Q: Why do we offer a Free option, and will we be pressurised in to upgrading?

A: There are a number of reasons why the Dubai Marina Guide Directory offers free online advertising, the main reasons are;

• Content
• Word of mouth marketing
• Directory entries

Q: What do we mean by Content?
A: Simple really, a good website needs good content. When you submit your details to the Dubai Marina Guide Directory we ask you to provide a description of your business, a description of the service you provide and details of your location and the area you cover.

 

We then use this information to create content rich pages within our directory, which in turn benefits both the entree of the details and ourselves.

Q: What do we mean by Word of mouth marketing?
A: If you like the service we provide we would appreciate you mentioning us to your friends, posting about us in forums (no spamming please) and generally just spreading the news about us and the service we provide. We are not backed by any big company and have an advertising budget of AED 0.00 the only way we can survive is by word of mouth marketing and by you helping us to help you.

Q: What do we mean by Directory entries?
A: Although we are a ranked Directory, we have comparatively few entries compared to the major directories.

We could obtain data from a number of sources and boost up our numbers but feel this would be unfair on the entrees which have taken the trouble to manually submit their details over the past 6 months.

Instead we would like to continue to increase our directory entries by allowing people to submit their own details, we do need to increase our entries and feel the best way of doing this is to provide a service that people want.