Leicester, United Kingdom (PressExposure) October 25, 2010 -- Start an internet business with the CityLocal franchise opportunities. If you would like to work from home in an online business that suits your lifestyle and gives you full flexibility as to when and how you work, you must consider CityLocal.
When you join our franchises, your main focus will be on getting page 1 search engine positions for local businesses that are listed within your online community website. The internet has definitely revolutionised how people search for local businesses. In the "olden days" the first port of call when searching for a local service was the Yellow Pages. Now it is much more likely that the very first point of call is Google when people are searching for local services like roofers, plumbers, architects and solicitors.
Google has over 90% of the search engine market share in the UK. This is why when we talk of people searching using the internet, the main and only search engine we talk about is Google. However, the strategies we teach are also working well with the other search engines like Bing and Yahoo.
Your main target market will be small to medium businesses with less than 20 employees. The reason for this is that it is easy to speak to the decision maker when you are targeting small businesses. We will teach you how to make contact with your potential customers and show you how to close the sale.
We will provide you with full training, teach you all there is to know about your target market, discuss various online and offline marketing strategies that our franchisees are already using and teach you how to build loyalty with your existing customers.
We will assist you in the launch phase of your internet portal and guide you thereafter. We will make it easy for you to get started online, and then provide you with a mentor that can guide you thereafter as well as us being available for you to talk to during normal working hours.
Our website, although very advanced, is clean and simple to use for your local surfers. Your control panel is uncluttered and with it is easy to add and remove information from your site. We update your site daily so that your users have a reason to keep coming back.
We make it easy for businesses and local people to get in touch with you and your customers listed within your community website.
You have many different services to sell, including online and offline services, but for your internet portal to be truly successful, you will need to go out and visit local businesses. Although CityLocal is a home based, internet franchise, as you have no high street presence, you will need to talk to local business owners on their own turf and explain how you can help them to promote their wares, online and offline. If this sounds OK to you, then visit: http://www.citylocal.co.uk/businessfranchise/ to learn more about CityLocal.
With CityLocal you will spend the majority of your time out and about. If you are looking for a home based franchise that does not involve you leaving your desk, then I am sorry to say that CityLocal is not for you. If however you do not like being tied to a desk and find it easy to convince other people, then our internet franchise might be right up your street!
If you like talking to new people and have the confidence to explain our services to them, then we definitely do need to talk. As your initial pitch is so strong, we do not care if you do not have any prior sales experience.
If you are an ambitious individual and are willing to invest your time and energy to change your lifestyle, and are prepared to work within established guidelines, then definitely get in touch.