The document discusses how to develop sustainable local businesses in one's community. It recommends reducing environmental impact by bringing new ideas for a green economy, connecting people and small businesses through marketplaces for local services and goods. It provides tips like making local businesses join these marketplaces, targeting the local audience, creating an online local community, connecting with professionals, communicating benefits of local partnerships, promoting green business by participating in events and writing a local blog. The overall goal is to strengthen sustainable local business networks and economies.

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GREEN
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WORK WHERE YOU LIVE BUY WHERE YOU LIVE
Service marketplace with low environmental impact Goods marketplace with low environmental impact

4. Local Jobs Local Services Homework Outsourcing
Work locally Find local workers Work where you live Find homeworkers
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5. Jobs around Low impact services in your community Local Services
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Family
Home repair
Friends
Anywhere
Sport coach
C ollegues
Music teacher
Anytime Woman / Man
Homework
Distance services for sustainable companies
Outsourcing
Translator
online shop
Secretary
Health care
Sales representative
green energy
IT Specialist
Online marketing
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6. Concept 1 | Local services
Local Jobs Local Services
Work locally Find local workers
 Local services
 lower your impact on CO2 emission
 strenghten your business community
 Buy directly in your area
 Find the right skill in your area
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7. Concept 2 | Global services
Homework Outsourcing
Work where you live Find homeworkers
 Global services
 lower your impact on CO2 emission
 work where you live
 work directly to increase revenue
 hire directly to reduce costs
 find the right skill when needed
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8. Buy Local Sell Local Buy eco-goods Sell eco-goods
Buy directly Sell directly Buy Green Sell Green
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9. Low impact goods in your community
Buy Local Sell Local
Buy directly Sell directly
Anywhere
Anytime
Distance goods for sustainable companies
Buy eco-goods Sell eco-goods
Buy Green Sell Green
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10. Concept 3 | Buy locally
Buy Local Sell Local
Buy directly Sell directly
 Buy locally
 lower your impact on CO2 emission
 strenghten your business community
 Buy directly to reduce costs
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11. Concept 4 | Buy eco-goods
Buy eco-goods Sell eco-goods
Buy Green Sell Green
 Buy eco-goods
 lower your impact on CO2 emission
 buy eco-goods where you live
 Buy directly to reduce costs
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HOW TO DEVELOP
YOUR LOCAL
BUSINESS

13. The State of
Growing Innovating
● New business model and
economy ● Way of communicate and
● New target and audience collaborate
● New way of work and buy
● Reduce goods travel
Expanding Partnering
● In development for other ● Extensibility and value add
languages and countries ● Development
● Development of local
● Channel partnerships
business
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14. Our business approach of services
INTERMEDIARY
Services
 Work & Hire sustainable is
 W ork near of where you live
 W ork at home Jobs
reduce the impact on planet
 Hire near of where you need
 Hire homeworkers
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15. Our business approach of goods
SHOP INTERMEDIARY
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Buy
 Buy & Sale sustainable is
 Buy near of where you live
 Buy green products
reduce the impact on planet
 Sale near of where you produce Sell
 Sale green products
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16.  How to develop in your community
 reducing impact on the planet
 Bringing new ideas for a green economy
 Connecting people and small businesses throught dedicated
marketplaces
– igreenwork for local services and home office
– igreenbuy for local goods and green products
 Promote green business
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17. Dedicated marketplace
 Make local small business join our marketplaces
 Use igreenthink small business contact kit
 Email type
– services,
– goods
 Presentations
– igreenthink : sustainable business community
– igreenwork : sustainable services marketplace
– igreenbuy : sustainable goods marketplace
 Target your local audience
 Approach your local market by categories (food, energy,..)
 Launch regularly targeted online and offline campaign
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18. Connecting people and small business
 Create local community online
 Use Wordpress to create your local igreenthink blog
 (user : igreenthink_yourarea, ex : igreenthink_france)
 Use Twitter to generate buzz in your community
 Use Facebook to connect with new local people
 Create your network
 Suggest small local businesses to join your local
community
 Connect with local professionals on linkedIn or Xing
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19. Creating business relationships for our members
 Communicate on igreenthink benefits on local
business relationship
 Prefer local sustainable business
 Allow a better connection of local offer and demand
 Evaluate members from detailled rating
 Choose between several offers
 Create new local markets online
 Communicate with members on skype
 Small business get more online visibility with targeted
people in their area
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20. Promoting green business
 Act in your community
 participate to local events or seminar on related
topics
 be active on local medias to promote
igreenthink
 Write your local blog
 Publish latest local news and articles on green
business
 ex : http://igreenthink.wordpress.com
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21. Recevez 30% du chiffre d'affaires généré sur la zone que vous couvrez
Cette zone est définie ensemble (pays, région, departement, ville, quartier..)
Pas de frais vous sont demandé pour participer au developpement de l'activité
Pour cela il vous ai demandé de:
developper l'activité
augmenter le nombre de nouveaux membres, d'annonces et la fréquentation du site
Cela devant se traduire par une augmentation du chiffre d'affaires
respecter les régles du user agreeement, policy (liens)
3 mois 6 mois 12 mois 24 mois
Membres de 0 1000 2000
votre zone
Nombre 500 1000 2000
Nouveaux
membres
Nombre 200 600 1800
Nouvelles
annonces
Nombre 100 300 900
Nouvelles
ventes
Chiffre
d'affaires

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23. Follow us on Twitter
 Check our blog updates
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24. Follows us on Facebook
 Join our Facebook friends network
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25. Follow us on MySpace
 Join our MySpace friends community
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26. Follow us on LinkedIn
 Join our LinkedIn business community
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