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Claim Your Business Listing on Half Moon Bay Patch

Make sure that your business is presenting the correct information to our readers in 'Places,' our local directory.

When Half Moon Bay Patch launched in the fall of 2010, the editor and a team of staff members visited local businesses to collect information for our directory (a.k.a. Patch Places).

Now, almost two years later, Patch Places is a spot where our readers and business owners can find descriptions, hours, accepted payment methods and much more for businesses and organizatinos around the Half Moon Bay Coastside.

Business owners can change hours of operations and add photos of your business right away, as well as make any other corrections needed.

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Users can add events taking place at local spots, can rate the business on a scale of one to five stars and can add a review. (Owners with claimed listings cannot change reviews, however).

Owners or managers should search for their business listing and select "claim your listing" in order to make updates to the page. A form will pop up asking for "your name, contact information, and proof of ownership."

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

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, what kinds of payments you accept, if there's street parking or a parking lot, and much more.

Manage Photos & Media:

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

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 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.

Claim your listing today to help keep Patch users up to date with your company or organization — and keep your listing looking fresh.

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