Listing Tutorial - Outsource

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LISTINGS TUTORIAL FOR OUTSOURCERS

Step 1: Logging In

Go to www.FunState.com ex.www.FunNewYork.comORwww.FunPennsylvania.com. Click Login at the top of the screen

Log in with the Username and Password provided to you via e-mail. Please note thatthere are 13 sites that we have writers for. An editor will register you as a writer in our

system, do not register yourself.
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Mouse over My Account and scroll down to Add Listings

Once you know the category youll be writing about (indoor sports, museums,restaurants etc.), start your research. For this example Ill be doing laser tag in New

York.


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Step 2: Research

In a separate window, do a simple Google search of laser tag in ny. This will yieldmany results. Read around and find one you want to write about. *Listings must have

their OWN website* Ive chosen the business Indoor Extreme Sports.

You will also need to locate the business contact information for the next section. Thisincludes address, and phone number. If the website doesnt have a contact page,

Google will usually have this information readily available for you. As an absolute last resort, if you cannot find a phone number leave it blank. If you cannot find an address simply write, Servicing the Greater XArea i.e. Servicing

the Greater Long Island Area


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Step 3: Image Selection and Editing

While on the website, youll need to find an image to go with your listing. Generally,websites will have a heading at the top of the page you can screenshot and crop to use

as your image. If you cant find a picture with the business name on the website, apicture of the activity will work just as well. *Images are 200x200 pixels for the New

York website, and 200x150 pixels for Pennsylvania website*

You may use any photo editing software you would like, but I recommend downloadingthe free, easy to use programPaint.net.

Be sure to save your cropped image somewhere you will remember it. Save the imagesas a lower cased hyphenated title relevant to the listing, i.e. laser-tag-nyOR indoor-extreme-sports-ny.

*If youre doing several listings for the same category, I suggest making a folder

titled with that category name i.e. Laser Tag Pictures NY.*
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Step 4: Building Your Listing

Now go back to Add Listings window to begin entering the basic data Input the categorical information.

*Street, Drive, Avenue, etc. are written out**State is abbreviated to two capitalized letters*

*Phone numbers are hyphenated*

Section Description Example

Title Write the name of the business Indoor Extreme Sports

Image Upload your cropped picture

Image AltWrite the business name hyphenated,

and lowercased.indoor-extreme-sports

Display URLCopy+paste the URL of the website

(keep it free of additional characters if

possible)

www.indoorextremesports.com

URL Copy+paste the URL of the website http://www.indoorextremesports.com

Geographic Area

Select the geographic location from

the drop down list. (If unsure, Googlesearch the county the town is in) Long Island

Address Write in the street address 47-11 Van Dam Street

City Write in the city Long Island City

State Write in the state NY

Zip Write in the zip code 11101

Phone Write in the phone number 646-397-5416

CategorySelect the category from the drop

down-Laser Tag NY


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Before writing the descriptions, skip ahead to the last bit of information youll befilling out, starting with Activate Detail Page

Section Description Example

Activate Detail

PageThis activates the page for approval Active

Meta TitleName/description of the business +

StateArena Laser Tag NY

Meta KeywordsVariations of the business name

separated by commas (include state).

Capitalization is not required.

indoor extreme sports,arena laser tag, laser tag

ny, laser tag long island

Meta DescriptionA few short sentences describing the

business using your keywords. Less than

50 words.

Looking for safe fun with

your friends? Try ArenaLaser Tag at Indoor

Extreme Sports!

Page Alias Hyphenated version of meta title arena-laser-tag-ny


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Step 5: Writing Your Description(s)

Now youll be writing up the descriptions. This is the FUN part! If you are writingfor New York, a description and Geographic Area Description will be written. The

regular description is written for just the state, the regional description is specificto the Geographic Area you selected earlier, i.e. Long Island.

If you are writing for Pennsylvania, disregard the Geographic area descriptionand just write the description.

Descriptions are between 75-150 words long, should be creative, enthusiastic,have an interesting title, and include 1 or 2 Meta keywords that youve written

earlier. Try to split it up into 2 individual paragraphs. Include hours and pricing of

the business, when applicable.

Weave the keywords into your description; try to make them as incognito aspossible. The two descriptions must be unique. Dont simply copy and paste thedescription and change the location.


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Step 6: Finalizing Your Listing

Titles should be highlighted and then bold faced, and selected with black for theNew York Website OR bold faced and red for the Pennsylvania website. You

have to select black color even though it looks like it already is. You do this byclicking on the palette, and then selecting the black color as shown below.

Review your writing for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. When youare completed hit Submit Link at the bottom of the page.

YOU MUST ADHERE TO THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH ABOVE IN

ORDER TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.

o SEE ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENT CHECKLISTTO MAKE SURE YOUVEDONE EVERYTHING!
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You can keep track of your listings by mousing over My Account and thenscrolling down to My Listings


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Step 7: Pending, Aprroved, or Rejected

Listings will fall under 2 headings; Approved ListingsORPending Listings.After you submit a listing, it will automatically be under the Pending Listings

heading on My Listings. Listings with the yellow bar underneath stating, This listing is waiting for

editors review. simply means that an editor has NOT yet reviewed the work

done.


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Listings with a red bar underneath stating, This listing is rejected. means that aneditor HAS reviewed your work BUT found one or more things wrong with your listing.

Rejected listings show up under the Pending Listings heading.o SEE ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENT REASONS FOR REJECTION

Errors that need to be corrected will be written at the bottom of your listing, asterisked,in all caps, and blue font.

You may edit and resubmit rejected listings by hovering over the rejected listing andclicking Edit.

You may edit as many times as it takes to get approved, BUT listings you do not correctwill NOT get approved will NOT be paid for.
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Listings with a green bar underneath stating, This listing has been approved! meansthat an editor HAS reviewed your work AND found nothing wrong with your listing.

Approved listings show up under the Approved Listings heading.

Listings that have been approved will be paid for shortly thereafter.


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Once approved, your listing will be live on the website and you can find it by searching the

category you put it under. In this case: Fun with Kids in NY > Laser Tag NY > Indoor Extreme

Sports.

GOOD LUCK!

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