The electrician you call, the printer who does your menus, the supplier you have used for nine years
Right now none of that is visible to the person deciding whether to hire you. On Mentioned those relationships sit on your page with names on them, and your business sits on theirs.
Your suppliers and partners, linked back to you
A mention is one business naming another it works with: a supplier, a contractor, a partner. It states a relationship, not an opinion, and the business named can confirm it. A recommendation is one business speaking as a customer. It has bought from you or been served by you, and it is saying what it would go back for. Together they build your mentions and the relationships shown on your profile.
Why it matters for you: you get found through the businesses that already work with you and recommend you, not through ads or anonymous star ratings. The more of your real relationships are visible, the more trusted and discoverable you become.
Every business is also a customer
The suppliers you buy from, the contractors you use, the shops you send people to. Those choices are judgments, and on Mentioned they are worth something to you.
Marketing you do not have to buy
The businesses you already work with can say so publicly, and their customers find you through them. It costs you nothing and it runs while you are working.
See a profile →Funding you may be eligible for
On the Featured plan, answer four questions and we match your listing against a curated set of government, corporate and community funding programs. Each one comes back with a plain answer: apply directly, apply with a partner, not eligible, or not money at all. The programs are scattered across dozens of sites and eligibility is rarely clear from the outside.
See the funding match →Every business you name links back to you
Every business you add to your circle links to you from its profile, and every business that adds you does the same. Each connection is another way for someone to arrive at your listing, from a page they already trust.
How mentions work →See if you're already mentioned
A business you already work with may have named you on Mentioned before you ever signed up.
Listed costs nothing and gets you in the directory. You can give a recommendation to a business you have been a customer of, ask one of your own customers for a recommendation, and put a hiring badge on your listing for 30 days. Real value starts at $9 a month with Connected: your recommendations shown publicly, and your mentions building.