This is an account and contains many features and benefits. There is a one time administrative fee of $49.00. This administrative fee is not charged to accredited businesses belonging to Better Business Bureau.
The standard account is a yearly investment in your business for $149.00 per year plus taxes. You can adopt to pay the account monthly prepaid for one year at a monthly charge of $14.50. We send you an approval form and the money is automatically taken from your bank account. In addition you can elect to pay my credit card through Pay Pal or you can phone it in to our office.in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. We will never phone you for your credit card number at any time.
If you do not have a current website, we will buy an appropriate domain for your business and point it to your account. This then gives your business a real and current internet presence until you may wish to build your custom site. Many businesses find the Standard Account all they need for now and for the foreseeable future.
The Standard Account has all the features and benefits of the Free Listing and the Basic Account. In addition it has the following features and benefits. You can enter text content into any of the following fields. All fields are optional however every field has a purpose in driving consumers to your business.
Business Start Date Enter start date. This is important to consumers. They want to know if you have just started your business or if you have been in business for some time.
About Us Enter unlimited content. Consumers want to know about your business. Are you a family owned business? Do you have particular skills or qualifications? Do you have a mission statement or business vision? These are all things consumers look at in terms of selection.
Business Detail Enter unlimited content. This is where you as a business owner can enter the types of products and services that you deliver to the consumer.
What Makes Us Different Enter unlimited content. This is the one single and most important marketing factor for your business. If you are the same as your competition, then the consumer has no reason to select you versus your competition. Price is no longer the major factor in selection of contractors and businesses that provide services.
Our Ideal Client Enter unlimited content. Does your business specialize and like to work with new clients, young families, seniors or new businesses. Your ideal client is the consumer or business that has the most to gain from doing business with you.
How We Handle Customer Concerns Enter unlimited content. This tells the consumer your plan of action should they have a complaint of concern. This is important because it gives you the business an opportunity to address concerns before the customer tells other people or writes up a complaint to Better Business Bureau.
Promotions and Discounts Enter unlimited content. When you enter content in the discount area, your business can be automatically searched from the home page by consumers looking for items that are being discounted.
Consumers have access to our Safe and Trusted Money if they have a consumer account. This is one more option you can have for your business.
Keywords Enter unlimited content. Each keyword or phrase makes it easier for consumers to find your business. Sometimes your business name does not identify what services you provide. Sometimes consumers can search in the wrong business category or may not even find you. If you enter keywords or phrases separated by a comma into this field, then your business will come up for your trade area.
Contractor - This is check box for contractors, It gives the contractor the ability to tell the consumer that they are fully licensed, covered by workers compensation and they the contractor carries liability insurance. This is important to consumers and will be the basis of any contractor selection for many consumers and businesses.
Affiliations This box gives you the ability to place your BBB Link and tell consumers that you are affiliated with BBB. There is also a checkbox for Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Federation of Independent Business. In addition there is also unlimited free text that can show other affiliations to local associations in your trade area. Many businesses will pick businesses that have the same affiliation as they do. Many consumers also choose based on affiliations.
Awards and Testimonials Enter unlimited content. This can be testimonials from your clients. This is important for the consumer and important for you as a business.
Branches This gives the business the ability to list all its branches in a particular trade area. In this way a chain can give one set of information about its business on one listing.
Now Hiring Enter Unlimited Text. You decide the content. This is a searchable item for consumers and businesses on the home page. This is important to have all the information as part of one listing. In this way the applicant can see the whole business before they consider applying for the job.
For Sale Enter Unlimited Text Are you expanding, changing or renovating. Consumers and other businesses always look for items that you may no longer need. Desks, computers, printers, shelving, tools, and vehicles are a few examples.
Business Opportunities Enter Unlimited Text. Do you recruit other people to be part of your organization? Are you expanding and looking to sell a franchise?
Yellow Page Ad Download your yellow page display ad to your computer desktop. Upload the image to your listing.
Logo Take your logo from your computer desktop and upload it to your listing. This greatly adds to your brand recognition and makes your listing more attractive to consumers.
Images As a business you can upload up to 24 images. Each image once it is entered can be changed or updated at any time. The consumer will see your pictures by clicking images on your listing. When they highlight an image, the image automatically expands. What makes us different is that each image can have unlimited text associated to the image. It makes it possible for contractor to explain the detail of a picture. It makes it possible for a car salesman to place images of vehicles they have for sale and then describe the vehicle in detail including the price. This is a great feature for your business.
The Standard Account is listed on the database above all Free Listings and Basic Accounts. The benefit of this is that your business is profiled ahead those mentioned accounts.
Only the Advanced Account will provide you with features and benefits.
If you have any questions please contact us toll free at 888-979-6490 or contact us by email at office@safeandtrusted.com Safe and Trusted Directory is accredited with Better Business Bureau and you can access our BBB Report by going to this link
Dont forget to ask us for our logo that you can tell consumers and other businesses that you are part of the Safe and Trusted Directory. We send you the logos for your store front free of charge.
