You Can Sell ROCKS on the WebWritten by Stephen Bucaro
---------------------------------------------------------- Permission is granted for below article to forward, reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website, offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as long as no changes are made and byline, copyright, and resource box below is included. ---------------------------------------------------------- You Can Sell ROCKS on WebBy Stephen Bucaro I'm serious. Not only are people selling rocks on Web, but they are getting good money for them, and they are going fast! If you want to purchase a rock, you better hurry because a lot of good ones are already sold! It all started with Lin Wellford's book, "The Art of Painting Animals on Rocks". She was frustrated with high cost of canvas, matting, and framing. One day while walking in Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, she saw a rock that looked like a rabbit. She painted eyes, ears, and a fluffy tail on rock, and it "came to life". I know what your thinking: "I'm not a professional artist". But you CAN trace outline of a butterfly, can't you? Then check out Ann's Painted Rocks http://www.geocities.com/painted_rocks/ Here you'll find rocks painted with butterflies, dragonflies, and flowers. Prices range from $12.00 to $20.00 with many sold signs. Rock Zone, a geocities Web site, features a "Cool Rocks" page with Elvis rocks, skull rocks, and other crazy stuff. No insult intended, but you don't have to be a professional artist to create these types of pieces.
| | Be a Web Site ReviewerWritten by Stephen Bucaro
---------------------------------------------------------- Permission is granted for below article to forward, reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website, offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as long as no changes are made and byline, copyright, and resource box below is included. ---------------------------------------------------------- Be a Web Site ReviewerBy Stephen Bucaro I don't have to tell you that there are millions of sites on Web that - to be blunt - stink! The owners of these sites either don't have time or skill to fix them, or they don‘t understand why their site is not working. They are losing money, and they don't know what to do. Ah - an opportunity! You can be a Web Site Reviewer. Contact owner of a poorly designed Web site, and offer to analyze it and provide a detailed report of problems and suggested improvements. This will improve effectiveness and increase revenue from Web site. The fees charged for this service range from free, to over $10,000 depending upon size of Web site. You could review a Web site for free, if you also just happen to provide services required to fix reported problems, and you expected to profit from that. You could form partnerships with Web designers and programmers, and let them handle some parts of job. They could implement solutions, or they could even assist in initial review. Use a checklist to review a Web site. For each item in checklist write your findings in a report. Report good features of site as well as bad. State problems you find in a factual, non-critical manner. Below is an example checklist.
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