Caribbean Blog July Archive

Caribbean Yellow Pages

Your name?

Kissinger Goldman

Your Location (city, etc)

Plantation

When did you start your website and why?

Necessity. Too often Caribbean people migrate from one place to the next without a map to help them find Caribbean businesses. Our directory solves that problem

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

Accessibility to ALL, ie we offer FREE advertising and anyone on the net can search our DB for FREE

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

Marketing it

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

Believing that this is a project needed in the community

What was your biggest mistake?

Doing too much too fast

Who maintains your website and why?

Webmaster

What is your website address?

Caribbean Yellow Pages

curacao multiplelisting service

Your name?

marischa versteegh

Your Location (city, etc)

willemstad curacao

When did you start your website and why?

3 months ago, to promote my real estate business

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

photo presentations and virtual tours of real estate for sale in Curacao.

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

seasoning the site

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

creating it

What was your biggest mistake?

starting with the wrong name

Who maintains your website and why?

myself, complete control

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

my business exist on my wensite

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

no more existence without ecommerce, great tool

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

great,I need more SEO

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

helped (not enough yet)

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

????

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

?????

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

violence and kid porno should be banned

What is your website address?

curacao multiplelisting service

Banyan Creations - Caribbean Inspired Scented Candles

Your name?

Cheryl Dunstan

Your Location (city, etc)

Kingston

When did you start your website and why?

Our website was started in Sept 2004. We wanted a global way to share our richly caribbean fragranced candles with a wider group of people ... Jamaicans love our candles as do visitors to our island. Selling our candles online is our way of giving you a piece of the islands without your leaving home.

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

Banyan's website features most of product line, which is primarily candles. Our candles are categorized by fragrance, candle wax type & bath & body related items. We are a for-profit limited liability business with a e-commerce site.

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

Advertising the site and getting a constant stream of interested traffic

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

Administration and disribution. We are very organized and our website developers did a great job.

What was your biggest mistake?

Not doing more to advertise sooner.

Who maintains your website and why?

We have a company that hosts our website and updates.

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

We have been able to meet the needs of repeat buyers who returned home to the USA after visiting Jamaica that wanted more Banyan candles We have been able to keep customers informed of any new products etc as they are introduced We have been able to get feedback from our customers, which is crtical to product development and other customer service objectives

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

E-commerce is essential and will only grow with the passage of time

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Fantastic

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

Definitely helped my website

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

So far it has been in store promotions, product labels etc

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

newspaper advertising

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

I need to think about that

What is your website address?

Banyan Creations - Caribbean Inspired Scented Candles

escape2domrep.com

Your name?

Louise

Your Location (city, etc)

Puerto Plata

When did you start your website and why?

we started our website 5 weeks ago, because i felt there was a great opportunity for clients to buy property here in the dominican republic

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

Our website offers information on how to buy property in the dominican republic and how easy and stress free it can be

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

I think the most difficult part of creating the wesite was actually choosing the name, something for all nationalities to pronounce.

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

the esaiest part i think has been adding all the details

What was your biggest mistake?

up to now there has been no mistakes

Who maintains your website and why?

My partner in the uk.

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

Our bussiness has benefitted from the website because it is accessable to everyone, all over the world.

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

I think in the future everything will be done via the internet.

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

SEO is good thing because it helps genuine companies.

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

SEO have helped our website become more visable.

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

the directories has been the best way of advertiseing our web site.

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

At the moment nothing has been least successful.

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

I think for beginners on the internet to not use as much jargon.

Why would i choose to sell property in the dominican republic?

I would recommend buying in the dominican republic to anyone, here you don't need any restrictions to buy property, and the property always increases in value.

What is your website address?

escape2domrep.com

Dominican Republic Real Estate

Your name?

Cheryl H. Rinehart

Your Location (city, etc)

Cocotal Golf & Villas of Palma Real Villas

When did you start your website and why?

here in the Dominican Republic in Sept 2006 to generate leads for work

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

Dominican Republic Real Estate. Seving Cap Cana, Punta Cana, Cabeza de Toro, Bavaro, Macao, Uvero Alto, Nisibon, Miches and more. We provide villas, condos, commercial ops, investment ops and high end real estate.

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

keeping up with the ever-changing content

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

point and click software packages

What was your biggest mistake?

Not doing more research on the medium prior to launching the website.

Who maintains your website and why?

Me, because I trust myself. I like things done the right wway.

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

lead generation

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

the sky is the limit!

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Need to learn more about it.

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

Helped, for sure!

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

listings and search engines

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

ads in the USA Today

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

Nothing, much.

You can enter a question of your choice and the answer here:

What is the going, monthly rate for someone good to manage my website.

What is your website address?

Dominican Republic Real Estate