Talk about a shop-a-holic! Christine Van Buskirk, founder and co-owner of Girl Shop Spot,  would buy, order, and schedule anything and everything from a dedicated small business owner if she could. “I can’t help but enjoy supporting the small business owner and seeing people become successful. I do get broke at times doing this, so I thought there must be another way to help, along with my shopping habits. I thought, if I could help these small business owners connect with one another to improve networking and sales, while providing a great way to market their business online to customers, we would all be in a better place,” says Christine.

“I’ve always enjoyed supporting small businesses and helping friends and family of mine market their business online. With my husband Jim, developing software for corporations and me designing web sites and consulting entrepreneurs and small businesses on how to market their products and services online, I felt it my calling was to reach and support on a larger scale. In the mean time, we also wanted to improve how small businesses catered to woman are found on the Internet. There have been so many times where I’ve wanted to find contact information easily for a number of things, and I thought, I can’t be the only one. There has to be millions of woman out there, like me, who can’t find what they’re looking for easily and quickly, whether their searching online or off.”

“GirlShopSpot.com‘s idea came to us very easily or should I should say, GSS found us. We are just as excited to be here with our advertisers and are looking forward to seeing our online community experience great success!”

“I felt there was a real need to support local cottage businesses in the online community, to create a site where merchants and entrepreneurs could truly connect with their customers on a more direct and mutually beneficial basis. Because the online media channel plays such a vital role in small business success, my goal is to help cottage businesses catering to women become ever wiser with marketing—by providing them with the information and tools to promote both online and offline sales, by delivering smoother, faster, and more effective commerce solutions.”

“We have many unique finds and businesses on the site, so it keeps the search exciting to discover all the cool businesses.  To know that you are supporting small business success is so gratifying!  There are businesses that attract more keyword searches because they have something women are currently searching for, but once they get to the site, shoppers have the opportunity to discover many other cool finds and places too.  Women always remember where they find great people, businesses, and finds, and always come back.  Like attracts like!!”

“My favorite experience is seeing small businesses get found through us, attract their customers through us, and learn through us!  That’s why were here.  So to see Girl Shop Spot working for them is a true blessing!  I love to hear from our advertisers too!  They are great people to work for!!”

“We are experiencing exceptional growth!  We have over 300 sellers and 180,000 page views per month from our shoppers!  Business owners ask us if they can join and love what the site offers for both sellers and shoppers.  We have many plans for the future and they all include improving service, sales, and functionality for our small business owners and their shoppers.  It’s all about them!”

Visit www.GirlShopSpot.com.

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