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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

How to Claim Your Business Listing on Evanston Patch

Every business in town has a listing page on our site. 'Claiming' yours has benefits.

Whether you're the owner of a beloved Evanston restaurant or the founder of a tech startup in town, Patch's business directory offers something for you. When Patch launched in Evanston, editors and freelancers ventured to local businesses to collect information for our directory. The result: Patch Places is a spot where users can find descriptions, hours, accepted payment methods and more for spots around town. All users can add events taking place at local spots, rate the business on a scale of one to five stars and add a review. Click on the listing for Market Fresh Books, for example, and readers will tell you that it offers "Great atmosphere, great selection, great prices," and "wide selection of titles, lots of current stuff." But …

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Video: How to Manage Your Free Business Listing on Patch

Attention local businesses, you have a home in our "Patch Places." Claim your free listing, hop online and add photos, menus, promotions, reach out to your customers and respond to ratings and reviews today!

Ridiculously Easy! We want local businesses to join Patch because after all, we want to make life ridiculously easy for you and your neighbors. Simply log in, find your business under by searching for it by name in our directory and claim your free business listing by clicking "Do you own or manage this location? Claim it!" on the right side of your listing. Why? Well, there are several free tools at your fingertips once you join the Patch family! Once You're In! Once you are approved, start by clicking the "Manage Your Listing" button on the left side of your listing to access your dashboard. The dashboard will show you several tools: Your Stats: See who rated and reviewed your business. And who's following your listing. You can e-mail …

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