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	Sunday, June 12, 2005

Five Ways Internet Changed Small Businesses  (on business) Small Business Trends, a blog about the global small business market, comments on the article of My Magazine, which talks about the top 5 ways Internet has changed small businesses. These 5 is summarized as follows: a.) Email.  It changed the way small businesses communicate. b.) Google.  It changed the way small businesses advertise. c.) Ebay.  It enabled small businesses to flourish by providing the means to buy and sell items. d.) Amazon.  It enabled small busineses to see the possibilities in E-commerce. e.) Online Networks.  These are online business and social networks like LinkedIn , or Friendster, which allows businesses to establish relationships and contacts. I do agree on all five points, and would add to the list.  I think more than email, there is also instant messaging, voice conferencing, and increasingly, voice over Internet that allows people to connect with people all around the world at much lower cost. Moreover, Google is a great resource for research over the internet and allows all of us to know better where to find information, whether it be for individual or business use. Then of course, there are online travel resources, and online banking,  and I hope, also blogs will forever change the way we communicate with our friends and customers...       6:08:40 PM     comment []   trackback []