Unfortunately, most of what really works is found on major corporate websites that don't have product launches or affiliates promoting their programs. They use corporate certified resellers and authorized partners who cater to established offline businesses used to seeing "call for quote" and "request demo" in trade journals, display ads and corporate websites.
By 2004, new online businesses with phenomenal triple digit growth rates started springing up everywhere. After struggling among themselves for 3 or 4 years without any help, major corporations lined up to get their business even though they had done nothing to earn it.
Who knew how much impact the internet would have on the way people do business?
The tables had turned and the new "Freeconomy" was born! Now, there are major players like OnDialog.com grooming lifetime customers by investing in the future growth of small businesses now rather than competing for their business later.