FT. LAUDERDALE,
FL (November 3, 1999) -- The 4smallbusiness.com Business Association
operates a business portal for small business owners and executives
that pay an annual fee of $200 for the opportunity to interact with
over 400 business product, service and information providers. The reason
that membership has grown to 53,000 members in the past twelve months
is that the Association negotiates volume discounts on behalf of its'
members and requires the vendors to provide cash commissions to the
Association.
The Association rebates these fees to the members on a quarterly basis.
A Member can actually purchase a book from Barnes and Noble off the
Association's web site for a cheaper price then the Barnes and Noble
site itself, states Cathy Bass, Co-founder of the Association. The Association
will rebate the 7% commission they receive from Barnes and Noble on
each purchase as an affiliate, back to the member that made the purchase.
On average, members save over $1500 per year on basic items that are
purchased for the growth and management of their businesses each year
and the free advice is immeasurable. This business model of this portal
is simple. The Association has developed, Interactive Business Centers™,
each with a theme from "Build Your Business" to "Promote
Your Business" to "Deliver Your Products" and others.
The Interactive Business Centers™ each host an array of information,
expert advisors, products and tools, research and reference and a complete
communications center where members interact online with each other
and industry professionals.
Why charge the $200 annual fee to the business owner when there are
other business portals available for free? Marc Glazer, CEO, has a simple
answer. "The Association does not permit any company to advertise
within the web site. Busy Entrepreneurs come to our site to save time
and money and most of all to learn. The Association's Advisory panel
tests and researches products and services before presenting them to
the members." This way, small businesses without extensive budgets
can benefit from the experience of others.
Additional benefits to the members include premium position for their
web sites in the Association's business directory, which is available
to the public. Free counseling via email, message boards, chat rooms
and by phone. The member has an opportunity to market to other businesses
with free coupon distribution. The Association also provides insider
information on the Ask Cathy sub-site where Cathy Bass goes head-to-head
with members giving them free advice and suggestions to help them grow
their businesses. The 4smallbusiness.com Business Association was created
out of sheer necessity. Where else can you turn for a non-biased answer
to your questions?
The Association's Advisory panel is comprised of people that have been
in your place, with the same concerns, objectives and experiences. Even
if a member prefers to use their own vendors, the Association's web
site provides them with a competitive price on products and services
to keep other vendors honest and to give the member the security that
they are paying a fair price.
To keep up with the growth of
its members the Association enlists its members to participate in the
development of the web site, the material presented and the services
provided. To visit the Association's web site click, http://www.4smallbusiness.com
to get a full overview of the Association, visit http://www.411now.org
and for more information write to cbass@4smallbusiness.com.
Reference URL: http://www.4smallbusiness.com
Contact: Cathy Bass
cbass@4smallbusiness.com
Direct: 877-411-6691 Fax: 954-321-5512
Reference URL:
http://www.4smallbusiness.com
Contact: Cathy Bass
cbass@4smallbusiness.com
Direct:
877-411-6691 Fax: 954-321-5512
