Glen Cove Businesses: Claim Your Free Patch Listing

When Glen Cove Patch launched two years ago, editors and freelancers ventured to local businesses in order to collect information for our directory.

Now, almost two years later, Patch Places is an area of our Web site where users can find descriptions, hours and accepted payment methods for hot spots around town.

All users can add events taking place at local spots, rate the business on a scale of one to five stars, or write a review.

But owners of local businesses get extra bonuses when they claim a listing.

Owners, or managers, should search for their business listing and select "Claim It!" (located underneath the photo) in order to make updates to the page. A form will pop up asking for your name, contact information and proof of ownership.

Is your business listing missing from our directory? Let us know by commenting on this article.

Within a few days, someone from Patch should contact you to verify your authenticity, and then you will be approved as the owner of the business. Once approved, you will have a "Manage Your Listing" button on the top of your Places page. Click the button to be taken to your dashboard.

Now you are ready to explore the various amounts of tools to help spice up your free listing, attracting more attention to your business from Patch readers.

From the dashboard, you can make changes and updates to your listing. On the left side of the dashboard you have several options: Your Stats, Edit Listing, Manage Photos & Media, Reviews, Free Tools, Paid Tools and Contact Sales.

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 or Twitter account.

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, the kinds of payments you accept, or if there's street parking or a lot.

Manage Photos & Media:

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

Reviews:

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

Free Tools:

Post events and add job openings to our classifieds section, also known as the Marketplace.

Paid Tools:

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

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