B2B-Malaysia.com – Online Directory of Proudly Malaysian Companies
B2B-Malaysia.com is the quintessential tool for any proudly Malaysian business to market their wares overseas. Using the A1 Team Malaysia brand as an exclusive, unique and powerful marketing tool, the directory aims to bring Malaysia, its products, and services, to the world.
This is a relatively straightforward system – an online directory of malaysian businesses supplying products or services, to be marketed to the world. The interface is kept simple and clean to avoid any unnecessary confusion, bearing in mind visitors and users of the directory come from all over the world, from different backgrounds and various levels of proficiency in the English language.
Members are given the freedom to self-manage the content on their pages. They are given their own login credentials to edit and update their contact and product or services information. This greatly cuts back on the client’s time in managing the content, and gives the members control over the content of their pages.
The real value-add of this directory to its members is the meta-tagging of their pages - all premium members get their own pages, fully tagged which means they are search engine-friendly. Premium members also get a friendly URL, which gives them a website address of their own, excellent if they do not have their own website, or one in English, easily understood by the global market.
The main challenge of the directory comes from the ‘unseen’ back-end management of members, and administration of the site. The goal of the client was to have a self-sustaining site with as little mundane administrative man-hours spent as possible. Certain automated processes have been included to address this need. These include:
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Automatic notification of membership information, login credentials, membership start and end-dates, renewal notices, etc.
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Online payment as an option
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Self-editing of content for members
Simplified and automated administration processes on include:
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Batch sending of emails at a click of a button
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Automated generation of various reports for tracking and accounting purposes
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Internal statistics tracking for periodic review to allow for informed business decisions relating to the site management
As of June 2006, the site is a working Beta version.
