{"id":881,"date":"2019-09-24T02:36:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T16:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/passionateaboutoss.com\/directory\/?page_id=881"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T23:00:13","slug":"claim-add-and-modify-listings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/passionateaboutoss.com\/directory\/claim-add-and-modify-listings\/","title":{"rendered":"Claim, Add, and Modify Your Listing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"881\" class=\"elementor elementor-881\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2680143 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2680143\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54d4c17d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54d4c17d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Are you the authorised representative of an organisation that creates OSS (operational support systems), BSS (business support systems) or related software that helps operationalise networks? Do you have a registered email address with your organisation&#8217;s domain name?<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to administer your organisation&#8217;s listing here on <strong>The Blue Book OSS\/BSS vendor directory<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n<p>If yes to all these questions, this page provides a step-by-step guide to <br \/>a) <strong>Claim a listing<\/strong> that we&#8217;ve provisionally created for you or<br \/>b) <strong>Add a new listing<\/strong> if we haven&#8217;t created one yet.<\/p>\n\n<p>The steps are as follows:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>STEP 0 &#8211; Go to this link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/passionateaboutoss.com\/directory\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/passionateaboutoss.com\/directory\/login<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>STEP 1 &#8211; <strong>Register <\/strong>(or login if you&#8217;ve previously registered).<\/li>\n\n<li>STEP 2 &#8211; <strong>Claim<\/strong> &#8211; Navigate to your pre-established listing, then hit the <strong>Claim listing<\/strong> button; OR\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If a listing doesn&#8217;t already exist for your organisation, then jump straight to &#8220;STEP 4 &#8211; Add listing&#8221; section<\/li>\n\n<li>NOTE 1: Admin moderation happens after you make a claim, so expect a short time gap. You&#8217;ll receive an email after we approve your claim<\/li>\n\n<li>NOTE 2: If you organisation&#8217;s listing DOES NOT have the &#8220;claim listing&#8221; button next to it, then someone from your organisation has already claimed it and you don&#8217;t need to<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n<li>STEP 3 &#8211; <strong>Modify<\/strong> &#8211; Optimise your listing by navigating to your listing and clicking on the &#8220;<strong>Edit<\/strong>&#8221; button. This will allow you to update available fields to describe your organisation and product\/s. As long as you log in first, you&#8217;ll now be able to modify your listing any time you like<\/li>\n\n<li>STEP 4 &#8211; <strong>Add a New Listing<\/strong> &#8211; Click on the &#8220;<strong>Add Listing<\/strong>&#8221; button next to the filter bar, then fill in the fields provided\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This step is not required if you&#8217;ve already claimed your listing at STEP 2<\/li>\n\n<li>NOTE 1: Admin moderation happens after this step, so expect a short time gap. You&#8217;ll receive an email after we publish your New listing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">STEP 1 &#8211; Register (or login)<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Click the Login\/Register navigation<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.screencast.com\/users\/TonyCamero\/folders\/Jing\/media\/9b480e0d-5cdc-4aef-8a28-f99135f531c5\/2019-09-23_2203.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. First time users register, or returning users login<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.screencast.com\/users\/TonyCamero\/folders\/Jing\/media\/11aba85e-f1ee-408e-9657-caaa580474f5\/2019-09-23_2213.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">STEP 2 &#8211; Claim your company listing<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Go to &#8220;Directory Home,&#8221; then use the A-Z filters to narrow your search by company name<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.screencast.com\/users\/TonyCamero\/folders\/Jing\/media\/95621f39-3295-4e17-aafa-da32670aca8a\/2019-09-23_2208.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Once you find your company listing, click &#8220;Claim Listing&#8221;. <br \/>NOTE: If your company is not already listed, jump to the &#8220;STEP 4 &#8211; Add Listing&#8221; section later in this document<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.screencast.com\/users\/TonyCamero\/folders\/Jing\/media\/54967072-0cf5-4667-a790-d53cdf6aae03\/2019-09-23_2217.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Provide information to justify your claim<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.screencast.com\/users\/TonyCamero\/folders\/Jing\/media\/cd8e4e56-ad6e-426b-b46a-2929fac1070b\/2019-09-23_2224.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Standby! Your claim will be moderated by the Admin<\/h3>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">STEP 3 &#8211; Optimize Your Listing from Dashboard<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Once your claim has been approved the &#8220;Edit&#8221; button will appear next to your listing. Click it to enter your dashboard.<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.screencast.com\/users\/TonyCamero\/folders\/Jing\/media\/6849a680-43ab-40b3-a062-84f1cbb15fe0\/2019-09-23_2233.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Carefully provide all of the most relevant and useful information about your company and product.<\/h3>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NOTE: Some fields are &#8220;private view&#8221; for internal use only<\/h4>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.screencast.com\/users\/TonyCamero\/folders\/Jing\/media\/00e995aa-bc37-4536-9a6f-d107f52d6549\/2019-09-23_2238.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Save changes<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.screencast.com\/users\/TonyCamero\/folders\/Jing\/media\/3b435600-47cf-4c94-97d2-812e0bf8c798\/2019-09-23_2246.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">STEP 4 &#8211; Add your listing<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Add listing (NOTE: This step is only required if you skipped STEP 2 &amp; 3 because your company did not already have a seed listing)<\/h3>\n\n<p>NOTE: Some fields are &#8220;private view&#8221; for internal use only<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.screencast.com\/users\/TonyCamero\/folders\/Jing\/media\/77ca2ae9-6be0-457c-9ca6-dc0895937678\/2019-09-23_2249.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. First time users register (if not already done in STEP 1), or returning users login<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.screencast.com\/users\/TonyCamero\/folders\/Jing\/media\/11aba85e-f1ee-408e-9657-caaa580474f5\/2019-09-23_2213.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Agree to terms and fill out the form fields<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.screencast.com\/users\/TonyCamero\/folders\/Jing\/media\/2c768b92-14ea-4b83-8e87-71e3020cfcec\/2019-09-23_2253.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3a. 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