9 Ways for Your Business to Succeed on the Internet Without a Web Site!

Although I highly recommend that you get a Web site if
you're serious about making profits on the Internet, it's
possible to market on the Internet without one and still
succeed.  I have been marketing online for over 2 years,
most of that time without a Web site.  I have sold well over
$10,000 in product using nothing more than an e-mail
account.

To me, the Internet is an extension of mail-order marketing.
It's simply an additional promotional tool for getting
prospect leads and selling products (if used correctly).

Here are 9 ideas for succeeding on the Internet without a
fancy Web site.  Essentially, in every case, you will direct
people to your e-mail account to obtain more information.

1)  Place classified ads (similar to print classifieds) in
the commercial on-line services including America Online
(keyword: classifieds), CompuServe (Go classifieds) and
Prodigy (Jump classifieds).  Do you promote a specific
product or service offline?  Advertise it with an online
classified and have people contact you via e-mail for more
information. Send sales info. by return e-mail or regular
mail.

2)  Place classified ads in Web classified malls.  Check out
http://www.imall.com for an example.  Do a search in a
search engine for "classified malls" to locate others.

3)  Use autoresponders.  These are e-mail robots that
automatically send information to the person that sent e-
mail to the autoresponder.  You will also receive a digest
of the e-mail addresses and the messages sent to your
autoresponder.  Save this information for follow-up
marketing.  Visit http://www.netopp.com/JS-2528 for
information on reliable autoresponders at great prices.

4)  Use Internet Newsgroups to network and locate target
customers.  Offer stuff for FREE such as a catalog, report
or article.  Be careful of blatantly advertising.  You want
to offer information of value to users.  At the end of your
FREE article or report, briefly tell people what you do and
how to contact you for more information.  Visit
http://www.dejanews.com for information on over 15,000
Newsgroups.

5)  Advertise in e-mail newsletters and online mailing
lists.  Just like a magazine or newspaper, you can advertise
in other people's e-mail publications.  This is a great way
to reach your customers directly by e-mail.  Visit
http://www.liszt.com for information on thousands of e-mail
lists.  Send e-mail to adrates@infoback.net for advertising
information in my e-mail newsletter.

6)  Buy solicited e-mail lists.  Just like direct mail, you
can send advertisements about your products directly to
people's e-mail accounts along with instructions on how to
get more information.  However, be careful about renting
unsolicited e-mail lists.  This can be very damaging to your
business if done incorrectly.  Visit
http://www.postmasterdirect.com for information on solicited
e-mail lists.

7)  Build your own "house" customer e-mail list over time.
Save the e-mail address of anybody that contacts you via e-
mail.  These people are good prospects to contact again for
follow-up marketing.  They've already shown an interest in
your business.  When sending follow-up marketing messages by
e-mail you incur no costs for postage or printing.  Great!
Integrate the building of your e-mail list with all forms of
marketing you do, both on and offline.

8)  Get FREE publicity online with press releases and
articles you have written.  At the end of an article, offer
something FREE to readers via e-mail.  Visit
http://www.gebbieinc.com/presto.htm for information on
blasting press releases online.

9)  Host online Forums.  In AOL and CompuServe there are
tons of forums on different topics.  Contact the
administrators of these and propose to be a guest expert for
a future forum.  This establishes you as an expert, and
people who participate in the forum are likely to contact
you about doing business.

By putting these ideas to work, you can build your business
on the Internet with merely an e-mail account.

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About the Author:
Jeffrey Spencer is the publisher of the nationally
recognized newsletter "Internet Profits!" and author of
dozens of internationally published articles.  E-mail your
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                                Bob