2. Small Business Resource Power Point Series Chat Marketing

3. What is Chat Marketing Chat Marketing is the use of online chat rooms to promote your product or service.

4. Getting Started Chat rooms are usually broken into categories. Find the right chat room where your targeted audience would gather. Create a chat room profile with your ad, business info, signature file etc. Operate to the chat room rules before engaging the visitors in a sales pitch that could be considered SPAM.

5. Doing Business In Chat Rooms Target people in the chat room that would be interested in your products or services by sending electronic messages. Start conversing with prospects, indirectly bringing in your sales pitch into the conversation. Alternatively, announce to everyone in the chat room something interesting or free that's offered on your web site. This will draw visitors to your web site.

6. Opportunity: A Chat Room On Your Web Site. A chat room on your Web site can create an online community and bring visitors to your Web site.

7. Things To Do With Your Chat Room Host a free online seminar in your chat room about a subject of your expertise. Use a chat room to meet with current customers if they have any questions or problems. Regularly schedule free events in your chat room. Schedule experts to speak in your chat room.

8. Once You Have Gained Some Experience Host other people's chat rooms as an expert. Charge for doing this to earn extra money or just do it for free to gain publicity.

9. Communication Rules Make sure your spelling and grammar is correct when chatting, so people understand what you are typing. Use some chat room emotions and acronyms to help people understand what you’re typing. Use " :D " to show you’re laughing Use " :) " to show you are smiling Use " BTW " which means "by the way" Use " TU " which means "thank you" Use " FAQ " which means "frequently asked questions" Use " IMHO " which means "in my humble opinion" Use " LOL " which means "laughing out loud"

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