Our Technology

OUR TECHNOLOGY

People are using the internet
to find everything...

We know that Google, Bing, and other search engines manage the world's internet information . . . You can find just about anything online today, from funny cat videos to the best restaurants in town. However, when local communities and their local businesses aren’t documented online, a hole where the community "should be" gets filled with search results for everything BUT the local community. Thanks to The Parks Chamber's new technology tools, our members' businesses are indexed by both Google and Bing so the public will find them online - both inside and outside of our own community!

TECHNOLOGY INCLUDED WITH MEMBERSHIP

The Parks Chamber is the first organization in the region to provide these innovative technology tools to help members promote their products and services online. These tools are used by hundreds of chambers and tens-of-thousands of businesses in over 40 states! If you think about it, chambers of commerce started as brick-and-mortar lobbies, where residents and visitors could research - in person or by phone - information about local businesses. In today’s digital economy, chambers need to offer timely resources to help members promote products and services online.

TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES

We understand that life gets busy, technology tools can be expensive, and it's often hard to know what kind of information should be promoted. For a ONE-TIME technology setup fee of only $49.95, The Parks Chamber’s dedicated team of Documentation Assistants do the work for you! Our goal is to be sure that our members’ businesses are documented and indexed for Internet searches on all major search engines, and detailed monthly activity reports verify a conservative monthly cash value of potential customers driven to your business through these new technology tools.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AS A NEW MEMBER CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR FREE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT

CUSTOM WEBSITE LANDING PAGE

Over 51% of smartphone users have discovered a new company or product while conducting a search on their smartphone. To help ensure your business gets discovered, your Documentation Assistant will design a customized, search-engine-optimized, and mobile-responsive Website Landing Page that serves as a micro-site for small businesses that currently need a web presence, which also drives traffic to existing websites and social media accounts for members with an active web presence. Your new, custom Landing Page is also promoted and linked in the Member Directory at ParksChamber.com and in the new regional business directory at 815OpenForBusiness.com.

CLICK HERE TO SEE AN EXAMPLE WEBSITE LANDING PAGE

MOBILE APP

70% of web traffic occurs on mobile devices. Are you giving consumers the mobile experience they demand? Thanks to technology tools provided through The Parks Chamber, potential customers using a mobile device will enjoy your new Mobile App, which automatically formats the same content from your Website Landing Page into a properly designed and easy-to-navigate Mobile App. As mobile devices are rapidly replacing desktop computers for internet searches, a mobile publishing system for your business is needed now more than ever. Through The Parks Chamber, we’ve got you covered!

CLICK HERE TO SEE AN EXAMPLE MOBILE APP

E-COMMERCE SYSTEM FOR SELLING ONLINE

77% of smartphone shoppers are more likely to purchase from companies whose mobile websites or Apps allow them to make purchases quickly; therefore, The Parks Chamber is now providing a COMMISSION-FREE, fast, and simple E-Commerce System (called "Catalog" and "Digital Display") so members can sell products and services online. This new system will be fully integrated into your customized Website Landing Page and Mobile App, and you’ll receive login access to regularly add, update, and manage items for sale. The best part? You can choose to process payments online through Paypal, or customers can place orders without payment and then pay you directly when picking up their orders at your location. This technology tool also allows you to offer curbside pickup, regular pickup, and shipping options.

CLICK HERE TO SEE AN EXAMPLE CATALOG (DIGITAL DISPLAY)

QR CODE AND MEMBER BUSINESS CARD

Your customized technology tools will also include a QR Code that you can use in your advertising, marketing, and social media to drive traffic to your Mobile App and E-Commerce System. You can find your QR Code on your Mobile App, in your Catalog, and in our "Community Welcome Center" by clicking the "Member Business Cards" icon.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW QR CODES FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PARKS CHAMBER

VIDEO PROFILES

Easily add a video to your Mobile App and Catalog. It is a tool that allows you to use just about any device to quickly record a video about your business. Once you are happy with the video, we will be notified and attach it to your Mobile App and Catalog. This will help introduce you to many people visiting your business online. It is well known that when people can see who is behind the business, it's easier to do business with that business. For this reason, we highly recommend that you get started once we have completed your buildout.

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL SYSTEM

Customers Simply Click the "Toss Us Stars" Button! When your customer opens your Mobile Web App or Catalog, they will see the button called "Toss Us Stars". When clicked, they can choose between 1 and 5 stars and optionally enter a small comment up to 140 characters long. The perfect way for you (business owner) to know how you are doing in the minds of your customers. You decide if you want to post the stars or not. If you get a lot of stars being tossed, to you it might be a great idea to post them for everyone to see.

COMMUNITY COUPON BOOKLET

The Community Coupon Booklet is going to be a bit of a throwback to earlier days. As you add digital coupons, the coupons will be immediately accessible through your Mobile App and Catalog. The throwback part is that they will also be automatically added to the "Community Coupon Booklet" for printing. We all love digital stuff, but we really love it in a printable format to throw it in the car or our backpack for when you are out and about and like saving money or being reminded about great lunch deals, etc. Be sure to visit your advertising dashboard to use this great service.

TEXT MESSAGING TOOL

Parks Chamber members can also use our simple Text Messaging Technology to promote their businesses and manage real-time customer communications. By texting your custom Keyword, customers will receive an automated response with a link to visit your Mobile Web APP. At the same time, you will receive automated messages with each customer’s cell phone number, which allows you to follow-up via text message or phone call. It’s that simple!

COUPON CREATOR

The Parks Chamber now provides a Coupon Creator, which allows you to post coupons on the chamber's website. A sharing button then makes it easy for you to promote the coupon link on social media. On your custom coupon page, visitors can select a button to print or share the coupon with contacts via an email forwarding tool. New visitors can also register to join the chamber's coupon email list.

RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI) REPORT

Each month, you will receive automated Return on Investment (ROI) reports that verify a conservative monthly cash value of potential customers driven to your business through these new technology tools. Detailed monthly activity reports also include information that can help determine what you might want to expand selling or just promoting online. The point here is that we want to be sure the services provided with your subscription is working to help promote your business.

MEMBER LOGIN ACCESS TO MORE!

Along with these technology tools, you can update your company and contact information, create Coupons, post events to the Community Calendar, pay your member dues, AND MORE by clicking Member Login in the main menu above. We know this is a lot of information to absorb. Don’t worry, our team of Documentation Assistants will do the work for you. Join as a new member or email us at info@ParksChamber.com to get started today!

EMAIL US AT MEMBERSUPPORT@PARKSCHAMBER.COM OR CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR FREE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT