The greatest opportunities for a business to grow these days are found on the World Wide Web. A key ingredient to that growth in the Caribbean is to be listed with FirstYellow, the true business-to-business internet “yellow pages” directory of the Caribbean.
FirstYellow is the leading Portal for Caribbean business throughout the World. Through our gateway you can access the leading "yellow page" sites of the world and our own exclusive directory of Caribbean businesses, services and holiday destinations.
FirstYellow is pleased to announce that a “Directory of Directories” feature has just been added for direct focus on the domestic yellow pages of each country. This portal to any yellow-page directory anywhere will make finding a business or service anywhere in the world much easier and quicker. Just “click” on USA and find the yellow page listings of Miami or any other American city. Click on Canada or Europe and a path to local yellow pages opens.
An “International Trade” section is another feature soon to be activated on the FirstYellow site. Only companies trading beyond the local level that already have a web presence of their own will be listed in this area. This will be especially useful to manufacturers, exporters, importers and financial service providers.
FirstYellow posted its first listings in 1998 becoming the first Caribbean-wide business directory on the Internet. Since then it has grown to 60,000 major listings – most with websites - from most Caribbean countries. Plans are to promote all businesses in countries touching the Caribbean Sea and to offer access in three languages: English, Spanish and French. The file is expected to grow to more than 100,000 by year's end and possibly to a million when fully complete.
Besides its free listing of all businesses, their location and product category, FirstYellow offers a small upgrade to a business-card presentation for as little as $5 per month and a promotional info-board for only $56 per month., A traffic building "link" is offered for a small annual fee for those businesses already "on line" with their own domain and web-site. Advertising banners are also available to promoters on the FirstYellow website.
"The Internet makes it possible for a small company to succeed alongside the giants." says Mr. Ernest Priess, FirstYellow's chairman. "We offer a yellow page type of directory and search engine similar to Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, BellSouth and others but focused on the Caribbean. The Internet is where people now look for information; make purchases, find buyers, find sellers. We intend to lead in helping business connect to and from the Caribbean and the World."
The Internet today is a bargain for business promotion. "Just compare the cost of advertising in your telephone directory with that of the Internet", says Mr. Priess, "One Caribbean print directory promises to distribute 10,000 copies and charges up to US$13,000 for just one page. Compare that to the millions accessing the world wide web daily and our price of just $199 per year for a link to your company’s own multiple internet pages and merchandise catalogue”.
While the use of print promotion is declining, Internet promotion and advertising is skyrocketing. Marketing managers are now fully recognizing its value. The demand from local businesses for FirstYellow’s design, hosting and listing services has also grown tremendously – a clear endorsement of the company’s reputation and its talented lead Web-developer: Dwain Browne.
FirstYellow, has successfully earned the confidence of its local and regional clients. The company is now ready to offer extended listing and link services to all companies with an interest in trading with the Caribbean. Market testing to USA, UK and Canadian businesses has proven a great interest in opportunities available in the Caribbean. More than 10,000 Florida companies are already listed, anxious for business from the islands.
For more information on FirstYellow e-mail: admin@firstyellow.com (268) 480-3030