| On-line business is now mainstream.
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| | mission fitting into your overall
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| Calendar year 2005 marked the point that
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| | marketing and operational
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| more than half of every man woman and
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| | strategies.4. Choose a professional to
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| child in the US used the internet.
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| | assist you with your internet strategy.
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| Two-thirds of U.S. Internet users, or 83
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| | Many web designers although well
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| million people, are online shoppers,
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| | intentioned, simply do not have the
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| according to research to be released this
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| | wherewithal to provide credible advice
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| week. "It's a milestone in the norming of
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| | and experience when it comes to your
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| e-commerce," Lee Rainie, director of the
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| | internet strategy. A beautiful on-line
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| Pew Internet and American Life Project,
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| | brochure will do you absolutely no good
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| told The New York Times. Data about
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| | if the right customers can't find it, or
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| online shopping collected by Pew shows
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| | if they can find it but can't easily
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| growing e-commerce activity even as the
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| | transact with your organization and
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| number of Internet users also grows.
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| | complete the business process.5. Real
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| Rainie called that trend important
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| | time feedback is critical to keeping pace
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| "because it's a bigger slice of a bigger
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| | with changing preferences and trends.
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| pie."Statistics on gender and ethnicity
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| | On-line polling and surveying can be an
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| of online shoppers mirror those of people
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| | invaluable ally when it comes to
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| who go to retail stores. An interactive
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| | collecting the data necessary to respond
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| marketing executive at Home Depot (HD)
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| | to changes in your market. Your
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| said that finding is very important. "Now
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| | customers expect you to understand what
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| that the online population is more
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| | they want will go somewhere else in flash
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| mainstream," said Shelley Nandkeolyar,
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| | if they don't feel you are responsive to
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| "it better reflects our traditional
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| | their needs.Below are highlighted just a
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| customer base and it gives us more
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| | couple the many new products recently
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| opportunity to bring a lot of our
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| | made available which raise the bar for
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| traditional strategies online." At a
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| | service, marketing, and operational
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| recent industry conference it was
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| | areas, as well as just plain figuring out
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| reported that in June of 2003 alone, 5.5
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| | how to structure your own internet
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| billion searches were conducted online.
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| | strategy. These and many other tools
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| That's 5.5 billion searches in just one
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| | could be just the ticket to fill a
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| month!Yes, commerce over the Internet is
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| | critical void or bottleneck in your
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| becoming second nature to the demographic
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| | business operations or marketing
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| majorities and is here to stay. But
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| | strategies.On-line Polling: create simple
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| where does one begin, and how does one
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| | yet effective polls and place them on
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| ensure his or her investments are sound
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| | your website. Ask your customers or site
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| and provide for a profitable piece of
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| | visitors what they think, and allow them
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| this powerful way of doing business?
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| | to see the results instantly. Track
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| There is no one-size-fits-all answer, but
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| | data, and create reports invaluable to
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| here are some guiding principles and food
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| | your marketing efforts. Visitor simply
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| for thought:
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| | marks a selection box with True/False,
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| 1. Internet Marketing is different than
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| | ABC type response(s) and submits vote.
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| "traditional" marketing. The internet
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| | Fun, interactive, and invaluable.On-line
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| levels the playing field; enabling small
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| | Quizzing and Surveying: For more
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| companies to appear large, and large
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| | comprehensive data gathering, add a
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| companies to provide the quick reaction
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| | simple survey system to your site. Ask
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| of smaller firms. Size really doesn't
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| | questions aimed at uncovering ways to
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| matter. Your market can be whole world,
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| | improve your services, changing tastes
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| for good or for bad and consideration
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| | and preferences, or simply get detailed
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| must be given to tailor your efforts to
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| | feedback that is so critical to effective
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| your target market. Orders from far
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| | marketing today. Although these can be
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| corners of the world can be an unexpected
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| | simple and straight forward, you should
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| problem if your business is not prepared
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| | consider incentives to participate if
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| to support the logistics or legalities of
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| | significant time or effort is requested
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| doing international business.2. Internet
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| | of your audience. Drawings, discounts, or
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| Marketing is the same as "traditional"
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| | even thank you notes can be effective as
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| marketing. "What's that?" Many aspects
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| | well as making the process fun for your
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| of marketing over the internet are
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| | valued participant.
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| time-tested and just plain common sense.
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| | According to "Market Position", a
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| Your company image for example is fragile
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| | whopping five million pages are added to
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| and requires loving and consistent care.
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| | the Internet every single day! Most of
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| A shoddy representation on the web is
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| | them are not effective investments! Make
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| worse than no representation at all. It
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| | sure your web strategy is giving you a
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| has been reported that over 70% of
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| | positive return on your investment and
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| purchasing professionals will check out a
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| | giving your customers a reason to come to
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| potential supplier's website before
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| | you rather than someone else.John Geiger
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| placing the first call, or accepting an
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| | owns and operates the local affiliate of
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| appointment. Your website often will
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| | WSI Internet Consulting and Education, a
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| create that critical first impression
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| | Toronto based global network of
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| both good and bad.3. It's all about trust
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| | consultants, developers and production
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| and ease of doing business. Those are
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| | centers providing turn-key internet
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| consistently the top 2 reasons customers
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| | business solutions for small and
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| come back, and your website plays an
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| | medium-sized enterprises to include
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| important role in ease of doing business.
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| | web-site design, development and hosting;
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| Whether a convenient reference point for
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| | site maintenance and upgrades, full
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| customers to learn about your
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| | e-commerce solutions, on-line training
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| organization, products and/or services; a
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| | and education, and other cutting-edge
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| secure place to communicate, or even to
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| | internet technology and solutions.
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| transact, each website has a particular
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