Business Profile sites - What if you could profile your Business to the world for free? Build communities within these business profile sites.

Add your business profile to sites like Manta.com. These are sites that list businesses for free and help users that are trying to find 'business name, Chicago IL" find your company in local directories. Only 7% of customers use paper phone books anymore with the exception of 'service industries' and they are ranking high for print. I do wonder how much longer they will be available when all you have to do is visit Google and type in "printer, Taunton MA" and get a list of all the printers in that area. Check out Yelp, and Merchant Circle and LinkedIn as well.

Merchant Circle is free and allows you to post coupons, blogs and Newsletters. You can upload photos to enhance your listing. This company ranks so high on the search engines that your profile will probably show up higher in the rankings than your own website.

Make sure you visit your business profiles on a monthly basis and keep the content updated.

Each of these sites allows you to build your 'network' of other businesses you connect to. You can send out requests to other people in your area and you will receive their requests as well. By building your network of business associates, you increase traffic to your website and even find new people to approach about your business, and find needed services for your own.