Kent Business Directory

Some Of My Domain Names Are Now For Sale...

2011-11-18T00:10:00.000Z

(A list of domains for sale is at the bottom of the article)

Benefits of a Generic Domain Name:

Greater authority, market credibility and trust. An industry specific generic domain can demonstrate all these attributes, because leading businesses in a particular field tend to own the relevant generic domain.

Easy to remember. If your domain reflects the product or service a user was interested in, they'll find it much easier to remember. This is particularly true if the domain is an exact match to the searched keyphrase, with no additional words.

Additional traffic. Users will sometimes type a generic domain straight into their browser address bar rather than use a search engine. This is known as type-in traffic and is particularly significant for .com domains, but is also relevant for other domain extensions.

Helps with Search Engine Optimisation. The words contained in a domain are taken into account by the major search engines. Hence if your domain name is an exact match for a highly searched keyphrase, this will be taken into account by the ranking algorithms of the search engines and will help to place your website higher in the search engine results.

Save on Online Marketing Costs. As your generic domain is helping with search engine optimisation, you can spend less on costly online promotion techniques such as Pay Per Click advertising.

Ongoing competitive advantage. All the above factors mentioned so far add up to an ongoing competitive advantage for your business. If you use your generic domain to build an information rich website for your industry, it can help your business to become a "go to" resource and increase your market share. Equally, your competitors will suffer simply because they don't have such a good domain name.

Excellent Long Term Investment. So far, generic domain names have proved to be excellent investments which increase in value as market awareness and the importance of the internet increase. A generic domain is a business asset and can often be sold on for a healthy profit.

These are the domain names I currently own that are for sell:

(Note: a few of these domains currently have holding pages/mini-sites on them. Please ignore them. This is just so that Google indexes them and saves you time when you are trying to get your new site ranked!)

DOMAIN NAME MONTHLY SEARCHES
(stats from Googles Keyword Tool)

KentPrinters.co.uk 2,900

KentPrinters.com 2,900

SussexPrinters.co.uk SOLD

FishingInKent.co.uk 14,800

FishingInSussex.co.uk 5,400

FishingLakesInKent.co.uk 1000

BigCanvasPrints.co.uk SOLD
BigCanvasPrints.com SOLD

GolfCoursesInKent.co.uk 12,100

OpenChampionship2012.co.uk 40,500

OpenChampionship2012.com 40,500

SchoolsInKent.co.uk 135,000

SchoolsInKent.com 135,000

SchoolClosuresInKent.co.uk 12,100

VetsInKent.co.uk 4,400

BritishGrandPrix2012.co.uk 14,800

Cruises2021.com 673,000

CheapCruises2013.co.uk 27,100

CheapCruises2013.com 27,100

CheapCruises2014.com 27,100

CheapCruises2016.com 27,100

CheapCruises2016.co.uk 27,100

CountrywidePrinters.co.uk

All sensible offers for any of the above domains will be considered!

If you are interested in buying any of the above domain names then please email me directly on leefreeman@kentbusinessdirectory.co.uk. Hosting of the above domains/sites is also available if required.

Thank you
Lee Freeman
Kent Business Directory

Local Advertising in Kent Just Got Better!

2010-04-03T23:54:00.020+01:00

www.KentBusinessDirectory.co.uk is Kent’s FASTEST GROWING 'online' business directory, offering local consumers a quick and easy way to find all the information they need about local businesses, products and services in Kent – 24 hours a day.

Since our launch back in November 2009, we have gone head to head with a much more established local business directory - www.kentfind.co.uk.

www.KentFind.co.uk is Kent’s No.1 'online' business directory.

In 2009, www.KentFind.co.uk received over 863,000 hits. They currently get around 80,000 hits a month and they are No.1 on Google for many search terms including "Businesses in Kent", "Kent Businesses" and many more!

I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ‘KENT BUSINESS DIRECTORY LTD’ NOW ALSO OWNS WWW.KENTFIND.CO.UK.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOUR KENT BASED BUSINESSES?

Every single day thousands of LOCAL customers use either www.KentFind.co.uk or www.KentBusinessDirectory.co.uk to find LOCAL businesses like yours!

Having a Premium Listing on both directories will of course also greatly increase your online visibility!

IF YOU DONT CURRENTLY ADVERTISE WITH US – YOU ARE MISSING OUT!

Click here to see an example of a ‘Premium Listing’ on Kent Find (click 'back' afterwards)

Click here to see an example of a ‘Premium Listing’ on the Kent Business Directory (click 'back' afterwards)

As you can see, a business with a Premium Listing can display alot of information on their page including:

• Additional telephone numbers
• Website addresses (with a link to your site)
• Your company logo
• A detailed description of your products and services
• Email addresses
• Your Twitter username
• Testimonials’ from your customers
• Google Map and route finder
• Online enquiry form
• Up to 6 company images/photos
• A promotional video (from YouTube)

Plus a 'Premium Listing' appears ABOVE free entries on both directory sites - click here to see an example.

If you have any questions please email us on info@kentbusinessdirectory.co.uk

Marketing Successfully on the Internet Using an Online Business Directory

2010-01-18T18:11:00.002Z

(Written by Richard Pachucki of http://www.123-local.co.uk/)

With literally millions of websites, pages and blogs on the internet with every search, new and seasoned businesses alike are eternally seeking the holy grail of a simple and cost-effective method to being found by local prospects.

Of course there are many ways to advertise via the more popular websites; however, these are becoming increasingly more expensive the more popular they become. Banner and Pay-Per-Click advertising are amongst other successful methods too and can be successful with the correct strategy and budget.

Business directories have been around for years in the well-known form of Yellow Pages. However, businesses are becoming increasingly marketing savvy and they require more than a mere list of local suppliers and printed directories can be limited with regard to easily updating information regularly.

A well established online regional business directory is an excellent marketing tool for any business looking to capture more prospects searching locally for the products and services they’re selling. When coupled with even a modest internet marketing strategy such as a website or blog and perhaps a regular email marketing series, it will attract both new customers and keep existing clientele hot until they’re ready to buy from you.

Business directories aim to gather and promote all types of local businesses in one place on their website simply categorised and so increasing the number of potential customers finding you. Two type of listing are usually offered – regular listing and featured listing:

•Regular listing: is free and allows any business an entry level presence and should be the crucial first stage for any business.

•Premium Listing: is an upgrade to the basic free listing allowing increased functionality for a modest cost.

There’s the obvious advantage for you listing your business in the top category of the business directory (like this) but the competition here can be quite strong too so careful time spend over content always pays bigger dividends and often you can be too close to your own business so outsourcing this crucial task can be cheap in relation to the benefits gained.

People will find your business from the search engines and the search facility on the business directories so thought is vital when choosing ‘key’ words and phrases describing your business and what your prospects will be searching for to find you.

You should consider the importance of the business directory to increase your business. Find the best directory for your region and place your listing into it. This will be really helpful to you and increase the number of your customers.

Use the leverage of your business directory even if it’s just a free listing; ensure whatever content is allowed in your profile is relevant and regularly up to date and search complimentary businesses in your area to see if you can partner with them or maybe some joint marketing sharing the cost and resources. How about a joint email newsletter or regular offers between customer databases, blog updates and swapping articles all of which can be inexpensive and benefit both parties.

If you would like to ‘brainstorm’ some online and offline low-cost ideas for generating more laser targeted traffic to your website, blog or into your door, contact 123-Local.

How the Kent Business Directory Can Work For Your Local Business

2010-01-05T12:06:00.010Z

Less that 2 weeks ago, on the 23rd December 2009 a local printing company called 'Bromley Copy Centre' added their business details to the Kent Business Directory as a 'free listing'.

As we all know, the printing industry is very competitive and the owners were looking into what they could do to help their small business stand out from the crowd.

They called us to check the price of a 'Premium Listing' on the Kent Business Directory, (good job they did as they thought it was £30 per month, but is actually only £30 per year!) and then logged back into their account and upgraded!

By upgrading to a 'Premium Listing' on the Kent Business Directory they could add many more details to their unique business page, like email addresses, website addresses, logos, images/photos, a 500 word company description and promotional 'YouTube' videos etc – plus one of the biggest advantages for them was that their business would appear ABOVE all other ‘free listings’ on the search results pages.

Bromley Copy Centre’s Premium Listing

Following their upgrade to a Premium Listing they were also very pleased to discover that after just 10 days - when they searched on Google for 'Bromley Copy Centre' their business listing on the Kent Business Directory was No.2 on PAGE 1....

If your business is based in Kent, a Premium Listing will help you increase your online visibility and help drive customers to your door - FACT!