| If you have been anywhere near the Warrior Forum | | | | hundred or even a few thousand for it. Most of |
| recently, you will have seen that there has been a | | | | these sites are brochure type sites, they show |
| great buzz about making money by helping local | | | | visitors what the business does, and it will have the |
| bricks-n-mortar businesses either get a presence on | | | | address and contact details for the business. |
| the web, or improve their websites so that they | | | | The problem with this is that there is rarely anything |
| actually start making money for the business owners. | | | | on the website that compels the visitor to either |
| It all started around new year, when Andrew | | | | contact the website owner, or actually go to the |
| Cavenagh wrote a thread about how anyone with | | | | business premises to buy a product or two. This |
| basic Internet marketing and website design skills can | | | | leaves the business owner out of pocket and with a |
| make a lot of money by becoming a consultant to | | | | bad taste about how the Internet can help grow his |
| local offline businesses. | | | | business. |
| That forum thread went wild, and within a day or | | | | With your knowledge of Internet marketing, direct |
| two had spawned over 8 pages of replies as other | | | | response website building, search engine optimisation, |
| forum members saw the potential of the offline | | | | link building and driving qualified leads to a website, |
| market. | | | | you are perfectly positioned to help offline business |
| That thread also spawned Andrew's ebook, "Offline | | | | owners make more money, and in turn make a good |
| Gold for Online Marketers". It also created a whole | | | | living for yourself. |
| new niche that was always there, but few had ever | | | | Even if you don't know some of these things, you |
| thought about. It also spawned a dozen other | | | | do know which forums to go to and get answers to |
| products that other Warriors created to show | | | | your questions, or get contacts to outsource the |
| struggling online marketers how, even with minimal | | | | work you need to get done. |
| Internet marketing skills and knowledge, could make | | | | So how do you become a Local Internet Business |
| a great deal of money selling their services to offline | | | | Consultant? Talk to business owners, walk into their |
| business owners. | | | | premises and strike up a conversation with them, let |
| The thing is, many offline businesses have websites. | | | | them tell you about their business and marketing, and |
| They know it is the thing to do in this day and age. | | | | then tell them what you do. You'll have them hooked |
| They have one built, probably by a "professional" | | | | in no time. |
| website design company, who charge them several | | | | |