Lima, OH (1888PressRelease)
May 30, 2007 - Wireless access to the internet is everywhere. With WiFi coffee shops, fast food eateries and truck stops, consumers can connect with ease from their laptops. Cellular wireless access to the web from the convenience of laptops, PDAs and mobile smartphones enables users to connect anywhere there is a cellular signal. Travelers and local residents are not without opportunity to find what they need online. RVers keep in touch with family and friends via email, investors watch the stock indexes, and teenagers chat on myspace.com with frequency, even when away from home. We are a mobile society who refuses to be disconnected.
Results of a Consumer Electronics Association Survey in October 2006 show that 78% of purchases are made by consumers who have access to the internet are made after searching online for information about the product, the manufacturer, the retailer, or the service provider. “Let your fingers do the walking” was the old slogan for the yellow pages. Now fingers are doing a different type of walking. Thumbing through the phonebook has been replaced by typing in a search string.
There has never been a better time to develop a web presence.
Consumers today log on just to find hours of operation for the corner drugstore. Leaving home for unexplored territory without printed “MapQuest” directions is unthinkable for most. A new community resource to help residents and area visitors connect with local businesses has been under construction and is now launching, with an eye toward obtaining charter business members for their advertising program.
The website address is www.ClickFindBuyersGuide.com and it is geared to serve the Grand Lake region and surrounding communities. The site welcomes contributions to the community event calendar. You can email your event to: events ( @ ) clickfindbuyersguide dot com dot The site contains downloadable area photos, Kool Stuff for Kids including coloring books and pages, games and puzzles dot The site is well on it’s way to becoming the local place to find things to do, places to go and people to see dot National headlines, Ohio news and weather, emergency phone numbers and emergency preparedness information are also on the site dot Business owners can advertise to establish a web presence, or link to their own website through the buyers guide dot
Last year over 750,000 visitors came to Grand Lake St. Marys. Over 1.5 million made the trek to Indian Lake. According to the US Census Bureau there are approximately 52,000 daily internet users in Auglaize and Mercer Counties. If you don’t yet research online before you buy, you will.
Businesses without a web presence stand to lose a big piece of the economic pie. In fact, the average 35 year old consumer doesn’t remember a time when they couldn’t go online to find a product. If you have a desire to get on board visit www.clickfindbuyersguide.com today, or call 419-953-1700 to discuss the future of your advertising before your competitor leaves you in the “internet dust!”
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