Description: The 815 Open For Business Program is a nonprofit, multi-county initiative that provides low-cost technology tools for small businesses to help them promote and sell their products and services online.
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First, your Documentation Assistant will design a customized, search-engine-optimized, and mobile-responsive Website Landing Page that serves as a micro-site for your business. If you already have a web presence, this new Landing Page will link to your existing website and social media accounts. Your new, custom Landing Page will also be promoted and linked from our new regional business directory at 815OpenForBusiness.com.
When viewing your Website Landing Page from a mobile device, customers will enjoy your new Mobile Web APP, which automatically formats the same content from your Website Landing Page into a properly designed and easy-to-navigate APP. As mobile devices are rapidly replacing desktop computers for internet searches, a mobile publishing system for your business is needed now more than ever. Through 815OpenForBusiness.com, we’ve got you covered!
As a member of 815OpenForBusiness.com, you'll also receive an E-Commerce System ("catalog") that’s a FREE, fast, and easy solution to begin selling products and services online. The system is fully integrated into your customized Website Landing Page and Mobile Web APP, and you receive login access to regularly add, update, and manage items for sale. The best part? You can choose to process payments online through Paypal, or customers can place orders without payment and then pay you directly when picking u