|
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
CARL SPERBER, VP of Marketing
WebNow.com, Michigan Office
810-294-0175
csperber@webnow.com
http://www.webnow.com
"The Internet’s Small Business Solution Center"
Customers Not Finding Your Web Site? YellowPagesNow.com™ has the Solution
KIHEI, MAUI, HAWAII- December 10, 1999- WebNow.com™, the e-business solution center, announced development of a new service, YellowPagesNow.com™ to solve six critical E-business issues for small companies. YellowPagesNow.com allows members to assemble a free professional web site in minutes, maintain control of their site, have an intelligent sounding URL (address), be listed in National and Regional on-line yellow pages directories, make their web marketing more effective through increased exposure of their site and have the ability to update their site at anytime with cutting edge features.
Assemble a Free Professional Website In Minutes- YellowPagesNow.com™ provides a complete e-business starter package at no charge, including site building utilities, hosting, matching e-mail, search engine promotion and marketing assistance. Powered by WebNow.com™, the free site pages include products, calendar, links, e-cards, employees, FAQ, services, referrals, news groups and tips. Members are allowed to make unlimited changes to any of the pages, including changing the page name, fonts and adding their own photos or graphics. The business websites that are created can be promoted for free on the Internet’s six most powerful search engines.
Maintain Control of Your Web Site- YellowPagesNow.com point and click templates are easy to use with no experience needed. Members build the site themselves, and can make changes at anytime for free, saving thousands of dollars over paying a web designer for these services. Included are several unique backgrounds, extensive photo galleries, graphical elements and everything necessary to have an effective web presence.YellowPagesNow.com sites contain no unwanted advertising and will remain free of charge for as long as they remain hosted through YellowPagesNow.com™. As the "host" YellowPagesNow.com™ maintains the technical aspects of each new Starter Website Package at no charge.
An Intelligent URL- YellowPagesNow.com™ sites are created with a member’s primary business phone number as the domain name extension (yellowpagesnow.com/800-555-1212 for example). Why base a URL on a phone number? Think of all the time and resources dedicated to communicating telephone numbers to customers. Phone numbers are a primary contact method in business- through business cards, stationary, phone books, contact databases, and advertising. A phone number based URL reinforces this number without changing any existing advertising or marketing materials. Members may upgrade their URL’s with custom domain name hosting and more.
(MORE)
Effective Marketing- WebNow.com™’s patented technology enables YellowPagesNow.com members to enter up to ten parallel URL’s that point to a single web site. Members can simply say, "Find me at YellowPagesNow". A powerful search engine will allow potential customers and members to find a website just by entering any ten digit phone number (with or without dashes and parenthesis) or by business name. Customers can leave messages for members on their web site, and members can retrieve messages and provide an instant response. If a phone number changes, a simple point-and-click utility allows web traffic to be re-directed to the new number. Once a contact is found, the user will be connected to the business’ website. If a website is not found, the user will have the option to build a YellowPagesNow.com website and list their phone number in directories across the nation. A privacy option will be available soon, allowing members to require a password before access is granted to their website. The privacy option is useful for executives or for private use, when a person or company does not want their information shared publicly.
Expanded Exposure on the Web with YellowPagesNow- Getting lost in the clutter is an increasing problem on the Internet. Members can be listed in national and regional yellow page directories and with YellowPagesNow.com’s Partners just by creating their YellowPagesNow.com site. This tremendously expands the exposure of YellowPagesNow websites.
Stay on the Internet Cutting Edge of Technology- Due to the strong support of the well-established parent company WebNow.com™, YellowPagesNow will always present the latest options and tools for its members. Current enhanced services include e-commerce solutions, custom domain hosting, custom pages and more. With the phenomenal growth of Internet service, having the latest tools is essential to remain competitive.
YellowPagesNow.com™ was developed by WebNow.com™ to help small businesses succeed by significantly broadening the reach of their e-business. "There are several advantages to basing your web site address on your phone number," explains company President Joe Gleason. "If a customer knows your phone number or has it in their contact database, they already have your YellowPagesNow.com web address. YellowPagesNow.com offers online domain registration. But due to the maturity of the Internet, a company's name may not be available as a domain. Therefore, we offer the ability to use a company's second best contact method - its phone number. Even if you already have a registered domain name, having any of your phone numbers, your business name or key words pointing to your web site is a strong method to direct customers." Gleason adds there are distinct financial advantages because the dollars businesses already spend promoting their phone presence will now benefit their web marketing. "Most companies rely heavily on sales and advertising, spending a large portion of their budget getting their phone to ring. YellowPagesNow.com™ puts those marketing dollars to work by using the promoted phone number as an extension of the domain name."
(MORE)
The YellowPagesNow.com service will officially launch in February, 2000. Users are encouraged to log on now to build their phone number based website so that they are included in the network directory when YellowPagesNow.com goes on line in February. Learn more about YellowPagesNow.com™ at www.YellowPagesNow.com .
About WebNow.com™
WebNow.com™ is the first on-line service to offer free web development and hosting services tailored to meet small business needs. Since the launch of WebNow.com™ in March, 1999, many thousands of businesses have used WebNow’s do-it-yourself tools to create a professional website online in a short amount of time. The point-and-click templates are easy to use with no experience needed. Included are several unique backgrounds, extensive photo galleries, graphical elements and everything necessary to begin effective e-commerce. WebNow provides for free what other businesses pay a website designer thousands of dollars for.
Once WebNow.com™ clients become successful with their free site and are ready to incorporate more options, they can upgrade with a choice of site enhancements. Popular upgrades include company domain name, custom graphic uploads, expanded custom pages, shopping cart and productivity tools. Premium services are free for 30 days. If the client chooses not to purchase the premium services after the trail period, only the pay options will be turned off, and free site will remain without any interruption of service. Upgrade packages range in price from $9.95 to $24.95 per month.
WebNow.com™ continually improves its product offerings to meet customer demand and changing technology, with site upgrades occurring every month. WebNow.com™ also partners with large corporations, such as NEBS (New England Business Service), a leader in business supplies and forms. NEBS repackages WebNow.com™ Internet services under their name (www.NebsNow.com) through a private label agreement as a service for their small business customers. WebNow.com™ currently has over 30 privately labeled partnerships.
WebNow.com™ operates two U.S. offices; one in Michigan and a new office in Maui, Hawaii located at the Maui Research and Technology Park.
Learn more about WebNow.com™ at www.webnow.com.
|
|
