Rome wasn't built in a day

Getting members is not an easy thing for any internet business. I spoke to someone who suggested that buying an E-mail database through the internet is a good form of E-marketing, as it enables the site to reach a large audience.

After initially being entertained by the thought, my optimism has subsided towards the idea. Most likely, the email received by the potential member will go straight into the junk mail. If it were to make it into the inbox, the recipient would probably think it is just spam.

As long as it might take, building an E-mail database from scratch could be the most sensible option to develop a brand. It would be unfortunate to develop a poor reputation of a spammer in such an early stage of the business.

Once the business has been established and reasonably well known, a purchased E-mail database is definately a possibility.

Other forms of marketing, which are less intrusive, will be used to gain broad access to potential members, but studies have shown that E-mail databases are a risky investment.

So our current membership base stands at 13 (close friends) as we have not officially invited people to join our facebook.com group 365SALES.

Whether you join now or in a few weeks I am not fussed. First sale is looking to be late September. Dont miss out

Low cost e-marketing

At the recent gift and homewares exhibtion, I was pleasantly suprised by how many companies accepted that e-marketing had become an integral component of attracting members to a website and that facebook was used for business purposes, not just a source of wasting time looking at photos

Starting up a business is not easy. Trying to get business and members to use my site in its infancy is a challenging task.

However, the availability of low cost e-marketing avenues makes the goals of the business achievable. Unlike Ebay, 365Sales has a limited advertising budget. Subsequently, especially in the initial stages of the business, low cost forms of e-marketing will have to be used.

This is not such a bad thing. The internet has allowed small business to blossom from humble beginnings. A facebook page or twitter account has the potential to reach a massive audience, without costing the company any money. We can communicate information at no cost to people who, without the availability of e-marketing, would most likely have never have heard of us. This blog could even be categorised as a form of e-marketing for the business and it did not cost a cent.

On that note, I will use my free source of marketing to direct you to http://www.365sales.com/ and sign up to the website or send me an email at info@365sales.com

365sales

Hey Guys

Being an internet based company I thought it would be appropriate to use every source of technology to promote my new business.


Digital marketing will be an extremely important tool in achieving the business goals. Although in our infancy, we have made a commitment to use various avenues of the internet to grow the business.

Our team has come up with a logo (hope you like it) and we are currently working on a slogan. A Facebook page has been set up and will be developed shortly. Twitter, as well as other forms of online advertising, will also be used.

I am hoping that you are curious as to what 365sales will offer you, the consumer or possibly a company. Become a fan of our Facebook page, 365sales, and you will be able to find out what we are all about.

I look forward to informing you all on a weekly basis of all exciting business developments, with a special focus on digital marketing, and would appreciate any criticism, advice and of course investment in a business that we hope has a bright future

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Daniel