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Connecting Communities, the Strength of America
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Introduction to Local4All.com for Business Owners
Purpose of this page:
To inform small and medium-size business decision makers about three common-sense advertising solutions offered by and hosted on Local4All.com. Each makes sense in a particular situation and, in each situation, a knowledgeable business manager will determine which is best. Our goal here is to share more knowledge with you.
The links you see below are intended to quickly access related content. Some of them are not immediately important to everyone but might answer questions you have. Please feel free to call or email if you have questions not answered. (See the "Contact Us" link above for telephone number and email address.
Fact: A good website will save you time.
Good customers will be glad to check a website for your hours of operation, new products, and specials. 90% of customers' questions can be answered before they walk in the front door - not that we want them to miss building a rapport with your sales staff but it can save time at crucial times when sales staff have customers waiting in line.
Fact: A good website will help you make more profits.
When a company builds a new website from scratch for $5000 or more, it's going to take more than a little while to pay for itself. The alternative is Local4All advertising - essentials in a small package, priced to pay for itself quickly and then start generating profits. Our core products range from $60 to $180 per year, while many other web-based solutions charge over $200 per year just for hosting. |
Business Essentials: Customers want to know who you are, what you sell at what price, and if you deliver the value you promise.
Local4All advertising is hometown and community based. If customers near home are happy, word-of-mouth advertising will spread to faraway places, too. If you have enough details in writing in an easy-to-find place, happy customers will send other people to your page, too. Updates are easy! |
Local4All Quick Tour
Important information is explained here in a short series of pages, otherwise they might be missed. Tools are discussed with which a person can copy and edit previous postings to create new postings, used most often for events that are the same (or similar) from week to week or month to month. Local4All forms serve 42,000+ zip codes in the USA with umbrella-like coverage for communities near the selected zip code, including towns and metro neighborhoods that have their own zip code.
Terms and Conditions
A challenge we accept is for our website to always be family-friendly and child-safe. All pictures and links to stories are screened before publishing. Other user-submitted information is monitored as much as possible by staff and volunteers to make sure Local4All.com is a safe place for kids and enjoyable for parents and grandparents.
Privacy Policy
We value your trust in us and will not use private information in any way that would abuse that trust.
Sample Confirmation Page
Fictitious business Armstrong Video Rental has just signed up - this is their confirmation page. Payment instructions include sending $30 to the local YMCA out of the $90 sale price.
Related topics:- Nonprofits' Intro Page 4 - Nonprofit Fundraising
- FAQ - Fundraising
- FAQ - Products
Printable registration form
This printable page collects the same information as the online registration form. For the very busy owner or manager, it can be filled out and given to another person who can enter the data. An Agent should be able to do this easily for a customer who needs assistance. We judge the degree of difficulty might be "2" on a scale of ten.
Form_vendor.php
Follow step by step directions to be listed in our directory in less than five or ten minutes. The person entering data must be logged in, using their own account or a new account set up for the business owner or designated person. Setting up an account for a person besides yourself must be done WITH PERMISSION. Impersonating another person without permission is breaking the law.
Step 1: After a person has set up an account and logged in, Step 1 in Sponsor registration is inserting the company's name, address, phone numbers and other contact information. The form is easy to follow and completing Step 1 is enough to be listed in the Community Sponsor directory. It should take no more than 3-5 minutes, start to finish. We are comfortable with accepting business checks within ten days. Very detailed instructions for payment are printed on the confirmation page.
Step 2: The description part of your page can be written right away or postponed until a better time. Essentially, this step consists of writing a narrative that describes the company, products, and/or services in a few words or many... your choice. Content might come from any paper brochures you have or other advertising.
Confirmation and Payment Instructions: By printing the confirmation page, you will have a copy of what was entered and instructions on how to change information. You will also have a copy of the payment instructions.- Sales Commissions: Agents are paid via Local4All to comply with IRS rules. The payment due to Local4All will include a commission, therefore DO NOT PAY AGENTS WITH YOUR COMPANY CHECK.
- Contributions: Since Local4All would be taxed on money passing through our company, send your contribution directly to a nonprofit so it retains full value. Your confirmation page will have complete payment instructions.
**Note: Hit counters at the bottom of community and feature pages are "per zip code, per feature", i.e. hits on the Kittanning Business Directory are counted separately from "Events" hits and "community index page" hits.
At the bottom of any community page, you will see links to nearby communities. By clicking on any of those links on the Kittanning page, you will find Kittanning advertisers as "Nearby Sponsors" in other communities. On calendar pages, you can include nearby communities with one click in the top menu.
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