Local Search – Google Maps – Google Places
When it comes to people who perform a service, they are looking for customers. The business may be a plumber, contractor, electrician, lawyer, or roofer. No matter what the company it is, the one thing is for sure. They are in the business of making money while performing a service.
The only concern these companies have is in finding customers. In local areas this may be easy or it may be hard. If they live in a huge city like Los Angeles, California, people may find it hard to find them unless they have a lot of exposure. Even if the city is smaller like New York, finding a plumber, contractor, electrician, or any other skilled tradesman may be hard to do unless they are widely exposed.
Well, guess what. You can help these companies get the exposure they need. How? One way is by helping people find these companies. You can set up a directory where they enter the zip code, city, or state and find a plumber in their locale they can contact. You can even do one better. Besides offering a directory listing for each major city or zip code, you can also sell advertising space on your main site, or purchase websites that list the plumbers for that local city and place advertising on it. And what is great about it, is you can charge the merchant a fee to have their location listed in your directory. You are not only getting money from the merchant per month, but you can also charge a per month fee for advertising.
For example, let’s say you set up a website for plumbers that are in zip code 10016. You can contact all the major plumbers in that area and strike a deal with them, letting them know that by placing a listing in your directory on your site, they will get a lot of exposure in Google Local Search, and will get a lot of business as well.
Another way this benefits you is that you can sell advertising space on your website. This ad can replace the listing if the merchant rather go that route. Whatever method is used, you still make a lot of money, considering you are dealing with a lot of merchants across the country, not just in one local area.
Plus, think how much you can make from selling ad space as well. You can really make a ton of money doing this. All you need to do is establish a website or two and place listings on them. A company that does this for you and pays you when you find others who want the service is at http://www.iwantlocalnow.com Happy hunting.
Mike Warren