that is currently being used by over 25 million people and is growing by
2 million new subscribers every single month.
This new medium is at the core of what are called Electronic Bulletin
Boards - a system by which people with computers can get entertainment
programs, make travel reservations, play games, get stock market reports,
watch the news, even buy & sell products - using a computer.
Anyone with a computer can access any Bulletin Board by simply plugging
an ordinary telephone line to the computer. Take note of the following:
> With a regular telephone line, people can (using a standard
telephone) send and receive spoken words and sounds.
> With a regular telephone line, people can (using a fax
machine) send and receive copies of printed images,
whether text, photos, or or designs.
> With a regular telephone line, people can (using a computer
with a Bulletin Board system) send photos, graphic designs,
moving pictures and sound - just like television.
TYPES OF BULLETIN BOARDS
There are bulletin boards for nearly every subject matter. There are
bulletin boards for pet owners, bulletin boards for school teachers,
for doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and many other fields of interest.
Of course, the most popular type of commercial bulletin boards are those
that accept advertising, where people from all over the country buy & sell
a variety of products and services.
In fact, one of the fastest-growing features offered by bulletin board
services today is called the Classified On-Line, a multi-category advertising
service filled with classified ads placed by individuals and businesses.
HOW YOUR ADS GET DISTRIBUTED
[STEP #1] You send your 100-word classified ad to an AD BUREAU that will
electronically typeset your ad and put it in a format that is the standard
used for sending electronic advertising.
[STEP #2] After typesetting your ad, the AD BUREAU sends your it to
BRANDEL COMMUNICATIONS which serves as the CENTRAL CLEARINGHOUSE for
all classified advertising nationwide. There, all the ads from different
independent Ad Bureaus across the country are compiled and reformatted
into their respective categories.
