As a small business owner, you may have the feeling that larger businesses have an advantage over yours because of their professional business address. A business’s address is one of the most important identifiers to a business in addition to the business name, website URL, and phone number. Owning a virtual office allows you to proudly display your professional business address on creditable directories and websites like Facebook, Yelp, and Linkedin.
One of the first goals you will want to tackle is to make sure your business address is listed on major online directories. Adding your virtual office address to these directories will drive traffic to your website, and increase your business’s SEO. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and will improve your business ranking in online search results. Your SEO improves when you do things like adding your business to online directories. As a business owner, you may already utilize platforms like Facebook, Yelp, and LinkedIn, but there may be some directories you have never heard of that can help your business.
Unfortunately, you cannot add a virtual office address on Google My Business, but there are many places you CAN use your virtual office address. Knowing where to add your business address can be difficult and you don’t want to waste your time with websites that rarely get clicks. We have compiled a list of reputable places online where you can list your business address. We built this checklist to make it easier for business owners to confirm they have added their virtual office address to all the free virtual directories listed. The more places you add your business information, the more valuable your virtual office address will be!