Alibaba is one of the biggest online business trade and retail platform site for small and medium-sized enterprises. There are two Alibaba sites aiming for different users. Alibaba.cn is a trading platform for traders within China, while Alibaba.com is an English language site specialized for international buyers looking for trades with China and other Asian manufacturing countries. The two sites operates independently , which means if a seller in China wants to promote his products to both International and China buyers, he/she have to register one account at each site and manage them separately (This review will be focusing on Alibaba.com) .
Users will be offered a “Website” for users to show their company information and promote their products. You could list the information of your product or services on your website. Premium users can create a customized layout for the site to attract visitors. Put in mind that a product will take up to a day to approve before it is going to be listed. Read more…
My first task is to setup an account at BT Tradespace, a young and rapid growing business networking service dedicated to small and medium businesses, provided by the BT group.
Everything is just like your regular social networking website, you can create your personal profile for yourself and your company, join communities, but most importantly, you can create your own 「Tradespace」. It’s a platform for you to promote your business by putting up your product information. The site supports Paypal, so you could actually sell your product through your space, there will be 5% transaction fee if you have successfully make a trade.
I specially like the uploading feature of this platform. Other than posting pictures and texts, The site allows users to upload up to 10 podcasts and 10 video files to promote their products or services for free users. I think this is an excellent way to show show your future clients what they are going to get from you. There is also a simple blog function for users to report and share the recent activities of your company. Read more…
In the past few years, online marketing platforms and social network websites are becoming ubiquitous, promotion for business is no longer a difficult task for a marketing newbie. Through the internet, the reach of your promotion could be easily extended to the planet in a second.
As an intern, I’ve been guided and asked to promote my company’s product, a CMS web design tool . Aside from making phone calls, marketing can also be done through the world wide web. At the beginning I thought it’s going to be tough since this is my first time doing any online marketing, but in fact it isn’t. I found some of the things I am doing is very familiar: Register an account at a community, posting decorative messages to attract visitors’ attention…Hey, Isn’t that just what an average teenager will do over the internet everyday?
Of course I did learn tons of new things . I’ll try to share my findings and leave a record of useful tidbits that I have came across during my experience here. I hope you will like it. 