Google has launched Get Your Business Online con Google, a program targeting Hispanic-owned businesses to get online. Google partnered with local Miami organizations to design the program, which will help drive economic growth by providing businesses the tools and resources to create a website in Spanish. The company also teamed up with Intuit to provide its popular Intuit Website offerings for free, including an easy-to-build website, a customized domain name and web hosting for one year.
The program is part of a statewide initiative aimed at helping the 58 percent of Hispanic-owened Florida small businesses that do not have an online presence.
Google will welcome hundreds of local Florida businesses to participate in a series of free workshops held in Spanish that will focus on educating Hispanic-owned small businesses on how easy and quick it is to get online. Google employees will work hand-in-hand with business owners to instruct them on how to create an easy-to-build, customizable website through Google. Workshops will be held in Spanish, with assistance available in English as needed.
WHEN: Monday, Dec. 3, 2012
Three sessions:
Session one: 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Session two: 12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Session three: 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Miami Dade College (MDC) Wolfson Campus
Chapman Conference Center
300 NE 2nd Avenue Building 3, Second Floor
Miami, FL 33132
This is a good move on the part of Google, and it’s also good news for Hispanic-owned business, since they can now harness the business opportunities the Internet brings. With this program, more Hispanic-owned businesses can put up their own websites and establish a web presence for their company or business. It will also benefit their target markets, since looking for a certain product or service will be a lot easier.
Posted by: Darryl Tay | 12/17/2012 at 07:50 AM