Quotes

“Just don’t give up on trying to do what you really want to do,”

“Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”

- Ella Fitzgerald

Add Images to Your Business Ad

It has been a while since i’ve updated here. Sorry! I have been busy making a number of improvements to the site. I won’t list them all here. Instead I will let you discover them yourself. But there is one new feature that I’m excited to share.

You can now add images to your business ads! Research shows that images can increase sales. It also increases the visibility of your business ads. You might consider adding your business logo and promote your business brand. The site helps you with that promotion by displaying a thumbnail of your image in the search results. In the business ad details, a ajax slideshow of your images is displayed.

Some usage details: Only images with a extension .jpg .gif or .png are accepted. Images can’t exceed 5mb (5,000,000 bytes) in size.

Let us know what you think or if you need help.

BrokerFilter.com Launched!

We just launched BrokerFilter.com  It is our business broker directory implemented as a Google Maps mashup.  You can search and browse for business brokers visually on a map.  Let us know what you think.

Improved Business Ads Listing Tools

We keep adding new features to better serve you. I want to specifically point out 2 new tools.

1. Get a free website at http://YOU.businessfilter.com
2. If you already have your own website, you can display your business ads on your website. It’s a super easy copy and paste to embed your listings.

Login or Signup to try these new tools out. Let us know what you think or if you have any feature requests.

Added Resources

Added a new section, Resources.  I wanted to share some useful articles, how-tos, what have you, to help you on your way of becoming a business owner.  If you have any resources to share, let me know and I’ll link to it.

I Hate Working

From – gapingvoid: “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards”

$50 in Free Advertising from Looksmart

I wanted to share this. Free advertising for your business or website. Looksmart.com is giving away $50 in advertising to new advertisers. Use coupon code “ED0307″ on the check-out page. I don’t see a expiration date, but the 0307 in the code makes me think it will expire in March. So use it soon!

Anyone know of other deals? Please share in the comments.

UI Fixes

Cleaned up the website design and usability. Also fixed a bunch of little bugs. Let me know what you think and if I broke anything in the process

Top Businesses tag cloud

Updated the tag cloud on the Top Businesses page. Check it out and let me know what you think. http://www.businessfilter.com/top/

Fixes and Enhancements

Fixed a few minor bugs and made some enhancements.