5. Do you have a local Internet cafe? Go there and leave your business cards behind, on tables, on rack they provide, under keyboards. G 6. Go to your local bookstore. Slip your cards in books related to Internet and web use. You've just given them a free bookmark.

7. Be ready with your cards. Speak to everyone you meet. Practice your introduction speech. Get card out of your hand, and into someone else's.

8. Consider joining business groups, especially of you are marketing business to business services and products. Go to mixers and networking opportunities. There's rotary, chamber of commerce, ABWA (American Business Women's Association) and more. Find out what your community offers.

The point is this; you don't have to spend all your time stuffed into your desk, eyes glued to your monitor, fingers cramped over your keyboard. Offline promotion can be just as effective as online promotion of your website.

This type of offline promotion also breaks down one of walls of marketing online; people are one step closer to knowing and trusting you when you meet them in person.

If it seems overwhelming, just think of it in small steps. You start in your own neighborhood and then branch out. It takes time and patience, but payoff is rewarding: more relationships with your customers, more visits to your website, more people buying your services and products.