Delicious Caribbean Dishes, As Seen Online!
On Sunday an authentic Caribbean eatery in Manhattan serves up Bintou’s Famous Pepper Soup and on Monday, try Sauce Arachide (Peanut Butter Stew w/ Beef), each for just ten dollars. Unless you lived near or strolled by ‘New Ivoire Restaurante’, you probably wouldn’t have ever visited the delicious spot… until now! With the help of a volunteer and Yola.com, restaurant owner and ACCION USA client Cheick Cisse has a website that he hopes will bring in some extra business.
ACCION USA has a diverse base of clients ranging from small local restaurants like Cheik’s to small, tech saavy media companies like Maureen’s, Moped Productions. But for many microloan clients at ACCION USA, a business website has often seemed too advanced, too expensive, or even unnecessary. Busy restaurant owners like Cheick simply don’t have time or the extra money to invest in web development.
ACCION USA struck an immediate partnership with Yola when we learned about the free web building tools that they were offering. And we began to think of simple and creative ways to introduce this service to our clients.
Lauren, an ACCION USA volunteer met with Cheick at his restaurant and was able to put together a simple and useful website. “I’m delighted I’ve been able to spend my free time volunteering at ACCION USA. It’s very rewarding to help clients at an organization that works so hard to empower people financially,” she says of the experience.
Now Cheick just needs a lesson on optimizing the searchability of his website on search engines like Google. Have SEO experience and interested in volunteering? Contact Erica Dorn edorn@accionusa.org, but first check out ‘ New Ivoire Restaurant‘ for a true taste of the Caribbean.