| Introduction to Autoresponders If you've reached the point of exhaustion trying to keep up with answering the mountain of emails that threatens to bury you alive every single day, you're ready to learn about autoresponders. The bad news is that people expect prompt replies to their email inquiries. However, unless you can figure out how to work continual twenty-four hour shifts, or hire enough people to constantly monitor incoming emails (while they're eating up your revenue), you have a problem. The good news is an autoresponder is an inexpensive - or even free - method of quickly responding to emails. What these programs do is automatically respond to incoming emails as soon as they are received. Emails are essential to your business for many different reasons. Most importantly, these invisible email voices give you their feedback about your website - for free! However, if you spend all your working hours answering these emails, how are you supposed to run your business? The answer is simple: use autoresponders. Autoresponders are programs that automatically respond to your emails without you so much as having to click on your mouse. There are a number of good reasons why you need an autoresponder besides just answering your email. For example, autoresponders can be used if you need a way to send information about your services or products, price lists, or if there are repeated questions asked across large numbers of emails. Maybe you want to offer your site visitors a special bonus of some kind, such as advice or relevant articles. All of this can be handled by an autoresponder. Additionally, you can advertise your business and then build stable relationships with your customers by using autoresponders. Autoresponder programs vary from software that runs with your email program to a specialized script that runs on your web hosting company's server. This kind of script may use a web page form or simply operate with your email account. This kind of script is programmed to send out a standardized message whenever an email is received. The message is sent to a particular script or email address. Some autoresponders can do more than simply send out standardized messages. They can send out an unlimited number of follow-up messages sent at predetermined interval of time. For example, you can set your autoresponder to send out a new message every day for as long a period as you desire. There are numerous companies who offer autoresponders free of charge. Your website hosting company often provides autoresponders as a free service. If this is not the case with your web hosting company, there are numerous companies who offer this service for a small fee, or free of charge, providing you attach an advertisement for their company to your emails. To personalize your autoresponder messages, you can attach a signature. Signatures in this case are much like business cards. You can include your name, company, all your contact numbers and addresses, and a brief message. It's a good idea to attach a signature to every email that is sent out. This works as a repeated reminder of your business identity every time a customer sees it. The more they look at your signature, the more likely your company will spring to mind when your particular service or product is needed. You can create a standardized signature that every employee in your business uses, or you can go wild, and let every staff member create their own personal signature. Of course, like everything in life, there are some rules and guidelines to creating a personal signature. Keep the length of your signature between four to six lines of text, with no more than 70 characters in a single line. Make sure that your email program does not cut off your text! The content should include your name, your company name, your email address, fax number, and any other contact details, such as 800 numbers. Lastly, always include a short personal message about your company. It should be a subtle sell of your services or your products, and possibly your company's reliability and longevity. Another specialized use of autoresponders is to create courses that you can then offer your site visitors for free. You must choose a topic in which you are an expert and that precisely targets your potential customers. Once you have carefully chosen your subject, divide it into a number of different sub-topics. Then offer your site visitor a free 10 or 15 day course, each day offering a different sub-topic. The first topic should always be a welcome message to your site visitor and an explanation about what is to follow. Your explanation should be enticing, getting the point across that you are offering free, quality information that your target audience will find of great value. With every lesson, include the number of the lesson, the topic title, information about your company and its services or products. At the end, include a few blurbs about the next lesson to entice the subscriber to continue on. Make sure each topic is packed with essential and valuable information, and leaves the visitor lusting to know more. Otherwise, you may lose them in the very beginning. Of course, you have to write up your course before you can offer it. Once you have done this, and gone over the material carefully, employing a professional writer or editor if necessary, you must transfer your text to your autoresponder. There are a number of free autoresponders you can use. Try http:/www.getresponse.com, or http://www.fastfacts.net. Or go onto Google and you will find a long list of free autoresponder companies. Then sign-up for your chosen autoresponder. Once you do, you will receive instructions as to how to set it up and transfer your text. Email is an excellent marketing tool; it is inexpensive and it is fast. Use it to advertise your business by choosing your email address carefully. Your website should contain different email addresses for different contact requests. For example, use info@yourdomain.com for information, requests, or sales@yourdomain.com for questions about sales. It's a good idea to set up one for the owner, such as president@yourdomain.com. This presents your company in a personal, approachable light and insures that direct contact is provided. Autoresponders are an effective and powerful marketing tool, allowing you to make contact with thousands of potential customers. This is an invaluable asset considering how many potential customers you usually have contact with before you make an actual sale. Essentially, an autoresponser allows you to automate part of your marketing campaign. Article from Oklahoma Web Center Library/Ed Wheeler |
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Living a Healthier and Happier Life
In the beginning man worked hard to survive. He had many things to do. Hunting, keeping warm, finding berries, and taking care of his family. He did not have time to worry about being fat, as there wasn't an issue of fat. It was survival of the fittest, those that were not fit, perished, or had someone to watch over them. Man's goal was survival.
Women labored hard, and many died in childbirth. There were many deaths of their infants, so women kept reproducing to keep the family surviving. They scrubbed, cooked, gathered food and wood and tended after the children. They did not have time to worry about things that made them happy or not happy. Their goal was survival.
Well, times have changed, people don't work physically as hard as their ancestors did, they lose less children and the dying in labor has been brought down to a small percentage. Emergency hospitals with ambulances and new technology and medicines have saved the lives of countless people.
Most families plan on 1 to 3 children and now to keep up with the economy (or the Jones') there are usually two working parents for those children. Men are learning skills that were unheard of for men 50 years ago. They are doing household chores, changing diapers, picking kids up at daycare, and doing a whole lot more bonding with their children in the child's infant stages.
In the bustle of an age of living and learning at a light speed compared to their ancestors, people start worrying about their health. With the information highway thick with one company after another along with the vast info commercials, it is hard to decide what vitamins you need, what foods should you eat, and how much exercise you need. And, even what ratio of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins should you feed your body and your family's bodies. It takes a lot of reading and trying to figure it all out.
Article from Oklahoma Web Center Library/Ed Wheeler
In the beginning man worked hard to survive. He had many things to do. Hunting, keeping warm, finding berries, and taking care of his family. He did not have time to worry about being fat, as there wasn't an issue of fat. It was survival of the fittest, those that were not fit, perished, or had someone to watch over them. Man's goal was survival.
Women labored hard, and many died in childbirth. There were many deaths of their infants, so women kept reproducing to keep the family surviving. They scrubbed, cooked, gathered food and wood and tended after the children. They did not have time to worry about things that made them happy or not happy. Their goal was survival.
Well, times have changed, people don't work physically as hard as their ancestors did, they lose less children and the dying in labor has been brought down to a small percentage. Emergency hospitals with ambulances and new technology and medicines have saved the lives of countless people.
Most families plan on 1 to 3 children and now to keep up with the economy (or the Jones') there are usually two working parents for those children. Men are learning skills that were unheard of for men 50 years ago. They are doing household chores, changing diapers, picking kids up at daycare, and doing a whole lot more bonding with their children in the child's infant stages.
In the bustle of an age of living and learning at a light speed compared to their ancestors, people start worrying about their health. With the information highway thick with one company after another along with the vast info commercials, it is hard to decide what vitamins you need, what foods should you eat, and how much exercise you need. And, even what ratio of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins should you feed your body and your family's bodies. It takes a lot of reading and trying to figure it all out.
Article from Oklahoma Web Center Library/Ed Wheeler
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Marketing and Online Income Opportunities
Health and Wellness for the Family
1. Bytes of Information from the Editor
2. Introduction to Autoresponders
3. 5 Ways to Generate Low Cost Traffic
4. Computer Trivia and Information
5. Editors Recommended Programs
6. Free E-Books, Reports and Software
2. Introduction to Autoresponders
3. 5 Ways to Generate Low Cost Traffic
4. Computer Trivia and Information
5. Editors Recommended Programs
6. Free E-Books, Reports and Software
1. Article 1
2. Article 2
3. Feedback and Customer Comments
4. Health Trivia and Information
5. Encouraging Quotes
6. Suggested Health Sites
2. Article 2
3. Feedback and Customer Comments
4. Health Trivia and Information
5. Encouraging Quotes
6. Suggested Health Sites
Special Web-Sites
Ezine Customer Services
Solo Ads
Sponsor Ads
Classified Ads
Free Ads
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Classified Ads
Free Ads
March 18, 2007 Issue 001
Marketing and Online Income Opportunities
| WELCOME to the Oklahoma Internet Informer newsletter. I have just combined my lists into one large list. Some of you have been with me for a few months and some are just joining. I would like to thank you all for staying with me and helping me grow. I now have over 1000 members and thought it about time to start a newsletter so that I may reward my subscribers with free E-Books, Reports and Software. There will always be free items in each of my newsletters, which will be coming out about every two weeks. As you can tell, I am an Okie and promote the State of Oklahoma whenever I get the chance. This newsletter will provide articles and the best information for Health and Wellness for the family, Computer programs and opportunities, some miscellaneous items for Pets and Work from Home Programs. I will never compromise your privacy or trust. Feel free to submit your comments and suggestions, so that I may be able to serve your needs better. Again, Thank you for joining and staying as my subscriber. Ed Wheeer, Editor/Owner. |
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Tip of the Day
Annoying Help
If you have Windows XP, you've probably noticed that when you install a new program, XP automatically highlights that program in your Start menu so you can easily find it. It also gives you a little pop up message telling you that you have new programs in your list.
Well, have you ever found those features to be annoying or unnecessary? Do you want to get rid of them? If you do, here's how. Right click on your bottom taskbar (on any open space) and select Properties. In the next box that appears, choose the Start menu tab and then click Customize. Now you're going to want to choose the Advanced tab and make sure the box that says "Highlight newly installed programs" is unchecked. Then click OK
twice to make the change permanent.
Bob
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Annoying Help
If you have Windows XP, you've probably noticed that when you install a new program, XP automatically highlights that program in your Start menu so you can easily find it. It also gives you a little pop up message telling you that you have new programs in your list.
Well, have you ever found those features to be annoying or unnecessary? Do you want to get rid of them? If you do, here's how. Right click on your bottom taskbar (on any open space) and select Properties. In the next box that appears, choose the Start menu tab and then click Customize. Now you're going to want to choose the Advanced tab and make sure the box that says "Highlight newly installed programs" is unchecked. Then click OK
twice to make the change permanent.
Bob
Did you know that subscribers to Bob Osgoodby's Free Ezine the "Tip of the Day" get a Free Ad for their Business at his Web Site? Great Business and Computer Tips - Monday. Wednesday. And Friday. Instructions on how to place an ad are in the Newsletter. Subscribe at: http://adv-marketing.com/business/subscribe2.htm
| Top 5 Ways To Generate Low Cost Website Traffic There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for your website: A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it hardly bares a chance of generating an income. Many sites have tried and failed in doing so, and these results to the sites demise. It takes money to maintain an income generating site; it also takes money to make money. BUT, it doesn’t take a whole caboodle of cash to generate website traffic for your site. Ever wonder how does big hit sites drive traffic top their site? Most of them are spending tons of money to drive the traffic to their sites, investing in many advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing schemes and gimmickries. This is all worthwhile because, well, they are what they are now, high earning, big hitting websites. You don’t have to do this if you don’t really have their resources. There are many ways to generate low cost website traffic without having to spend what you don’t have or can’t afford. Many people have banked on high cost methods and have ended up losing their shirt over it. Here I present to you the Top five ways to generate low cost website traffic that could help your site a whole lot. Even if you only get a small percentage of successful visitors in to client ratio it still works especially if you get a high number of website traffic. Exchange Links This is a sure and proven method. Rarely would you see a site where there is no link to another site. Many webmasters are willing to exchange links with one another so that they could produce more public awareness about their sites. You’ll soon see and feel the sudden upsurge of the traffic coming in to your site from other sites. A major prerequisite in exchanging links with other sites is having the same niche or content as the other site. They should share a common subject so that there is continuity in the providing of service and information to what interests your target traffic. Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high ranking in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search engines ranks high sites that have inbound and outbound theme-related links. With a good ranking position in the search engines, you will generate more traffic in your website without the high costs. Traffic Exchange This is like exchanging links but on a different higher level. This may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading links but could be made cheaper because you get to earn credits. You can use those credits when viewing others traffic, while you earn credits when someone views yours. Traffic exchange services are the viewing of another’s site or page. This is done vice versa where a site can use your sites contents and so can you to his or her site. You both benefit from each others efforts to generate traffic. The other sites visitors can go to your pages and know more about your site as well as theirs. Once again the public awareness of your sites existence is boosted. Write and Submit Articles There are many e-zines and online encyclopedias in the internet which provides free space for articles to be submitted. If you want to save costs, you can do the articles yourself. There are many freelance writers who are willing to write for you for a small fee, but to save money, it is wise to do those articles yourself. Write articles that are themed along with the niche of your site. Write something that you have expertise on so that when they read it, they can feel your knowledge about the subject and will be eager to go to your site. Write articles that produce tips and guidelines to the subject or niche your site has. Include a resource box at the end of your article that can link them to your site. Write a little about yourself and your site. If you provide a light, information-laden and interesting article, they will go to your site for more. Make a Newsletter. This may sound like hard work because of all the articles you may need to use to build a newsletter but on the contrary, this is not so. There are many writers and sites that are willing to provide free articles as long as they can get their name in on your newsletter. This will also provide free advertising for them as well. As your newsletter gets pass around, you can widen your public awareness and build an opt-in list that can regularly visit your site. Join Online Communities and Forums This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share your knowledge and expertise with many online communities as well as your website. You can get free advertising when you go to forums that have the same subject or niche with your site. Share your two cents and let them see how knowledgeable you are with the subject. As you build your reputation, you also build the reputation of your site, making it a reputable and honest business that could be frequented and trusted by many people. Article from Oklahoma Web Center Library/Ed Wheeler |
| Google Introduces Sitemaps One of Google's newest implementations is the use of sitemaps. Sitemaps, quite simply, are like an outline detailing every link and every page of your website. Sitemaps come in XML formats. XML is a language like HTML, only, XML is actually simpler to execute once you learn how to familiarize yourself with the said language. XML is actually already widely used for a lot of syndication purposes these days, including the very popular Really Simple Syndication (RSS). Basically, by submitting your website's sitemap to Google, Google promises that its spiders would be able to crawl through every nook and cranny of your website with more efficiency. This would most definitely result in a higher likelihood of every page of your website getting indexed, and they're getting fetched for every relevant query. Mark Sandquist eEditor eAuthorResources Newsletter http://eAuthorResources.com http://eAuthorResources.blogspot.com |
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