FAQS

        In several ways..  You will receive a Unique & Professionally Written, Rich-In-Detail Advertisement at a fraction of the cost, than if you ran the same ad in the yellow pages, or in any other marketing medium such as newspapers, radio, television, etc.

The 16,000 + Consumers A Month who visit The Smart Start Guide do so more often than they would use the online yellow pages, because we're more than just another business directory..  We're an online magazine, a daily news and weather source, and much more...

Increase Traffic To Your Business Website with Free Links from your Smart Start Ad to your website and/or e-mail address.  When potential customers, whose interest was piqued already after reading (and listening to) your well-written ad, want to learn more about your business, they can contact the source directly - YOU or YOUR WEBSITE!

And the best benefit is that you will pay only $119.95 for a quality audio text advertisement listed inside our directory for AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN BUSINESS!  Bring your text advertising to life with a  30-Seconds Smart Byte.  A Smart Byte is a clean, crisp, smooth-sounding audio recording (.mp3 file) performed by a professional Voice Over Artist, accompanied with background music, and sounds, highlighting the things you or your business does best!  An audio file that is yours to keep to use on your website, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter pages, Answering Machines and more..   And, you only have to pay ONCE!  Because for having us create your 30-Seconds Smart Byte, you will be listed on our directory for however long you are in business!  We just ask that you notify us if you are no longer in business in order to keep our directory up-to-date. 

        We want The Smart Start Guide to be known as a quick and easy online source for people to find the quality products and services they seek when they need them.  So, we designed it to be as simple as possible.  All of our city Smart Start Guides operate the same way as described below..  

From our Home page, you would click on the nearest City Link to where you live or to where you are visiting --- This will bring up your chosen city Smart Start Guide on the computer screen.   When you enter a city's Smart Start Guide, you will see a Box (top middle of page) with a scroll bar on the right of it titled "Quick Biz Links", which lists the different business categories available for that particular city directory.  You can use the scroll bar to find the type of products/services you are looking for, or you can use the scroll bar to the far right of the page to view the various business advertisements listed.  All "Quick Biz Link" categories are listed in alphabetical order.  When you find the type of service you are looking for, just click on that particular Quick Biz Link and it will take you to all of the business ads listed under that type of service. 

Coming soon...  As we grow and for added functionality, we are working on creating a Search Box to for each of our city Smart Start Guides, so that users can type in a particular service or business category to find the type of products/services they need.

       Most (but not all) of our marketing efforts are Internet resources such as through the Use of Search Engines such as Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc..to name a few. We utilize paid search engine optimization services provided by an outside company to get the best available placement on the popular search engines for our website - SmartStartGuide.com.  Also, we send out Monthly E-Mail/Phone Text Campaigns  to our current advertisers, perspective advertisers and web audience.  We request/accept Website Link Exchanges from other websites. And, we try to attend Local and National Networking Events throughout the year in efforts to further promote our services and online magazine. 

        $119.95!  However, there is NO MONEY Up Front to receive your Smart Ad Proof!  Just fill out our Easy Ad Form and we will send you a proof of how your Smart Ad will read inside our directory along with a PayPal invoice for our services.  All Changes to your proof are FREE.  So, submit as many as you like.  Your 30-Seconds audio commercial will be produced AFTER you approve your text ad, and payment for our services has been processed.  Also, your 30-seconds commercial will be written and performed based on the information listed within your text advertisement.  It takes up to 3 business days to complete production of your audio commercial (Smart Byte).  Once completed we will send you the audio file (.mp3) to you in e-mail as well as attach it to your text advertisement inside The Smart Start Guide for users to play. 

        Yes!  It costs $70 for each additional ad placement.  For example, if you want to list your Ad inside The Cleveland Smart Start Guide and The Los Angeles Smart Start Guide..  You will pay $119.95 for your ad listing inside the Cleveland Smart Start Guide and an additional $70 to list it inside the Los Angeles Smart Start Guide (Total of $189.95).  Also, you can list your Smart Start Ad inside all 30 of our city Smart Start Guides available for a One-Time Payment of $239.90!  Again, this is a One-Time Payment and you will not be billed yearly. 

        One, we do all of the work!  We will create an Unique & Professionally Written, Rich-In-Detail Advertisement based on the information you provide us about your business and/or services.  We guarantee you'll like it because if you there's something you want changed, or written differently, we will write it the way you want it to read - FOR FREE!  Two, we bring your text advertising to "life" by including your very own custom-made audio commercial.  A professionally recording (Radio Quality - TV Ready - .MP3 File) that is yours to keep!  By far, the Smart Byte is the most ground-breaking advancement with online text advertising so far!  Something that is not offered with Google Adwords, Yahoo or Craig's List text advertising!  Three, with The Smart Start Guide, there is NO pay-per-click pricing to set up like you have for Google and Yahoo.  No matter if you receive 1 or 1 million inquiries from your Smart Ad, you only pay one-time for however long you are in business!  Four, We understand how much work is involved with running a small business.  We've made it much easier for you to start advertising with us.  Just tell us a little information about your business and we handle the rest.  We write it.  We post it.  You're listed!

Fill Out our Easy Ad Form with NO MONEY Down

And Receive Your Ad Proof via E-mail!

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