Frequently Asked Questions & Answers from EcomCity's webmaster

This section is of EcomCity features answers to common questions often posed by our clients and visitors. These "bits & pieces" of useful information augment our webmasters Newsflashes on ecommerce issues. IMS plans to launch a BBS service here to allow for a interchange of ideas on the future of internet commerce and real life e-business experiences. Websites by design are supposed to blend feedback from visitors into the content so this should be constantly changing and certainly in Y-2001 the widely published DotCom bombs are bringing those who do use the Internet for conducting business back down to reality. I spend countless hours consulting with new startups ventures who seek a professional to do their first web site...but don't have a bizplan or any real budget to sustain it. They just know my insight is valuable and my rates are cheaper than the competition.

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How can I make Millions by launching a web site

This humorous Q & A was written by Linda Cox when she was writing some articles on her experiences in the height of the .com boom. She too was a webmaster and had to field questions from one and all seeking to get on to the Internet gravy train. Her amazing straight from the heart writing style will be missed. Her site is no longer active as she's taken her own advice and moved on into other ventures.

Let's begin: the quest for riches

Q: How long will it take me to get insanely rich?

A: Depends on you. Probably two weeks. Some people take as long as a month.

Q: Does it take hard work or long hours to get insanely rich?

A: No. This is the internet.

Q: Can just anybody get insanely rich?

A: Yes. This is the internet.

Q: How do I proceed?

A: As you're surfing around the net you'll see banners and links that say things like "Make Fourteen Million Dollars in Ninety Days, Click Here to See How!" Simply click the link to get started.

Q: It won't really take ninety days though, will it?

A: Of course not. They just say that so you'll be pleasantly surprised and so it doesn't sound like hype.

Q: Okay, I've found one that says "Retire to Your Own Caribbean Isle in One Month!" Is that good?

A: Perfect.

Q: What does MLM mean?

A: Nobody really knows. Morons Lose Money has been snidely suggested by the little-brains.

Q: I signed up and now I sell low phone rates. They say it's the easiest thing to sell because everyone uses a phone. And since it's MLM, by the time my third level is operating I'll be making $345,915.45 per week.

A: Conservatively.

Q: They say the first step is to get my mother into the program. Why is my sponsor happy that Mom has Alzheimers?

A: Your sponsor is a shrewd business person. People with any sort of memory disorder make the best targ... uh, clients. You can switch your mother's long distance carrier for her, and then start calling the other members of her support group.

Q: That sounds a little fishy.

A: The ends justify the means. You are offering people substantial savings on long distance. It's for their own good.

Q: How else can I get new business?

A: Spam. Spam. Spam.

Q: I thought spam was bad.

A: No, spam is good. Anyone who says it's bad is just jealous because their brains are too small.

Q: But won't I lose my web host and ISP?

A: In the get-rich-quick business, it's important to cultivate an attitude of zen-like non-attachment toward service providers.

Q: What else can I do to promote my new business?

A: Here's a list of additional suggestions:

Sign up with a free website provider and fill your site with zany colors, clip art annimations and flashy java news feeds.
Join every free banner exchange or web circle jerk linking pool.
Get your own free-for-all links page script and spam the submitters.
Join every opt-in email list with the word Money, Rich or Lackwit in the title.
Buy software that submits your site URL to the 15,000 most important search engines.
Buy software that submits your ad to the 50,000 most-read free classified sites.
Buy software that submits your link to the 100,000 most popular free-for-all link pages.
Hire a bulk emailer the shaft them on the bill since they can't sue.
Sponsor a golf tournament or better yet hire some Kwel web firm to make you a FLASH entry page.

Q: Okay, I've done all that and I'm still not rich. I haven't even driven my hitcounter to its knees yet. What am I doing wrong?

A: It's possible that you're not very bright. Consult one of your friends who has retired on their internet earnings.

Q: What if I don't have any friends who have retired on their internet earnings?

A: Then contact someone on the internet who has retired on their internet earnings.

Q: What if I've never heard of anyone retiring from their internet earnings?

A: Well, then maybe you can be the first.

Q: You're pulling my leg, right?

A: Oops! Sorry, I thought FAQ stood for Facetiously Answered Questions! Never mind.

The zanny Net humor above was written by the author Linda Cox ..she has to be the the Howard Stern of Net Broadcasting. Her site was www.lindacox.com now a .com bomb.

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The REAL secret to your online success is ...YOU!
For every false start, there need only be one that is true
for every idea not pursued, denies the entrepreneur in you.

The most important criteria as to whether you 'make it' or not, is simply YOUR ATTITUDE and treating it like a real business. All other factors are secondary and really don't mount any henderence to online success! Take time to make, or have made for you, a site that even you would buy from. Have a e-business plan..fund it.. and then work & revise that plan daily based upon customer feedback!

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