Join the Web 2.0 Revolution! How Your Business Can Benefit from Hands-On Internet

So you've heard of Web 2.0, but you're not sure what it is. Do you need to install it? Nope. Web 2.0 is what you're using right now to read this blog. It's the interactive factor of today's internet. (I say this as if I sound like I know what I'm talking about. I'm actually still learning!).

Remember when the internet was a place you sent the occasional email or tried to look up information (only to be disappointed with the results)? It's hard to remember those times, but the ability to find virtually anything we need online is only a recent phenomenon. I know that even just three years ago, I probably could not have run an internet-based company! People would have thought I was crazy to market to people across the country!

Today, the internet is completely interactive. You participate in chats and forums, you blog, and you get to decide what news stories are important to readers. It's been called the "democratization of media." It's an exciting time! And what better time to implement these interactive tools to promote your small business?

Where in the past, your marketing efforts might have consisted of a television commercial, radio spot, or billboard, today's technology lovers and entrepreneurs are putting stock in online advertising, which is more affordable and more effective.

Enough said. You're sold. But what can you do right now to join the Web 2.0 revolution and market your company online?

1. Start a blog. I'm not just saying this because I have a blog. Well, actually, I am. I wasn't sold on blogging until my husband started this blog and I saw that people were actually reading it! I realized that today's media offers something for everything, and ever piece of content has an audience. With an unlimited potential of readers, why wouldn't you start a blog for your company?