MapWide.com offers small businesses a true low-cost online marketing solution that targets local consumers. Offering in-depth listings and a host of robust features not found on other online directories, MapWide is positioned to become the internet’s next generation search engine. Currently, the company owns in excess of ten thousand web domains that vertically integrate consumers, professionals, and vendors in a multitude of industries, including the health care, legal, automotive, veterinary, and retail professions. In addition to cost-effective subscriptions, MapWide.com directories also offer display advertising and sponsored content opportunities to businesses of any size.

Social media interaction has become a critical part of succesful marketing campaigns, and MapWide.com addresses this with chat rooms, forums, reviews, blogs, and other industry related original content that enhance the search experience, as well as maintaining an online presence in existing social media channels. Business subscribers now have the ability to engage their customers without having to invest significant time maintaining their own media presence – the relevant content provided in each industry site is accessible by all visitors regardless of location, so MapWide.com directories will not only bring consumers to each site but also keep them engaged and prompt their return. The MapWide family of directories is integrated into a seamless network, allowing users to move easily from industry to industry, increasing both traffic and exposure.

MapWide.com sites provide filtered and targeted results. Unlike major search engines and other directories which place sponsored listings first, businesses subscribing to the MapWide.com directories are insured visibility and can opt from two premium levels of placement (Platinum and Gold) at very reasonable rates. More than just a name, address, and phone number, MapWide.com offers the local business a true web presence. The company has more than a dozen active sites, with several new sites being brought online each quarter. Employing a national sales force of independent regional representatives, MapWide.com subscribers are assured personalized service with a dedicated account manager.

MapWide directory listings are sophisticated marketing tools, providing a place for in-depth company info, local maps, custom images, online coupons and specials, an appointment setting function, and real-time online account management. Subscribers have the ability to modify their own listings via 24/7 password protected login. Over 80% of consumers look online for local products and services, and MapWide.com provides a place where consumers can easily find exactly what they need.

About the Company

MapWide.com Inc., a Delaware Corporation, was intially founded and developed by Dr S. Said, a dentist in Tustin, California, in an effort to help people easily find and interact with dental providers on the local level. Now one of the world’s largest owners of branded web domains, MapWide.com integrates consumers, professionals, and vendors in a multitude of industries, including the health care, legal, automotive, veterinary, fashion, and retail professions. In addition to directory services, the company has developed additional B2B, B2C, and e-commerce web services for the U.S. and foreign markets.