The last couple of weeks have been full on as we get closer to the launch of Best Deals Australia.

Last weekend we finished the second video update. I really have to thank Asish who not only shot the video but came in to the office to edit it the day before he was due to fly out to go home for a well earned holiday.

I know it is a little long coming in just under the 10 minute mark but it really does give you a good over view of why a business should participate. However our original intension was to make two shorter videos but we ran out of time and splitting it would have required some hours of work. I apologise but hope you will watch it as it could prove to be a big boost for your business.

I have two pieces of news. The first is that we have now added a virtual office tower so service businesses can also benefit from the marketing package we have put together. In fact when you look at the marketing package you will see that it is worth far more than the rent and you get a shop or virtual office as well.

The second item is that we have approximately 50 businesses involved so far. Some are one product shops and some have far more, Gernani's for example has over 150 items. There was a last minute rush at the end of last month (January) so we are pretty snowed under getting them all up but I look forward to launching in the next couple of weeks and from then on you will see more shops or offices being added weekly.

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We are working on a new and quite unique shopping mall which will be launched around December 2009. It will be called Best Deals Australia and will be accessible through that domain name as well.

The unique part is that although every shop is individual and custom designed to represent the brand of the business our customers can go from one shop to another and add items to their shopping cart and then pay for them all in one go. It will be like a real world shopping mall but better - you don't have to pay for your goods every time you leave a shop.

We already have some great shops on board and we haven't done any marketing yet. We just discussed the idea with a few companies to get their feedback and they insisted on being in from the beginning.

There are some really nifty features as well, like we do all the work. We will upload your products to the shop, add new items or delete sold out ones and update the other content. We also do all the design and construction and every shop can include video.

But more importantly, we will do all the marketing.  That means we will run promotions in all the social media web sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, do the regular PR, create posters and much more.

And here's the bit I know you will like, there is no set up fee and no hidden charges just one really low rent per month and you pay us a commission on sales.

It will be the easiest and the cheapest way for any business to get a branded shop online without the hassle of worrying about updating it or promoting it.

The one thing we have learned over the years is people hate updating their web site and online shops are twice as hard and therefore get updated less often. But if you want customers to come back regularly that's exactly what you have to do. So I think of all the new and unique features we have added the thing that will make taking a shop in our new shopping mall a no brainer is the fact that you never have to do the work and you don't pay any extra for us to do it.

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