Shenandoah Valley Business Directory

Product and Service Quick Index

Welcome to ShenBiz.com

ShenBiz.com is designed to help you quickly find the products and services you need. Because we list businesses regardless of whether they have a website, you will find information here that isn't available on search engines. Plus, our listings typically provide more consumer information on a company than you will find in any other directory, including the Yellow Pages. ShenBiz.com is a free service brought to you by the member businesses.

ShenBiz.com is easy to use. We give you several ways to find what you are looking for. You can view all Shenandoah Valley businesses by category using the Browse by Category list on the left. This provides a list of all business under that category. You can narrow your search to a particular city by selecting from the Browse by City list, and then select the category. If you are not sure what category to look in, you can use the Product and Service Quick Index above. This is an alphabetical listing of the most popular products and services. Finally, you can use the powerful Search feature to find businesses based on the keywords that you enter. Search on any of the words, all of the words, or the exact phrase.

We also remind you that ShenBiz.com is a new service. As such, you may not find many listing on this visit. We foresee explosive growth of the directory in the following weeks. Therefore, we encourage you to check the directory each time you shop for products and services. Soon, you will appreciate the power, speed, and convenience of ShenBiz.com. Add ShenBiz.com to your favorites list today. You'll be glad you did.

Attention Shenandoah Valley Businesses

ShenBiz.com is a free business directory for the Shenandoah Valley from ShenLink Internet. Our goal is to create the largest, most comprehensive business directory in the valley. The directory will be a valuable resource for consumers, and a powerful marketing tool for small business. So, why do we provide this service for free? There are several reasons. First, consumers have told us that a quality directory serving the Shenandoah Valley is greatly needed, so filling this need is good consumer relations on behalf of all Shenandoah businesses. Second, because of the rapidly changing commercial geography in the valley, we believe that a cooperative, organized Internet presence is vital to the continued success of independent small business. Finally, we believe that helping you grow today will create opportunity for ourselves in the future as that growth creates a need for website services.

Every small business needs to put advertising and marketing at the top of their list. We are amazed at how often we see or hear huge "going out of business" promotions for businesses we never knew existed, that is, until they were closing their doors. A flood of radio commercials, roadside signs all over town, and big newspaper ads. If they ran such promotions to begin with, they probably wouldn't be going out of business. Yet, the majority of them will tell you they couldn't afford to advertise. Today, the Internet makes it affordable for any business to market effectively and efficiently. The Internet is now the first place consumers look for information on products and services, making online marketing one of the most powerful tools available for small business. Consumers want information, and they want it fast. Consumers carefully research products, services and vendors online, and many have made their decision of what to buy and where to buy it before they leave their house. If you are not on the Internet, you will lose valuable business.

Directories are the most effective tool in online marketing because they operate in two different ways. First, directories are complete information resources that are subject or geographically focused, so they are an efficient alternative to search engines. Directories don't require a business to have a website, so they can offer information on more businesses than search engines. Directories are human edited databases, so spam, duplicate or irrelevant information is virtually eliminated. For these reasons, consumers actually prefer to use directories over search engines. Most internet users have at least one directory in their favorites list. Second, directories can be an effective tool within search engines. A properly constructed and optimized directory creates rich content for search engines to catalog. The result is outstanding search engine performance for all participating businesses.

So, how can ShenBiz.com help you?

If you do not currently have a Website, ShenBiz.com provides a unique opportunity to create a presence on the Internet. Our listings go beyond the basics of name, address and phone number. We also give you an amazing 200 words to introduce your business to consumers. The information is presented in clean, search-friendly text, so your company information will be easy to find on the web in a very short time.

For those who already have a Website, ShenBiz.com is an excellent way to increase exposure and reach more consumers. In addition to providing a direct marketing channel, the directory's rich content combined with both a domain name link and a search-friendly text link will add significant search equity to your website. It's a win-win combination that doesn't cost you a penny.

ShenBiz.com will become the most utilized directory in the Shenandoah Valley. Yes, that is a very bold statement, but we say it with confidence through research. Area consumers have told us what they want, and ShenBiz.com gives it to them. Our simple interface and fast loading pages are designed to deliver information quickly when the consumer needs it most. Because we list information for businesses regardless of whether they have a website, consumers are more likely to bypass the search engines and go directly to ShenBiz.com. It won't take long for consumers to realize the power, speed and convenience ShenBiz.com has to offer.

ShenLink brings this powerful tool to you free of charge, so there is no excuse to put it off any longer. Add your listing today! We already have an extensive list of categories, but if you don't see a category you think should be included, just request it using the link above. Every business in the Shenandoah Valley should be listed in this free directory. A website is not required, and it is free, so there is no excuse for not being listed.

ShenBiz.com is just one of many website marketing tools available from ShenLink Internet for small business advertising, marketing and promotions. We want to give every small business in the Shenandoah Valley a presence on the Internet. Not some. Not most. All!