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Women who own it

Women entrepreneurs

Women-owned businesses. Slow-startups to empires.

The best time to start a business was years ago. The second best time is right now. This council shows support: a public listing of the woman who built it, and the website and search presence that help her get found.

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This council is not WBENC

Is Women's Business Enterprise Council the same as WBENC?

No. Women's Business Enterprise Council at wbecouncil.org is an independent directory of women-owned businesses. The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is a separate organization. This site is not one of WBENC's regional partners, and it does not take certification applications.

Does a listing here certify her business?

No. A listing means she submitted the business to this directory. It is not a certification.

For owners and agencies

The page the link sits on

Her leader page is a page about her business. When her website is on that profile, the link to her site lives there. Most link pitches quote the domain and never mention the page.

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Page authority

The strength of her page

Page authority is the strength of the specific page a link is on. That is this profile: her name, her work, her city, and the link out to her site. An owner can share it. A marketing lead can cite it. An agency placing a link for a client gets a page about that client, not a page that only exists to hold links.

Domain authority

The site around the page

Domain authority is the whole site. It is context for the link. It does not replace the page. A well-known domain with a thin page still leaves the link on a weak page.

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Find a woman who owns it

Search the leaders who built the business. Each listing is on this site: her story, her craft, and a direct way to hire her.

Browse by place and craft

Collections open when at least two leaders share a city or a line of work.

Leaders to start with

A few of the women already listed. The full directory is searchable.

Find a leader

Looking for a woman-owned business? Open her page, then call, email, or visit her site.

Browse leaders

Build your presence

Starting is hard. WBEC builds the website, the search presence, and the pages an AI answer can name.

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What listed means

The listing

She submitted the business. Within two weeks it is on the leaders pages. Come back and find it there.

Not a certification

A listing is not a certification. This directory is not WBENC, and it is not one of WBENC's regional partners.

For her website

Put the badge on her site

Send the file to her developer, or paste the code into the footer or about page. It links to the leaders directory. On her own leader page, the same badge links back to her profile.

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Website Builder for Women Owned Business

A site, a search presence, and a listing

Search engine optimization for a women-owned business is more than being online. It is being in front of the customer, on a site that converts. PHX Interior Designers in Paradise Valley said it plainly: that kind of search work is priceless. WBEC builds the website and the search presence, and the business stays on the leaders pages.

Find her in Philadelphia, Erie, health care, professional services, construction, or industrial supplies. Join the directory when the business is ready to be listed, or contact the council about getting the brand online.

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