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With all of these included advertising services you should take a little time to see how best to set them up. If you are working with a Chamber of Commerce or another organization that is providing setup services, you still might want to see all that you can do to expand the program.
They find you though national search engines and through the Chamber Search Engine:
Member Directory > Search > Member TCS Page > Business Information > Business Tour > Member Video > About Us > Hours of Operation > Special Offer > Member Advertising Display > Online Email Ordering Cart > Request Appointment > Email > Phone > Mobile Phone Site > Custom Domain > Submitted to Search Engines > Monthly Reporting>
The TCS allows you to choose from various photo design formats.
These formats accept photos and illustrations that you can include a URL to. A good use of the URL's would be to add a "Click Here" to the photo you are uploading so people know that this photo will lead them somewhere else to get more information. A Real Estate agent might have four photos with one leading visitor to their MLS page to search their properties for sale, another may go to businesses for sale, land for sale and homes for sale.
The About Us section is very important because the terms used in this area are directly associated with the number of people that can find your business.
If you don't put full description of what you offer then people may not find you through the local member directory or the search engines. To make it easy for you we've included many templates you can use that are written for all kinds of businesses and organizations. To understand how to write this to work best for search engines please CLICK HERE.
Once again these bullets are used in the member directory and national search engines to locate your business, so be as complete as possible.
Let's say you are a pool supply company, but you also provide spa maintenance. Unless you specifically list "spa maintenance" no one will find you. In this case you probably sell supplies, but what kind of supplies will people most likely be looking for? Be sure you list as many items in this area as possible.
The TCS control center makes it very easy to manage your member advertising system. The objective is to turn as many of the buttons on the right GREEN that make sense for your business.
A CPA will not need to activate the restaurant reservations link, but a restaurant would.
When you order a FREE domain name through your Chamber of Commerce or other member organization and complete the setup of your Traffic Catcher page, then your new advertisement will be immediately indexed on the local member directory and a little later on Google.
CLICK HERE to see if your TCS website is being indexed for Google search.
We make it easy for members to place their business online, but in order for it to be really useful it's critical that you put as much information in about your business as possible.
Once you complete the optimization of your TCS website and proceed to the TCS Control Center you will notice a selection called "Mobile Phone Site Activated (Chambers of Commerce Members Only).
Once you click this you will see what is showing below and you then enter the name you would like. Below you can see the final address to your new mobile phone (.Mobi) website will be in this case http://demo.chamberbyphone.mobi. If you are a CPA located in Arizona you might choose ArizonaCPA and then your address would be http://arizonacpa.chamberbyphone.mobi. The real reason for doing this is so your business will not ALSO be indexed on websites and search engines that specifically cater to the mobile phone and smart phone users.
Most members know about the TCS website service, but most still don't realize that the most powerful component within the member advertising system is the member advertising extension we offer as part of your membership.
Once you complete your TCS website be sure to login in to your Chamber of Commerce, or association's system and click the button shown below. Once you follow the simple wizard prompts, much of the information in your TCS website will be automatically converted into your extended advertising system and a button will now automatically appear on your TCS website. The public now will use this button to view your advertising displays and/or coupons they can print.
The Member Advertising System is very powerful and was created to promote members so well that more members will want to join and current members realize significant benefits for being a member. When you first enter your advertising system you have a chance to "paste" your service and / or inventory list into the system. This powers a SECOND search engine and makes it very easy for people to find your business services through the LOCAL marketplace.
The Community on Display system (aka. My Ad Cloud) is designed around the concept of an old fashioned bulletin board. People can use it to sell, display, "make offers" on items and services, post information only, post employment advertisements that people can apply for online, accept reservation requests and more.
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