Brownbook.net » widget http://blog.brownbook.net Helps your business get found online Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:24:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Developing your own widgets to work on Brownbook pages http://blog.brownbook.net/2009/05/developing-your-own-widgets-to-work-on-brownbook-pages/ http://blog.brownbook.net/2009/05/developing-your-own-widgets-to-work-on-brownbook-pages/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 13:04:12 +0000 Marc http://blog.brownbook.net/?p=591 Widget from Boats and Outboards web site

Widget from Boats and Outboards web site

Here is a great example where www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk has created a widget to insert in its customers Brownbook pages to show the inventory that that business has for sale on Boats and Outboards:
http://www.brownbook.net/business/74779/lancing-marine-ltd

If any online publishers anywhere in the World who would like a Brownbook business directory as part of their site or to utilize the web 2.0 business listing functionality of Brownbook, then please drop me an email: marc[AT]brownbook[DOT]net

This is how the page for Lancing Marine appears when it is accessed from the Boats and Outboards web site: http://fal.brownbook.net/business/74779/lancing-marine-ltd&falid=boa

Boats and Outboards are linking to these pages from within their web site and providing their customers with a product where they create the page on Brownbook on behalf of the customer (add photos, videos, text, prices, logo etc) and help generate traffic to that page from within www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk

]]> http://blog.brownbook.net/2009/05/developing-your-own-widgets-to-work-on-brownbook-pages/feed/ 0 How to get the most out of Brownbook http://blog.brownbook.net/2008/12/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-brownbook/ http://blog.brownbook.net/2008/12/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-brownbook/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:40:52 +0000 Marc http://blog.brownbook.net/?p=264 Here are two videos from Dave that tell you how to make the most of your business listing on Brownbook – hints and tips, what to look out for and what really works:

And part 2…

]]> http://blog.brownbook.net/2008/12/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-brownbook/feed/ 0 How to customize your page on Brownbook http://blog.brownbook.net/2008/11/how-to-customize-your-page-on-brownbook/ http://blog.brownbook.net/2008/11/how-to-customize-your-page-on-brownbook/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:07:07 +0000 Marc http://blog.brownbook.net/?p=220 Here is a quick demonstration of how to customize your page on Brownbook.

View full screen to see the detail…

Make your listing stand out from the crowd and turn prospects into customers by customizing your listing page to really sell your services:

  • Add your company logo, photos, videos, and marketing information. Change the layout of your page by dragging and dropping the different sections.
  • Add external widgets, like Meebo’s excellent instant messenger widget “MeeboMe” (www.meebo.com) to respond in real-time to sales enquiries.
  • Re-use Brownbook features, like reviews or the Google map, as Bidgets (Business Widgets) on other websites.

Here are two examples of customized pages that include rich media and widgets:

And here’s an example of a blog that’s re-using the Brownbook map and reviews Bidgets:

See the help pages here for more details: http://help.brownbook.net/overview-of-customize-my-page/

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