Quadsville

What is Quadsville Marketplace?
Quadsville Marketplace connects your business with local consumers where you can control your business information, post store news and events as well as upload photos and videos. Your business profile will help drive users to your existing website or can serve as your primary web presence, providing you with a lower cost alternative that is fast and easy to update

How will Quadsville Marketplace help grow my business?
Quadsville Marketplace is a marketing tool that will enable you to easily reach out and engage with your customer base. It allows you to add value to your business by igniting word-of-mouth buzz, reinforcing your brand, building loyalty and ultimately generating leads and sales.

CLAIM YOUR BUSINESS LISTING
Receive access to an all-in-one marketing platform in 3 easy steps

STEP 1: REGISTER – it’s Quick, Easy and Free

1. Go to http:/quadsville.com

2. Create your Username and Password

3. Check your email to activate account

STEP 2: Search for your Business then click on Sign up Now!

Unable to find your business? Fill out this form to have your business added.

STEP 3 . Start your FREE 60 day trial . You will recieve an enhanced business listing for 60 days to try for free. You can now update your business profile and start engaging with local consumers.

An enhanced listing will give your business:

Higher visibility • You’ll be listed in the top of search results and in your business category.
Engage with your customers • Post store news, events, photos and videos to attract new and existing customers to your website and store.
Build Loyalty • Add products, coupons and specials with targeted promotions to attract users to your store

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SET UP YOUR BUSINESS PROFILE
Tell users about your business, upload photos or videos and add special offers to attract and reward loyal customers

To start editing your Business profile

1. First Click on My Stuff > Administration

2. Locate your Business listing located under your personal listing - Click on the (Manage) button next to your Business name

3. Now you can…

Add or Update your Logo

1. Click on Update group photo located under image logo

2. Choose upload option and step through wizard

Edit your Business Profile

1. Click on Edit Businesses Profile

2. Update Description, Hours of Operation, Address, contact Information, and payments accepted

3. Click on SAVE when completed

Add a Special Offer or Event

1. Click on My Blogs under My Stuff

2. Click on Add New Entry under your Business Blog

3. Fill out with Title and Description, or upload a graphical coupon by using the tools available to you in the editor.

4. Coupons & Special Events tab will now be displayed on your Business profile page

Add Photos or Videos

1. Click on My Photos or My Videos under My Stuff

2. Browse to your desktop and upload photo or videos – upload as many as you want

To view the changes you have made at any time to your Business profile, click on View Businesses link next to your logo or click directly to your URL which can be located under the edit view of your business profile page: My Stuff > Administration > Manage

Your URL will appear like this: http://my.quadsville.com/Bridal_Businesses/Your_Business_Here

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Marketplace Best Practices: Using Quadsville Marketplace to Help Drive Traffic and Increase Sales

Quadsville Marketplace empowers your business by using what is called Social Media Optimization. SMO helps build website traffic by utilizing the power of Social Media – Quadsville.com.

Please read below for best practices on how to help increase traffic into your business. Also find how to use the tools Quadsville Marketplace offers to help you reach out and engage with your customer base, ultimately allowing you to generate leads and convert them into sales.

Quadsville Marketplace – Marketing Tools at your Fingertips
You now have the tools to invest a little of your time and gain rich rewards. By enhancing your business profile page and updating with relevant offers, news and events you are able reach out and engage with the consumers in your community. The more work you put in the more reward you will reap.

Quadsville Marketplace - A Link Building Tool
Social optimization also has a happy side effect - it helps to build your link profile so you will usually gain search engine traffic in the long term. Becoming a part of an online community is essential to your social optimization and this, in turn, will naturally provide links to your website.

Example: When a user recommends your business, your logo is displayed within their profile page. Other community members visiting that users page will see your business logo as a recommended business and can click directly into your business profile page.

Quadsville Marketplace – Attract and Retain Site Visitors
Update your business profile with photos of your products, storefront and friendly employees . Upload videos that highlight your expertise and show the visitors more about what you offer. Use special offers or coupons to attract and reward loyal customers. Change these on a timely basis to keep them fresh.

Put a face to your business by adding a business description to tell your visitors what you offer and who you are. Use this area as you would a TV Spot. Remember, this is digital word-of-mouth, so keep the experience appealing to your visitors, to attract the positive word-of-mouth that you want

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Quadsville Marketplace – Use your Blog
One of the purposes of blogging is to exhibit your expertise on a subject related to your business. If you spend 8 hours a day working on your passion or skill set you have knowledge and perspective that the average person doesn’t have - and doesn’t have the time to develop.

They want someone - you! - to give them the benefit of the time and energy you’ve put into gaining that knowledge.

The key to establishing your expertise and using it to develop loyalty with your customers is:

1. Tell them what you know
2. Admit what you don’t know

Your customers don’t expect you to know everything. And they would be skeptical if you claimed that you did. 

If you’re honest, you will build trust.  When people trust you, they will do business with you.

Blog posts tend to attract links from other blog posts and those in turn will spread the word of your business page. The more popular your blog becomes, the more value it is perceived to offer and the more visitors you will continue to get.

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Simple HTML Tips

Here are some simple HTML examples that you can use. These can be placed in your business description area as well as within your Special Offers and Events page. Use these to create a more stylized look to your text or to embed links to other web pages.

Simple HTML Tags:

<b>To make copy Bold</b>

<i>To make copy Italic</i>

<br> Used at end of a paragraph to insert a line break

Add a link to another page:

<a href="http://www.yourLink.com" target="blank">Add a Link</a>

Example: <a href="http://www.google.com" target="blank">click to go to Google</a>

Add an Email (Mailto)

<a href="mailto:yourEmail@whatever.com">Send an Email</a>

Example: <a href="mailto:quadsville@qctimes.com">Email Quadsville Marketplace</a>

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SUPPORT/HELP

Do you have a question? Read through our Frequently Asked Questions and click on them to find the answers you are looking for!

Are you looking for more information on advanced settings? Want to become an expert user? Please check out our extensive HOW TO Tutorial.

Still have questions or need support? Please email us at quadsville@qctimes.com

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