The Myth-sterious Internet, still a baby after all this timeWritten by Tina Bhole
If you're like most people out there you probably think that Internet, in its apparent prominence, is taking over world, that is, if it hasn't already. I mean, who writes letters anymore now that e-mail is way of world; who uses yellow pages when search engines give a whole new meaning to ‘let your fingers do walking'; and who leaves house when Internet literally puts world at your fingertips, right? WRONG!!! Despite apparent stranglehold Internet has on world's everyday functioning, here is a compilation of some conclusions that are sure to shock you.Internet Stats reveal that a staggering 93.9 % of world's population is NOT affiliated with Internet in any way shape or form!!!!! This is surely NOT what Internet Media machine would have you believe. Take a closer look at statistics and things get even more interesting. Of 374.9 million or 6.1% of world's population that have Internet access, one third are not even online, browsing, if you may. It is 4.1% of world's population that are actually using Internet - pretty shocking I know. Let's break it down even further. As Internet can serve many purposes, people obviously use it for various reasons and are at different levels of proficiency. The first group of people, constituting 3.84% of world's population, is those mainly concerned with promotion and communication side of Internet. These people use Net primarily for e-mailing, web browsing, discussion, newsgroups and online chat; they may even have their own email E-zine. The next level up, those constituting 5.84% of world's population, are people that utilize services such as online shopping; can just use a website wizard; and put up information.
| | How to Get Started Writing Articles for the InternetWritten by Susan Dunn, the Marketing Coach
Writing articles for Internet is one of best ways to promote your practice or products and it doesn't cost a thing!HOW DO YOU GET STARTED? The most popular articles are "how to" articles, but you can also think "topical." People who produce websites and ezines are always looking for articles relating to Valentine's Day, for instance, or tax time, or spring! If my dentist can put out a brochure promoting teeth cleaning for a Christmas present, and also as a "back-to-school special," I bet you can think of something! Then you need to research web sites where you can submit your articles. You won't get paid for writing, but people who use your articles have to keep byline intact, and this is where you can tell about what it is you have to offer. You can start with this site, www.digital-women.com. Another site is www.ideamarketers.com, where articles on all sorts of topics are welcome -- self help, empowerment, web design, Internet marketing, management, family, holidays, Christian themes, inspirational ... you name it. www.makingprofit.com is a site that welcomes articles about making money! You can search for other article submission sites on Internet. Some of these sites allow, or require, some html coding. Don't despair! There's a primer here that will show you what you need to know: http://www.web-source.net/html_codes_explorer1. htm. The second type of submission you need to know about is yahoogroups. These require you submit via email and in a special format. They want number of characters across each line to be 65, including spaces, and to know what word count is. This is to make it easy for webmasters to format your article.
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