The majority of businesses operate in highly competitive markets. What a customer can buy at your business, they most likely can buy at 101 other businesses.

Perhaps an example will clearly illustrate this point. Do a search in any search engine for "As Seen On TV Products". You might be staggered by numerous choices in result set. Which one do you choose? At this point you might as well do "enie-meanie-minie- moe" and randomly click on a company.

Now let's suppose you sell "As Seen On TV" products and you're lucky company who gets this customer's business. They order a number of items (maybe Ron Popeil's Ronco Showtime Rotisserie -- you know, "set it and forget it" guy) and you ring up a nice sale for $100. You beat out your competitors, THIS TIME.

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Here's where danger arises. What happens when this customer wants to purchase another "As Seen On TV product"? They go back to search engine, search for "As Seen On TV Products" and once again get overwhelmed by massive result set. They do another "enie-meanie-minie-moe" but this time click on one of your COMPETITORS' web sites.

Guess what? You just gave away your customer to one of your competitors. This is analogous to accidentally doing a slam dunk in YOUR own basket in a game of basketball and giving opposing team point! Your competitor -- or other team -- can't help but to feel gratitude towards you for helping them out.

That's right. Every single day of week businesses are repeatedly "shooting themselves in foot." Instead of you making another $100 on Ron Popeil's rotisserie, your competitor is enjoying fresh smell of that crisp new $100 bill. This is like committing a crime against your own business. At this rate you might as well walk out into your office parking lot and start burning your money.

I was in same boat too until I learned how to use my spare time to promote my website. First, I need to describe what spare time is. Spare time is time you spend waiting for a file to download. Spare time is time that you are waiting for a application to open. Spare time is time you take a breather from paperwork to do a little web surfing. If you take time to look - your day has a lot of these little pockets of time that you can use to promote your website.

Here's what I suggest doing in those little moments in your day:

Write an Article. Open notepad application that comes installed on most computers. Whenever you have a spare moment, start typing out article ideas. They don't have to be well thought out. Just ideas of topics that you think your clients would like to know more about (if you're stumped - browse through articles at www.RealtorInternetTips.com/article.htm ).

Once you've got a good list, start adding bullet points under each idea. Again you don't have to complete this all in one sitting just do as much as you can before you have to focus on something else. Thoughout your week - gradually add more details to your articles ideas until you have one fairly written out. Now when you get yourself a block of time - finish your article. Make sure you add a "bio box" to end of your articles - so prospects will know how to link to your website for more information. An example of a good "bio box" can be found at end of this article