Everything you see in this website is provided to the local business community and their membership organization. It delivers an amazing community platform for business growth. Here it is!
Every Ad Will Be Seen Thousands of Times a Month!
This is Today's Economic Development Program!
EXAMPLE SPONSORS: Real Estate Agents, Brokers, Insurance Agents, Banks, Casinos, Retailers, Utilities, Banks, and Professionals are all candidates for this amazing opportunity to be exposed thousands of times each month with interactive links back to their own businesses.
What Is This Program For?
Although we support many membership organizations, our focus has been primarily developing membership tools for Chambers of Commerce throughout the USA and beyond. Chambers have been promoting communities for hundreds of years, but today there needs to be a dramatic swing in how they do that, so this is where we come in.
Now Chambers and EDCs can launch a Main-street Online Community built exclusively for Local Businesses.
The Chambers of Commerce can bring back a centralized way to advertise all local businesses within the community. In the past, companies could buy an ad in the local newspaper to get their message out. Today, that method of advertising has practically disappeared, and now the Chamber is a perfect place your dollars. Now the Chambers and and the Economic Development Centers (EDC’s) will be able to organize all community products and services into a central hub like Amazon and others do today. But in this case, it is all regional with no outside advertising. We call it...
The Chamber or Community Marketplace
Which Would You Rather Have, The Old Way...
Up to now, you could pay to advertise in a single business or Chamber website, put an ad in a business guide or local newspaper, but that may never be read; or, instead join the most powerful platform for local economic development in existence. Be seen on thousands of pages each month with your clickable ad!
How are you going to be found?
We all know that you don't tell people where to go and search, since most use the search app on their phone or computer. So when we document a community for search, we are adding at least 10 pages to the Internet for each business to be indexed by all of the major search engines. Now, when you also consider that the Chamber of Commerce, visitor center, and each business listing in the community-wide mobile app, connects to these product and service displays, the results are very powerful.
Today, we all seemingly depend on our phones, tablets, and computers to view just about everything. With most of the local traditional media outlets no longer considered the CENTER of a community for information delivery, a new method for local business communications had to be invented.
The natural home for this was the Chamber of Commerce or EDC where their entire mission is to promote and protect their business community. So, today when you Join the Chamber of Commerce or EDC you will be treated with an amazing service that we call Engage in Local Commerce.
We are encouraging all communities to make this their central portal for all business services throughout the community.
Where will the sponsors be promoted?
The sponsor is providing a platform also referred to as "Our Local Ad Network."
By providing the entire advertising infrastructure the sponsor(s) is included on most pages for the entire business community resulting in a powerful local advertising solution for each sponsor that will receive thousands of views per month.
Compare that to what you are spending today for "one-time" or single purpose ads.
Every included business is given a custom, professionally designed ad, accessible from the Directory. Every ad for the business is linked to the member's catalog, and within the catalog each product has a description. Every time someone in the community shops they will see the SPONSOR's ads at the same time on each page as it is displayed. Right now, each ad is being seen roughly 10 times a month for each business. You don't have to believe us, we send out a Return on Investment Report (ROI) showing you views, clicks, and ad value.
Each month you will see the Community-Wide Advertising Return on Investment Report. From here you can see the views and clicks for every business listed.
This is a real Chamber out of Texas as you can
SEE HERE. Note that all Sponsors are here as well.
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If you have any questions about this sponsor program please feel free to schedule a meeting time that works best for you or use the contact form instead.
Everything you see on this website is typically provided to the local business community by sponsor companies and their membership organization. It delivers an amazing community platform for business growth. Here it is!
Finally a complete local advertising system at no extra cost when you are a Chamber of Commerce or other member.
Each community is essentially documented for search without relying on the businesses to do the work. We studied thousands of community websites, buy local programs, deal apps, and even membership management systems. We learned that every one of those systems may have had a directory, but nearly nothing beyond that. We inquired with many leaders who are using these technologies, and they nearly all said that their members really never log in and when they do we they are lucky to get a paragraph of information. We knew something new had to be invented and we called it the Open for Business Program.
Because local business owners and managers are so busy doing their jobs, a documentation assistant will be assigned to each business. They will handle research, documentation, onboarding, and launch. This ensures that each community is properly built out and operates successfully.
We consider a display a single electronic advertisement. Each advertisement is typically about a product category, product, or service offered by the business. Each display is designed to be indexed by the major search engines and be included in the community directories, mobile applications, etc.
The catalogs are designed to be an organized easy-to-view collection of each business product and/or services. Most businesses are not interested in selling online because of the fees. But, by simply adding a price the display converts into a store item that people can add to the community cart. This is an amazing "Commission Free" check-out service for the business owner and perfect for economic development too.
Although you might think retail when you look through this page, there are many businesses in every community which focus on a wholesale type of business. Because we developed this program to help communities build commerce, we had to take this into account as well, so we developed a Trade Show platform into this program. It is ideal for wholesale or retail. It is also ideal for connecting to your current website to facilitate online meetings, and for business expos or virtual trade shows.
For local member businesses who have services, they would like to showcase to tourists may do so using the included tourist photo booth that is shared through the community welcome center or marketplace.
Since mobile plays such an important role in commerce, it is important that the Economic Development Program take that into account while developing its platform. Each business will have it's own mobile web app for additional advertising and communication outreach. Each community will also have its own community app that is essentially an "App of Apps" and links to other community businesses and services.
Instead of handing out a paper card, the business can explain that they would like to provide their electronic business card that has their products and services included.They simply have the person open their text message function and then have them enter 72727 in the "to" line. In the text message itself, they can enter their own special texting keyword. The business will receive an email or text message, with the phone number of that potential customer.
Now the member can follow up via text message, email, or phone call.
Many communities are often questioned by their constituents about what their leadership is doing to help the business community succeed. For this reason, we developed a powerful reporting tool that explains in great detail how each business is being promoted and delivers that to each business owner automatically. We also provide community-wide reports so the public can also begin to see the results of your Economic Development Program.
Your Texting Keyword and Number Delivers this Tool
A banner in your physical business saying something like TOSS US SOME STARS by texting to 72727 the word (your word), on your email signature, or every time you complete a purchase with a customer, ask them to use your texting keyword and number to access your app so they can Toss You Some Stars.
Customers Simply Click the "Toss Us Stars" Button
When your customer opens your mobile web app or catalog they will see the button called "Toss Us Stars". When clicked, they can choose between 1 and 5 stars and optionally enter a small comment up to 140 characters long. The perfect way for you (business owner) to know how you are doing in the minds of your customers.
You Decide If You Want to Post the Stars or Not
When a customer decides to "Toss You Some Stars" and add a small comment to go along with those stars, it will be added to your DocuTeam dashboard. From there you can read all of the responses. It is up to you if you want to post, or not post that toss on your mobile app and catalog. If you get a lot of stars being tossed to you it might be a great idea to post them for everyone to see.
Test it out by trying it on our testing app. Just text to the number 72727 the word CLICK. Then click the TOSS US STARS button. If you want to see reviews that were approved by the business then click on VIEW OUR STARS.
The Community Coupon Booklet is going to be a bit of a throwback to earlier days.
As community businesses add their own digital coupons, they will be immediately accessible through their mobile apps and catalogs. The throwback part is that they will also be automatically added to the community coupon booklet for printing.
We all love digital stuff, but we really love it in a printable format to throw it in the car or our backpack for when you are out and about and like saving money or being reminded about great lunch deals, etc.
Be sure to visit your advertising dashboard to use this great service that is COMING SOON.
One of the most important services that your membership provides is a way to increase your business prospect generation. For this reason each member is provided with their own texting keyword and number.
As long as you have provided your mobile number to our team or the Chamber, then each time a person uses your texting keyword and number you will be notified right on your phone. If a mobile number is not available then this information is emailed to the member.
So whenever you can, you'll want to be sure to advertise this texting keyword and number. Even when you meet with someone you want to ask them to please text in order to get your business card right on their phone. For a real example text to the number 72727 the word CLICK. Remember that your texting keyword and number and all of the information we will be setting up for you will be specific to your business.
When you receive this notification it is perfect timing for you to text them back at their number that you now have. You might say something like; This is (your name) and I appreciate your interest in my company. If you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment please let me know. Thank You, (Your Name)
As you can see this is a perfect way to deliver your electronic business/member card. It delivers your services catalog and even a quick way to leave a testimonial.
Text to 72727 the word CLICK to test one out.
You can easily create ADS YOURSELF that will be indexed for the entire web, or structure your ads for the community marketplace, coupon booklet, mobile app, and catalog at no extra cost!
The express job board will be offered through the community welcome center or marketplace. Applicants will be able to see all of the community jobs in one place.
We make it so easy for local businesses to post their job because you simply add your business name, job title, and the link to your own page where people can read more and apply. No need to manage a complicated job board when you use the express job board.
The "New World" has forced every one of us to rethink our message and its delivery. Advertisers who depended on live events have turned to virtual, while those who depended on singular points of advertising such as newspaper, print, television and even radio advertising are now realizing the need for diversified marketing and the power of centralized advertising. In this New World, the emergence of centralized advertising has proven to deliver visibility, connectivity and promotional performance for a fraction of the cost of other marketing vehicles.
In fact with your Chamber of Commerce or membership organization it is actually free.
Cities need centralized advertising and marketing to draw interest to their downtown districts and promote tourism. Communities turn to centralized advertising to showcase products, services, and rich talent in the local marketplace. Now, you have tapped into the best of both centralized efforts with Member Advertising. This revolutionary, timely response to the pandemic and an aging advertising system puts you in the driver's seat of delivering your powerful message on a performance-driven platform.