Business & Tech

Business Owners: Claim Your Patch Listing!

Patch Places has all of the info on local restaurants, salons, shops and more— make it yours!

When Patch launched in , editors and contributors ventured to local businesses to collect information for our directory. The result: Patch Places.

While those who shop and dine in South Pas can utilize Patch Places to find out what others think of a business, they can also read about merchandise, menus, hours, accepted payment methods and more.

Local businesses, on the other hand, get extra administrave bonuses when they claim a listing. 

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Here's how:

  • Owners or managers can sign in and search for their business. Underneath the photos, there is a box with the question: Do you own or manage this location?
  • Claim it! Just click Claim it! And a form will pop up asking for contact information and authorization to claim it. 
  • Within a few days, a Patch employee will contact you to verify your authenticity. You'll then be approved as the business owner and will see a "Manage Your Listing" button.

From there, you have lots of options to add photos, see your statistics and edit the listing. Here are the tools you'll see and what they mean:

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Your Stats:

Here you can see how many users have rated, reviewed or follow your listing. You can e-mail your customers to seek out more reviews, and link the Patch Place to your Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Edit Listing:

Add photos, website information, hours of operation, contact information and more under the Basic Info tab. Some of this information cannot be changed, but you can request a new description if you think your business is inaccurately described.

Choose Extra Info to add information like the founding date of your business, what kinds of payments you accept, parking information and more.

Manage Photos & Media:

Here you can add and edit photos and choose which image is featured. If you have a video or PDFs, you would add that here.

Reviews:

You can see what people have to say about your business and respond to reviews.

Free Tools:

This is an easy way to post events and add job openings to our classifieds section, also known as the Marketplace.

Paid Tools:

You can upgrade your listing with a video profile, add a message from the owner and become a featured business on the Places page for a fee. You can learn more about these options and see how to get in touch with a sales team member.

Claim your listing today to help keep Patch users up to date with your company and keep your listing looking fresh.

Questions? Contact South Pasadena Patch Advertising Manager Evan Atkinson at (818) 207-4523 or evan.atkinson@patch.com.


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