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Blue Plate Special

What's a blue plate special? It's an inexpensive meal that's traditionally served with a meat and three side dishes. Quick, easy, no substitutions and offered at a great price.

At Good Idea Cafe, we offer our own version of the blue plate special. It's the perfect "starter site" for the new small business. More...



 

On the Web ... but Why?

If you don't want to do it on your web site, don't offer it as an option. This month's "web tale" involves a car repair shop that offers to talk with customers online ... but then telephones them instead.

For the complete story and more tips on small businesses using the web, please check out our Small Business section.

Online publishing reaches your audience


When's the last time you received a flyer, brochure or newsletter in the mail and read every word of it? Maybe you weren't interested. Maybe you didn't have the time. You put it aside, intending to come back later, and later never came. When you found the time, the newsletter was long gone. Wouldn't it be nice if you could read what you need to read, when you need to read it? Your customers feel the same way!

You're the expert!

Your customers want to rely on you as the expert in your field. To understand the ends-and-outs of your product. To access the long lost user manual at midnight. To recheck your sale prices before they head out to do business with your competition. And beyond your own web site, Good Idea Cafe can help place your publications in places where the Internet will see them. You gain instant credibility by being the go-to person in your field.