My wife the local Avon lady is meeting with her friends that all own some type of home based business. As a group of 17 households, they are leveraging each others strengths to further each others business by gathering together once a month to pass around information, learn from each other, and recruit neighbors as new representatives or associates. This is such a novel yet powerful method of getting your internet business some needed local advertisement, which could further help your online sales. What I have chosen to do is put together a simple 4 (four) panel brochure, a full-sheet of paper folded in half and printed in horizontal layout, about my online gift store. On three of the panels I included information about my website, how to get there, and the description and pictures of what I sell. On the last panel of the brochure I pitched an add for an affiliate program and the website URL to get to the program. I printed the copies on my printer, folded the papers in half, and will have my wife take them to the 17 house weekend showcase of home based businesses. With this promotion, I hope to add some of the house holds onto my daily emailing list, and possibly run some ad campaigns on my mail list for some of these local home businesses as another possible stream of income. Therefore, the main objective of this tip is to.... GET TO KNOW YOUR LOCAL AVON, MARY KAY, PAMPERED CHEF, OR OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD AT HOME REPRESENTATIVE!!!! That rep may be able to funnel your web presence into the local population fairly easily and inexpensively. Worth a shot, don't you think?

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