šŸ¤‘ Making Bank

talking directories

Author

Shawna Newman
July 29, 2025 ā€¢ Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

Are you making directory sites? If not, you should be.

During my recent month of travel I feel like I was seeing directory site ideas everywhere.

EVERYWHERE.

Like right now I wish someone had a site (by city) that told me which restaurants are charging loads of excess fees. I recently went to one that had a 3.9% employee healthcare fee, a 3% paying by credit card fee (I never carry cash), and a mandatory 20% tip if you kept a tab open (the rate is fine, but also let me decide that). Thatā€™s a lot of non-sense fees to pay.

Also, that 3% credit card fee was BS cause they were using Toast, which is 2.49% + 15Ā¢ if you buy hardware upfront or 3.09% + $0.15 for pay-as-you-go option.

Anywaysā€¦

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Since I was getting so many directory site ideas, Iā€™m gearing up to make a buttload more directory sites.

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Coming upā€¦

More on what Iā€™m working on and how itā€™s going.

Stay awesome,

Shawna

P.S. If youā€™re looking for high level discussions or tips on things like local SEO and Rank & Rent, I highly recommend Jacky Chouā€™s Advise community. Iā€™ve been in it for over a year now (I think?) and thereā€™s tons of value in it, including a SOP for local SEO.

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