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Citation cleanup plan

Use when you are starting citation work and need a prioritized plan instead of buying a bulk submission package.

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Build a citation cleanup and building plan for a local business.

Business: {{BUSINESS_NAME}}
Sector: {{SECTOR}}
Country and city: {{LOCATION}}
Citations we already have, with any problems: {{EXISTING_CITATIONS}}
Trade bodies, memberships, accreditations, suppliers, franchises we belong to: {{AFFILIATIONS}}
Time available per week: {{TIME_AVAILABLE}}

Produce three sections.

1. Fix first. A table of existing listings needing correction, ranked by impact: Platform, Problem, Action, Who can do it, Estimated time.

2. Build next. A table of new citations worth pursuing: Platform or organization, Type (core aggregator, sector directory, membership, local body), Why this one specifically, Effort, Cost if any.

3. Do not bother. Things I should skip, with the reason in one line.

Rules:
- Sector and membership listings outrank generic directories. Rank accordingly and put my affiliations near the top since we already qualify for those.
- Do not recommend paid bulk submission services, article directories, or any list of hundreds of low-quality sites.
- Only name platforms that plausibly operate in the country I gave you. If you are not certain a named directory is active there, mark it [VERIFY] rather than asserting it.
- Do not claim volumes, traffic figures or domain metrics for any platform.

Finish with a week-by-week schedule fitted to my available time, covering four weeks.

Fill in before running

Replace each placeholder with your own detail. The more specific you are, the less the model invents.

{{BUSINESS_NAME}}
{{SECTOR}}
{{LOCATION}}
{{EXISTING_CITATIONS}}
{{AFFILIATIONS}}
{{TIME_AVAILABLE}}

Getting a better result

Memberships and trade bodies you already pay for are the fastest citations to claim and the hardest for competitors to copy.
Fix duplicates and wrong phone numbers before adding anything new, or you will propagate the errors.
Check every [VERIFY] entry yourself - directory landscapes vary a lot by country and change often.

Questions about this prompt

When should I run this instead of buying a submission package?

Instead of buying one, ideally. The plan ranks sector directories and the {{AFFILIATIONS}} you already qualify for above generic listings, and it refuses to recommend bulk submission services, article directories or lists of hundreds of low quality sites, which is most of what those packages consist of.

What do I need in front of me?

Your {{EXISTING_CITATIONS}} with their current problems, {{AFFILIATIONS}} including trade bodies, memberships, accreditations and suppliers, the country and city, and an honest {{TIME_AVAILABLE}} per week, because the four week schedule is sized to it. Fix duplicates and wrong phone numbers before adding anything new or you propagate the errors.

What does the output look like?

Three sections: fix first, build next, and do not bother, then a week by week schedule for four weeks. The do not bother section earns its place by telling you what to decline. Anything marked [VERIFY] is a platform the model is not confident still operates in your country.

What is the mistake?

Acting on a [VERIFY] line without checking it. Directory landscapes vary a lot by country and change often, so the cost is wasted afternoons rather than damage, but it is still wasted. Skipping the memberships you already pay for is the bigger loss: fastest to claim, hardest for a competitor to copy.