| > | | | | put on the internet. Itold her that I had a solution for |
| "The World Wide Marketplace" | | | | both of them. |
| (c)janes-place | | | | She needed to sign-up for Newbie & Affiliate SOS |
| Some of you have asked about marketing outside | | | | Newsletter, to learn more about the internet andher |
| ofthe internet. To be effective, you "must" havetools. | | | | mother could go to my site and place a freeclassified |
| It's time consuming to search for thetools that you | | | | ad for her doll business and thatthere were a lot of |
| need. Here are some tools that Iuse and have found | | | | other "Free Marketing Tools"on my site for her to use. |
| them to be effective: | | | | Guess what? I justacquired two new customers and |
| 1) I had business cards printed up "Free" and Iplace one | | | | friends. |
| in every piece of correspondence I mailout. The quality | | | | 9) Everyone that I encounter in everyday life isa |
| of these cards really areimpressive! Get your business | | | | potential customer! They may not visit today |
| cards free here: Click onthe small banner on the | | | | ortomorrow, but they know that my site |
| navigation bar. It says | | | | exists,because I told them about it! Have you ever |
| Free Business Cards. | | | | takensomeone's card, put it in your wallet or on topof |
| 2) I also had return labels printed up with myname, | | | | a table, then forgot about it? You happen tosee it |
| address and URL, at the same place I got mybusiness | | | | again while cleaning out your wallet orthe table. You |
| cards. Every time I mail a letter, theyare exposed to | | | | think, "Oh, I forgot all aboutthis!". You then recall the |
| my URL. Eventually it will beburned in their minds. | | | | conversation thattook place when you received the |
| 3) Since the printing on labels are so small, Ihad a | | | | card and realizethat this is something that you need to |
| self-inking stamp printed up and stampevery piece of | | | | do orwant to do? I have and a lot of other people |
| mail that goes out of this house. | | | | dothe same thing. |
| Even the postal people can see this! | | | | 10) Find local places on the internet toadvertise. For |
| 4) I read ezines. Every article you read is theway that | | | | example, we have a site for thecity where I live. I have |
| person does things. You take what youcan use from | | | | placed a classified adto let everyone in my city know |
| the article and leave the rest. | | | | that my siteexists and I'm local. This makes people |
| 5) I download a lot of ebooks and read them! Alot of | | | | willingto do business with you. You are local! |
| people download ebooks, but never readthem. Say | | | | Theysomehow "feel safer", knowing that you live |
| you don't have time? I use to say thattoo! I now print | | | | closeby. |
| them out and read them when I amwaiting to see the | | | | 11) I have placed an ad in our localnewspaper. There |
| doctor, dentist, anyplacewhere I have to wait. I always | | | | are a lot of new people buyingcomputers that can |
| have a highlighterin my purse and highlight information | | | | benefit from my "newbie tips"in Newbie & Affiliate |
| that I finduseful. That way later, I don't have to read | | | | SOS Newsletter, but theycan't benefit from my |
| thewhole article again to find the information I'mlooking | | | | newsletter, if they don'tknow about it! |
| for. You will find a lot of good ebooks atjanes-place: I | | | | 12) We have a lot of local swap meets in ourtown. I |
| amworking right now to get some more up to helpwith | | | | visit them and pass out flyers. I standby the front gate |
| your marketing efforts. Download theseebooks and | | | | and pass them out as customersenter. Yes, some |
| read them! They are there to help you! | | | | throw them away, but some willread them and use |
| 6) I also jot down notes in the margin, like "trythis", or | | | | them. I have a relative thatworks one of the local |
| "check this out". That way, when I'mready to use the | | | | swap meets. I have printedup flyers and he sits them |
| information in the ebook, I gothru my notes. | | | | on a table with alarge FREE Take One! sign in front of |
| 7) When I go shopping, I strike up conversationswith | | | | them. |
| fellow shoppers. I "always" get around toasking the | | | | There is a whole world to get your message to |
| question, "Do you have a computer?" | | | | outthere. Why just concentrate just on the internet? |
| Nine times out of ten, the answer is, "Yes". Ireach into | | | | I also advertise my ink affiliate locally. |
| my purse, pull out one of my businesscards and give | | | | Everyone needs printer ink and would love tosave |
| them one. I invite them to visitmy site and sign-up for | | | | money on it! I have to let them know that alocal |
| my newsletters. | | | | internet user uses the ink and has a sitethat they can |
| 8) When I call another business, or they call me, | | | | order it from. |
| I tell them about my site. For example, a ladycalled me | | | | I have printed up flyers and distributethem locally, in |
| the other day to get me to sign-up for | | | | offices, businesses, any placethat will allow me to |
| MCI Long Distance service for my phone. Iimmediately | | | | place them in theirestablishment. |
| brought up the subject of my internetbusiness. As we | | | | The world is a huge Marketplace. Learn to use itto |
| talked, I found out that she wasa new user of the | | | | your advantage. |
| internet and her mother madedolls that she wanted to | | | | |