Twiggs and Associates Inc.
Retooling for the New Millenium

WHO WE ARE:

Twiggs and Associates, Inc, dba African American Business Link, founded in 1994, is one of the oldest business-to-business websites on the Internet. It features a web database that allows our clients to take advantage of a wide variety of informational and commercial products and services we offer, including automated newspapers, magazines, calendars, directories, catalogs, guest books, and multi-media options that include audio and video streaming.

Since the beginning, our commitment has been to give our clients the ability to maintain their own websites with limited technical expertise. All the features we offer can be maintained online, with minimal training and without HTML programming. Of course, the more knowledge you have, the more sophisticated you can be with what we have to offer, but sophistication is not a requirement to publish professionally online using our easy-to-use products and services.

WHY WE’RE HERE:

The AABL web database infrastructure is designed to provide access to news and information regarding business and job opportunities via the Internet. Our target markets include African Americans and those who wish to do business with African Americans.

Our goal is to combine "the best of the African American press" into a reader's digest of information, and make it available online through AABL. This would provide worldwide exposure for stories and news that is often omitted by the mainstream media. It will also provide alternative perspectives on news and information covered by mainstream media. It will serve as a forum for ideas, polls, surveys, reader feedback and notification.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU:

As a member of the consortium, you gain access to an online publishing tool that lets you publish news and information in a venue that already attracts visitors from around the world. A personal user-id with password access gives you the flexibility to publish your information online whenever it is convenient for you to do so. Your distribution and readership go way up. The value of your advertisements will increase. You share in the revenue generated by the consortium while maintaining the existing revenue in your local market.

Online publishing is similar but different than traditional print. Typically, an increase of 25-50% in your ad rate should cover the appearance of advertising in both print and online media. The customer gets both media automatically. This approach would include classified ads, business directory listings with display business cards, and/or links to company websites, banner ads that link to full-page display ads, 1-minute audio/video commercials and calendar of events.

WHAT NEXT:

Let us show you how to establish a presence on the Internet that promotes the products and services you offer. First, list your business in our searchable directory. This establishes a listing and a display ad that links directly to the email address you specify and to your company website if you have one. In either case, the user-id and password you receive via email will enable you to modify the information for your listing anytime you wish – no HTML required.

If you don’t have a website, but have considered setting up a presence for your company or organization, we can help. AABL web sites provide you with all the pieces you need to build a website with just the features you need. When you set up your site, you can add a newsletter, guestbook, inquiry form, directory, photo album – all designed to be seamlessly integrated to achieve the professional image your business deserves.

You provide the content and graphics – we do the initial setup. Maintenance is a snap. If you can copy and paste from MSWord, you can tell your own story on the Worldwide Web using the online Editing Suite. Online wizards and user documentation are at your fingertips to guide you every step of the way.

Commercial websites are also available by adding online catalogs and shopping cart technology to your site. Links to existing merchant services can be added, and both check and credit card processing are also available. All relevant merchant costs apply.

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