Attention Oconee Businesses: Claim Your Listing, Make Patch Work Even Harder For You

Do you want to enhance your presence online and reach new customers for your Oconee-area business?

Well, Oconee Patch is here to help — and we can offer you a few perks for taking the time to connect with your community online.

Many local businesses have a space on Oconee Patch. We've already done the legwork to create it for you, by contacting businesses in person before we launched in December 2010. It would be in what we call Places, accessible at the top of the homepage. If you claim your listing, you have more control over how your business is presented online.

Do you have a Facebook page or Twitter account? If not, we can show you how to create them. If you do, we can link to them through your business listing.

Your listing gives your business a voice. And, if you're an active user, your friends, neighbors and potential new customers get a better sense of who you are, what your business offers and what your community means to you.

As our many readers and your customers see your business name interacting on the site, you build credibility, establish a personality behind the brand, and make an impression in your customers' minds. You can also link to your listing from your social media accounts. If you don't have them, we can show you how to build a better brand online.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR LISTING:

1. Visit Oconee Patch. If you're already a user, make sure you log in first.
2. Click on the "Places" tab at the top of the page.
3. Search for your business/organization and click on it.
4. Scroll half down the page to where it says, "Do you own or manage this location? Claim it!" Click on "Claim It."
5. Login and complete the four-question form providing all necessary information to expedite your claim.
6. We take claiming very seriously, so please allow 3-5 business days for us to evaluate and approve your claim. You will be notified via email once it is approved.

Need help or want some more information? Contact:

Editor Stephanie Gross: stephanie.gross@patch.com

Regional Editor Perry Parks: perry.parks@patch.com

Regional Publisher Heather Perkna: heather.perkna@patch.com

Advertising Manager Anna-Fiona Cooke: anna-fiona.cooke@patch.com