When your website is complete and you have you SEO structure in place. Another valuable step that will help with Local Ranking is Citations. Citations or Business Listings are links that are placed on Business listing websites. There are many available such as Yelp, Golden Pages and YourLocal. Here is a list I found that will help you with your Citation Building strategy.
Tip: Always use the same NAP details on all listings. NAP ( Name Address and Phone Number.
For example If you use an abbreviation for Street like St. Make sure you stick to this abbreviation on all listings.