” width=”400″ /></a><br /><a href=”http://www.interiorredesigndirectory.com/find_a_professional.htm” target=”_blank”>Beautiful rooms start with talented Interior Redesigners and Home Stagers. Find a Redesigner or Stager in your area, visit the Interior Redesign and Home Staging Directory.</a>
BENEFIT: Nothing will benefit your rankings in the Search Engines more then linking out to Industry related Web sites. When the engines spider your site they follow the links you have on your site and of those links are to other industry related sites it helps with your ranking score.
We want to thank you for listing your business on the Interior Redesign & Home Staging Directory and we want to help you drive additional traffic to your Web site. Please take a few minutes to se if you can apply some of these tips to your listing. If you have any questions please feel free to email us at tracy@interoredesigndirectory.com
