Phase 3. You contact every business listed in your city guide and ask them if they want to renew their listing for one year for $1 (or some incredibly low fee). You can also approach businesses not yet listed with offer to list them for same incredibly low fee.

If you were a restaurant owner or hotel manager looking at a guide that has all your competitors listed, wouldn't you be willing to pay a small fee to remain in guide? The reason that you have such a low fee is because you want your customers to take important leap from a free listing to a paid listing.

Phase 4. After their renewal expires, you present each business with your listing options for next year. You can offer anything from a small advertisement to a multi-page Web site. You are now an established city guide. Even your minimal listing - an entry in search section only - costs $50.00 to $500.00 or more per year. The leap from paid to a price increase is not as wide as leap from free to paid.

The potential earnings from a Web city guide varies with size and popularity of city. Even a small town with some attraction should provide you with a moderate income. A large city with many popular attractions could earn you much more.

For good examples of city guide web sites visit: Explore Dickenson North Dakota http://www.dickinsoncvb.com Glenwood Guide http://www.glenwoodguide.com Santa Fe Always Online http://www.sfaol.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Resource Box: Copyright(C)2002 Bucaro TecHelp. To learn how to maintain your computer and use it more effectively to design a Web site and make money on Web visit http://bucarotechelp.com To subscribe to Bucaro TecHelp Newsletter Send a blank email to bucarotechelp-subscribe@topica.com ----------------------------------------------------------

You will find hundreds of woodworking project plans at WoodcraftPlans.com web site: http://www.scrollsaw.com for $10.00 and up. A good source for quality hardwoods, woodworking materials, power and hand tools, is Woodworkers Source http://www.woodworkerssource.net which has stores in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.

Tips for a wood craft products Web site:

- On your Web site, highlight fact that you can make custom and personalized wood craft products. Customization is what puts your work a step above manufactured products, and allows you to charge a premium price.

- You can generate extra profits by selling kits, patterns and instructions that let your fellow woodworkers copy your wood craft products. You will be surprised how many people who bought a pattern will return later to purchase a finished poduct.

- It is very important to display good pictures of your products on your web site, but one problem I frequently find at wood craft product sites is a total disregard for Web page load times. Most people access web over a 56K dial-up connection. The size of a Web page, including all images displayed on page, should be less than 200 KBytes.

People yearn for quality and warmth of hand-crafted wood products. Don't limit your sales to your Web site. Hand-crafted wood products are one of premier items sold at Web auction sites, craft fairs and craft malls. If you like to work with your hands, you can turn wood into gold! ----------------------------------------------------------- Resource Box: Copyright(C)2002 Bucaro TecHelp. To learn how to maintain your computer and use it more effectively to design a Web site and make money on Web visit http://bucarotechelp.com To subscribe to Bucaro TecHelp Newsletter Send a blank email to bucarotechelp-subscribe@topica.com -----------------------------------------------------------