CountyStart Networks Restructures Business Plan and Site - Throughout the years, CountyStart Networks has served the Darke county community and a few of the surrounding communities. During this last year, CountyStart Networks has opened up its service area and service line to the entire Miami Valley. By opening up our service area we are now capable of helping more businesses, organizations and residents throughout the Miami Valley. The ability to do this was made possible by creating PHP database driven websites and administration tools.

In the past it was very difficult to keep up with the demand from our clients on site information....
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CountyStart Networks has created a wonderful way for non-profits to get their message across to the public while not costing them a dime. This marketing program is made possible because businesses make up the non-profits cost through their own advertising efforts. CountyStart Networks has made the vehicle to get the message across, the business community pays for it, and the non-profits serve the community. What better situation could there be? Everyone wins in the CountyStart Networks plan.

CountyStart.com, The Miami Valley's Interactive Community Website

Full Page Detailed Listing - These detailed listings help our non-profit community provide a large amount of information to the general public that is hard to provide in any other form of media for free! We are trying hard to create an excellent marketing program for our non-profit community.

Non-profits detailed listings include:
1) Full color picture
2) Address
3) Phone Number, Toll Free Number, Fax Number
4) Website and Email Link
5) 2 Categories to be listed under in own Miami Valley county
6) Listed in same two categories in the entire Miami Valley Directory
7) Organization Leader
8) Location Info
9) Link to interactive map if desired
10) Hours of operation / Meeting times
11) Organizational Mission and Description (up to 3 paragraphs)
12) Your next 5 upcoming events listed
13) Your last 5 news stories listed

Unlimited Community Event Listings - These unlimited community event section has been provided to allow non-profits to post their upcoming yearly events, no matter what time of year. This service helps the public stay informed of the non-profit events that help our community. These events are listed by the next 10 upcoming events on the front page of CountyStart.com, events added in the last 30 days, linked on the front page and in the upcoming events section from the navigation of CountyStart.com. Three different ways on CountyStart.com to have your event publicized, and you only have to add it once to get it listed in all three places! Plus, these events are added to that non-profits detailed listing so that people viewing that organization listing can see that non-profits next 5 upcoming events.

Event listings include:
1) Title of Event
2) Category of Event
3) Date of Event
4) 2 Paragraphs of info
5) Hyperlink to Non-profits detailed listing at CountyStart.com

Unlimited News Stories - These unlimited News Stories are a great way for a non-profit to relay a series of messages intended to educate the public about their organization or church. These news stories are avilable in several areas on CountyStart.com. The latest news story will be the front page story on CountyStart.com, that is targeted to ALL 17 counties in the Miami Valley. Plus, it is added in the last 30 days of news stories, and organized in the News Stories section from the left nav of CountyStart.com. The last five stories added by a non-profit is included on their detailed listing as well.

These news stories include:
1) Title of News Story
2) Who the News Story was written by
3) Category of News Story
4) Date News Story was submitted/modified
5) Unlimited paragraphs so you can finish your whole story without fear of shortening to fit
6) Hyperlink to non-profits detailed listing at CountyStart.com

News Story examples could be:
1) Marriage Announcements
2) Graduation Announcements
3) Congratulations to a member or their family
4) Thank you to a member or their family
5) An inspirational and uplifting story
6) Tips and Advice column for people for various subjects
7) Big Announcement
8) New location announcement
9) Fundraiser or charity event story to help people understand what it is for and why they should participate
10) Or whatever you can think of that is positive.

We receive so much negative news through the television and radio. Our hope is that CountyStart.com can be used as a positive and uplifting outlet to get local news and information, not a negative like other medias. We encourage all non-profits to ONLY post positive news, unless there is something that is threatening the existance of that non-profit, and they need to speak out to the public so they can rally around that group.