I am a small gift basket owner and I am just wondering how might the Internet and related communication technologies change my business for the better? What are the ways these can improve my productivity and performance of my business?|||Well using the Internet allows you have a broader network of potential customers. Especially at different ages groups. One method you can use for advertising is sending a ad via email and ask that it be passed on to at least ten other people and they will receive a discount. Sky is the limit.|||I am not a business owner nor do I know a lot about your particular situation/business, BUT...I can tell you one example from an experience I%26#039;ve had.
At the beginning of October, I was looking online for pumpkin patches in the area that were so commercialized/overpriced. I mean, obviously the bigger ones advertise all over the place and those we knew about.
Well, I found the neatest patch that someone had on their land and made it into a small business. Other than some local signs put up around the immediate area (and not all over the city). We went out there...having NEVER heard of them before....and were very pleased with our experience. They were very reasonable...very clean...very nice and PERFECT for what we were looking for.
When I told them I found them on the internet (they had a website), the wife said to her husband %26quot;SEE!!! I told you that website would help!!!%26quot;.
SO.....there is one example. Those people would%26#039;n%26#039;t have had my business (and who knows how many others%26#039;!) if they hadn%26#039;t had a website. The internet reaches MILLIONS of people.
Maybe you will find someone out of town that wants to send a gift to someone that lives in your area....they may find you online...call....and order! There you are!
