How to Use the Yelp User Talk Page

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open your web browser and visit the Yelp webpage.

   The people who can participate best are those that live within the same region, because they've had the most experience living there, so who better to communicate than the folks living there. , This should relay you to the Yelp talk page. , You’ll find 2 main columns.
   
   One is a categorized area of categories to search from.
   
   The other are the messages you can select and converse with.
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   Step 2: Login to Yelp

   Although “Yelper Shout-Outs” , “Site Questions & Updates” and “My Conversations” (once a conversation has been published) are the most-used categories, they do occasionally have things posed in these other areas.
   
   Recognize where all messages can be selected from this list too, so you can get back to the beginning later on.
   
   The selection “All Categories” contains all the messages that have been posed on the entire Yelp website. ,,,,,, You will not always be the first user to reply.
   
   Let others have that chance too. , It is hard to discern that there is really a box there.
   
   A white box with no real darker border, makes it hard to find.
   
   Realize the approximate placement of this box. ,,, This button can be found above and to the right of the conversations in the conversation list. ,, Click the circular button (to the left of the item) to select your choice.
   
   Most topics can either be filed under "Local Questions & Answers"
   
   "Site Questions & Updates" or "Other".
   
   Sometimes, there's even been call for Yelpers to say "a long-time big hello" by using the "Yelper Shout-Outs" category. ,, Make sure the message correlates to the subject line’s data you entered above, to make sure readers understand what your topic is really about.
   
   It really hurts your image, when you have wrong ideas going with wrong data.
   
   Chew your words wisely.
   
   Make your ideas short, sweet and to the point.
   
   It’s hard to understand when people ramble on endlessly, and makes it that much more impossible for people to understand and reply to later on.
   
   You can elaborate slightly on your question, but if you go paragraph-after-paragraph on one single subject, that’s just too much. ,,
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   Step 3: if you haven't done this already.

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   Step 4: Run a search by zipcode only

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   Step 5: to set the zipcode for the region of viewers who will be able to see your discussion

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   Step 6: and for you to be able to participate with some knowledge of the area.

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   Step 7: Click the “Talk” button.

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   Step 8: Look at the resultant page.

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   Step 9: Browse through the left-hand list first

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    Step 10: to get a good idea of what types of categories they have

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    Step 11: and which categories you think you’d best be interested in.

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    Step 12: Scroll up and down the list on the right

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    Step 13: to find a conversation that you think you can handle appropriately.

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    Step 14: Click the conversation subject’s blue hyperlink line.

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    Step 15: Read your message.

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    Step 16: Find your conversation by following the topics above.

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    Step 17: Read the page

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    Step 18: and see if you can help answer the question or pose a good viewpoint on the subject.

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    Step 19: Scroll up and down the page

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    Step 20: for other peoples’ replies to the subject.

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    Step 21: Find and click into the box underneath the red titled line labeled “What do you think?” and directly underneath the labeled description “Enter Your Reply “.

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    Step 22: Type your reply into this Reply box.

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    Step 23: Click the red (with white lettering) Reply button (found underneath and slightly to the right of the text box) to submit your reply to the conversation.

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    Step 24: Click the red (with white lettering) “New Conversation“ button from the Yelp Talk page.

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    Step 25: Click the “Topic Name” text box

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    Step 26: to enter your subject for your conversation.

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    Step 27: Select the category your conversation would best be situated in.

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    Step 28: Type your approximate location

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    Step 29: if you feel it’s best localized to one specific area.

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    Step 30: Type your message in the text box.

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    Step 31: Leave the “Send me email updates when others reply” button checked

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    Step 32: to know when others have replied to your conversation.

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    Step 33: Click the "Post" button located underneath the "Send me email updates when others reply" button has been checked.

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