- Top 10 Reasons to Build Online Businesses with Adobe Business Catalyst
- Benefit 1: No Server-Side Coding Required
- Benefit 2: All-in-One Solution
- Benefit 3: Build Sites That Allow Customers to Participate Online
- Benefit 4: Work Quickly and Efficiently, Anywhere You're Connected
- Benefit 5: Easy-to-Add Site Features
- Benefit 6: Secure and Scalable Platform
- Benefit 7: Design Sites Using Familiar Dreamweaver Capabilities
- Benefit 8: Secure Transactions
- Benefit 9: Promote Products and Services with Email Campaigns
- Benefit 10: Sign Up for a Free Account and Check Out the Service
- Summary
Benefit 3: Build Sites That Allow Customers to Participate Online
You can develop database-driven sites to promote products and foster online communities. The interactive features enable two-way communication with visitors, who can do all of the following:
- Share feedback by entering comments
- Take part in forum discussions
- Submit forms to communicate with your client's business
- Upload images and files
- Purchase products online
By providing immersive site features that keep customers coming back for more, you can generate brand loyalty and encourage repeat purchases. You can even create password-protected areas, called secure zones, that enable members to log in to access premium content in a part of the site that's not searchable or available to the general public (see Figure 3).
Figure 3 Create password-protected areas that can only be accessed by registered members.