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WELCOME TO THE ADVANTAGE MARKETPLACE SHE HAS OVER $6 TRILLION DOLLARS TO SPEND AND WOULD BUY FROM YOU IN A HEARTBEAT. IF ONLY SHE COULD FIND YOU. NOW SHE CAN. AT THE ADVANTAGE MARKETPLACE.
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Once signed up, you have the option to complete a profile page, which can display as much or as little as you wish about yourself. You can view and update your profile as often as required.
This Directory of Women Owned Businesses and Women Business Owners is the ideal place to market your products and services. It's also a great place for people who want to do business with women owned businesses to find you.
A Basic ADvantage Marketplace listing offers you the opportunity to be found by our site visitors and it's FREE to submit up to three businesses or locations!
Site visitors will find the following information about your business:
First make sure that you are in the ADvantage Marketplace directory section.
You may then need to sign up as a site member as per previous sign up instructions in this FAQ/How To's section.
or
if you've already signed up login using your user name and password
To set up your FREE ADvantage Marketplace account to create your business profile, promote your business and find new customers enter your details. You’ll need to make sure you fill in all boxes that are required.
On the sign-up page select the CATEGORY that best suits your business or industry.
Enter your company name, select your country. This will appear at the top of your ADvantage Marketplace business profile. Now fill in the remaining information.
Enter your zip/postcode and address. Type in the URL of your website address (without adding the "http://" portion) if you have one.
Enter your your phone and fax number, business email address.
You may enter at least two contact names separated by coma and space.
Upload a logo or image to display on your ADvantage Marketplace business profile. For best results, the image should ideally be 230 x 230 pixels and smaller than 200 kb). If your logo already has a transparent background then the best thing to do would be to use a photo editor such as Photoshop to create a white background (or some other colour that may work better with your logo design) sized 230 x 230 pixels behind your logo. Allowed file types are: png, gif, jpg, jpeg
To upload, click on "Choose File", then browse to the logo or image on your computer. The image will automatically appear in your company profile when you save the information at the end of the business submission procedure.
Write a paragraph or two about your business. This will appear on your ADvantage Marketplace business profile homepage and is one of the first things potential customers will see.
Add your location by entering your city and state. You can drag the marker to more accurately pinpoint your companies address. If you know your exact Latitude and Longitude you can enter it in the appropriate boxes located below the map. :-)
Your location will only appear in your business profile if you add this upgrade feature which will cost you 15 Points which can be purchased via PayPal when you select this option (you will see LOC in admin dashboard - click it to add a Google Location Map to your profile) or which can be purchased from your Administrator Dashboard.
Click SAVE to create your listing. That’s it! Your Basic ADvantage Marketplace listing is ready to view and update.
Bonus step! Now’s your chance to let your contacts know that you’ve signed up. Invite them to view your ADvantage Marketplace listing and perhaps join you on the website!
Often you only have a few seconds to make an impression. The right image and a succinct, well crafted description will substantially benefit your advert and increase the chances of engaging interest from site visitors.
The feature image must fit the required specifications (ideally 250 x 250 pixels and smaller than 200 kb). If your logo already has a transparent background then the best thing to do would be to use a photo editor such as Photoshop to create a white background (or some other colour that may work better with your logo design) sized 250 x 250 pixels behind your logo. Allowed file types are: png, gif, jpg, jpeg
To upload a logo or image to display on your ADvantage Marketplace business profile click on "Choose File", then browse to the logo or image on your computer and select the image or logo that you wish to upload. The image will automatically appear in your company profile when scroll down and click the "save" button at the end of the submission process.
Add your website address without the http:// portion
Just add your website as www.yourwebsite.com
The benefits of having a "Featured" ADvantage Marketplace listing is that your company profile will appear ABOVE the Basic Listings in a search results. Your featured listing will appear randomly in this category above the basic listings, therefore you will appear at the very top of the list occasionally.
If you think of the directory as a search engine such as Google, Yahoo or Bing but mainly for women owned businesses, like with all search engines being on the first few pages or at the top of the first page as often as possible is highly desirable!
Business owners can buy points using PayPal and clicking [buy] link. Cost of 1 point is $2 US Dollars.
To upgrade go to your Admin Dashboard panel. Click the purchase points link [buy] to purchase the require 80 Points to upgrade to a "Featured" listing. You may at the same time purchase additional points which you could use for more upgrades such as adding a contact form, Google Location Mapor for uploading a photo gallery/slideshow.
For example: If you wanted if you wanted to upgrade to Featured (80 points) and add a Google Location Map (15 points), Contact Form (15 points) and 20 photos of your products (1 point each) you could purchase all of the 130 points required at once.
To upgrade click the FTD link (featured link). If you have not already purchased the necessary points you will receive a pop-up window asking you to purchase the required number of points via PayPal.
The benefits of having a Google Location Map is a great feature to help customers and clients locate your company's premises or office. Of course if your business is strictly conducted online then this may not necessarily be required, however it can help businesses especially if you are local to the user who is looking for Women Owned Businesses and Women Business Owners in their locale to do business with.
Whether you need a business coach, florist, dentist, lawyer or financial advisor, the ADvantage Marketplace Directory of women business owners allows site visitors to easily search for local women owned businesses by using our search module, from a list of zip codes, cities, states, country and/or by business category.
Business owners can buy points using PayPal and clicking [buy] link. Cost of 1 point is $2 US Dollars.
To upgrade go to your Admin panel. Click the purchase points link [buy] to purchase the required 15 Points to add a "Google Location Map"to your listing. You may at the same time purchase additional points which you could use for more upgrades such as adding a contact form or for uploading aphoto gallery/slideshow
To upgrade click the "LOC" link (add location link). If you have not already purchased the necessary points you will receive a pop-up window asking you to purchase points via PayPal.
Probably the most important area is your Admin Dashboard if you’re a business – here’s where you can update your ADvantage Marketplace listing!
Updating your and business profile can be done from the admin area of your dashboard. You can update anything by clicking the ADMIN PANEL tab of your ADvantage Marketplace listing.
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Managing images and video is super simple in the ADvantage Marketplace
They say pictures speak a thousand words, but they’re also worth a thousand clicks! Video and images are the latest way to market your business and are great to help you rank in search results. The best way to showcase your products is to enhance your ADvantage Marketplace listing and set up a gallery using images and video.
Some ideas are:
The media upload tool is the tool that allows you to upload and manage all your images and video on ADvantage Marketplace listing. You first encounter it when you sign up and upload your logo but you will use it the most within your galleries.
And a couple of points on video -
That’s it! Quick and easy steps to managing your images and video in your ADvantage Marketplace listing!
1. Keep it relevant to what you do.
2. Make it engaging – cut and paste doesn’t work online.
3. Talk to your customers…
4. Use keywords – it’s your opportunity to get that ranking up!
5. Include relevant things about your business like your location, who you are and any unique selling points you might have (like open 24 hours)
