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    The Add Me! Newsletter           *** ISSUE #6  ***
    "Free tips for promoting your website"
   
    Add Me, Inc                   http://www.addme.com
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         We All Start Somewhere...
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    There is a great misconception that anyone with a
    website has massive knowledge of the web.  I, for
    one, held that notion for over two years.
   
    But the fact is that when you begin a page to page
    search of the web you begin to see that the majority
    of sites are hosted by a smaller circle of webmaster
    firms or home based design company's.
   
    Which brings me to my point.  Far too many folks are
    exactly like I was. Intimidated by the entire web
    page making process.  And completely overwhelmed by
    the vastness of the huge black hole that’s called The
    Internet.  So much so, that for two years I only used
    my web host connection to get email.
   
    I place myself in the category of overwhelmed and
    underknowledged. Having just introduced myself to
    my first computer in January 1995, I felt totally
    helpless in the foreign cyber world.  And visualized
    myself making every error known to man.  Whenever I
    could finally overcome my anxiety and get on the
    internet, I could picture myself blowing up my
    computer or crashing through the back door of the
    secret service or maybe even something worse.
   
    It was this exasperating fear of the unknown that
    kept me from even considering making my own presence
    known on the web via my own website.
   
    Then came spamming.  (I neither condemn nor condone).
    And many new offers and options started showing in
    my email.  Some of them offered free web page sites.
    FREE???  Never heard of such.  You just don’t get
    free things anywhere.  But there it was...advertised
    day after day.  FREE!!!
   
    So, I finally took the plunge.  And after a couple
    of hours I was able to see my own creation sitting
    right there on my screen. Crude, yes.  Simple,
    certainly.  But it had color and moving flashing
    things.  And most importantly...it was mine!
    
    
    
    Since that time I have toyed, made, remade, and
    destroyed hundreds of websites.  And spent countless
    hours inventing ways to create the different look
    or feel of a page.  Mostly, for a year I spent my
    time with visions of creating my own personal world
    of wealth with some fantastic website offer that
    the world just couldn’t refuse.
   
    Then one day (last April) in my home library
    (everyone knows where a man’s home library is) I
    had a thought.  Why not become a classifieds
    reseller?  Everything I needed was already available
    on the web.  And for the first time in 3 years I
    developed a small home business that made an instant
    profit.  (You can see a sample at:
    http://buynbart.hypermart.net/BnB.htm)
   
    Suddenly I saw myself as some sort of webmaster.
    Confidence exuded from my pores.  With each waking
    day I knew that I had created my own success on the
    web.  I had learn how to take from the internet. 
    Now what?
   
    Well, with my newfound success  I had gained the
    time and bravado to  really go looking through this
    wondrous WebWorld.  And what did I see?
   
    A whole new trend of goodwill and giving that I
    immediately realized I wanted to be a part of. 
    The web had silently become an open-armed society
    with so many webmasters freely giving away their
    fantastic secrets and talents of making the
    complicated look simple.
   
    Invaluable things that only a year ago would have
    cost a vast fortune. Now being freely placed on
    websites and in newsletters (ezines) at little or
    no cost.  For all to see,  have and use.
   
    Things such as where to get hundreds of free page
    backgrounds and graphics.  Where to get professional
    advise on script writing and advertising.  Advise
    on how to market - what to market - and even where
    to market.  (Some major corporations pay hundreds
    of thousands for this professional advice and services. 
    Yet, here it all was - on the internet - for free.)
   
    Even fantastic tools for creating banners, animation,
    chat areas, and search engine/link submissions, low
    cost merchant account handling (visa/mastercard) and
    shopping carts.  With a minimal search effort you could
    find just about anything necessary to operate a
    business or personal site.  And like I said, the bulk
    of it is FREE!.
   
    This new trend of giving and sharing has become the
    greatest wave the WebWorld has ever seen.  Completely
    different than the dog eat dog outer world.  The
    WebWorld is showing the true spirit of human kind. 
    A world of caring and sharing.
   
    As I said before," I wanted to be a part of this
    great feeling of giving." And while in attempt to
    do this, I have run across so many wonderful people
    and places that the free site creation I was developing
    took about 3 times longer than I anticipated.  Why? 
    Because you get so many new ideas and opportunities
    coming at you, as you open each new website door,
    that your mind can hardly focus on what you originally
    came to the site for.  Is this a burden or a blessing?
   
    Well, I'll say it to you this way.  Nothing on this
    earth beats an open mind. If you can allow yourself
    to freely float through the never ending delites of
    creative endeavors that the millions of sites offer
    in the web.  You are guaranteed to find your interest
    and desires fulfilled.  And you will gain all the
    knowledge you'll ever need to become a top webmaster
    with your own personality displayed for all to see
    at your site.
   
    And if you are looking for a way to create an additional
    income but don't have the resources or funds to build
    your own special business...then look at the various
    reseller (also known as affiliate and associate)
    opportunities. They have already done the hard work
    by finding a product that fills a need.  All you do
    is help promote it and bingo...you make money!
   
    Then again, if you have the time and resources to
    promote your own special product(s) or service, you
    will find every tool from credit card handlers to
    mass promoters, ready and willing to help you get
    your new business off to a running start.
   
    And the great thing is that regardless of your
    personal status...the web puts you on equal grounds
    with the largest companies and corporations. Because
    time and again it has already proven out that the
    personal touch works better on the web than the
    greatest advertising site ever made.
   
    So, if you are one of those backwards folks (like
    I was) and are still standing silently in the background
    looking out in wonder and amazement at the beautifully
    displayed talents of others... then come out of your
    shell .
   
    Punch up your search engine and get going.  Look up
    banners, credit cards, cgi, web hosts, chat room,
    composers and any of a hundred other things that will
    give you all the information you need to be the
    greatest webmaster of all.
   
    Look up and subscribe to ezines and newsletter that
    offer your thousands of dollars worth of professional
    insiders tips and talents.
   
    Join host groups and chat areas that deal with
    internet marketing.  And use free facilities like
    my site that offers links to help you create and
    promote your site.  Get the spirit.  Get the guts. 
    And get involved in this electronic unity of mankind.
   
    Take your first step now because never in history
    has there been such a tremendous opportunity for
    the individual to be a part of the whole.  The web
    has made it all possible.  Good Luck!