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Welcome Southwest Florida Business Owners!

Elevate Your Visibility, Engage with Customers, and Grow Your Brand While Strengthening Community Bonds.

Discover the extraordinary connectivity and vibrant community of the SWFL Business Directory. Stay connected, build trust, boost your business’s visibility, and drive more traffic to your business with SWFL Business Directory & SWFL Online News.

Just The Basic Facts…

Here’s how it works and what you have access to for your business. Use as much or as little as you need, the rest will be ready when you are.

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Business Listing

A Premium Business Listing Profile that includes all the high-end Big Tech features you would expect. You have complete control over profile and your reviews!

Event Listings & Tickets

List your important Events, Sell Tickets, or collect RSVPs, plus many more features. Use QR Codes for event management and check-ins.

Ecommerce Storefront

A local marketplace Powered by WooCommerce that similar to other Big Tech shopping, where each business can create their own online store with products.

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SWFL Business Directory Overview:

  • The SWFL Business Directory is presented as a comprehensive resource for customers to discover top-rated local businesses, attractions, activities, and more in Southwest Florida.
  • It emphasizes being a verified platform with SWFL’s best digital lifestyle magazine for the region.
  • The directory has integrated premium features from classic business directory platforms (e.g., Yelp!, Facebook, Google Business Pages, etc.) with social and e-commerce resources.
  • The goal is to provide extensive exposure for local businesses to local buyers, facilitating real-time interactions, customer reviews, and direct chat between customers and businesses.
  • The platform is positioned as a place where customers can find what they need, compare offers, and make bookings while promoting the products, services, and events of local businesses in Southwest Florida.
  • Local Traffic Advantage: Specific focus on Southwest Florida ensures your business is visible to potential customers interested in the local area.
  • Domain Authority Dominance: SWFL Business Directory boasts a high domain authority, increasing the likelihood of your business ranking on the first page of search results.
  • Increased Search Volume: SWFL Business Directory experiences a higher search volume, exposing your business to a larger audience actively seeking services in the region.
  • Customization for Precision: Businesses enjoy the flexibility of customizing keywords, SEO titles, and meta descriptions, aligning listings with customer search terms.
  • Backlink Benefits: Businesses gain healthy backlinks from a high domain authority website, indicating trustworthiness and credibility to search engines.
  • Effective Google Indexing: SWFL Business Directory’s established reputation ensures frequent Google crawls, increasing the chances of your business listing being indexed and displayed in search results.
  • Post Storm/Event Status: Business owners can convey their operational status with options like open as usual, temporary closures, limited capacity, or online alternatives. Verified icons and messages accompany these choices, providing immediate visibility to users and promoting transparency.
  • Visibility Across Channels: Business owners can update their information in the Business Info section, and the platform facilitates easy sharing across various social media channels, ensuring consistency and accuracy without the need for individual posts.
  • Aggregated Media Information: The platform aggregates information from major media outlets into a condensed and easily searchable resource, facilitating post-storm/event assistance.

Our Platform Includes Great Features Such As…

Premium Business Profile…

Welcome to your Business Listing -Welcome-Page
  • Business Logo, Description, Address, Email and Phone
  • Business Website, Hours, and Pricing
  • Display Business Affiliations
  • Display Special Business Designations
  • Display Your Google Reviews
  • Google Maps Location
  • Verified Badge
  • Image Carousel
  • YouTube/Vimeo Video Link
  • Customer Welcome Offer
  • Direct Link to your Online Ordering, Booking or Shop
  • Link Delivery Options
  • Owner Dashboard
  • Business Categories + Subcategories
  • Leveraged Google Search Results
  • SEO Keyword Module (Yoast)
  • Social Media Links
  • Direct Share to your Social Profiles

Powerful Community Events Calendar…

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List Your Events

Use this powerful community calendar to list your events, fundraisers, concerts, festivals, and more. It features an easy to use front-end event submission form that includes Event title, description, date, start + end times, feature photo, venues and organizers. Manage event RSVP and Tickets sales right from your dashboard.

Sell Tickets

Increase revenue potential for your Events by Selling Tickets! Each ticket has its own price, stock, and SKU. You choose when sales open and close. Instant online purchasing and QR Code check-in provided easy on-site event management.

We Charge a Flat Fee of .75 per event ticket sold.

Real Reviews That Matter…

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Google Reviews

You can showcase your excellent Google reviews to potential customers all in one place! Additionally, we’ve made it easy for users to leave you a review directly from our platform. This means you can grow your reputation conveniently and seamlessly.

Local Reviews

Our Local Review platform offers reliable reviews with pictures to boost your business’s reputation. Respond easily to these reviews to build relationships with customers. Trust us to showcase your services and give your business positive exposure.​

More Tools That Help Grow Your Business…

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Social Media Promotion
Social Media Promotion with SWFL Online News

As a SWFL Business Directory member we collaborate with you to *share your Posts, Stories and Reels to our 12,000+ social media followers, increasing your visibility across all SWFL Online News META Accounts (Instagram, Facebook, and Threads). Throughout the month we publish articles to SWFL Online News showcasing different businesses directly from our member base. These articles might be about ‘places to eat’, ‘destinations’, or other business group types. These articles directly link to your Business Listing and to your Own Website enticing the reader to further explore your business, and increase your organic search results with Google.

*We reserve the right to share your content at our discretion. Likewise, we reserve the right to mention your Business Listing and/or Your Business and Website in articles we post to our website.

SWFL Marketplace Storefront…

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Our commission model is extremely fair at only 5%, and your store payouts can be done via PayPal or ACH Bank Transfer. Minimum payout balance is $50, and payouts are currently executed bi-weekly after the 2 week charge-back period is met.

A local online marketplace where each business can create their own online store with products. Store owners get access to a rich and easy to use dashboard that allows easy management of product inventory including sales, orders, notifications, and more.

Individualized customizable online store that store owners can tailor to suit your needs.

Store owners can create variations on a product simply from their dashboard.

Multiple products can be edited at the same time with this feature, be it product status, allocating discounts and more.

Customers receive notifications with every order detail and status change from our system as you process their orders.

No need for coupons and sale codes! Simply schedule the start date and end date for any individual products or for a storewide sale. You’re in control!

Store owners are able to easily manage orders and get notified on new orders, list by filters, status, add notes for tracking and more.

Store owners are able to get a real time overview of your store finances with break downs of earning in reports right on your dashboard.

Store owners can easily make withdrawals via PayPal or Bank Transfer upon reaching the set minimum amount of $50.

Join SWFL Business Directory for Seamless Connectivity and Community Growth.

Join SWFL Business Directory today and unlock the power of seamless connectivity. Elevate your business’s visibility, strengthen community bonds, and seize opportunities for growth. Together, let’s create a vibrant business ecosystem in Southwest Florida that propels your success.

Annual Subscription
$249.99per year
  • Annual Business Listing Subscription
  • Elevate Your Visibility
  • Engage with Customers
  • Grow Your Brand
  • Strengthen Community Bonds
  • Lock In This Price For Life!
Add My Business

Approval, Login, and Setup

Please wait 24 hours before your request to join SWFL Business Directory is reviewed and approved by a real agent. You will receive an email with your approval so continually check your mailbox or spam folder. If your request is not approved, we will help give you feedback to help you in the process of becoming featured on SWFL Business Directory.

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