Further Details about Adding Your Business to Yelp

• Visit biz.yelp.com. Enter your city and proposed business name, then click “Get Started”. An example of a business name on Yelp is: The Pioneer Publishing House.

• If your business page is found listed on Yelp, then try claiming it by clicking on “Claim this business”. Otherwise, hit the “Add your business to Yelp” button below the list, if not found. You’re going to see details regarding which of your rivals have got their businesses claimed and which of them haven’t yet.

• Enter all of the main details about that business. Ensure to add your site and, where applicable, domain-specific emails address (a professional-looking or customized email address; not the free yahoo mail or Gmail address) as part of your contact details.

Yelp has some metrics for tracking page traffic. If you wish to keep track of your Yelp page, use its tracking metric feature. Yelp tracks calls to your business, mobile check-ins, uploaded pictures, directions to your business, and valid clicks to your site.

Your business page on Yelp will also enable you to respond to clients’ reviews (whether positive or negative), which can monumentally boost your client engagement. When clients leave good reviews, try thanking them publicly, so they can be encouraged to keep coming back.

Similarly, if clients leave bad (negative) reviews, you should apologize to them publicly and make a promise to them that you’ll fix the problems. Recently Yelp introduced in-house messages which will help connect businesses and clients in communications through a private messaging service on Yelp’s site directly.

Yelp is a vital tool for local enterprises; so ensure to claim and verify your page.