The Myth-sterious Internet, still a baby after all this time

Written by Tina Bhole


If you're like most people out there you probably think thatrepparttar Internet, in its apparent prominence, is taking overrepparttar 118877 world, that is, if it hasn't already. I mean, who writes letters anymore now that e-mail isrepparttar 118878 way ofrepparttar 118879 world; who usesrepparttar 118880 yellow pages when search engines give a whole new meaning to ‘let your fingers dorepparttar 118881 walking'; and who leavesrepparttar 118882 house whenrepparttar 118883 Internet literally putsrepparttar 118884 world at your fingertips, right? WRONG!!! Despiterepparttar 118885 apparent strangleholdrepparttar 118886 Internet has onrepparttar 118887 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 % ofrepparttar 118888 world's population is NOT affiliated withrepparttar 118889 Internet in any way shape or form!!!!! This is surely NOT whatrepparttar 118890 Internet Media machine would have you believe.

Take a closer look atrepparttar 118891 statistics and things get even more interesting. Ofrepparttar 118892 374.9 million or 6.1% ofrepparttar 118893 world's population that have Internet access, one third are not even online, browsing, if you may. It is 4.1% ofrepparttar 118894 world's population that are actually usingrepparttar 118895 Internet - pretty shocking I know.

Let's break it down even further. Asrepparttar 118896 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% ofrepparttar 118897 world's population, is those mainly concerned withrepparttar 118898 promotion and communication side ofrepparttar 118899 Internet. These people userepparttar 118900 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% ofrepparttar 118901 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 Internet

Written by Susan Dunn, the Marketing Coach


Writing articles forrepparttar Internet is one ofrepparttar 118876 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 keeprepparttar 118877 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 onrepparttar 118878 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 wantrepparttar 118879 number of characters across each line to be 65, including spaces, and to know whatrepparttar 118880 word count is. This is to make it easy for webmasters to format your article.

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