One of the most requested features we have received over the last year has been to allow business owners to add a new business or claim their existing business page on Matchpoint.com.

Well, today I’m pleased to announce that the wait is over. Business Owners can now list their business for FREE or claim their existing business page on Matchpoint.com.

Lots of other yellow page and directory sites offer free listings, but I think we are taking a very different approach in what we are offering business owners. While most other sites want to charge business owners for enhancements like adding their logo, coupons, and photos, we are offering all business owners their own enhanced web page complete with all the trimmings for FREE. That’s right, add your logo, add your business specialties, lists of products, messaging, and discounts you offer, all for FREE.

As a reward, businesses that add content to their page will appear higher up in our search results!

This doesn’t mean that your businesses will appear at the top of results (keep reading for how to get placed there), but it does mean that the more content you add, the better your ranking will be.

But that’s not it, not even close.

Content is important, but we also wanted to provide the maximum number of ways for people to contact and connect with businesses. That’s why every business page on Matchpoint.com now contains three easy ways to contact a business:

• Web site link – allows users to just click over to view the business’s web site.
• Phone number – we don’t hide this like some other sites do. Our users can easily call the business on the phone.
• Contact via E-mail – this built-in contact form allows users to ask the business a question, request a quote/proposal or appointment times all via e-mail.

Also, business pages now also include built-in action buttons that make it easy for people to connect a businesses to their friends and contacts on social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn. If you play your cards right, your business could get some serious exposure from this.

So, at this point you might be thinking that with all these free features and benefits it’s a “no brainer” for a business owner to sign up and setup their FREE business page. We agree.

But wait a second, there’s more…

Once you’ve added or claimed your business page, you can now opt into Matchpoint Promote – our paid offering that, for as little as $25, gives a business increased exposure on Matchpoint.com and additional features such as:

• Top placement in Matchpoint search results!
• Inclusion in the “You might also like” section of related business pages
• Removal of all ads from their business page
• Click, phone call, and e-mail lead tracking
• Exclusive e-mail leads
• Performance/ROI reporting

We packed a lot of value into Matchpoint Promote and made it really easy to opt-in to the product any time after you sign-up and setup your FREE business page. Setup literally takes a minute (30 seconds if you have your credit card out already!).

We hope you enjoy this latest release. Now go setup a FREE business page so you can start meeting new customers through Matchpoint.