Can you or your Business be found on the World Wide Web?
by Tech Savey

FACT: Over 70% of consumers today search the web for the products and services they need. They use the web for research and become a better informed consumer prior to making a purchase or using a service.

With that said, do you or your business have a website? Do you or your business have a web presence? In today's world its important for businesses big and small to use the internet as a marketing tool to promote the products and or services they offer. Just as you would use direct marketing, email, newspaper, radio, and television to get your message across, maybe you rely on referrals, its is becoming equally important to market your products and or services via the web.

KEYWORDS:

Whether or not you have a website, and whether or not you are tech savey doesnt gurantee your site will be listed in the top ten when someone does a search on a search engine for the products or services you offer. Even if a consumer already knows you or your business are who they are going to use, and even if they know your name, doesnt guarantee if they type your business in a search engine you will appaear in the top ten. Unless they know your website address and type it in the URL addrees toolbar, your website may not show up in the first few pages. This is frustrating to consumers, as they can spend their time searching the web for what they need, and often still not finding exactly what they are looking for. It also is a problem to you or your business as another business that offers similar products and or services you offer may show up in their search, and thus you lose your potential customer to a competitior.

SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION: (SEO)

Every year businesses spend tens of thousands of dollars on search engine optimization. They do this in hopes of showing up in the top ten when a consumer does a search for the products and or services they offer. The truth is, the major search engines change their algorithm from time to time, and thus the search engine optimization must take place yet again. Chances are you or your business cant afford to play this game.

SPONSORED LINKS:

Businesses big and small spend tens of thousands of dollars each year on sponsord liniks that are based on keywords. Each word is bid on as far as what a business will pay for a particualr word. These links are small advertisements that you see above a top ten search result or below it, or to the right of a search result.

There are many other variables that determine the placement , and page rank of your website when someone does a search on a search engine. Likewise, if a search engine indexes you improperly you cant just call them up and have them change it, and emailing them doesnt help either. Instead you have to wait for their spiders (little programs) that crawl through the World Wide Web learning and searching page after page on the web and thus indexing them accordingly. Remember a program is created by a human and thus is prone to error.

LINKING TO OTHER WEBSITES:

Businesses big and small have learned that page ranking can be helped by linking one website with another and another. The spiders then can reference your site with others and therefore increase the ranking of your website over another. This still doesnt guarantee that you will be ranked before your competition.

ARE YOU WILLING TO RISK LOSING YOUR CONSUMERS TO YOUR COMPETITIORS BASED ON MANY FACTORS YOU REALLY HAVE MINIMAL CONTROL OVER?

We at Americas Home Services believe we have a way to ensure your website gets more use. After all chances are you have spent hundreds or even thousands of dollars to have a website created. You created it so that consumers and hopefully future clients can further educate themselves, as well as learn more about the products and services you or your business offer.

By allowing our Business Members to upload their company logo, picture, email link, and website link, enforces their brand and identity, as well as offers the customer the opportunity to link directly to your website. They no longer have to search the web in hopes of finding it. It also eliminates the possibility of a potential customer going to your competitiors site and using them because they didnt want to sift through countless other web pages.

If you dont have a website you have a web presence and consumers on our site can still contact you by phone, or email. They can save your profile to their personal directory, refer your products and services to others, as well as learn about the products and or services you have to offer. This allows you yet another form of media to get your name out there.

We encourage our business members and consumers to link their website to ours as it will help us as well with our ranking.

Consumers only need to bookmark our website so they can easily return to our site the next time they need a Home Service Professional. This saves time for them, and money for our Business Members.

Furthermore we feel that we have created this website to help our Business Members reach their Target Market right down to the very towns and or cities, along with their corresponding zip codes. You cant get more direct then that.

Finally with the high cost of advertising, we feel our rates are better if not the best you can find to stretch your advertising dollar. Use your savings towards other forms of advertising. We are not the only way to advertise your services, we just think we are the best when it comes to reaching your Target Market and a better Return On Investment.

We wouldnt have it any other way!

Home Service Professional Advantages and Customer Advantages:
by The Home Services Team

Introducing a better way for Home Service Professionals and Consumers to come together
The website created for the people of America and designed for ALL of Americas Home Service needs


Customer Advantages:


• Free Customer Account just sign up!
• Find the Home Service Professionals that offer the products and services you need where you need them and when you need them
• Select from over 10 Major Categories and over 160 subcategories.
• Go to our “Find Home Services” page and select a Professional Category, Select a State, select up to 3 Counties and finally select the town or towns you wish to find them in. Its as easy as that!
• Select to search for a professional based on a miles radius to see which Service Professionals that offer the products and services you need is closest to you.
• Search for a Business Member by their unique AHS ID #, if you know it
• Save the Business Members you have found to your Favorites in your personal Business Directory of Services.
• Email your friends and colleagues a Business Member Profile. Print a copy of their profile
• Featured Business Members of the Month: Each month, we feature a Homebuilder, Real Estate Agent/ Broker, and a Business each month so our customers can learn more about our Business Members and the products and or services they offer.
• Ask The Pros: A forum where consumers and business members alike can help one another out with any home related projects they may have.
• Find a Home or Sell One: Here you can search for homes or sell the one you have. Looking for that new home. Email Notification Receive an email listing of a property whenever a Homebuilder, real estate agent/company, or FSBO lists a property that matches your search criteria
• You no longer have to spend your time typing keywords in a search engine in hopes of finding the service professionals you need. Searching page after page until you find what your looking for. You now only need to bookmark our website and select the type of Home Service professional you are looking for, where you need them, and when you need them!


Home Service Professional Advantages:


• Choose from over 10 Major Categories and nearly 160 subcategories including: Real Estate & Services, Contractors, Home Services, Interior Home Improvement, Exterior Home Improvement, Legal Services, Accounting & Finance Services, Home Entertainment, and Retail Stores, for which to advertise your products and or services under.
• Advertise your services for as little as $0.30 cents a day, or $109.99 a year!
• Each Business Member receives a detailed member profile, Upload your company logo to enforce your brand identity, real estate agents upload your company logo and picture. Your First Professional Category you wish to list yourself or your business under, your first town/City are also included in the base price! Each Business Member has their own unique AHS ID # , so consumers and other business members can easily find your profile again the next time they are in need of your services
• If you don't have a website you now have a web presence with your directory listing
• Add a link to your Email Address
• Add a link to your website
• Place a link on your site to our site via your Business member Profile Directory Page!
• Each additional category you wish to list your services under is an additional $2.50 each
• You know where your Target Market is, now you can advertise your services right down to the very towns for which you offer your services so customers know you serve that town. Each additional town is just $1.00—$10.00 based on demographics. (population ).
• You choose the states, counties and towns, your in control of where you want to market your business
• Print your profile off and give it to a potential client
• Email your profile to a customer requesting more information about your products and services
• Save you contractors and contacts to your personal Business Directory of Services
• Customers are now guaranteed to find your website. Once they have found your profile, they simply click on the link to view your website. This saves customers valuable time surfing the web, and ensures your website will be seen. After all 70% of consumers surf the web first, to educate themselves on the products and services they need, prior to making a purchase, or choosing a service provider for their Home Service needs!