Get customers to come your way.
Sure, in the past, local sales personnel were needed to overcome distance and time from the manufacturing facility. With the Internet, there seems to be less need of them because of this.
However, I think the growth of online communities will provide the new reason for the existence of independent sales agents on the Internet. (The people who run these communities will be one new type of sales agent). When you think about it, a really good online community can virtually own the attention of certain interest groups. Think of Slashdot.
I think there are two states of mind for the internet surfer: 1) "I want to buy x product", and 2) "I want something else". The number one crowd most of the time will just type in the URL for Amazon or whoever else. However, I think there will always be value in being the website that the #2 crowd is interacting with. Even if you're not buying today, it doesn't mean you can't be influenced to buy in the future due to a website's content or interaction with other site visitors.
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