Once you create your website for your business, it is really important to establish yourself on the internet in terms of getting clicks and increasing impressions.

All of the engagement funnels are achievable to some extent through social media and email marketing. One overlooked aspect is link submissions which can increase website traffic and domain authority of your website.

It is a known fact that internet users will not conduct searches on these directories but when you start link submissions for targeted keywords and meta information, your website will start increasing in terms of impressions, positions, and clicks that will drive in traffic to a great extent.

I have broken down the latest list of directories that you could use an SEO expert to improve the rank of your website.

Here are 30 online directories you should visit and put up your website.

1.      All Free Things  (Page Rank 4)

http://www.allfreethings.com

2. Free PR Web Directory (Page Rank 6)

http://www.freeprwebdirectory.com

3. Travel Tourism Directory Info (Page Rank 6)

http://www.traveltourismdirectory.info

4.  So Much (Page Rank 6)

http://www.somuch.com

5. High-Rank Directory (Page Rank 6)

http://www.highrankdirectory.com

6. Britain Business Directory (Page Rank 6)

http://www.britainbusinessdirectory.com

7. Marketing Internet Directory (Page Rank 6)

http://www.marketinginternetdirectory.com

8. Hot Vs Not (Page Rank 6)

http://www.hotvsnot.com

9.  Submission Web Directory (Page Rank 6)

http://www.submissionwebdirectory.com

10. Diolead (Page Rank 6)

http://www.diolead.com

11. Uk Internet Directory (Page Rank 6)

http://www.ukinternetdirectory.com

12. Jet Jaws (Page Rank 6)

http://www.jetjaws.com

13. Esjoub (Page Rank 6)

http://www.esjoub.com

14. Lilink (Page Rank 7)

http://www.lilink.com

15. Feed Up Info (Page Rank 8)

http://www.feedup.info

16. Finance Buster (Page Rank 6)

http://www.financebuster.com

17. Synergy-Directory (Page Rank 4)

http://www.synergy-directory.com

18. Nexus Directory (Page Rank 4)

http://www.nexusdirectory.com

19. Directory Fire (Page Rank 4)

http://www.directoryfire.com

20. Master Moz (Page Rank 4) 

http://www.mastermoz.com

21. Direct My Link (Page Rank 4)

http://www.directmylink.com

22. Pro Link Directory (Page Rank 4)

http://www.prolinkdirectory.com

23. Info-Listings (Page Rank 4)

http://www.info-listings.com

24. Submissions 4U (Page Rank 4)

http://www.submissions4u.com

25.  Piseries (Page Rank 4)

http://www.piseries.com

26. Gain Web Org (Page Rank 4)

http://www.gainweb.org

27 Best Free Websites Net (Page Rank 3)

http://www.bestfreewebsites.net

28. PR 3 Plus (Page Rank 3)

http://www.pr3plus.com

29. Web Directory Co (Page Rank 3)

http://www.the-web-directory.co.uk

30. 10 Directory (Page Rank 3)

http://www.10directory.com

31. http://www.blogrollcenter.com/

32. http://www.blogtopsites.com

33. http://www.blogsearch.com

34. http://blogswirl.com

35. http://blogville.us

36. http://blogrific.com

37. http://www.blogflux.com

38. http://www.blogdir.co.uk

39. http://blogsrater.com

40. http://www.bloglisting.net

41. http://www.bocaiw.net

42. http://www.cipinet.com

43. http://www.cluboo.com

44. http://www.directoryseo.biz

45. http://www.freedirectorysubmit.com

46. http://www.freetoprankdirectory.com

47. http://www.freewebsitedirectory.com/

48. http://www.findsites.net

49. http://fuelmyblog.com

50. http://www.gainweb.org

51. http://www.h-log.com

52. http://www.happal.com

53. http://www.highrankdirectory.com

54. http://homepageseek.com/

55. http://www.hottestblogs.com

56. http://www.infolistings.com

57. http://www.informationcrawler.com

58. http://www.jewana.com

59. http://www.linkpedia.net

60. http://www.linkroo.com

61. http://linksmaximum.com

62. http://www.linkminded.com

63. http://www.livepopular.com

64. http://www.marketingwebdirectory.com

65. http://www.nexusdirectory.com

66. http://www.onlinesociety.org

67. http://www.pegasusdirectory.com

68. http://picktu.com

69. http://www.plazoo.com

70. http://www.prolinkdirectory.com

71. http://www.promotebusinessdirectory.com

72. http://www.ranaf.com

73. http://www.rocktheadored.com

74. http://www.sites-plus.com

75. http://www.sitepromotiondirectory.com

76. http://www.submissionwebdirectory.com

77. http://somuch.com

78. http://www.synergydirectory.com

79. http://www.thefreedirectory.co.uk/

80. http://www.topsiteswebdirectory.com

81. http://www.urlshack.com

82. http://www.usgeo.org

83. http://www.w3catalog.com

84. http://www.wilsdomain.com

85. http://www.worldwebdirectory.com

86. http://www.addyourblog.com

87. http://www.blogdirs.com/

88. http://www.blogsdb.com

89. http://www.bloghints.com

90. http://www.blogratedirectory.com

91. http://www.blogsthatfollow.com

92. http://www.blogtoplist.com

93. http://carefullypicked.com

94. http://www.ellysdirectory.com

95. http://www.freeaddurl.org

96. http://www.ontoplist.com

97. http://www.mvomrat.com

98. http://www.rapidenetwork.eu

99. http://www.spillbean.com

100. http://www.thecgisite.com

101. http://www.wordpressblogdirectory.com/

Apart from free submissions that you can make on numerous directories, I also recommend that you set aside a marketing budget and invest in paid submissions on paid directories.

Trust me, it’s worth it!

Many of the above 101 directories I have listed may get updated right away and some of them may even take as long as 60 to 90 days.

However, with a bit of patience, you can see the difference.

If you’d like to know more about how you can generate more leads through your website, send me an email (dm@amgdigitalbh.com) or ring me at +973 3597 1999 and I’d be happy to help you.

The emergence of digital media has disrupted the hotel and restaurant marketing formula. With too much competition from competitors in Bahrain, it has become very challenging for restaurants and hotels to survive in the business without constant evolution and adoption.

The restaurant and hospitality management cannot stick to the old method of marketing techniques anymore. The following research statistics prove there is no scope for conventional marketing anymore.

90% of consumers do their research before dining anywhere.

57% check the ambiance of restaurants before going to restaurants and hotels.

33% of customers prefer other customer reviews before they visit the restaurants.

Although this is outdated research because most of the customers are already preferring online deliveries and platforms for reviews.

Use relevant social media platforms

Food and hospitality brands work well on Instagram and Facebook considering the audience in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, you need to conduct comprehensive research on what is the best platform on social media to promote restaurants and hotels and use relevant marketing techniques to reach the right audience.

Use of Right and Relevant Hashtags

Hashtags are key sources for impressions and reach on social media especially on Instagram and Pinterest. So, the right hashtags will hit the right target audience. We recommend using strong food hashtags such as :

• #food – 41%
• #foodporn – 12%
• #foodie – 10%
• #instafood – 8%
• #foodphotography  – 8%

Apart from the above global used hashtags, you have to make sure that you use local hashtags like #bahrain, #bahrainfood, #bahrainrestaurants and #bahrainfoodbloggers among many others.

We conduct a complete study before positioning our client’s brand to a specific audience so that we can get the maximum results organically.

Online Ordering and Delivery Platforms

Here in Bahrain, online ordering and delivery have boomed in the past 2 years so the best way to market restaurants right now is to list your restaurant on some of the popular food delivery apps such as Talabat and Carriage.

Well, as a business owner, listing your restaurant on the app will result in you losing out on the profit margin that you can make so it’s always better to create a unique selling point for people to actually call and order or dine-in.

Customer Interaction

Pictures of Customer reviews on social media is killing it big globally and you should start executing this form of social selling through your social media profiles. We recommend clicking pictures of customers enjoying the best cuisines at your restaurant or hotel dining.

Considering the audience as Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, we also recommend you to take permission before clicking photos of customers.

Create a connection with your customers as they like to be treated well as ask for Google reviews as and when it’s possible. Probably your dedicated Restaurant Manager could go for this.

Food Bloggers and Influencers

Another aspect we recommend restaurant owners and hotel decision-makers to add to their marketing agenda is influencer marketing. There are many aspects that have to be taken into consideration before engaging an influencer.

We have explained here as to how we work with influencers in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to promote brands in the right way.

Well, to conclude this blog, we would say that social media is the now and future for the restaurants and hotels in Bahrain to make the most use of it in the right way. We know that it is a cut-throat competition among the food industry, and digital media has already taken over the traditional marketing techniques so you have to up your game to be leading.

Predicting the future of social media is always fun. Product managers make sure that their customers engage a lot more on their products than they did…

TikTok is currently known to be one of the most popular social media platforms on the planet. It’s very easy to use, entertaining and – most of all – super addictive.