Yahoo! to help Small Businesses in the Gulf Coast get “back in business”—and Store will be there!

Yahoo! Small Business, in coordination with BellSouth, will be helping businesses in the Gulf Coast area set up online business presences. On Friday April 7, Yahoo! employees will be on hand at the Hotel Intercontinental in New Orleans to train and advise businesses in the following areas:

• Creating/designing a web site
• Setting up an e-commerce store (session to be led by Solid Cactus)
• Succeeding in a Post-Katrina environment (session to be led by local business partners)
• Risk assessment and planning for small businesses
• Driving traffic to a site through initiating a Yahoo! Sponsored Search campaign
• Using the Internet to drive local traffic to your site through Yahoo! Local

Businesses that participate in the session will be eligible for up to $1500 worth of free products and online services*. If you are a current Yahoo! merchant in the Gulf Coast region, or know a business person in the area, please pass along the details of the program to them. Small business owners and entrepreneurs interested in taking part can get more information or register online.

Paul Boisvert
Yahoo! Small Business

*Limited time offer. Other restrictions apply. Click here for details.