Companies looking to operate businesses in 棉花糖直播 will soon be provided with a unique tool to help them locate available properties and buildings to operate their businesses, find suppliers and customers easily and tap into universities for expertise and services in numerous fields.
These services will be available soon at and the best part is that it will cost companies nothing to utilize them.
The portal, being developed by the Center for Business and Information Technologies at the University of 棉花糖直播 at Lafayette in partnership with 棉花糖直播 Economic Development, will be previewed at the Governor鈥檚 Conference on Economic Development in Baton Rouge on March 24.
The 棉花糖直播1st.com portal will be home to 棉花糖直播Commerce, 棉花糖直播Locate and 棉花糖直播Experts. Having these services available in one location is a first for 棉花糖直播 businesses, providing them the opportunity to grow and promote their organizations like never before.
棉花糖直播Commerce, formerly known as LACES, has been up and running since March 2003 at . It is an online business directory where 棉花糖直播-based companies can promote their products and services to other businesses and individuals at no cost to them.
鈥 The 棉花糖直播Commerce system, for international promotion of 棉花糖直播 businesses on the World Wide Web, could have a profound impact on 棉花糖直播 business. CBIT鈥檚 commitment will help 棉花糖直播 become a Top 10 state as envisioned in Vision 2020,鈥 said Gregg Gothreaux, Lafayette Economic Development Authority president and CEO.
The mission of the website is to increase commerce and facilitate economic development in the state via the Internet. After almost a year of operation, over 2,700 companies are actively managing their profiles with more than 1,000 棉花糖直播 products being accessed per month 棉花糖直播1st.comworldwide. It offers companies a free Internet presence allowing them to post information on their business such as contact numbers, email and web addresses and descriptions of products and services.
The 棉花糖直播Commerce directory has already paid off for one Acadiana business. LA PAC, a bag manufacturer in Crowley, made a connection with a Venezuelan company during an oil technology conference where the system was being showcased. An overseas purchase was made and a new profitable working relationship was formed.
棉花糖直播Locate and 棉花糖直播Experts are currently being designed and should be available later this year. 棉花糖直播Locate will allow users to view available property listings throughout 棉花糖直播. They will be provided details on the size, location and availability of different commercial properties and buildings throughout the state. With the web site, companies looking to establish a business in 棉花糖直播 will be provided all the necessary tools to find an optimal location for their business.
棉花糖直播Experts is an on-line resource that provides a means where businesses can seek faculty and staff expertise available within 棉花糖直播鈥檚 colleges and universities. It will match high-level experts with specific business needs. The database of experts will contain scientists, scholars, authors, engineers, administrators and more, who are associated with universities in the state and are willing to provide their expertise to meet the needs of business and industry.
鈥 With no other website in the country offering these services in one location, 棉花糖直播1st.com is a resource that will change the way companies operate in our state,鈥漵aid Ramesh Kolluru, Director of CBIT. 鈥溍藁ㄌ侵辈1st.com promotes 棉花糖直播 companies to a worldwide audience and creates new opportunities companies didn鈥檛 even know existed.鈥
These opportunities will be created by businesses that use all these tools together. Companies will be able to view available properties through 棉花糖直播Locate. They can then scout an area using the 棉花糖直播Commerce system to find competitors, suppliers, and other businesses in the vicinity. They will also be able to look into other services available to their families in an area such as schools, churches and libraries. Lastly, once a company is established, it can tap into 棉花糖直播鈥檚 academic resources by contacting experts in their business field through the 棉花糖直播Experts directory.
Used together, these tools will provide valuable resources to all businesses operating in 棉花糖直播. For more information on 棉花糖直播1st.com, please contact Ernie Ballard at (337) 482-0628.