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The Add Me! Newsletter *** ISSUE #6 ***
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November 21, 1998 Newsletter #6
This week's article: We All Start Somewhere...
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.....THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE.....
We All Start Somewhere...
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There is a great misconception that anyone with a
website has massive knowledge of the web. I, for
one, held that notion for over two years.
But the fact is that when you begin a page to page
search of the web you begin to see that the majority
of sites are hosted by a smaller circle of webmaster
firms or home based design company's.
Which brings me to my point. Far too many folks are
exactly like I was. Intimidated by the entire web
page making process. And completely overwhelmed by
the vastness of the huge black hole that's called The
Internet. So much so, that for two years I only used
my web host connection to get email.
I place myself in the category of overwhelmed and
underknowledged. Having just introduced myself to
my first computer in January 1995, I felt totally
helpless in the foreign cyber world. And visualized
myself making every error known to man. Whenever I
could finally overcome my anxiety and get on the
internet, I could picture myself blowing up my
computer or crashing through the back door of the
secret service or maybe even something worse.
It was this exasperating fear of the unknown that
kept me from even considering making my own presence
known on the web via my own website.
Then came spamming. (I neither condemn nor condone).
And many new offers and options started showing in
my email. Some of them offered free web page sites.
FREE??? Never heard of such. You just don't get
free things anywhere. But there it was...advertised
day after day. FREE!!!
So, I finally took the plunge. And after a couple
of hours I was able to see my own creation sitting
right there on my screen. Crude, yes. Simple,
certainly. But it had color and moving flashing
things. And most importantly...it was mine!
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Since that time I have toyed, made, remade, and
destroyed hundreds of websites. And spent countless
hours inventing ways to create the different look
or feel of a page. Mostly, for a year I spent my
time with visions of creating my own personal world
of wealth with some fantastic website offer that
the world just couldn't refuse.
Then one day (last April) in my home library
(everyone knows where a man's home library is) I
had a thought. Why not become a classifieds
reseller? Everything I needed was already available
on the web. And for the first time in 3 years I
developed a small home business that made an instant
profit. (You can see a sample at:
http://buynbart.hypermart.net/BnB.htm)
Suddenly I saw myself as some sort of webmaster.
Confidence exuded from my pores. With each waking
day I knew that I had created my own success on the
web. I had learn how to take from the internet.
Now what?
Well, with my newfound success I had gained the
time and bravado to really go looking through this
wondrous WebWorld. And what did I see?
A whole new trend of goodwill and giving that I
immediately realized I wanted to be a part of.
The web had silently become an open-armed society
with so many webmasters freely giving away their
fantastic secrets and talents of making the
complicated look simple.
Invaluable things that only a year ago would have
cost a vast fortune. Now being freely placed on
websites and in newsletters (ezines) at little or
no cost. For all to see, have and use.
Things such as where to get hundreds of free page
backgrounds and graphics. Where to get professional
advise on script writing and advertising. Advise
on how to market - what to market - and even where
to market. (Some major corporations pay hundreds
of thousands for this professional advice and services.
Yet, here it all was - on the internet - for free.)
Even fantastic tools for creating banners, animation,
chat areas, and search engine/link submissions, low
cost merchant account handling (visa/mastercard) and
shopping carts. With a minimal search effort you could
find just about anything necessary to operate a
business or personal site. And like I said, the bulk
of it is FREE!.
This new trend of giving and sharing has become the
greatest wave the WebWorld has ever seen. Completely
different than the dog eat dog outer world. The
WebWorld is showing the true spirit of human kind.
A world of caring and sharing.
As I said before," I wanted to be a part of this
great feeling of giving." And while in attempt to
do this, I have run across so many wonderful people
and places that the free site creation I was developing
took about 3 times longer than I anticipated. Why?
Because you get so many new ideas and opportunities
coming at you, as you open each new website door,
that your mind can hardly focus on what you originally
came to the site for. Is this a burden or a blessing?
Well, I'll say it to you this way. Nothing on this
earth beats an open mind. If you can allow yourself
to freely float through the never ending delites of
creative endeavors that the millions of sites offer
in the web. You are guaranteed to find your interest
and desires fulfilled. And you will gain all the
knowledge you'll ever need to become a top webmaster
with your own personality displayed for all to see
at your site.
And if you are looking for a way to create an additional
income but don't have the resources or funds to build
your own special business...then look at the various
reseller (also known as affiliate and associate)
opportunities. They have already done the hard work
by finding a product that fills a need. All you do
is help promote it and bingo...you make money!
Then again, if you have the time and resources to
promote your own special product(s) or service, you
will find every tool from credit card handlers to
mass promoters, ready and willing to help you get
your new business off to a running start.
And the great thing is that regardless of your
personal status...the web puts you on equal grounds
with the largest companies and corporations. Because
time and again it has already proven out that the
personal touch works better on the web than the
greatest advertising site ever made.
So, if you are one of those backwards folks (like
I was) and are still standing silently in the background
looking out in wonder and amazement at the beautifully
displayed talents of others... then come out of your
shell .
Punch up your search engine and get going. Look up
banners, credit cards, cgi, web hosts, chat room,
composers and any of a hundred other things that will
give you all the information you need to be the
greatest webmaster of all.
Look up and subscribe to ezines and newsletter that
offer your thousands of dollars worth of professional
insiders tips and talents.
Join host groups and chat areas that deal with
internet marketing. And use free facilities like
my site that offers links to help you create and
promote your site. Get the spirit. Get the guts.
And get involved in this electronic unity of mankind.
Take your first step now because never in history
has there been such a tremendous opportunity for
the individual to be a part of the whole. The web
has made it all possible. Good Luck!
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Dan Adams, Mktg. Mg.
Buyers n' Barters -Virtual Office at:
http://www.myfreeoffice.com/buyersnbarters/
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