Portable media such as books, tapes, CD's, and videos are a natural. Any company that already has a Mail Order business set up should obviously be on the net. Think of the Internet in terms of direct mail marketing - essentially, it is electronic direct mail marketing. It's inexpensive to communicate with your customers worldwide, and your customers can look over your products on your Online catalog before they buy. Plus an Online catalog costs only a fraction of what a printed catalog costs and reaches more people.
Duplication is achieved virtually, for far less cost than through traditional methods.
Any service that can be advertised can be advertised electronically. This includes Professional services such as those offered by accountants, attorneys, consultants, architects and trainers, but today also includes evolving service sectors catering to busy people. Increasingly, our society is characterized by exchanges between specialists. Thus, there is an ever-expanding pool of new diversified service industries. Entrepreneurs who identify and exploit a new service industry are enjoying massive growth and profits, and the prospects for a continued rise are outstanding.