Newsgroups

Newsgroups have been around the same time as the Internet itself, and it was devised as a simple way for scientists to keep abreast of developments in their chosen fields. Think of it as a an electronic bulletin board or electronic notice board - you can go to that board and read what other people have written up or if you want to take part you can put up a notice yourself. There are well over 30,000 such notice boards!

The first thing you need to do is to choose which newsgroups you wish to become a member of. You can do this by acquiring a list from your Internet Service Provider, or alternatively if you visit http://groups.google.com you can carry out a search of all archives on whatever topic you decide. By joining the newsgroup you can:

• see what other people are are saying about your chosen subject
• take part in ongoing exchanges with other people on your chosen subject
• ask other people a question on your chosen subject

And if you add your e-mail address and website address at the bottom of all of your correspondence, it will become a highly targeted and inexpensive method of promoting your business!