Expand Your Business
To The Internet

Provides: Provides:
•Many services to local •Website Design and
businesses and organizations, Development Services
including: •Premium Website Hosting
•Business Education •E-Marketing Services
•Community Involvement (includes both SEO and SMM)
•Committees and Member
Assistance
•Local Government
Representation
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Already have a store-front business in a

commercial building or strip-mall?
Trying to start a new online business to sell

products or services?
Would like to sell products 24 hours, 7 days

per week, 365 days per year?
PLEASE SEND QUESTIONS VIA CHAT
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WINDOW
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Building an e-commerce website (where do you begin).
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Using prebuilt e-commerce engines (who are the major players).
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Modifying the look and feel of the e-commerce engine to suite your style and branding.
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Adding products, prices, descriptions, attributes, and discount coupons in your online store.
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Processing orders, shipping, and reporting.
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Securing your website with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate.
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Credit card processing, merchant accounts, gateways, and getting paid.
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Securing your online transactions and the storage of credit cards. Avoiding fraud.
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Preparing your website for the search engines (Search Engine Optimization - SEO).
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Online stores and e-marketing.
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Starting a Pay-Per-Click campaign.
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Other means of advertising and how to tie them in.
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Using vanity pages to track campaigns and customers.
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Taking advantage of E-Bay and other bidding sites to grow your online business.
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Leaking onto discount websites.
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I purchased my domain name, now what?
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Online Stores – Where Do You
•Will you be using someone
Begin to do it for you or will you
do it yourself?
•If doing it yourself, some
hosts offer easy-to-use
programs like SohoLaunch
or Templates
•If using someone, most
development companies
use osCommerce or a
bridged software. This is
known as an Engine.
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SohoLaunch is popular for

allowing non-tech people to
create their own websites
They also support creation of

online stores
Using a Template
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You can start with a Webstore by
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Amazon
1-click Webstore – Free for 30

days
Enterprise Solutions also available
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Other money making programs

exist as well
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Includes Marketing Features
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Stock and inventory
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Listing management
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Reporting
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Free customer support
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Free for 30 days
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Three levels (depending on your

needs)
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Google also has support for

selling your products online
As a seller, you can submit

your products to Google
Product Search, allowing
shoppers to quickly and
easily find your site
Inclusion of products is free
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E-Commerce Engine

Basic functionality is

common
Some include

extensions such as
coupons, discounts,
shipping, credit card,
and newsletters
Some have Web 2.0
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Features
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Modifying Look and Feel of site
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Products, Prices, Descriptions, Attributes, and
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Discounts
Processing Orders, Shipping, Reporting
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Before You Set Up Shop

Catalog/Storefront
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Web Server
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Database Server
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Merchant Accounts
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Gateways/PSP
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Credit Card Fraud Detection
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Authorization vs. Transaction Processing
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Batched Transactions
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Getting Paid
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Fees
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Major Players: CDGCommerce, Authorize.Net
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SSL Certificates
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Different Levels of SSL
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Bits and Encryption
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What to look for
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Insurance
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Who We Carry and
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Why: COMODO
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Get Listed On All Major SEs and Directories

Local searches are more organic
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All three major search engines support local

searches, including:
◦ Google Local – local.google.com
◦ Yahoo Local – local.yahoo.com
◦ MSN Local – local.msn.com
You will need to either create an account on

each SE or hire someone to include you
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Make sure Keyword Analysis and Search

Engine Analysis has been completed first
Ensure that your pages are properly

optimized
Create SiteMaps in XML format
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Submit SiteMaps to all major Search Engines
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Promote your site on the Internet*
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If you sell products or services outside the

U.S., you will want international exposure
Most major search engines have equivalent

search engines outside the U.S.
There are many international directories as

well
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Should be listed in any local business

directories, such as FloridaDirectory.biz or
BizToBizNetworking.com
Try to find all major industry specific

directories and get listed there too
The most popular and most important

directory is Open Directory Project
(DMOZ.org)
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Find industry sites or complementing sites

that provide cross-site links
You may have to host their banner on your

site and they will host yours on their site
Some sites provide specific Links page that

can be used to list your site on theirs
Exchange banners and links wherever

possible
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Google Lycos
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Yahoo Netscape Search
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Ask Open Directory
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AllTheWeb
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AOL Search For More Information Visit:
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http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?
HotBot

page=2156221
AltaVista
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Gigablast
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Live Search
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LookSmart
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Press releases are very important
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Try to release them through well-known

sources or sites
Some are costly

Some print in both paper and electronically
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Provide releases at least once per month
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Why is it important to
your website?

Internet based journaling

Why is it important to your website?

Where do you create one?
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◦ Blogger.com or WordPress.com
◦ Your own website
◦ Industry specific website
How often should you blog?
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Include a link in your signature and forums
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Promote other bloggers on your blog and

hopefully they’ll return the favor
Add empowerment promotion buttons to

your blog
Provide a way for others to subscribe to your

blog
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Paying For Leads

Keywords are what people

organically search for on Google
Your ad appears beside relevant

search results
Who Offers It?
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◦ Google AdWords
◦ Yahoo Search Marketing
◦ MSN adCenter
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You create an account on the relevant SE
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Provide a means for SE to charge you
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Set your daily balance
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Select your keywords
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You create your ad
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Ad appears on SE site
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Customers come to you
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You make money!!!
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Use these PPC campaigns to drive visitors to your

website
The idea is to show them something that will turn

them into customers
You can create multiple ads based on different

searches
Provide vanity links or landing pages to show

specific items and track campaigns
AND MORE OF ALL: Leak your discounts onto

discount sites: Slick Deals, Coupons, Deal News
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Marketing Is Just As Important As Building The Site

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