-to-face services. Some prospects are nervous about buying on the Internet. You can create alternatives (such as phone and fax your credit card) but ideally you’ll have a solid base of Internet-savvy customers.

(2) Do you have a searchable product?

Can you find search terms tha

You saw a television program on The Zen of Office Organization. And on a table at Border’s, you saw a couple of hardcover books, all bright and new, on College Graduates Entering the Job Market.

So will these topics help you pounce on your profits through an Internet marketing campaign?

Maybe. But engrave this saying on your computer (or at least on a sticky note): Strategic Internet Marketing is all about Search. Retail and television marketing can take advantage of Browse.

You learn about a TV show from previews and TV guides. You’ll see a print book on a Border’s display table. For example, I doubt that anyone searched for a book on badly behaved (but charming) dogs. Nevertheless, Marley & Me has been a smash best seller.

Retail stores sell to browsers. Television programs can command your attention as you browse listings in your newspaper. Internet sites sell to surfers, who are ultimately searchers.

Strategic Internet Marketing begins by answering these questions.

(1) Does your target market shop through the Internet?

Some target markets just don’t buy on the Internet. They’ll buy hardcover books and purchase face-to-face services. Some prospects are nervous about buying on the Internet. You can create alternatives (such as phone and fax your credit card) but ideally you’ll have a solid base of Internet-savvy customers.

(2) Do you have a searchable product?

Can you find search terms that

>Maybe. But engrave this saying on your computer (or at least on a sticky note): Strategic Internet Marketing is all about Search. Retail and television marketing can take advantage of Browse.

You learn about a TV show from previews and TV guides. You’ll see a print book on a Border’s display table. For example, I doubt that anyone searched for a book on badly behaved (but charming) dogs. Nevertheless, Marley & Me has been a smash best seller.

Retail stores sell to browsers. Television programs can command your attention as you browse listings in your newspaper. Internet sites sell to surfers, who are ultimately searchers.

Strategic Internet Marketing begins by answering these questions.

(1) Does your target market shop through the Internet?

Some target markets just don’t buy on the Internet. They’ll buy hardcover books and purchase face-to-face services. Some prospects are nervous about buying on the Internet. You can create alternatives (such as phone and fax your credit card) but ideally you’ll have a solid base of Internet-savvy customers.

(2) Do you have a searchable product?

Can you find search terms tha

play table. For example, I doubt that anyone searched for a book on badly behaved (but charming) dogs. Nevertheless, Marley & Me has been a smash best seller.

Retail stores sell to browsers. Television programs can command your attention as you browse listings in your newspaper. Internet sites sell to surfers, who are ultimately searchers.

Strategic Internet Marketing begins by answering these questions.

(1) Does your target market shop through the Internet?

Some target markets just don’t buy on the Internet. They’ll buy hardcover books and purchase face-to-face services. Some prospects are nervous about buying on the Internet. You can create alternatives (such as phone and fax your credit card) but ideally you’ll have a solid base of Internet-savvy customers.

(2) Do you have a searchable product?

Can you find search terms tha

sites sell to surfers, who are ultimately searchers.

Strategic Internet Marketing begins by answering these questions.

(1) Does your target market shop through the Internet?

Some target markets just don’t buy on the Internet. They’ll buy hardcover books and purchase face-to-face services. Some prospects are nervous about buying on the Internet. You can create alternatives (such as phone and fax your credit card) but ideally you’ll have a solid base of Internet-savvy customers.

(2) Do you have a searchable product?

Can you find search terms tha

-to-face services. Some prospects are nervous about buying on the Internet. You can create alternatives (such as phone and fax your credit card) but ideally you’ll have a solid base of Internet-savvy customers.

(2) Do you have a searchable product?

Can you find search terms that prospects might use to find you? Check out the Internet’s keyword search tools, typically available at no cost to you.

If fewer than 100 people a month are clicking through a particular term, stop! Maybe nobody wants the product. Or maybe they’re buying retail.

Why bother? Fish where they’re biting – 5000 a month or more.

(3) Once clients find you, will you have a compelling story to tell?

Some products and services lend themselves easily to a rags-to-riches drama (or lovelorn-to -loved, if that’s your product). These categories will be easier to sell in the limited space of your website.

And will you know how to tell your story? A professional looking website will impress your buyers but copy will reach their hearts (as well as their wallets).

(4) Can you create a community of raving fans?

Once you’ve gained permission to send regular emails to your prospects, you can create a virtual retail environment. You can suggest additional products and services, much the way a bookstore places books on a table near the door.

And, if you take care of your customers, many will become repeat buyers – a steady stream of