Internet: The Internet: Helping You Find Friends Lost in Time and Space

The Internet: Helping You Find Friends Lost in Time and Space

Written by Jesse S. Somer

Can you remember a friend or relative’s name that has disappeared from repparttar

Earth? You haven’t had contact with them in decades, but now you want to find out where they are so you can get in touch. In repparttar 118625

old days this would have been nearly impossible, but now things are different. There are many different ways to find people lost in ‘space and time’ on repparttar 118626

Internet. Some are free and some cost, but repparttar 118627

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world is astounding.

Besides repparttar 118629 simple International White Pages web sites, there are many companies that are masters of locating personal information. Say you used to live overseas when you were a child and you want to see how your best friends from primary school are doing in their lives. You can find out their address, email, and phone number, even about their personal history, like whether or not they’ve got a criminal record! Some might perceive this as an invasion of privacy, like ‘Big Brother’ in repparttar 118630 book ‘1984’, but if one’s intentions are true and positive, I think this can be great for finding buddies, loved ones, and relatives.

Say you met a really nice person on your travels but you lost their address, as long as you’ve got their name there’s no reason their existence has to become only a memory. How about that old crush you had on that girl in High School? You can search them out and see their current marital status, and then if all looks good you can try and rekindle that old flame.

Turn One-Time "Hits" Into Repeat Visitors

Written by Jim Edwards

Every website owner faces repparttar

same challenge: How to get more traffic to their website.

"Build it and they will come" worked for Kevin Costner in "Field of Dreams," but that approach leads to bankruptcy and a failed business when it comes to your website.

Any savvy website owner knows that it takes a lot of work, time, and money to bring a visitor to your site for repparttar 118624 first time.

Smart marketers also know that it rates a lot easier and cheaper to get people to come back for a return visit than to attract them for repparttar 118625 first time.

The following tips will help any website owner convert more one-time "lookers" into repeat visitors and customers.

** Surveys **

Hold an interactive poll or survey on your web site.

Ask your website visitors questions about a topic of intense interest to them.

Not only do people enjoy giving their opinion, but they'll also want to read repparttar 118626 results as you compile them and update them on your website over repparttar 118627 next day or week.

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My favorite survey tool is www.oneminutepoll.com.

** Free Prizes **

If appropriate, hold an ongoing prize drawing on your web site.

The prizes you give should fit with repparttar 118630 interests of your target audience and enable you to showcase what you offer for sale from your website.

For example, if you sell computer cables, give away something like Velcro cord ties with your web address on them and avoid things like teddy bears or bumper stickers.

** Original / Hard-to-find Content **

People go online first and foremost to get specific, relevant, timely information in areas that interest them.

For some that means news articles, for others sports scores, and for others it means current prices for things like stocks or commodities.

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