According to the ‘gurus,’ if you want to be ‘with it’ on the internet, you must use audio and/or video to sell on your website.

Now there may be visitors that enjoy looking and listening. Me? I’m not one of them. I have my own internet business to run and I just don’t have the time to sit and look/listen to these marvels of cyberspace.

Besides, I have music streaming on my computer all day while I work, which means I have jazz music in one ear and some guy/gal’s spiel in my other ear. ~sigh~

Call me old-fashioned, but I like to read. I can do it at my convenience and at my own pace. And music in the background isn’t going to distract me one bit.

Surely there are others like me.

Yes, I know. Most audio files can be downloaded for later listening. But I’m not sure this is any better. If you really want to absorb the message, you need to put your full attention on what’s being said — and that can be difficult when you have kids clamoring for your attention, dogs barking, or other outside distractions.

Anyway, the point of this post is to implore internet marketers to please include a written message as well as showing me your smiling face on video or your lilting voice on audio.