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Yelp Resources

Yelp allows consumers to share the experiences they've had with local businesses and lets business owners share information about their business with their customers. Simply put, it's word of mouth-- amplified. Our business owner page, www.yelp.com/business is a helpful guide that walks you through more common questions and shows you how to quickly claim your business page. (click for more info)

Over 27 million people visited Yelp last month to make spending decisions. To help business owners get the most out of their online presence, Yelp offers a suite of FREE tools for business owners.

Communicate with your customers-- privately and publicly
Track how many people view your business page
Add photos, a detailed business description, up-to-date information, history, and specialties
Announce special offers and upcoming events
Recommend other businesses

A couple great examples of claimed Yelp business pages? Kafé Neo and Belmont Pets & Launderpet. Be sure to click on their "About this Business" tab as well, to see all of the helpful info they posted for yelpers. Here's an example of a dentist, Dr. Coates, who has claimed his Yelp business page, and is also a paying Yelp sponsor. You can even claim your page and add an offer if you don't have any reviews yet, just like ohso! design did.

If you have any trouble claiming your business page, or you have any other questions at all, please feel free to email me anytime at hazel@yelp.com - I'll gladly help! If you'd like me to speak directly with your business association, I'm more than happy to as well. We also host events for yelpers all over town to get more exposure for local businesses, if you're interested in partnering up to host a Yelp event, please contact me and we'll brainstorm some fun ideas to get yelpers to your business!

City of Long Beach

Community Development

Promotional Banner Permit

Sustainability information

Top 25 Employers

Services For Businesses

Emergency Phone Numbers:

Long Beach Gas & Oil Department, 562.570.2140
Long Beach Water Department, 562.570.2390
City Street Lights/City Light & Power Co., 888.544.4868

American Red Cross, Greater Long Beach Chapter, http://www.greaterlongbeachrc.org/, 562.595.6341

Long Beach Fire Department Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), www.longbeach.gov/fire/cert, 562.570.LBFD

To report a fallen tree or limbs, call 562.570.2770 during business hours, or 562.435.6711 after-hours or on weekends. For trees or limbs in city parks, call 562.570.4895 during business hours, or 562.570.3101 after-hours or on weekends.

Fallen power lines are extremely dangerous. Report any downed lines to SCE immediately by calling 1.800.611.1911. Do not touch a downed line or anyone in contact with the line. Always assume a downed line is live. For more information, visit http://www.sce.com/ and click on the "Safety" tab.
www.sce.com/Safety

Long Beach Police Department

Graffiti Hotline

(562) 570-2773. Leave your name, address, daytime phone number, and the exact location of graffiti on your property. After we have your written consent to remove graffiti from the property, a licensed painting contractor or volunteers will remove the graffiti within about two weeks. Every effort will be made to match colors, but the cleaned, processed, or coated area may not match precisely.

Click here for more information about the Graffiti Removal Program

Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

Green Business Tips

New California cell phone law

Addresses that qualify for Enterprise Zone benefits

Street

Addresses

Odd/Even or both sides

Atlantic Ave

1-3399

Both

3407-3799

Odd

3800-4098

Even

4100-6999

Both

Long Beach Bl

1-3799

Both

4146-4810

Even

4812-7045

Both

Hiring Credit

Your company can receive over $37,400 in state tax credits over a five-year period, for each eligible employee. It is easy to find employees who meet the eligibility criteria if your company takes advantage of the Long Beach Career Transition Center employment services. Sales and Use Tax Credit Your business can claim a state tax credit equal to the sales or use tax paid on the cost of any of the following equipment purchased for exclusive use in the Enterprise Zone.

* Equipment used to manufacture, process, combine, assemble or fabricate a product.

* Data processing and communications equipment including computers, telephone systems, fax machines and copiers.

* Equipment used in motion picture production and post-production.

* Air and water pollution control devices.

* Equipment used to produce renewable energy resources.

Business Expense Deduction Part of the cost of certain equipment, furniture and fixtures purchased for exclusive use in the Enterprise Zone may be deducted as a business expense as opposed to a capital expense.

Net Operating Loss Carryover Up to 100% of a Net Operating Loss generated in an Enterprise Zone can be carried forward for up to 15 years

Net Interest Deduction for Lenders Lenders can deduct from net income the interest earned on a loan made to any business located solely in the Enterprise Zone.

For more information Contact:

Craig Johnson (562) 570-3842
Enterprise Zone Manager City of Long Beach Business Development Center 110 Pine Avenue, Suite 1100 Long Beach, CA 90802

ADA Requirements

http://www.ada.gov/smbusgd.pdf

For the legal and technically inclined, the actual design code is here: http://www.ada.gov/adastd94.pdf

Free ADA info/assistance contact information can be found here: http://www.ada.gov/infoline.htm

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