Houston Business Locator Cecil Urena Michael Phillips Abigail Fabien Houston Business Locator

Background of Project Houston Small Businesses have no inexpensive means of advertising. Customers have problems finding businesses that provide convenient products and services at great prices. Customers spend considerable time and money trying to find products and services. Business invest excessive sums of money in advertising.

Business Need Providing a service that would identify small business (e.g. Mechanic Shops, Plumbers, Electricians , their locations, contact information and links to the company’s website. Customers or new people in the area needing to know what services are in their area.

Solution to the problem Create a website with business profile info. Features included: Registration forms (submit to database and email) Secure online payments Form with search algorithm for customers. Administrative log in.

Solution to the problem (continued) Reports on data Which types of Businesses sign up for profiles. What categories are more frequently searched for. The number of categories we currently have in our database. The number of businesses in each category Money owned to HBL (Houston Business Locator).

Business Value (Intangible and tangible) Increase in sales of up to 50% in most business. Increase in traffic to their business due to customer satisfaction. Customer saves up to $5000 a year in expenses incurred while looking for a specific service or product. Cut advertising cost by 25%

Hardware and Software Requirements Database – Access JavaScript ASP.net, Html, XHTML, CSS Web server Mail server