Manta+Marketing

=Manta Marketing Ideas=

//__**Free Marketing Ideas**__//
- Use search feature to narrow down search results by category/industry, revenues, employees, ownership structure, and location type. - Email addresses and phone numbers are listed on profile pages.
 * Lead Generation:**

- Answer and post questions on Manta Connect - Send an email to other Entrepreneurs through Manta's email system and offer to connect.
 * Connect with** **Entrepreneurs:**

- Add more contacts so potential customers can make connections with the right person in your business. For example, the sales or customer services teams. - Add Facebook business page and your Twitter ID. This gives potential customers even more ways to find and interact with your business. Twitter feed is displayed on you Manta profile page. - Get verified. This lets people know that Manta has verified the information you have provided, and it's accurate and supplied by a representative of the business. - Get recommendations: Ask your best customers to write recommendations on your Manta profile page. As the business manager, you can manage how your recommendation are displayed.
 * Profile Page:**

- Add the Manta badge to your website. It's a great way to let people know about your enhanced company profile -- and it helps to create visibility in search engines because it's a backlink, which search engines value when ranking websites. - Applications for cell phones (iPhone & Google)
 * Other:**

//__**Marketing Ideas and Costs**__//
//Biz Starter: $29/month// - 50% larger listing with logo, phone number and short business description - Contact Us/Lead Generation Form: Let potential customers send you an e-mail. - Competitor ads removed - Preferred Placement: Top positions in Manta search results - Showcase Your Products and Services Pages: 3 pages and 5 images on each page
 * Premium Membership:**

//Small Biz: $39/month// - 50% larger listing with logo, phone number and short business description - Contact Us/Lead Generation Form: Let potential customers send you an e-mail. - Competitor ads removed - Preferred Placement: Top positions in Manta search results - Multiple Business Categories: 3 extra business categories - Multiple Search Key Words: 5 extra key words - Expanded Location: 5 extra city locations - Showcase Your Products and Services Pages: 10 pages and 5 images on each page

//Turbo Biz: $49/month// - 50% larger listing with logo, phone number and short business description - Contact Us/Lead Generation Form: Let potential customers send you an e-mail. - Competitor ads removed - Preferred Placement: Top positions in Manta search results - Multiple Business Categories: 3 extra business categories - Multiple Search Key Words: 15 extra key words - Expanded Location: 15 extra city locations - Showcase Your Products and Services Pages: 30 pages and 5 images on each page

__//**Buzz on Manta Connect - Topics**//__
- New Marketing Ideas: Inexpensive/Free & Proven Results - Website Traffic - SEO - Lead Generation Ideas - How to increase sales on website - Compete with large companies with a huge marketing budget - Facebook - Promote local events - Linkedin - Networking Tools - Advertising Tools
 * Marketing & Sales Topics**

- How to connect with other small business owners - Business Plans - Templates or websites - Improve a struggling business - Business Structure: LLC, Corporation, Partnership, Sole Proprietor - Best way to start a business - Funding - Bad credit - Small business loans - Venture capital - Investors
 * Business Plans, Getting Started & Funding**

- Find good talent - Inexpensive/Free job postings - Find out reasonable salary ranges - Find sales people
 * Operating a Business: HR**

- Cloud apps - Recommendations for: Website design software, website hosts, CAD, phone services, webinar software, software for network marketing and publishing books and software.
 * Operating a Business: Office Technology**