LeaveFeedback.org, a Free Service for Local Businesses

A new service I just launched for local businesses is LeaveFeedback.org. It addresses one of the problems in local search where local businesses have difficulty getting their customers to go online and leave feedback at a local search site like Yahoo! Local, Google Maps, Yelp.com, etc.

LeaveFeedback.org helps on both ends of the problem. The local business motivates customers with a coupon that is valid if they go online and leave an online review. The customer is automatically directed using the coupon code to one review site out of several the local business has confirmed as their business listing.

The benefit to local businesses is (1) more online customer reviews gives them a leg up over the competition and (2) ratings from online reviews can contribute to the ranking of local businesses in local search sites like Yahoo! Local. More customers, better rankings, and a discount for your customers. Win, win, and win!

One of the problems we are seeing now is that local businesses are just not aware of “local search” yet. It’s new, even to us local search marketers! So my guess is LeaveFeedback.org is a year or two from actually getting some decent attention from local businesses. Somehow we need to get in front of these local businesses and inform them about local search and how it can grow their business.

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