Hexagon March 2022

By Mikko Palon

Everyone needs a website.

It’s literally your home on the Internet, and the online presence of an individual or company, no matter what field, has a huge impact on their success. These days, some still don’t realize that a large chunk of their potential clients or audiences will visit their website before getting in touch with them, availing of a service, or making a purchase.

Having a strong digital presence – particularly a website – can be a make-or-break thing when it comes to being noticed and generating more business. Here are five major reasons why you need to have a home on the web:

#1 – Credibility

Increase your organization’s credibility and your own by simply having a website. Chances are, there’s going to be a lot of competition in your field. A surefire way you can stand out is by having a website that looks professional and clearly communicates useful information to your visitors. Without a website, people may question if you’re legitimate. With your website, you can make that awesome first impression and give people comfort that you’re a real individual or business.

#2 – Brand

Up the chances of your potential clients or audiences getting in touch with you using your website. This is where you establish who you are, what you can do for others, and how they could contact you. Showcasing your brand to your prospects is one of the most important things that you can do for yourself and your business.

#3 – Leads and Organic Traffic

Get more prospects and visitors with the power of your website. When people find you online and become interested in your product or service, they’ll easily know how to get in contact with you. Once you’re live and have an SEO-optimized website, you’ll have a solid opportunity of showing up in Google search results and increasing your reach. Even though your website would have a certain cost, when utilized correctly, it will produce a positive return on your investment.

#4 – Timesaver and Better Customer Service

Many individuals or businesses get calls from potential or existing customers asking basic questions, like location and hours of operation. If you miss a call, that client is left unsatisfied. Calls could also distract you or your staff from focusing on the more important parts of your operations. Your website can help lessen these calls and make way for more productivity. At the same time, your site allows visitors to find useful information without needing to call, which eventually gives them an overall better user experience.

#5 – Updates and Overall Digital Marketing

Your website will be accessible to the entire world 24/7. This paves a way for you to keep your customers or  audiences up-to-date on everything that you’re doing, and the website building platform you select should  make it easy for you to post updates and announcements. If you plan on leveraging digital marketing to  increase your leads and grow your presence, you’ll likely want to drive traffic straight to your website. This  strategy works even more effectively when you support it with ads and other marketing moves.

 

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By Ellen Edmonds

The Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon (PACCO) is one of the grant awards recipients from Business Oregon for organizations focused on under-served small businesses. A total fund of $250,000.00 was awarded to PACCO. This fund shall be spent in delivering technical assistance services. Having experienced the challenges that the small business owners dealt with everyday as we served them in the last 14 months with previously funded technical assistance programs, greatly enhanced service packages will be offered this round.

To quote Pacco’s Executive Director, Ellen Bolus-Edmonds, ” We saw the need to enable entrepreneurs to work ON their businesses as opposed to working IN them. They want to grow but most of the time, they are too overwhelmed with putting out fires that they don’t have the time to learn new things that would increase their productivity”.

With the huge shift in the way business is conducted in the 21st century, our offered programs remain to be crucial to the small business owners so they may be able to compete with huge corporations having deeper pockets invested on staff, intense research, online marketing programs, e-commerce platforms. PACCO has enhanced KEY programs/services to include : virtual assistance services, business plan review & assistance, mentoring/cohort business coaching on resiliency & business expansion, referrals and resource navigation, marketing and brand identity, technology services – web development, social media management, e-commerce.
PACCO hopes to expediently help qualified entrepreneurs to either start and/or sustain and expand their businesses to create more jobs thus contributing in growing the economy.

Please watch out for application timelines and hiring announcements coming out next week!

Click this link to learn more about this Business Oregon program > https://development.oregon4biz.com/acton/rif/14786/s-0577-2201/-/l-0007:48ef/l-0007/showPreparedMessage?sid=TV2:Rii7KS1QC

Portland, Ore. — The Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon (PACCO) is pleased to announce the appointment of a new executive director. For the first time in the twenty-five-year history of PACCO, the board unanimously voted to appoint Ms. Ellen Bolus-Edmonds as Executive Director, effective December 1, 2021.

“We are thrilled for Ellen and the community! Ellen is a talented, experienced leader with business acumen, positive energy, and deep passion for helping business owners thrive,” says PACCO President Janice Mason. “The board is confident with this decision and looking forward to building on accomplishments from 2020 and 2021,” said PACCO co-founder and board member Jaime Lim.

Bolus-Edmonds was born, raised, and schooled in the Philippines. She earned her MBA degree and graduated with the highest honors from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the Philippines. Bolus-Edmonds past leadership roles include several appointments as Chief Operations Officer and Vice-President for Marketing and Sales for various publicly traded companies. She is expertly adept in administering and leading organizational matters involving people, processes, and systems management. Bolus-Edmonds managed sales teams that generated a revenue of $200M annually.

“I am deeply passionate about assisting small business owners, community members, and clients achieve their maximum potential so that together we can position the lives of the next generation to be better than our own,” said Bolus-Edmonds. Leveraging her credentials as a Certified Professional Executive Coach (CPC, Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP), and a Growthwheel Certified Business Advisor, Bolus-Edmonds will continue business recovery, growth, and development programs for PACCO, which during the pandemic included assisting more than 300 small business owners to survive. Ellen is faithful to her mission statement, “Live insanely great lives, make a difference every day!”

ABOUT PACCO

PACCO is a welcoming and inclusive community organized to build generational wealth to empower economic resiliency, affordable sustainability, and purpose-driven global commerce, especially for historically marginalized, economically disadvantaged, and underserved communities through relevant, impactful programs and meaningful connections.

By grounding our efforts in racial equity, we promote economic opportunity, education, professionalism, and civic engagement by providing scholarships, leadership training programs, and technical assistance. PACCO is organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.