Extended Profiles

Extended Profiles provide further channels for a small business to connect with their current and future clients, beyond that of the Basic Profile.

Extended profiles are offered at no charge for all businesses - upgrade your existing profile

The features of the extended profile include:

• HOME: This contains the contact information, company description and company logo. It also displays the recent activities in the extended profile.
• BLOG: A blog for the owner for the owner of the business.
• FORUM: This section is designed for discussions. A new topic can be initiated by either the owner or the visitors and comments can be posted as a response. The business owner is also the moderator of this forum and can delete individual topics or comments.
• REVIEWS: This is where visitors can post their testimonials about the business.
• MANAGE PROFILE: This tab visible only to the business profile owners and can be used to edit and control the content of their extended profile.

Creation and Management of a Extended Profile
An extended profile is created by pressing the “Upgrade to Extended Profile” button on your existing basic business profile page. If a user does not have a basic profile, one has to be created first. All the content added in the basic profile is transferred to the extended version upon upgrading.

After confirming the action to “upgrade”, the extended profile pages will be created. As the business owner you will see your five tabs near the top of your home page: Home, Blog, Forum, Reviews and Manage Profile.

The “Manage Profile” tab is only visible to the owner of the Extended Profile. It takes you a new page, a sample of which is shown below, where you can add or alter the content of the profile.


This page is comprised of 5 sections:

1. “click here to edit Basic Listing Information” takes you to another page to edit the basic information, including company name, contact information, any external website URL, company description and other details
2. “Upload your business logo” is used to add or change your logo. Select image and press upload to complete the process. For best results the image should be approximately in 4:1 ratio. All logos are resized to fit a panel of 345 x 95 pixels.
3. “Add an announcement” which will appear at the top of your home page, next to your logo. Add your announcement and press “submit” to save.
4. Select which items to display on your Extended profile. Forums, Blogs and Reviews will appear as tabs to your visitors, if checked. “Display Activities” will display recent activities at the bottom of your home page, including recent blog posts and forum topics within your Extended profile, with links to those pages. Press “update” to save any changes. Initially, all sections are set to be displayed.
5. “Downgrade” removes all extended content and reverts your entry to that of a Basic Profile.

Once upgraded to a Extended Profile, your listing will be highlighted in the business directory and your user profile.

Your Extended Profile page will now be ready and you can start engaging your clients.

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