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Doing Business on the Internet
May 16th, 1996 at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time
No matter how small your business is, you can make it big in cyberspace! The Internet is making it possible for small companies to reach more customers, access more information, and sell more products and services than their time or budgets would permit in the past. Find out how in "Doing Business on the Internet," the third installment of the America at Work television series for small business. Here is a quick look at what you'll see:

Mary Ellen Bates, Washington, DC
When information is your business, fast access to the latest data can mean everything to your success. Mary Ellen Bates has folded the Internet into her arsenal of research tools, and it has revolutionized the way she serves her clientele. Moving off the Beltway and onto the information highway, Bates surfs the web to track down data and conduct faster, more complete information searches for her customers.

Milne Jewelry, St. George, UT
Once upon a time, the only customers for this family’s Native American jewelry were tourists making the trek to Utah’s scenic national parks. Now, Milne Jewelry goes to its customers, wherever they are, with a little help from the World Wide Web. Find out how, with virtually no computer experience, this family has effectively blended Internet technology and marketing savvy to draw customers from around the world to purchase its jewelry online.

Netogether, Gaston, OR
Getting together to network and share information and ideas with other businesses is central to how most small companies work. Discover how one Portland-area businessman has taken that concept online. Through his World Wide Web site, this former computer executive helps companies better understand how to use the Internet to their business advantage. As a sideline, he manages a web site that puts ranchers, breeders, and sellers of alpacas in touch with information about business opportunities with the exotic animals.

PhotoDisc, Seattle, WA
Learn more about how the Internet has made round-the-clock selling fast, easy, and secure. PhotoDisc whose presence on the Internet has helped the company grow from 24 to 100 employees in 18 months sells photographs and othergraphics over the Web. By placing orders from ahome page, customers have virtually instantaccess to a whole library of high-quality digital files to use in advertising, promotion, and other business activities.

Broadcast Information

Satellite coordinates for the broadcast:
Ku Analog: Galaxy 4 Transponder 12 11.9300 GhzPolarity H
C-Band: Galaxy 7 Channel 11 3920 Polarity H

If you have transmission problems with the satellite downlink prior to the show, please call (800) 988-6335 for assistance. On the day of the broadcast, call MSTV Technical Support at (800) 755-1072.

For more information on locations hosting the next America At Work broadcast, please visit the Microsoft TV site.

To order a video tape of the show any time after this broadcast, please download this order form and follow the easy-to-use instructions.