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Taking Your Business On-Line
![]() ![]() ![]() Is every business you can think of short of your local dry cleaner rushing to the Web? Well, we hear that giant sucking sound, too, but some businesses are smart about it, and offer much more than rehashed print ads. We found plenty of advisory sites regarding on-line marketing and promotion, advertising agencies, and small magazines you may find helpful in the brave new electronic world. Here's a small sampling.
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Entrepreneur Weekly is an interesting and aggressively written weekly newsletter on Internet marketing that should be of considerable help to small companies that want to sell on the Web. You'll see 16 back issues here, covering topics from learning HTML to using autoresponders to closing techniques. An attractive heading and simple layout contribute to making this a good site for small business owners looking for help in getting started on the Web.
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The Global Entrepreneurs Network calls itself "The Virtual Community for Entrepreneurs." After somewhat breathlessly exhorting that the Internet has ushered in a new era in business, these folks offer you a membership, from between $269 and $895 per year, including a variety of services and newsletters.
Do you want to be able to offer your customers a way to buy from you on-line with a credit card? Electronic Merchant Systems, a merchant account provider, offers one solution. The design of the site is not very inspiring.
Want to put your business ad into 5,000 e-mail boxes in a hurry? People may hate you for it since it violates traditional Internet culture, but here's how. For $58, The Entrepreneur Business Ad E-Mail Service will do it for you. It's all on this one page, short and sweet. The ad must be all text, and you can submit it from this site.
DynaSource Marketing has a one-page site offering its services as an Internet marketer. After squinting at its dark blue lettering on a mottled blue background, we doubt you'll be strongly driven to retain its services.
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