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The
goals and purpose of this site:
Instilling
pride in our Area
through
Community Awareness of our local
assets, geographic beauty,
recreational facilities, community
services, educational
institutions, and a large variety
of organizations and interests,
all accessible through various
website links from this Portal.
The Economic
Goal
is to create the habit of checking our Danville Area businesses FIRST
for our consumer goods and
services needs, gradually
establishing the custom of
shopping Danville FIRST,
ultimately spending more of our
income in our own community for
the long range welfare of all. To
contribute towards this goal a
Community Portal or Directory of
Businesses, Services, Agencies,
Organizations, current local news
and events establishes a critical
information source to facilitate
this objective
The
prerequisite is
knowing that such a business
exits, and a means to find
information about the business.
See
FAQs
for answers to addressing this
question and many other Frequently
Asked Questions,
After
five years of work we believe we
have addressed an aspect of this problem, the question of how do we
keep Danville Area consumer’s
dollars in our community? In a retail sales study funded
by the EDC (now Vermilion
Advantage), and the City, it stated
that over twenty-five percent of
area residents shop out of our
community. The primary reasons
were lack of selection, or
perceived lack or selection, and
local consumers were unaware of
the many area businesses and
services that could meet their
needs.
In
order to maximize the retention of
spendable income and stop the flow
of dollars out we have created a
unique local Web Site that also
address the problem of how can a
consumer find you, or even know
about you, without knowing your
name or Web address. This Web Site
is the Danville Area “Portal”
developed for all around Danville
exclusively, which provides
important daily information from
local news, weather and stocks, to
local fuel prices and special
announcements.
There
is also an extensive list with
links to all area agencies and
area promotional sites such as our
natural assets and community
organizations; but of greater
importance to you, we have
provided scores of individual
pages featuring all local
businesses with a Web Site.
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Creating and promoting a stable and prosperous economy at the
local level, is a paramount
priority for
AllAroundDanville.com.
We
understand that an economically
strong community is the fastest
route to overall well-being. This
in turn contributes to lowering
crime rates, higher health levels
and well being among the members
of our community, as well as
raising social and family values.
This is accomplished by our Program as follows:
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Encourage re-investing
proceeds from your internet
business income back in
your community;
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Activating the sale or
exchange of locally made goods
and rendered services among
the community;
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Creating new non
technical home operated
business and new Jobs among
those who need it the most;
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Re-distributing among
community neighbors, the
passive income generated by
our various services and
programs;
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Encouraging the
interaction and participation
of community members.
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The
Portal is a
kind of “electronic Yellow
Pages,” all businesses are
listed in categories such as
Restaurants or Automobile Dealers
New or Used, etc; businesses are
also list in alphabetical name
order on a second page (ALFA). When the
consumer goes to these pages for
information your Business Name and
a link to your Web site appears
and is only a click away to your
site. At this time all Danville
area businesses with Web Sites are
listed in the Business pages FREE
of Charge, including the link to
Your Web Site.
The
advantage is obvious: a simple way
for the consumer to find and view
your site WITHOUT knowing your
business name or web address. It
works equally well anywhere in the
World of course, because a typical
searcher wanting local business
information would search for
“danville illinois” first
or "danville portal", or
"danville businesses"
etc. We have submitted our site to
hundreds of search engines which
show up on search using
these logical key words. This is
the only proper method of
searching because you will find,
if for example, you search for
just “auto dealers” on
google.com alone, you will get
114,000 site pages from all over
the World. What are the odds that
they ever open your site? On a
local Portal business Category
page it is nearly a one-hundred
percent likelihood that a searcher
would open your Web Site!
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Try a search right now!
Remember,
if you put quotes “ ” around key words you
narrow your search. IE Danville Businesses will
get you every site in the World with the Word
Danville – or Businesses. But “danville
businesses” brings you right to town. TRY IT-
type in “danville businesses” or
"danville illinois portal" in the
search engine box below, or even danville
illinois directory without quotes and All Around Danville
usually comes up on the first page or two, out of
hundreds of pages, often at or near the top the
first page. But Search Engine page orders change
constantly.
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How
will customers know where to find
me on the Web without going to the
Portal first? Answer: You will have your
own website address and be hosted
by BEAMSCO for a
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Why a Web Site?
Sales
and Services marketing methods are
changing rapidly, people like to
shop from home and 58% of Danville
adults are Online. It makes sense
to have an Internet presence and
have your web site listed on a
compiled listing of all Danville
Businesses Online.
Here
are some additional advantages:
Advantages
for the Community:
SMALL BUSINESS
INCOME IS DERIVED THROUGH SEVERAL PROGRAMS
SERVICES
& SMALL BUSINESSES: Now YOU can have your own inexpensive Web Business Site
and work out of your home! You and
your Neighbors can place online
via our Shopping Carts Program, whatever it is
that they are able to do, or a
service they are able to provide,
(in most cases turning their
hobbies into Micro Businesses),
meaning they are able to collect
fees for their services or
revenues for goods they can
manufacture, through our Portal
which works as a Hub.
Example:
Piano lessons, baking cookies,
clothing alteration, wheelchair
taxi, retired assisted living
services, office cleaning, shoe
repair, car detailing, baby
sitting, etc., etc.
LOCAL
MERCHANTS:
Non Franchised, Non External
Corporate, but Local Merchants,
can display online the entire
inventory of articles they sell,
for the whole community to have
access to it and shop online
without the need of a credit card.
Example:
Gift Shop,
Wedding
Services, or
Photographer,
Pet Shop,
Online Sales,
Nursery,
Local Diner,
Online
Book
Store,
Computer
Repair,
Beauty
Schools,
Tool
Rental,
Online
Catalogs,
Picture and
Frame Shop,
Jewelry, etc., etc.
Other Examples:
Plumbing,
Vacuum
Sweeper Repair,
Heating & Cooling,
Landscaping,
Painters,
Home
Improvement,
Roofing,
etc.,
etc.
SERVICE
PROVIDERS
Local Service Providers can offer
their services, and even take
appointments online:
Example:
Dentist, Beautician, Barber Shop,
Pet Shop, Optometrist,
Chiropractor, Physician, Tax
Preparation & Accounting
Services, Radiologist,
Psychiatrist, Carpet &
Rug Cleaners, Pest Control
Services, etc., etc.
LOCAL
CONTRACTORS:
Local Contractors can post their
skills, take Inquiries and offer
quotes online.
Locally
owned businesses, creative
individuals as well as the
under-employed, the unemployed,
the home worker, unskilled youth,
retired, and all of those
entrepreneurs with plenty of
energy and enthusiasm, can now
look at AllAroundDanville's
Portal to find the tools
which will help them prosper and
get involved in projects which
give them not only an additional
stream of income but a wonderful
feeling of accomplishment knowing
they are helping oneself and
others and contributing to the
welfare of our local community.
Have
questions? Want to get your own
Web Site or Host your existing
site with us and get started? Just
call us at 217 442 0823 or email
at
info@beamsco.com
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