1. Get biz cards made up and have them with you always. Leave them at restaurants, send them with your monthly bills, post them on bulletin boards, hand them out to people you talk to. Always be aware of opportunity.

2. Along same lines, always have catalogs or brochures in your car. You never know when someone might ask to see your products.

3. Do Not Forget to label all catalogs, brochures, order blanks, etc with your company name and address and URL (if applicable). You can either stamp them on or make your own labels. You can get inexpensive adhesive labels from Wal-Mart or other stores as well.

4. Get out there and get yourself and your product known. Talk about your products as much as you can to as many people as you can. Make it a part of your daily routine. Make your new business a part of every single day. Always be watching for opportunities. They are everywhere!

5. Make sure you always have latest catalogs.

6. It helps also to have some sample items available so people can see quality of products. This can increase your orders.

7. Keep track of everyone who you give catalogs to or who orders from you to start building your mailing list. Get addresses and email addresses if possible to build your list. Stay in touch with these people and go extra mile for your customers or potential customers.

If you decide at some point in your life to start an online business, you simply cannot function without a web site. But, how do you go about building your site? Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Staples, and Office Depot, to name a few, have many books to assist you in web programming. These cost both money and time.

HTML, or Hypertext Markup Language, was first developed by in. It is undoubtedly top web programming language. Online business owners typically find themselves in an awkward position; Either pay someone to build your web site, or take charge and spend time to learn how to program. The latter however, takes not only time but money, something that new online business owners have little of.

Fortunately, due to primary function of internet, there are many who provide free resources by way of their own expertise to assist others.

So, o.k. Dan, what are they?

(1) HTML Goodies (http://www.htmlgoodies.com) This resource is listed first for a reason. I think it is best free resource available. It teaches by example, which is best way to learn. All of basics and then some are covered: tags, tables, fonts, colors, alignment, links, dhtml, backgrounds, images, forms