My business takes me across Rural Kansas and my blogs are about rural areas and doing business through eCommerce (online) and traditional brick mortar businesses.
Treasure Pickers is about small sellers who earn part time or full time online through eBay and/or other established selling venues. Many of these sellers have moved into stand-alone eCommerce (retail) Websites, have Facebook pages, and utilize Twitter. They are successful in their pursuit of maximum exposure in a world wide market.
Kansas Life and Rural Paths is about rural lifestyles and the struggle to enjoy the simplicity of rural life and still find economic earning power to sustain that lifestyle.
The inroads made in providing high-speed access to the Web in small towns and cities has opened the door to the a vast marketplace that reaches nearly every corner of the world. Small businesses in rural areas have choices to expand and grow their business beyond a local market base. That is exciting.
According to Internet Retailer
eBay has over 6,400,000 unique visitors per month
Amazon has over 5,800,000 unique visitors per month
Facebook has nearly 300,000,000 visitors per month
Twitter has over 105,000,000 registered users.
Rural businesses that learn about and utilize these markets to grow and expand their businesses will see exceptional results. Individuals who want to supplement their income or build a home/farm based business will also benefit by understanding the power of ecommerc
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