Make your listing stand out from the crowd and turn prospects into customers by customizing your listing page to really sell your services:

• Add your company logo, photos, videos, and marketing information. Change the layout of your page by dragging and dropping the different sections.
• Add external widgets, like Meebo’s excellent instant messenger widget “MeeboMe” (www.meebo.com) to respond in real-time to sales enquiries.
• Re-use Brownbook features, like reviews or the Google map, as Bidgets (Business Widgets) on other websites.

Here are two examples of customized pages that include rich media and widgets:

• http://www.brownbook.net/business/186/nauteriors-fitted-bed-linen-for-boats
• http://www.brownbook.net/business/31008544/sjk-products-ltd

And here’s an example of a blog that’s re-using the Brownbook map and reviews Bidgets:

• http://miracledrywash.blogspot.com

See the help pages here for more details: http://help.brownbook.net/overview-of-customize-my-page/

The experts tell us that we listen more to personal recommendations than adverts and marketing when we’re trying to find a new trustworthy supplier. Had you ever noticed that yourself?

We just added a neat new feature to Brownbook.net to help you build great reputation and word of mouth for your’s and your friends’ businesses.

Its called ‘invite reviews’ and you useit to ask people to review any listed business. So, for your own business you might use it to ask your ten most recent customers to give you a testimonial, then tell new customers to check out your reviews at Brownbook.net (or just link to them from your own website). Or, for your friends business, how about a review about their integrity and attention to detail.

Give it a try now, and start to build up your online repuation and word of mouth to win new customers.

We just launched our V2 with a whole bunch of new features and tweaks.  One that I like most of all is the ability to add photos and videos to your reviews.  SO, next time you’re out and about and you get particularly good or bad service, whip out that cellphone and take a photo or video so you can attach it to your review on Brownbook.

Here’s one example with a video review - http://www.brownbook.net/business/176943/express-cruisers-ltd

… and here’s another with a photo -  http://www.brownbook.net/business/2233790/tony-purslow-guildford-mercedes

Business users can now encourage their customers to give them video and photo testimonials, there’s not much thats more powerful than a real customer telling about the great service they got from you.