Re: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise

date posted 1st March 2005 18:21

Chris - you might try getting the local chamber of commerce or town council
interested. There may be funding for such a project - even if it only
generates trade between local businesses. Would get you name out in the
local marketplace too.

Niels

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Darren,

The reason I started this directory, is for 2 reasons.

My current accountant is now getting well expensive, so I am in the
process of moving to a new one.

My new accountant, was reccomended by a friend who has a joinery
businesses. I looked on the net for this accountants details, and
although I could find him in several business directories, none of them
gave any more details than name plus phone/fax no.

I therefore thought a directory which was both free and provided a
comprehensive listing would be both useful and better placed to rank of
google etc than the basic listing which currently form the majority of
such sites.

The second reason, was that my lad (7 years old) goes to a school where
a lot of the parents own small businesses in the north west. I hear
plenty of stories about businesses not getting enough business, so I
thought such a site would enable this kind of small businessman to have
a listing and also to network in a kind of way with other parents from
the school.

Not sure whether I'm expecting such a site to fly or die but for the
cost of a domain it's worth a shot.

Cheers,

Chris.