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Promote my Company

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What (summary) edit

We offer to guide them through construction and maintenance of an article that promotes their company. Promote my Company is the second of the Three Core Offers.

This does not change the basic rules of Free Speech and Constructive edits that apply universally on AboutUs.org!

Why this is important edit

  • Engagement: Invites organizations to use our site to collaborate with their constituents
  • Revenue: Helps us improve our offering and sustains the performance and quality of the site

DoneDone edit

  • There is a button in the grass part of the skin that says "Promote my Company"
  • Clicking on the "Promote my Company" button causes a modal dialog to appear with a message in it (see below)
  • The dialog has two steps culminating in the submission of credit card details and the creation of an order
  • Clicking "Promote My Company" call to action opens the modal offer dialog
  • Clicking "Sign me up!" takes them to the https:// checkout screen
  • checkout screen redirects if HTTPS isn't enabled.
  • Any errors in entering the information return them to the checkout screen with
    • all the fields repopulated with the values they entered
    • helpful error messages next to the incorrect fields
  • Any errors in authorization from the payment gateway return them to the checkout screen with
    • A report of the authorization error message at the top of the screen
  • A successful authorization of their credit card
    • Creates records in our CRM for the company, customer, and the order transaction
    • emails them an order confirmation message
    • emails a copy of the order
    • shows them the After successful checkout screen
  • Vinh, Ray, and everyone else who cares feels that the presentation is smooth

Promote my Company Flow edit

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Finally returns them to ThePageTheyStartedOn

Text of Promote my Company Pitch edit

Promote your company with a high quality, interactive article on AboutUs.org! Articles on AboutUs.org appear high in Google search results, attracting more than 5 million unique readers to AboutUs each month. A great article about your company on AboutUs bolsters your web presence by informing readers about the services and information you provide.

For a one time fee of $99 AboutUs will spend up to three hours total to work with you to build a great article for your company. This service will include:

  • A strategic, content-rich article
  • Industry categorization and links to related articles
  • Page change alerts for articles about you and your industry
  • Coaching on how to use AboutUs for promotion and other purposes

Your article will:

  • Attract customers and engage them in a constructive, third-party space
  • Earn online credibility
  • Maximize search engine exposure
  • Boost keyword search rankings
  • Provide a place outside of your own website for prospective customers to learn about you.

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Second page of the Sponsor this Page Dialog edit

Field: Organization Name
Field: Website Address
Field: First Name
Field: Last Name
Field: E-mail
Field: Phone Number
Field: Address Line 1
Field: Address Line 2
Field: City
Field: State
Field: Country
Field: Postal Code
Field: Credit Card Type
Field: Credit Card Number
Field: Credit Card Expiration Date (MM/YYYY)
I have read the Terms of Service
I'll do it! (button)

Text of Notice Box: Successful order edit

Thank you for your order

A Wiki Coach will be contacting you within a few business days to help develop your page and promote your company on AboutUs. If you need faster service, please feel free to call our support number at 1-800-AboutUs!

The AboutUs Team

Getting Started PDF edit

Punchlist edit

  • Name the service
  • Examples of sweet pages and link them into the dialog boxes
  • PromoteMe.AboutUs.org with Apache Auth
  • Terms of service
  • Getting Started Guide
  • Go over all dialog boxes
    • Make it so that the service is complimentary to people coming in through this page
      • Checkbox to bottom
    • Vinh to improve presentation
  • Order Form
    • Order and arrangement of fields on order form
    • Alignment of fields after errors show
  • Alert Confirmation Page
  • MiCCAS - can I make a suggestion of a printable version of the invoice - say pdf?
  • MiCCAS - Credit Card Expiration Date (MM/YYYY) In brackets it says MM/YYYY - but when you put in say 11/1111 it says error, expecting 11-1111 - instead of /
  • To view the changes please follow this link. - so the link points directly at the page and not any viewable changes. I think the language should be changed. ~~ MarkDilley

Media Package edit

  • Example categories with rich RCC streams
  • Traffic #'s
  • FAQ
  • Access to live demo
  • Cool talking points about the company
  • More leveraged personal pages

See Also edit