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Frequently Asked Questions - Non-Profits
Why Should I Put My Non-Profit Member Association On The World Wide Web?
This answer could fill up books (and already has - take a look at Barnes & Noble). However, for the sake of brevity, let's just say -
.Expand your members' markets, both locally and globally
Provide an additional service benefit to your members (more "added value")
Provide better reason for members to belong
Allow faster access to your newsletter, calendar, bulletin
What makes Instant Web Pages! Special Association Package so special?
We offer you the opportunity to have a national (and international) audience for your association and for all of its members via the World Wide Web.
Your association will receive it's own home page with logo/image/photo, plus up to five paragraphs of information about the association.
Plus, a Newsletter page with the same logo/image/photo for use in publishing a newsletter. This page can be updated from home! The user needs to have at least a limited understanding of HTML code (the common programming language of the World Wide Web.
Plus, each member will be given a limited page with their name and address and will appear in a Directory exclusively dedicated to your association.
Plus, each member will have the opportunity to upgrade their limited page to a full Instant Web Page! -- with their own logo/image/photo, up to five paragraphs of description, their e-mail address (if available), and a link to a larger Web Presence if they already have a set of Web Pages somewhere else.
How Much Does the Special Association Package cost?
The complete cost for an Instant Web Page! Association Package is
o Full Association Home Page...............................................................................$99.00*
o Second Association Page (for newsletter), with abiltiy to update from home......$99.00*
o Limited Home Page for each Association Member (per member).......................$10.00*
o Full Member Home Page (optional, per member)...............................................$75.00*
* for 12 months! No monthly maintenance fees!
The Second Association Page for a newsletter is optional, and is not necessary to gain the special benefits for the members.
The cost for the Full Member Page is significantly lower than our standard rates.
How can you provide me this service so cheap?
Because we are able to standardize the formats and content of Instant Web Pages! it does not take a lot of our time to create your page. Actually, we spent the time up-front, so that the day-to-day creation of Web Pages can be very efficient - thereby saving you hundreds of dollars.
What's that?
Just a little "freebie" from Instant Web Pages! It's a round TUIT - for those of you who never got around to it. (Sorry, couldn't pass up the pun.)
If one of our Members has a Web Page somewhere else, why should he get an Instant Web Page?
That's like saying, "Should I only advertise in one place?"
If they are already on the Internet, we give them supplemental coverage at an incredibly low cost! By having their business (and your association) listed in our Neighborhood Directory, they increase the probability of their customer / prospect "hitting" their page when using search engines.
In addition, we will allow them to have a link from their low-cost Instant Web Page to their high cost pages at no additional cost!
You mean if they have a Web Page somewhere else (on someone else's site), they can reference it from their Instant Web Page?
Most Web Page Hosting Directories will only allow a reference to Web Pages which they host themselves. They are afraid of the competition.
Instant Web Pages! is not afraid of others. Actually, one of the things that makes us different is the fact that we will allow a reference to another Web Page even if it not hosted by us.
Is There Only One Format?
Because we recognize that different businesses have different needs we offer three standard page formats, based upon the size of the image that we display. In each of these, the image is centered at the top of the page.
Large Image - for a business whose logo or photo is most important.
Medium Image - for a business where both text and picture are equally important.
Small Image - for a business where the text content is most important.
In addition, if the business has a tall, skinny logo or image, we also offer a Vertical Format page which will place the text to the right of the image.
It is important to remeber that the larger the image, the longer it takes to load onto someone's computer screen. In many cases, smaller is better.
If you want to see what these look like, you can see samples of the different formats.
Search Engines
à la maison
is listed with more than 100 search engines who constantly check it for updated content. This assures you of being easily and quickly found by your customers or prospects.In addition, alamaison.com has its own search engine which will allow your customer to search for any word on your page! For example, if you include the words "stained glass" anywhere in your text, our search engine will find it and offer your page to the customer.
How Do I Sign Up?
All that is needed to get your own Instant Web Page! is to send us your information plus your photo or a good copy of your logo or other image, along with a check (payable to "Instant Web Pages!") or send us your credit card information and signature for MasterCard, Visa, or Discover.
To make things easy, you can print the Sign-Up form located at this Web Site
Can I look first?
Of course. Your tour of our neighborhood at
alamaison.com is just a click away.
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