Thryv, Hopewell Junction NY
Meredith Rhoades   from Thryv

Meredith Rhoades

Thryv

About Us

I am focused on helping small to medium sized business owners maintain and grow their market share through affordable, state-of-the-art business automation software solutions.

Probably the biggest reason you'll love to work with me?
**The thousands of $$ you'll save by learning industry secrets and doing a few easy things yourself.**
You can have the ability to use one platform to get the job, manage the job, get credit, reach more customers, stay organized, get paid faster and generate more reviews. With our 24-7 support you are NEVER alone! Our goal is to make it just as easy to do business with you as the "big guys." We all want to "Shop local" but sometimes we don't --because it is easier and more convenient to click a couple buttons on our phones. Consumers want to do business this way and our mission is to make it just as easy to do business with you as the large chains to compete in this new marketplace.

To Business owners, contractors, spas, lawyers, doctors, independent agents - anyone who could benefit from more people knowing your name and what you're known for, this is worth it!

I have been a business advisor in total for over 19 years helping hundreds of local small to medium size businesses with their advertising, marketing, websites, social media management, business software as well as search engine marketing and search engine optimization. There are a lot of options out there and it can be quite overwhelming! I understand this and work with you to create the best business plan for YOUR business.

Things online are changing rapidly and I can show you how you can keep up to give your customers the best user experience when they do business with you! There is never any pressure when you work with me. I spend most of my time educating business owners and have the experience to know how most businesses do with different forms of advertising and software. In other words, you are in good hands, which is why I have worked with some of the same customers for over 11 years!

I have successfully built a book of business in the Hudson Valley--starting in Westchester and Rockland and then Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, Ulster, and Sullivan, and now the entire US, Canada and Australia! There is nothing more gratifying than seeing my business owners that I work with do well adapting to the changes and building their business with a little help from me--and our award-winning support team. All my business relationships are built on trust, experience, education & transparent reporting. If you are a business owner willing to make some changes for the better in the way you do business, I would love to work with you!

How We Got Started

I started in 1996 when the company was a little thing called "The Nynex Yellow Pages". Crazy that was the original search engine. It was SO MUCH SIMPLER THEN for small business owners. Our mission is to help with all that small businesses have to do to even the playing field and allow them to focus on their business!

Products & Services
All-in-one Software by Thryv
Owning a small business was already tougher than ever before...and then this happens.Now we have Covid-19. This pandemic has made what was already ...
All-in-one Software by Thryv
Voted Easiest Setup in G2's Summer Report
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Recent Activity

Meredith from Thryv Answered this on August 12, 2021
The complete team approach with award-winning 24-7 support! Small business needs a team which is more than any one person can offer--and our end-to-end software offers that! (more) The complete team approach with award-winning 24-7 support! Small business needs a team which is more than any one person can offer--and our end-to-end software offers that!

Meredith from Thryv Answered this on August 27, 2020
The most important things are to be clear and consistent with your messaging and branding. Do not just focus on one place because your customers and potential customers are all over. For example each platform is beneficial in different ways. Facebook is great for a certain market but so is... (more) The most important things are to be clear and consistent with your messaging and branding. Do not just focus on one place because your customers and potential customers are all over. For example each platform is beneficial in different ways. Facebook is great for a certain market but so is Instagram, so is LinkedIn, so is Twitter, Alignable, and an often missed one is Google My Business!! Remember no one loves Google as much as Google! You need to be easy to do business with from their phones--because now that is replacing loyalty--being easy to do business with virtually in every way.  You need to be easy to find, have a clear message, be easy to do business with, easy to pay--the complete client experience. Also important to note- do NOT make the mistake of just focusing on new customers! Your best customers and best advocates are the customers you already have. Do not forget about them and let them go out the back door and chase new. On average it costs 7x more to get a new customer then keep a regular customer coming back. Always be marketing to and rewarding your best customers --your current ones! The best program is one that does everything in one place, and one that you have support to help because it is alot to have to manage and worry about on your own, especially with all that business  owners have to deal with now more than ever.