From: Laurie Delk <LAURIEDELK@wasi.com>

Well, I have been thinking about writing this for awhile-and finally got
the nerve up! LOL
I am the representative for Columbia, TN Community website
http://columbia.cybercities2k.com I have been doing this for about 8
months. I now have over 5000 hits to my page! Some of you may not think
this is very successful-BUT my site mainly only caters to people in and
around Columbia, TN-and this is a pretty small town (about 1000
businesses). So if anyone else comes to my site, it's just to visit! We
feature Local weather, a local map, A postcard of Columbia, TN you can
email a friend, Headline News, Current events for our area, a classified
section-that is only $.10/word/month, and a business section. We design
webpages for all non-profits and churches FREE, and we only ask $100/yr
including design for local businesses to place their webpages in our
directory. I have a little over 60 businesses listed as of now. I am
moving VERY slowly as this is mainly a site spread about through word of
mouth. I cannot get "out" much and go "selling" my site door to door,
and I do not have alot of extra money to advertise with. Although we
have advertised ALOT-in all the local papers and on the radio a little,
almost every ad/business I have gotten, came from word of mouth as a
referral. So this is the way I have chose to work it for awhile. We also
have "Super Saver" Cards, which are discount cards that the business
pays for their spot on the cards-and the schools sell them for a
fundraiser. We do not make ANY profit off these cards-but it does also
put our site's information in the hands fo 5000 people in Columbia, TN.
This was our first year-and I feel we have been quite successful at the
start.

Thanks!

Laurie Delk

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LAURIEDELK@wasi.com
PO Box 251  Columbia, TN 38402-0251
(931)380-8811
http://columbia.cybercities2k.com
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