Have you ever heard line from movie: "Build it and they will come"? Well, this might not hold true for a website, but I do believe it is true for "The Relationship".

When working an online business, you must start and build a solid relationship of trust and respect with others. This will establish you as a knowledgeable and accessible professional, which in turn will benefit your business greatly!

This can be done in several effective ways.

Ad Swaps - Contact as many publishers as you can and invite them to do an ad swap. This is a great way to meet your associates, make new friends and expand your networking circle. http://www.oneworldbiz.net/ezineadswap.html http://www.bizpromo.com/ezinetrades.htm

Link Exchanges - Similar to ad swaps. Invite other webmasters to exchange website links. This can be a great way to make new contacts. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkTogether http://www.iwr.com/free/reciprocal.htm

Message Boards - Take some time to visit a few boards regularly and get your name and business known. Follow rules and do not flame or spam! http://zineadz.com/forum/ http://homebizlink.com/wwwboard/ http://www.mcpromotions.com/webbbs/webbbs_config.pl?#156

When passing sensitive data like credit card numbers, addreses, or social security numbers over Internet, be sure that connection you are using or implementing is encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). SSL is a commonly-used protocol for managing security of message transmissions over Internet. Essentially, SSL works by using a public key, or password, to encrypt data that's transferred over connection. The receiving software, usually a browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, decrypts message into meaningful information for intended recipient. The encryption of data prevents unauthorized access while data is being transmitted over network. (By convention, URL's that require a SSL connection start with https instead of http.)