Attention Suppliers / Important Info Regarding Your PDF Catalogs

September 24, 2009

Suppliers, you can now upload your PDF catalogs so that they display when Distributors conduct keyword searches in DistributorCentral.

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Here’s how to upload your PDF catalogs in your DC account
- Go to the Products Menu and select Upload PDF Catalogs
- Click on the Add New Catalog link
- Indicate your Catalog Name, Display Start and End Dates, then browse your computer to select the file to upload (see image below)

Upload Catalog

Important Info In Regards To Uploading Your PDF Catalogs
• The maximum file size that you can upload is 30MB. If your catalog is larger than 30MB, you’ll need to separate it into several parts and upload them individually.

• Be sure that you do not convert the text in your PDF catalog to outlines. If you do this, the keywords for your catalog will not be able to be indexed when searched for in DistributorCentral.

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Search Engine Optimization Resource

September 23, 2009

Search Engine Optimization can make your DistributorCentral website more successful for your company.

Below is a link to a document that could be helpful for you to optimize your website for search engines. This document is specifically targeted to optimizing your website for Google.

Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide PDF

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New “Share” Feature Added to Your DC Website!

September 16, 2009

The rapidly growing use of community and social marketing sites has led to numerous requests for additional functionality within DistributorCentral to help our users more easily interact with these types of services. One of these requests has been addressed with a new feature that allows you to instantly “share” a product or website content with friends or their favorite social websites such as Facebook, Twitter, their blog, and more. A new website preference allows you to display a “SHARE” button on the catalog page that enables you, or your customers, to quickly share information with a wide range of 3rd party tools. By default this button will appear on your websites; if you wish to turn it off it is located under the “General” section when editing your website preferences.

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The default tool is a product from AddThis.com which enables compatible sharing with AIM, Amazon Wishlist, Ask, Backflip, BallHype, Bebo, Blogger, Blogmarks, Buzz, Delicious, Digg, Diigo, Email, Facebook, Fark, Faves, Favorites, FriendFeed, Google, Hatena, Kaboodle, kIRTSY, Link-a-Gogo, LinkedIn, Live, Menéame, Mister Wong, Mixx, Multiply, myAOL, MySpace, Netvibes, Netvouz, Newsvine, Nujij, Plaxo, Print, Propeller, Reddit, Segnalo, Simpy, Slashdot, StumbleUpon, Stylehive, Technorati, ThisNext, Tip’d, Tumblr, Twitter, TypePad, WordPress, Y! Bookmarks, and Yardbarker. New sharing sites are routinely being added.

If you have an account with AddThis.com, ShareThis.com, or other 3rd party tools you can also use a second new preference (“Custom Share Button”) which allows you to insert your own HTML/JavaScript code in lieu of the default button. By registering for an account with these services you can track the use of the SHARE button on your site as part of your ongoing marketing and traffic research efforts. In general you would not use both of these preferences at the same time, but rather use either the stock SHARE button or custom code that you obtain from one of the share button providers.

To access these website preferences:
- Go to the Website Sites meneu and select Add/Edit Websites
- Click on the the Preferences link for your website
- Click on the Catalog tab
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page (see image below) 

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