Yelp introduces a new app for business owners to manage their businesses on the go. The key changes to the App enable business owners to receive real-time notifications of business reviews and comments from the customers.
Receive convenient, real-time push notifications of reviews and messages on Yelp
View Yelp Business Page activity including the number of user views and customer leads they have generated over the past 30 days
Respond to reviews by sending a private message or posting a public comment
Respond to customer queries from the Message the Business feature
View reports on ad clicks from Yelp users (advertisers only)
The app is available to customers in 29 countries, in 16 languages and can be downloaded from the iOS or Android app stores.
Source: Yelp
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