Newcomers Network Business Membership

THIS SERVICE HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED WITH ADVERTISING ON THE NEWCOMERS NETWORK WEBSITE

Please visit http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/nn/content/view/114/42/ for details

What is included in Business Membership of Newcomers Network?

1.  We provide 'descriptive text links ' (name based click through links with a word description) across all pages of the Newcomers Network website.  Our special program automatically selects four random business members each time a page of our website is viewed and these descriptive text links are at the top of the screen in four outlined boxes (or on the right hand side of our home page).  Business Membership covers ALL views and ALL click throughs.  Current averages for all of our Business Members are 68 click throughs directly to your website every month - this varies upon the relevance of the link to the website visitors). We also send you a monthly statistics email to let you know how many views and how many click throughs your organisation has received.

2. Creating and maintaining a Business Member Profile Page until 30 June 2007 (Average of 115 visits per month) - see other Business Member Profiles at http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/business_members/

3. Profiling your business in one edition of our monthly email newsletter (over 2,500 subscribers worldwide) - see past editions at
http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/au/enews/

4. Adding a logo link on two relevant pages of our website - see how this looks at
http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/mel/information/allcategories/expatgroups/im.php

**New feature - Business Member Only emails - see past editions online at http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/business_members/news/index.php**

5. Publishing two expert advice articles that you write (optional) on our website - see others at
http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/mel/oursay/expertadvice/index.php

6. Listing your website on our reciprocal links page
http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/mel/oursay/reciprocallinks/index.php

7. Including your business details on all email questions we answer (we currently provide personally crafted answers to approximately 40 questions per month)

8. We alert Business Members to special news and networking opportunities and offer 'Business Member Only' invitations. Of course you are also invited to attend our other events, including the Welcome to Melbourne and Welcome to Sydney events every month.

9. We advocate on your behalf when we are out and about, providing direct referrals to your organisation

10 .Other items on request and after approval - in some newcomer related cases, we provide reciprocal membership, advertising exchange, affiliate services (by all means, please contact us to discuss).

What do we guarantee?

*  To increase your profile on the internet and the number of visitors to your website - by making sure that a reference to your business is included in the top three pages of organic search results (left hand side for Google) for particular key words or your business name. Your website hyperlink on your profile page will be a direct link for Search Engine Optimisation purposes - all of the other click throughs will be recorded in your monthly statistics email of click throughs and views of your descriptive text link

* We are constantly working at ways to increase quality traffic to the Newcomers Network website

* To include as much content, keywords, details etc that you would like on your profile page (for no extra fee) and these details can be changed at any time - again, increasing the likelihood of your link coming up in organic Search Engine Results.

* To do our best to make sure that your logo website link is included on pages that are relevant to your business. 

Important Business Membership background information

* Newcomers Network is Australia's first network for newcomers - our research started in 1999 and we have been online since May 2001
* We have published nearly 1,000 individual website pages
* We have around 50,000 unique visitors to the Newcomers Network website every month and this is constantly increasing
* We have been nominated for and secured several awards and a Four Star Business Accreditation
. 2006 Finalist in the Home Based Business Awards
. 2005 Certificate of Appreciation for service to Victorian Sport and Recreation Association of Persons with an Intellectual Disability
. 2005 Certificate of Appreciation for participating in Living in Harmony Initiative
. 2004 Finalist in the Corporate Citizenship Category of the Australian HR Awards
. 2004 Four Star Business Accreditation from Micronavigator
. 2004 Entrant in Celebrating Melbourne Awards
. 2004 Certificate of Appreciation for participating in Living in Harmony Initiative
. 2003 Sue Ellson was nominated for the Telstra Businesswoman of the Year Awards
. 2002 Entrant in the Inaugural Victorian Premier's Business Sustainability Awards
. 2001 Highly Commended Award in the Emerging Business Category, Micro Business Awards
* For locations across Australia, we have answered over 1800 email, online forum and telephone questions, gathered over 4000 contacts, 2500 subscribers and a further 450 media contacts
* We have hosted over 50 events in Melbourne and Sydney http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/mel/events/past.php and are looking to establish events in Brisbane, Adelaide, Darwin, Perth and Hobart in 2006
* We are a member of over 20 online groups and subscribe to around 80 newsletters
* We have advocated for significant changes to websites and publications produced for newcomers and supported campaigns for Australian Citizenship and Living in Harmony
* up to 80% of our visitors are based overseas - fact finding before arrival in Australia
* A majority of our website pages have either a four or five out of 10 Google Page Rank
* We are listed on some very major Australian and international websites including Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Live in Victoria, Business Melbourne etc - see http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/mel/oursay/reciprocallinks/index.php for details
* We continue to receive significant 'good news' publicity and editorial around the world - see http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/i/media/
* Websites and individuals profiled on the Newcomers Network website will often find that they appear on a Newcomers Network page in Google Search query results before their own website appears in the query results
* We also collect revenue from the Google AdSense program and quality consulting services so this means that we can keep our Business Membership Fee affordable - one payment for the Australian financial year and you can join at any time
* Our website does not have cookies, tracking programs, registration, plug ins or large graphics so it will work on all internet browser programs and any internet connection (dialup or cable) anywhere in the world and visitors are assured of an 'identification free' experience (rare in today's online world)
* We currently moderate three blogs http://newcomersnetwork.blogspot.com/ http://livinginharmonyaustralia.blogspot.com/ and http://networkofnetworks.blogspot.com/
* Our Australian Business Number (ABN) is 77 569 915 728 and you can see our registration details at http://www.abr.business.gov.au
The previous ABN was 12 359 363 075 - Newcomers Network was registered on 17/5/01
* You can learn more about Newcomers Network by reading this article published in Networking Women http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/i/media/0510nw.php
* You can read the current resume of Ms Sue Ellson BBus AIMM, the Founder of Newcomers Network at http://www.newcomersnetwork.com/sueellson
* We continue to produce many pages that appear in the first page of Google Search Query results.
 

How long does it take to process my Business Application?

Within three days of receiving it.

I have some more questions - who do I contact?

Sue Ellson, the Founder of Newcomers Network - telephone +61 (0)3 9812 7288, fax +61 (0)3 9012 4419 or mobile +61 (0) 402 243 271
or email sueellson at newcomersnetwork dot com

What do I do now?

Submit the following application

Make your payment by either

1) sending a cheque or bank draft in Australian Dollars payable to Newcomers Network to Newcomers Network, PO Box 554, Templestowe, Victoria, Australia 3106 with a copy of your Business Membership Application Details.

OR

2) a direct deposit to the Newcomers Network Bank Account, Westpac Banking Corporation, 360 Collins Street Melbourne Australia Branch, Branch Number 033000 Account Number 125824 (use your organisation name in the reference field and quote the date of your payment when you send your Business Membership Application Details)

OR

3) PayPal (you can use your credit card to pay) https://www.paypal.com/au/ - you can either pay by using the email address sueellson at newcomersnetwork dot com or you can ask us to send you a PayPal invoice (quote the date of your payment and your receipt number when you send your Business Membership Application Details).

 

**Yearly rates are charged on a pro-rata basis - we work on the Australian Financial Year from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007**