Apptivo unveils Biz Pages – An Alternative to Websites for Small and Medium Businesses (SMB’s)

Aug. 24, 2011 - PRLog -- Apptivo provides small businesses, freelancers, independent consultants, and startups with 40+ Free business apps on the cloud, aimed to help manage their business needs online, through the cloud. Today Apptivo released the Biz Pages App (http://www.apptivo.com/biz-pages), to help address the issue of creating web presence for small businesses easily and quickly. Every business which does not have the time or money to create full-fledged websites can now quickly get started with a custom Biz Page for absolutely Free.

All Biz Pages are designed to give users a more personal experience and allow the use of a background of their liking. Some of the features which make the Biz Pages very effective marketing and sales tools are:
•   Every Biz Page is optimized for sharing on Facebook and contains the necessary open graph tags to make sharing on Facebook easy and effective.
•   The Biz Pages are automatically created with meta tags which make it easy for the SMBs to get better search engine relevance.
•   Each Biz Page comes with a built-in contact form, allowing businesses to easily capture information from potential sales leads.
•   Soon to be released functionality around allowing SMBs to connect with each other and make completely secure business relationships through Apptivo.

Creating a Biz Page takes exactly 30 seconds and each Startup or SMB will now be able to create an online business presence instantly, with a few clicks of the mouse. All that is required is a brief description of one’s company and a business logo. Once the Biz Page has been created, businesses can immediately start sharing the page over social media.

This is a low cost way of promoting any business online. Bastin Gerald, the founder of Apptivo, mentioned that “we wanted to provide an easy way for SMBs to market themselves online without having to invest in websites. We believe the Biz Pages will just be the beginning of a lot of important features which will allow SMBs to grow and promote their business online.”

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About Apptivo

Apptivo provides free, business apps on the cloud to address the needs of startups, freelancers, the self employed, and Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs). Apptivo provides web-based tools for CRM, Invoicing, Project Management, eCommerce, Financials, and many other business processes. All the apps are interconnected and can be accessed with a single login. For more information, go to: http://www.apptivo.com. Follow Apptivo on Facebook at www.facebook.com/apptivo and on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/apptivo.