I got headline from a public domain book I have just compiled into a pdf file and placed on my server for free download and it was written by P.T. Barnum famous American showman entitled "The Art Of Money Getting". In it he details how he once walked down street past some shops and noticed a large sign hanging from awning and it simply said in very large letters: "Don't Read The Other Side!" He noticed there was a group of people on other side of sign looking up and reading 'The Other Side'!

What do you have to do to get noticed in business? If you run a web business, how do you get noticed by potential customers and, importantly, search engine robots?

You've probably tried advertising, and link exchanges, and even writing articles. Even chatting on forums to make out you're an 'expert' in your field.

It still is not enough is it?

You really need to network yourself all over web to get traffic to your site.

Let me explain. Search engine's seem to be giving less credence to link exchanges, therefore it does not seem to be way to go for future.

Why not instead swap articles with each other, it gives more 'content' than a link any day?

What you can do is place all articles you receive on a separate page, thereby building more 'content' and at same time, other web site owners are placing your articles on their site.

Subject of articles must be 'relevant' to theme of each others sites, for example, if you sell paperback books, you want sites very similar to your own to publish your article, and you do same for them.

Start with link exchange partners to exchange articles with, and network from there. I am sure they will agree that it is an improvement on just link swapping.

What is eCommerce (or selling via Internet)? It is similar to selling through a physical building's business storefront, with one big difference: costs for eCommerce are lower. The lower costs alone make it a lot more affordable for someone to start up a business or expand their storefront business onto Internet.

So, cost to do online business depends on how much time and effort you are able to put in and eCommerce developer you choose to work with. Generally, developers should try to enable their clients to be as independent as possible in areas such as daily site updates, processing online orders, customer feedback and low or no cost (except time) online marketing.

Hosting costs are determined by: amount of 1) server space you require for product photos, e-mail accounts, and 2) bandwidth - more customers that visit your store, more bandwidth you will require. Typically an online store setup may cost $15 to $90 per month for hosting.

Other costs include online store program and designing storefront. There are many programs to choose from with some being free to some costing thousands. As with anything you buy, you do get what you pay for. Clients like to use online store setups that are easy for them to use when they need to do product updates and simple design changes. That way initial higher cost for client's online store will be offset by ease of use and low maintenance costs to operate over long term.