Below you will find some helpful information about registering, pre-designed templates for your business ads, as well as some tips and guidelines for graphics that you may want to used for your ad.

About Registering your business

Before you can create an ad for your business simply fill out the registration form (shown below). There are a few details that you'll want to consider.

The registration form is a multi-purpose form. It serves to provide us registration information for both individuals and business users. Please see the below example for how to best fill in the information for your particular business.

First and Last Name, Department Name or Business Name

You may want to have the "Contact" name (circled in red below on the Reply to Ad form) that appears on your ad be a department name or the name of your business, rather than an individual's name depending on the type and size of your business. See the diagram below.

The information you enter in the First name and Last name fields on the registration form, WILL automatically appear and display as the Contact on the Reply to Ad form (circled in red on the Reply to Ad section of your ad). The email address that you enter on the registration form does not display on the site but is used by our script to send you emails from potential customers. It is the email address that emails are sent to from the Reply to Ad section of your ad. (See the Reply to Ad - eMail Feature section below for more details.)

Phone Number

The phone number entered on the registration form shown above is for our internal purposes only and DOES NOT display on the ad detail pages. Space is provided for local, toll free, and fax numbers on the ad creation form.

Reply to Ad - eMail Feature

Your new business ad has an email feature that enables potential customers with the ability to "Reply to Ad" (shown above), and email you directly from your ad. The email address that you provided in the above registration form does not display to visitors to the site, but is used by our script to send the email to you. You may want to consider using a department or company email address for this purpose rather than the email address of the person who may be filling out the registration form and/or purchasing the ad.

Creating your Ad - Templates for Business Ads - Wanted In Boston

After you have completed your registration, you are ready for the next step, creating your business ad.

Step 1: If you have not already logged in, please login.

Step 2: Select the "All Business" category from the site's navigation and navigate to the category where you would like your ad to appear.

Note: Most businesses will create their ads in one or more sub-categories of the All Business section, however a few exceptions come to mind. For example, an automobile dealer may have an ad in one of the All Business sub-categories that promotes the dealership plus could have one or more individual ads in the Autos category, advertising specific vehicles. Both individuals as well as auto dealers can advertise in the Autos category.

Real Estate is another similar category; where the realtor may advertise the business in one of the All Business sub-categories and have one or more individual ads for specific properties. Also see the Promotions page for a current list of our promotions and bonuses.

Step 3: Select the link Add Your Ad Here at the top of the category page.

Step 4: Select a Package from the list. Note: The number of packages available may vary from category to category.

Step 5: Purchase your package using our secure online form.

Step 6: Immediately upon the completion of  your purchase you will be presented with a form to start entering the information for your ad. Complete the information presented on the screen and select the Insert or Submit button to save your ad.

Note: Be sure to save your ad before leaving this page otherwise your ad will not be created for editing later.

Step 7: Adding images and additional ad information.

After completing the previous step you will be brought to the Member Index page which displays all of your ads. Select the new ad from your list of ads in the Member Index to add images and other details. From the Member Index page you can perform a number of operations relating to each one of your ads. You are able to:

1. Make your ad Featured (optional) - For a nominal fee your ad is made to stand out from the rest! Your ad is displayed with a highlighted background on all search results and browse pages. Your ad gets top placement on browse pages, and is featured randomly on the Wanted In Boston home page for optimal exposure.
2. Edit or Delete your ad - You have the flexibility to change and modify your ad at any time.
3. Add images to your ad - The number of images that you are allowed to upload may vary depending upon the package that you purchased. For more information about recommended image sizes see the section on Graphics.
4. View your ad - You can view and manage all of your ads easily from the Member Index page at any time, just simply login to the site.
5. View the number of hits - From the member index you can also view the number of hits or page views your ad has received.

Business Ads - Special Features

All of the ads in the "All Business" section of Wanted In Boston have a special field labeled Wanted In Boston. The field is located at the top of your ad and is HTML enabled. That means you are allowed to insert and use HTML inside of this field in order to format and create a compelling ad with graphics to promote your business. Note: For security reasons, Javascript, or any other server and client side scripting languages are strictly prohibited from being used here.

Follow this link to our Business Ad Templates where you will find a number of sample templates with slightly different layouts which you can simply cut and paste into your favorite html editor, change the placeholder images and text with your own and be up and running in no time. You have several options for editing content in the field labeled Wanted In Boston.

1. Use one of the templates provided and edit the images and content.
2. Code the html from scratch, or simply enter text into the field.
3. Modify one of the templates in an HTML editor then cut and paste into the Wanted In Boston field.
4. Use the Visual Editor to do all the formatting for you. Currently this feature is not yet available but will be soon.

Note: With the visual editor not being immediately available and many small to medium sized businesses may not have experience with HTML, or internal resources to size, and edit images for their ads; Wanted In Boston will provide assistance in this area. You can also take a look at our Resources page for a list of tools and reference materials that may be of use to you, especially if you are looking for low or no cost options.