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2001

416 million internet
users worldwide
(70,000 new users DAILY)

1997

49 million internet
users worldwide
(168 million in US alone)

2001

Over 5 million Businesses
NOW connected
to the Internet.

Growth

* Number of American adults using the Web increased by 16 million during the last 6 months of 2000
* “women, minorities and families with modest incomes continue to surge online.
* There are substantial increases in Internet penetration across the board.
* That is changing the character of the internet population. “Every day, it looks more and more like America,” (Lee Rainee: Pew Internet Project)



Online Purchasing

* Nearly one out of every

three (31%) Internet users are making online Purchases.

* Tens of thousands of small businesses are jumping onto the Internet. Many are experiencing unexpected prosperity. (see Crains Chicago Business, v. 24, no.5, Jan. 29, 2001, Mom-and-Pops Zoom into Cyberspace)

* 52% of the online population
will be making retail
purchases online by
2002, up from
40% in 2000.
(Jupiter Media Matrix MAY 2001)

* Users making purchases online will grow to 63% by 2006.

* “… this clearly demonstrates the public’s continued confidence in making purchases over the Web.” (A.C. Nielsen June 2001)

Small Businesses

The number of small businesses with a Web presence has nearly doubled since 1998. The coming years will see an even more dramatic increase, according to a nationwide survey of companies with fewer than 100 employees. (International Communications Research)

Worldwide

Nearly 1 billion people
(15% of the World’s population)
will be using the Internet by 2005. Generating over $5 trillion
of Internet Commerce.
(70% annual growth rate)
Internet spending in 2001 was $354 billion.
(International Data Corporation June 13, 2001)

OTHER ADVERTISING MEDIA

YELLOW PAGES:

Expensive;

Can't change ad;

Fingers don't really do

the walking.

THREE RULES OF NEWS PAPER ADVERTISING:

Location of ad in paper;

Circulation of paper;

Repetition of ad.

IF YOU HAVE A PRODUCT

OR SERVICE THAT

WILL SELL ANYWHERE,

IT WILL SELL ONLINE

83% OF SUCCESSFUL

ONLINE SHOPS

HAD TWO THINGS

IN COMMON:

TAKE ORDERS ONLINE

&

TAKE CREDIT CARDS

Why Internet

* Accessibility: You can reach customers that 10 years ago would not have known that you exist.
* Defensive: don’t be left behind. Beat your competition to the punch.
* Expand your business without having to expand your building.

* Promotion tool: may drive customers into your physical store.

Increasing Advantages

* CONFIDENCE in e-commerce is growing
* As CONVENIENCE & RELIABILITY is growing
* NOW is the TIME to BEGIN or IMPROVE your web presence.
* EXPANSION of the WEB is shown with new-extensions: .biz, .info, .art, .god, .shop, etc.

* DOT.COM is still KING

BENEFITS YOUR IMAGE

* REASSURES customers and clients that your business is up-to-date and service orientated.

* REINFORCES your other advertising efforts, your branding & integrates your marketing efforts.

* BUILDS information base for your customers. You can include much relevant information in an easily accessible, well-organized format.

STILL MORE BENEFITS

* INTERACTION with prospects is easy for them and for you.
* Requests for information are non-threatening and processed quickly.
* UPDATING can be done.
* TRACK your potential customers.
* RECEIVE job applications online.
* Many more CAPABILITIES as technology develops.

Get new customers

from the Internet for just

ONE DOLLAR ($1.00)

a day!



"WE BRING YOUR STORE

TO YOUR

CUSTOMERS DOOR"

People travel

to your town

by planes,

trains,

automobiles

and

on the

INTERNET!

WE LIST WITH OVER 80 SEARCH ENGINES. HERE ARE THE TOP ONES:
1. Yahoo
2. Altavista
3. Web Crawler
4. Lycos
5. Northern Light
6. Excite
7. Google
8. Starting Point
9. Info Seek
10. Direct Hit
11. Hot Bot
12. Snap
13. Galaxy
14. Nerd World
15. Alexa
16. Rex
17. Answers
18. Canada.com
19. What U Seek
20. The National Directory
21. Info Space
22. Voila
23. Scrub The Web
24. What’s New

WE ACCEPT ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS

INCLUDING:

Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, Paypal, eGold

This Certificate Can Be

YOUR Ticket
To a Free Website!

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