Promote Your Business Qualifications With DocuMaker's PromoPad

ñ By and large, one of the most important elements of your success is your ability to perform and connect to a target market in effective ways. This makes having the appropriate knowledge, skills, and experience a requirement. So use the following checklist to assess and demonstrate your qualifications to the market that you're appealing to. Click a hyperlink to fill a qualification void online.

I have industry-appropriate certified skills and/or college degrees, etc.

Example: DCS Certifications

My name and/or business is prominently listed in industry-appropriate internship, volunteer rosters, and alumni page(s).

My industry-appropriate experience is posted in online resume directories.

My bio page links to my website from industry-appropriate, business directories and contains:

A quality personal photograph, also submitted with bio information to:
- flickr.com
- picturetrail.com
My business postal address
My business phone & FAX number
My date of establishment
My staff e-mail
A brief description of my products and/or services
A unique URL (Examples:)

My name and/or business is listed in the following consumer-oriented organizations:

My name and/or business is listed in industry-appropriate organization memberships.

My products and/or services have been featured in the following prominent publications:

Magazine interview excerpt, reviews, etc.
Television interviews
Audio interviews
Reprints of published articles
Book reviews (published on Amazon)
Wikipedia article
USENET FAQ page
Dear editor letters

I have received the following recognition for my products and/or services.

A written, professional
Website Awards
- Example: DocuMaker's Website Awards
Testimonials
- Celebrity testimonials (Click here for an article explaining celebrity testimonials and how to exploit them.)
- Comments from form submissions (guest book) and/or email
- Comments from discussion groups, chats, etc.
- Comments made in person.
  - Example: DocuMaker's Testimonials
- Testimonial Accessories
  - scanned handwritten signatures (w/ permission)
  - contact information
  - online audio sound bites
  - video clips
  - phone and/or fax numbers
  - proof of credibility or authority
Links from:
- My local chamber of commerce
- Local city and state governmental resources
- My local library's web site.