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Are you a natural born web surfer? Love making lists and organizing favorite sites? Then you are the perfect person to run a party planning web service!! Planning a party is a difficult challenge for anyone, time consuming and for most folks– just plain hard to do. Just locating different vendors to perform the appropriate services is a huge part of the problem.
You can help people given the task of planning a party by saving them time and resources by pointing out the best services available in their area. Create and maintain a web-based service directory where people can go to get information on various businesses that can help them with their party. A one-stop party planning resource can be used over and over by persons whose job it often falls on, in the corporate world (and in social settings!) to plan a party or event. Since people plan parties both locally and by long-distance (think reunions, exotic wedding locations, and corporate events), this kind of resource would be a lifesaver for the planner given this responsibility!
Organize your website by state and/or city. Be sure to include businesses whose locations span the country as well as small operations that are always on the lookout for promotion. They will gladly pay a fee to reach a new customer base. Instead of charging the customers searching for these vendors, you will make a profit by charging each of your businesses in the directory a monthly fee to maintain a presence in your directory. While first launching your site, you may want to run more general banner ads and once you have a larger, profit-generating directory, offer your businesses the opportunity to use this ad space to place their own additional advertisements on your site.
Be sure to include in your directory vendors of many genres and keep in mind that many people love to have themed parties! For starters, your directory should include vendors able to provide flower arrangements, printers and small publishers (for invitations, brochures, banners, and the like), magicians, novelty shops, clowns, singers, bands, DJ’s, caterers, decorators, bridal and clothing shops who specialize in party attire, pyrotechnics, photographers, and more. You might be surprised at the number of businesses that also offer party supplies, such as hardware stores who often rent tables, chairs, and tents. These are just the somewhat often untapped and money saving resources that customers will be excited to find on your site!
You should organize your website with searchable databases by location (state or city), theme, and type of vendor. Not only can this expose each vendor name to potential customers multiple times, it makes the site much more customer friendly. No one wants to scroll through hundreds of names and numbers for hours just looking for one specific item. Be sure to include several kinds of contact information for each vendor if possible. You should have not only the name of the business, but also a phone number, email address, or web link and a brief description of the vendors’ services and pricing. Be sure to track each customer’s visits to your directory and individual vendor site traffic, as this is a good way to show new businesses you are hoping to add to your directory that yours is a profitable enterprise that will increase their sales.
After a customer has used your site, invite comments on both improving the site and more importantly; the service rendered by the businesses found there. Create a rating and reviewing system to encourage further visits to client’s favorite businesses and foster vendor trust. Also, be sure to ask for suggestions of vendors in the client’s area that they have used in the past and really liked. These are just the types of businesses that your directory will be enriched by referring customers to!
Creating and maintaining such a directory can be fun and rewarding. So dive in and get started today!
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