Have you been writing reviews, but all of a sudden, the searched business your looking for isn't in the Yelp database? This article will teach you how to add one with only your iPhone's Yelp app in mind.
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POWER ON AND UNLOCK YOUR IPHONE. Type your 4-digit pin into the device, if you have any set.
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DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE YELP FOR IPHONE APP FROM THE APPLE APPSTORE (IF YOU HAVEN\'T ALREADY DONE SO).
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OPEN THE YELP APP.
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LOGIN TO THE YELP FOR IPHONE APP, WITH YOUR YELP CREDENTIALS, IF YOU HAVEN\'T DONE SO ALREADY.
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TAP THE "HOME" BUTTON FROM THE BLACK BAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
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TAP THE "ADD" BUTTON ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. A list of things to add will open at bottom of screen.
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SEARCH FOR THE BUSINESS THROUGH THE BUSINESS NAME AND LOCATION. Towards the top of the using the two text boxes on top of the main screen. Fill in the business name in the top-left box and the location of the EXACT place. (i.e. If your business is located in Philadelphia, and the corporate location is in East Oshkosh, WI, type in Philadelphia, PA", or you may type in the exact zip code of this business. Try not to review corporate locations as locations in other cities. It's a one-to-one deal!
On the page that is displayed, you'll find your search suggestions for the business. If it's not found on this page of search results, you'll have to create a new business listing.
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TAP THE "ADD BUSINESS" BUTTON FROM THE LIST THAT RESULTS.
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TAP THE "NAME" BUTTON TO OPEN THE WINDOW TO ADD THE NAME.
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TYPE INTO THE FIELD THE MOST-OFTEN DISPLAYED NAME FROM THE BUILDING\'S STOREFRONT SIGN.
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TAP THE DONE BUTTON FROM THE IPHONE KEYBOARD OR THE DONE BUTTON UP AT THE TOP RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN TO CONTINUE.
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TAP THE ADDRESS BUTTON.
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USE ALL PIECES OF ADDRESS YOU HAVE ON FILE (AS IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT A BUSINESS CARD). Type the Street Address into the top line and the city and state into the bottom (Do NOT include the zip code, and if this is a non-USA address, select the country first, by tapping the box with the American flag on it).
Suites, apartments, departments as well as a more-specific address if contained inside another separate building, should be the only thing that goes in Street address box 2 (second line). Address box 2, should be, most of the time, not filled in.
If you are within a few yards of the business and you've enabled GPS location-sensing, you can touch the "Fill with Current Location" button to automatically fill the nearest addressed location (internally using the Google search engine) in most places.
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TAP THE "NEXT" BUTTON TO CONTINUE. This button is near the top right side of the screen. The device will then ask you to map the location.
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MOVE THE PLACEMARKER SO THE MARKER IS PLACED DIRECTLY OVER-TOP OF THE BUSINESS, OR, IF ITS ALREADY CORRECT (99% OF THE TIME, THIS WILL BE THE CASE), YOU MUST CONTINUE TO THE NEXT STEP.
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TAP THE "DONE" BUTTON AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
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FILL IN THE REMAINDER OF THE ANSWERS TO THE OPTIONAL QUESTIONS. They will ask for a category, business hours, the main phone number to the business, and their website.
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TAP THE DONE BUTTON FROM THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN TO FULLY ADD THE BUSINESS.
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TIPS
Bookmark the business later, so you can review this business, or, begin a drafted review of the business for later submission.
If you have a copy of the business card handy, pickup and add in as much information as required using it. These will more than likely be the main contact and website address you'll need to add to create the business listing.
The button on the Android version is hidden in other menus further inwards.
Even if you don't know something, you can still edit the listing later. Just search the web in between addition and submission of the Edit later.
WARNINGS
Realize that for each review. that these reviews are LOCATION-SPECIFIC, and are not to be categorized for reviews based on the whole chain in general.
On occasion, you'll walk across a business that are no longer in business (and are marked as "CLOSED" by Yelp moderators right on the top-level location page.) On this page, you'll find no other reviews. A MAJOR RULE AS A YELP MEMBER, IS NOT TO RE-REVIEW THESE CLOSED BUSINESSES.
Never create other listings of businesses that already exist. It's very annoying when people find reviews on one real item (owned by a business owner), and another one that is an exact duplicate of the other). ALWAYS try to search for the business first.
THINGS YOU\'LL NEED
iOS device
Yelp app
Yelp account
new business details (must be verifiable)
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