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Frequently Asked Questions about “The CID Pages”
To sign up, simply pay securely online; then register. Detailed instructions here.
Q. What are The CID Pages and features?
A. The CID Pages is where you want to be. It is an opt-in directory of Certified Interior Designers published on the CCIDC Web site. It is an easy and effective way to promote your business. All you need to do is sign up, then register with your own name and password. You can login anytime to create and edit your personalized listing.
Some outstanding features are:
* Internal search engine to search by zip code, city, county, country, keywords +more.
* Display up to 8 photos at a time.
* Display your contact information including your address, phone, Web site and spam-free email.
* Display your own business profile. You write the text; change it as many times as you want.
* Create your own listing for 12, 24 or 36 months
* Login with your own password to change your own listing 24/7/365
* Viral Marketing: Tell-a-Friend on main search page and on your own listing.
* Your own account page with edit & preview links, subscription status, site stats +more.
* Lost password reminder, automated renewal emails +more.
Q. I work for someone else. Should I still have a listing?
A. Absolutely! While your name and certification number needs to be on your listing, your employer can advertise the firm you work for and post photographs of projects you have designed or been involved with in a significant way.
Q. OK, that sounds good, but what if I leave the firm, does my listing remain online?
A. You would have to make arrangements with your present employer about this and it depends on who pays for the listing. CCIDC only allows individual CID’s to have listings and not firms, so technically, you would still have the listing but you would have to remove your employers information.
Q. I don’t have a Web site can I still have a listing?
A. YES! “The CID Pages” was designed as a mini-Web site which provides your contact information, a description of your work, up to 8 photographs, a way to email you directly, and has a "tell-a-friend" viral marketing feature which links directly to your individual listing.
Q. How do consumers find the CCIDC site and “The Certified Interior Designer Pages”?
A. Our Web traffic comes from many places including search engines and referring Web sites. Visitors find us by searching key phrases such as interior designers, interior decorators, Certified Interior Designers, California interior designers, how to select interior designer and others. Currently, “The CID Pages” is linked five times on the CCIDC site from the Home page, Consumers pages and our News page. We will soon embark on a large consumer marketing campaign via press releases, handouts at consumer shows, etc. See our newest listings here
Q. How do I update my listing?
A. Simply log in to www.ccidc.org/listings/login and enter your username and password. You can update your listing and change your photographs as many times as you wish, 24/7/365.
Q. How will consumers find my actual listing?
A. Search engines such as Google are indexing The CID Pages so it’s possible your listing could be found through a search engine. Also, when a Consumer clicks on “The CID Pages” at www.ccidc.org/listings/index.html they will be able to search for you by specialty, city, state, county, country, zip code, first and last name. If they are searching for a kitchen designer and your listing has the keyword “kitchen” in your description, your listing will come up.
Viral marketing - - “The CID Pages” has two built-in Tell-a-Friend features (one on the main search page and one on your actual listing). To promote your Certification, you may also wish to post your listing address (URL) on your own Web site and put it in your ‘auto-signature’ (that is attached to your emails); you may want to print your listing and mail it to prospective clients. We designed the listing to fit on one 8.5”x11” page.
Q. Okay, I’m convinced! How do I sign up?
A. To subscribe, simply pay securely online; and after payment you will receive a link to register. It’s really quite easy! You can also find detailed instructions here.
Displaying your work on “The CID Pages” is a smart way to market your talents and will help a consumer find you for their next project.
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