How to make money with internet marketing for local businesses

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If you have any experience with Internet marketing, you probably know a lot more
than the average local business owner. In many cases, local businesses do not
have websites; and do not actively market their businesses via the Internet.
Local Restaurants
You should take advantage of the knowledge and experience you have to sell
Internet marketing services to local businesses. In particular, one good place to
start is by selling your services to local restaurants. One thing you might do for
local restaurants is offer to get them connected with Internet-based ordering
services.
In many places in the U.S., sites like Foodler.com and Grubhub.com allow
visitors to order from sites online; however, many local restaurants do not use
these sites and many not even know about them. By joining these sites, local
businesses have the opportunity to significantly improve the amount of orders
they receive; and also to streamline the process by receiving them via the
Internet, rather than over the phone.
Your role in this process would be to assist the restaurants in this process. You
can do this by offering to setup Foodler.com and Grubhub.com accounts for
nominal fee. This would entail collecting information about the restaurant’s menu,
hours, etc.—and then submitting it to these sites.
After you complete this process, you can offer to market these businesses in
other ways. For instance, if they do not have a website, you can offer to create
and maintain one for a small fee (perhaps for $200 for the startup, but then $50
per month thereafter). Since these sites are likely to require little maintenance,
you can accumulate a large portfolio of sites.
Now, if you’re not familiar with web design, do not worry. Without knowing any
HTML, you can create a website using a what-you-see-is-what-you-get
(WYSIWYG) editor. If you own a Mac, you can use iWeb. If have a PC, you might
choose to do this with FrontPage or DreamWeaver. Alternatively, you can do this
using a free program, such as http://kompozer.net/ or http://www.w3.org

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