Kent Business Directory is pleased to announce that it has just made the Kent Air Ambulance it’s ‘Charity of the Year’ for 2009/10.

For every business that upgrades their free listing to a Premium Listing, £1 will be donated to this essential local charity.

Kent Business Directory Launches with Free Listings for All Local Businesses

The newly launched business directory website for Kent, www.kentbusinessdirectory.co.uk, is offering free listings to all local businesses.

Kent Business Directory currently has details of over 74,000 businesses from across Kent listed on the website, which is aimed at local consumers looking for local businesses, products and services. Kent businesses can add their own listing in their chosen business category absolutely free of charge.

The Kent Business Directory has also been created to give businesses in Kent all the tools they need to increase their online and offline visibility, and help drive local customers to their door.

For example businesses can upgrade their free entry to a 'Premium Listing' and actively promote their products and services to potential customers by appearing above free entries on the site. A business with a Premium Listing can also add:

• Additional telephone numbers
• Website addresses and weblinks
• A company logo
• A detailed description of products and services
• Email addresses
• Recommendations from customers
• Google Map and route finder
• Online enquiry form
• Up to 6 company images/photos
• A promotional video (example - YouTube)

In addition to the online advertising, businesses can also appear in a series of full colour printed offline directories. Kent Business Directory regularly prints and distributes 10,000 copies of its offline directory to homes and businesses in Maidstone, Ashford, Canterbury, Medway, Tunbridge Wells and Whitstable.

The site has many other features for both the consumer and business user including a Kent Business Forum, details of the latest job vacancies in Kent, networking events in Kent, properties for sale in Kent, a ‘recommend a business’ tool, members special offers, a ‘what's on’ in Kent guide, attractions in Kent, local news and local weather.

Kent businesses can add their listing or update their current listing for free and also see all the other features of the site at www.kentbusinessdirectory.co.uk. Business advertisers can also upgrade to a Premium Listing for just £30 per year, which is the equivalent of just £2.50 per month.

New Kent Business Directory Launched

A new free directory website, www.kentbusinessdirectory.co.uk, is being launched to help Kent consumers and businesses to find local products and services.

www.kentbusinessdirectory.co.uk, a new free listings and directory website for the county of Kent UK, is to be launched later this month.

The website has been created for two reasons. Firstly, it aims to help Kent businesses not just survive, but thrive in the current economic climate. This will be achieved by providing many new exciting ways to advertise products and services to the people of Kent and by increasing the visibility of businesses online.

Also, it was felt that Kent consumers needed a website designed specifically to help them find businesses and services right on their own doorstep. Whether they need a Plumber in Maidstone, an Accountant in Ashford or a Chinese Takeaway in Chatham, www.kentbusinessdirectory.co.uk has been designed so that whatever product, service or business consumers are looking for, the site can provide them with the information they need at the touch of a button.

Businesses will be able to advertise basic details of their products on services on www.kentbusinessdirectory.co.uk for free. In addition, a range of cost effective advertising options will also be available.

Paid Premium Listings will get twice the amount of space for businesses to display their contact details on search results pages, and will always appear above free listings. More information can be displayed including a company logo to help reinforce branding, up to 3 additional telephone numbers including mobiles, up to 3 email addresses, a website address and link to help get higher rankings in search engines, up to 6 images or photos, a Google location map, route finder, up to 500 word description, and an Enquiry Form. All this information can be added to a unique business page for the equivalent cost of just 8p per day.

Advertising space can also be booked for an offline printed directory, which will be distributed to 10,000 to homes and businesses in the following Kent towns; Maidstone, Ashford, Canterbury, Whitstable, Tunbridge Wells and Medway. Each directory is A5 size, printed in full colour and only features a maximum of 24 local businesses.

Advertisers can book their adverts by calling free on 0800 917 7892.