Frequently Asked Questions at the Boise Online Mall
Q: What Is the Boise Online Mall?
A: Boise Online Mall is a community Web site that includes Boise based businesses, Idaho community events and Treasure Valley entertainment information! Online surfers from virtually anywhere can visit Boise via the Internet or local Internet shoppers can shop Boise, Idaho and the Treasure Valley. The Mall creates an easy and exciting way for people to locate quality local shopping, service and entertainment merchants.
Q: Why Promote Your Website at the Boise Online Mall?
A: EXPOSURE! We OPTIMIZE the search for your business so you are quickly and easily found on major search engines. In most cases, your website will rank among the first listings, high up on the opening page. Visibility is the key to online success.
If people can't find you, they can't become customers.
"85% of Internet users employ search engines to find solutions and vendors" -iProspect
Companies spend a lot of money creating a visually appealing website with quality content in order to attract potential customers. Sadly, smaller local Web sites may get lost in the search results dominated by national sites - sites that are not a unique representation of Boise, Idaho and surrounding Treasure Valley communities.
By becoming a member of the Boise Online Mall, you will dramatically increase your customers' ability to find you in two distinct ways:
1) With a specific optimized ad directly linked to your own Website, you will be marketed to shoppers that visit the Boise Online Mall through search engines and referral agents directing traffic to the Mall.
2) By becoming a merchant in a portal as large as Boise Online Mall, your Web site becomes increasingly visible to geo targeted online consumers using search engines to locate products and services in Boise.
Q: Why do people visit the Boise Online Mall?
A: Boise Online Mall is where online consumers and Internet merchants can meet and conduct commerce, knowing they will not waste time or gasoline. Boise Online Mall merchants create solid first impressions, leading to repeat business and promoting loyalty.
Besides the great online shopping experience at the Boise Online Mall, the shopper can also locate current information about Boise, the Treasure Valley and most of Idaho . People come to the mall for information such as...
- Movie Listings and Show Times
- Boise Festivals and Community Events
- Boise Business News and Idaho Trade Shows
- Real Estate and Relocation Information
- Holiday Shopping and Events Schedules
- Boise Jobs and Idaho Career Openings
- Boise Gift Cards and Coupons
- Dating Ideas and Nightlife Venues
- Concerts and Entertainment Activities
- Boise Opinion Polls and Surveys
Q: Do online shoppers actually visit?
A: You bet they do, and in ever increasing numbers! Just take a look at the report, below, to see the incredible Web traffic results that were generated at the mall in 2007 and 2008:
Q: What all do I get when I become an online merchant? And how much does it cost?
A: 1) A standard online store front space at the Boise Online Mall will feature the merchant in one of the following sections;
2) Consistent 365 days of geo targeted advertising as a Boise Online Mall Merchant.
3) The Boise Online Mall will create one banner ad (125 x 125) which will be placed in a revolving rotation on the Home page and then within relevant categories at the mall.
4) Creation of an online store front that links to the merchant's Web site. The online store front page is equiped with optimized descriptive copy about the merchant's products or services, a "Google" powered map, contact information and contact form. From this search engine optimized online store front the call to action for the online shopper to enter the merchant's website is hyper linked.
Boise Online Mall Mission Statement
The Mission Statement of the Boise Online Mall consists of commitment to serve its online visitors with current information, and the latest advancements in consumable goods.
Our commitment extends to serve our online merchants with a dynamic network generating repeat consumer visits and a constant stream of unique prospects searching for interactive online fulfillment.
