Features - Power & Flexibility

Sales Spider's customizable hybrid solution providing for the pre-population of members is patent protected.  Several other Applets as described in this Customization Guide are patent protected with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

This social media platform can be deployed as a stand-alone application or as social media applets integrated with existing community sites.  The social network can use Sales Spider’s look and feel framework or be integrated into an existing community’s user interface. 

The applet and platform content are updated every 15 minutes. This ensures freshness of the user experience resulting in repeat visits.

The solution provides complete branding so that the contracting company is uniquely associated with its social network and the value delivered.

A Plug & Play Menu allows clients to select the Social Media Networking & Business Tools applets they want to use in their community sites. 

A Content Management System allows for Easy Set Up, Low Cost of Maintenance, and Back End Reporting.

Sales Spider’s social media platform benefits enterprise companies focused on the Small & Medium Business (SMB) segment:

• Low Cost – Initial and Ongoing Maintenance
• Time to Market – 30 to 45 Days
• Zero IT Resources Required
• Instant Audience & Community to Attract More Users
• Instant & Ongoing User Generated Content
• Customizable & Built For Flexibility
• Constant Upgrades & Improvements (Quarterly)
• Completely Branded for the Enterprise
• Fully Tested and Scalable
• Instant Access to millions of unique monthly SMB visitors

Features for the Back Office Administrators

Sales Spider’s platform and applets are designed to require little or no maintenance and offer full functionality for brands to manage and analyse their community activity.

Time to Market & Customization

Each Branded Version requires Customization to ensure it meets the specific needs of both the brand and target audience.  Typically, the Customization process will take 30-45 days in total from the start of the project to launch readiness and finalization.

Sales Spider’s social media solution can be deployed within an existing template (please view salespider.com) or integrated into the user interface of an existing social network or website.

Back End Reporting

A Web browser based reporting system is also provided to clients.  The specific components of the reports available depend on the Applets chosen.  The reporting system is password controlled.  Multiple reporting levels by passwords can be provided to ensure restricted reporting access.

Reports range from tracking new members joining by day, to the quantity of posts in your marketplace or sales leads per specific state/province.

Additionally, depending on the specific components chosen, most clients are provided an Analytics account which includes the following reporting on Advanced Segmentation, Motion Charts, Keyword and Campaign Comparison, Benchmarking, Trend and Date Slider, Ecommerce Tracking, Traffic Reporting, and Geo-Targeting.

You can Schedule or send ad-hoc personalized report emails that contain exactly the information you want to share.

Content Management System

Sales Spider provides a Content Management System (CMS), enabling easy modification. The CMS is a browser based application and is primarily used for creating and managing HTML content.

The Sales Spider CMS software provides authoring (and other) tools designed to allow users with little or no knowledge of programming languages or mark-up languages to create and manage content with relative ease of use.

Features for Community Members

Choose the features to offer to your community. Call us to ask about Best Practices.

The following is a list of the various applets and description of each and identifies which areas can be removed from the branded version. 

New Tabs & Pull Down Menus

• Description: A Brand using the Sales Spider platform as its user interface may want to include areas from its current web content whether e-commerce, or content specific to the brand. 

Home/Dashboard

• Description: This is each member’s home page once they join. It is automatically created. The dashboard is included in the CMS application and is specific to each brand’s version of the SMB Social Network. The Dashboard is a personalized homepage automatically created to suit each member’s prefernces. It acts as a central jump off point. Existing community sites can integrate applets into their own Dashboards.

Leads & Government Grants

• Description: Free Sales Leads & Government Grants, Instant Access to 30,000 Free Sales Leads, Business Opportunities and Prospect Lists - Updated Daily!  Leads are localized for members (view geo-targeted leads first) and 80% of members opt to receive an e-newsletter sent on Mondays reporting new leads and opportunities.

Classifieds/Marketplace

• Description: Free B2B Classified Ad Board that provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, services, local community, and events. Classified Ads are localised for members (view geo-targeted leads first) and 50% of members opt to receive an e-newsletter sent on Wednesdays or Thursdays reporting new quantity and general titles of new classified advertisements.

Biz Tools

• Description : Online Business Tools Such as Calculators, Business Documents, Financing & Grants, Business Start Up Guides, Lists of Business Laws and Regulations, Online Training and Videos

Business Directory

• Description: Online Business Directory where Business Owners and Entrepreneurs can get Free Advertising and Post Their Business Product or Service For Free or Search and Find Products and Services 

Job Center

• Description: Job Center allows Members to Post their Resumes and have them reviewed by Potential Employers. Employers and recruiters can post job ads and search and connect with potential employees

People

• Description: Social Network for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and includes Profiles, Directory and Listings of Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, and Distributors
• Brands can choose to allow access to the entire Sale Spider network of members (pre-population) or limit access to their own members. 

Mail

• Description: This is the section members use to send and receive messages within the network.

Live Chat

• Description: This Applet includes Free Business Chat Rooms for immediate and live interaction between members. 

Videos

• Description: This Applet includes business videos. There are two categories of business videos for this section.
• Videos from news organisations – MSNBC and SBTV (Small Business TV)
• User Uploaded Videos – Business-related videos provide by members to be viewed by other members.  Coming Soon.

Forums

• Description: This Applet includes business forums where members can create forums on subjects of their choosing and other members can post messages and comments on these forums. Forums are editorially controlled by the member who creates them.
• Many brands choose to create their own business topics for listings and limit all other forums from its members. This controls the quality of the forums. Editorial control is kept by the Brand.

Settings

• Description: This Applet can be seen by members exclusively and is used for their control of their profile listing, opt in and opt out privileges and all other personal settings.  Depending on the client’s selections, a settings area is required to provide users self serve control.