Technology - March 2006
New site sells Tanzanian-made pillows to benefit AIDS orphaned teens
FeldmanFurniture.com adds living room furniture to site
Atlanta flooring company launches new online virtual decorator
VistaPrint expands business designs
Original Marketing Group targets Search Engine Optimization with new Web site
New site sells Tanzanian-made pillows to benefit AIDS orphaned teens
Haba Na Haba has launched a new e-commerce Web site that centers on selling imported African textile goods, supporting women-owned businesses, and training trade skills to AIDS orphaned teens from Tanzania, East Africa.
The first featured products on www.habanahaba.com are beautiful African pillow covers designed by Flotea Massawe and her team of craftspeople from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The pillows are silk-screened and embroidered Tanzanian cotton featuring contemporary designs based on traditional East African patterns and style, many of which are African animal patterns. Other patterns include stylized African figures dancing, drumming and hunting. Online prices of the pillows are $24.95.
Founded by Tanzanian Grace Ndunguru and American Beth Peterson, Haba Na Haba was created as a way to help young Tanzanian teens who often find themselves homeless and without hope for school, jobs or training. Haba Na Haba supports companies that offer training and jobs to these young adults in an effort to break the poverty cycle and provide a future for orphaned teens, many of whom would otherwise have little hope for a prosperous future. To qualify as a trading partner, these Tanzanian companies must pay fair wages and not hire children.
"By providing skill training, health education and an opportunity to sell their goods, we hope to help these young adults learn a trade that will empower them to support themselves, break the poverty cycle and lead healthy and productive lives," said Peterson.
Haba Na Haba will continually feature on its Web site new types and styles of Tanzanian products from like-minded manufacturers. In addition to supporting existing businesses with this business model, Haba Na Haba also directly trains young adults in trade and business skills and donates part of its profits to support other AIDS orphan and AIDS health programs in Tanzania.
For more information contact info@habanahaba.com, www.habanahaba.com or phone 888-439-9375.
FeldmanFurniture.com adds living room furniture to site
Interior decorating shop, FeldmanFurniture.com, has added more furniture pieces to its online storefront (http://www.feldmanfurniture.com).
FeldmanFurniture.com now has a fully loaded living room furniture collection. Customers may browse thousands of items to suit every style and may choose from entertainment centers, full living room sets, sofas, loveseats, chaises, chairs, occasional tables, ottomans, rockers, recliners, wall units, mantelpieces and much more.
“When we set to work designing the living room suites, we wanted to ensure that our customers had a variety of options to choose from,” said FeldmanFurniture.com president, Vladimir Voynov. “Feldmanfurniture.com is a one-stop resource for people furnishing their homes.”
As a resource, FeldmanFurniture also provides complimentary room-planning software for Web site visitors. When using the software, simply input the dimensions of your room, then click and drag furniture pieces to your blueprint. “We focus on the customer experience,” Voynov said. “It’s important for us to help our customers plan their space, particularly since we are an online, virtual shop. It’s nice to see how things will fit before you buy them.”
FeldmanFurniture.com also makes suggestions for items that match your selections. For example, if you choose a leather recliner, the Web site will calibrate similarly styled pieces to match it. “Planning a room is tough enough,” said Voynov. “Our customers appreciate the decorating tips we provide. Seeing how things look together enables smart purchasing.”
For more, visit www.FeldmanFurniture.com .
Atlanta flooring company launches new online virtual decorator
Simply Floored, an innovative Atlanta flooring company that brings the store to your home, has launched its new online Virtual Decorator to help consumers with the floor purchasing process. By taking advantage of Simply Floored’s free online Virtual Decorator, homeowners can compare Atlanta flooring options at the click of a button.
“Homeowners are often overwhelmed by the thousands of flooring options available, and they have a difficult time visualizing how a new floor will look in their home,” said Jarod Harriman, director of merchandising of Simply Floored. “Virtual Decorator helps simplify the process by enabling consumers to create simulated rooms online and ‘see’ how different floors look in an environment that is similar to their own.”
Consumers can access the free Virtual Decorator by visiting the company Web site at http://www.simplyfloored.com and clicking on the link for Virtual Decorator. There are three simple steps: Select a room type, such as a kitchen or a family room; choose a wall color; and select a flooring option – everything from carpet and hardwoods to luxury vinyl and tile. With a click of a button, you can see how your room will look with the selected flooring.
For more information, visit http://www.simplyfloored.com or call 1-800-FLOORED.
VistaPrint expands business designs
VistaPrint Limited, the leading online supplier of high-quality graphic design services and customized printed products to small businesses and consumers, has added new business designs for popular small business products including business cards, letterhead, presentation folders and return address labels.
For all types of businesses from architects to wedding planners, image is an important selling point. Professional-looking, coordinated materials from VistaPrint can make an impact by enabling smaller businesses to compete with larger organizations for a fraction of the cost of traditional designers and printers.
“We’re really excited about all of the new coordinated business content. Our small business customers now have even more designs to choose from, enabling them to pick the best possible image for their business,” said Melissa Crowe, senior director of creative services. “Once customers determine a design, it can be carried through on coordinating products like business cards, letterhead, folders and return address labels for a professional look.”
All of VistaPrint’s products are customizable, full-color, printed on high-quality paper and available for a low cost. Customers can upload logos or photos. All printed products can be customized with text both inside and outside, or front and back. Depending on the type of product, quantity options range from just ten all the way up to 20,000. Products can be received in as little as three business days.
Customers can design their own products from scratch in a self-service mode at VistaPrint.com. This option allows customers to pick from professionally designed templates available on the web site, search an image bank of over 70,000 images, or upload their own graphics. Customer care agents are available during any step in the process no matter how customers decide to design and order products.
Original Marketing Group targets Search Engine Optimization with new Web site
Original Marketing Group has released its new Search Engine Optimization site helping national companies get high rankings with the use of Organic SEO.
With more companies developing Web sites every day, competition for high rankings among popular search engines is extreme. Through the use of a process known as Organic SEO, Original Marketing Group has been helping national companies get there websites that coveted top ranking.
Organic SEO is the implementation of search engine ranking strategy based on techniques approved and encouraged by the search engines themselves. Organic Search Engine Ranking is hands-on and therefore takes more time and insists on the implementation by seasoned professionals. Instead of using sneaky tactics to try and trick your way onto the first page, Organic Search Engine Optimization is the time honored method of writing useful and effective copy writing, making companies’ sites easier to navigate (site maps, etc.) and implementing accurate and intuitive keywords to draw visitors to your site that actually want to be there.
For more information, visit http://www.originalseo.com.