| 191 | Email Legislation Explained Preview: European Email Legislation in 5 minutes! There has been a lot has been talk over the last couple of years - particularly since the August 2000 Distance Selling Directive did not give the direct marketing industry sufficiently clear guidelines about opt-in and opt-out status in respect of email usage. At that point it was left to individual EU Me... (more) Published By: John McCabe Submitted: 27 August,2003 |
| 192 | Email Microtargeting Preview: Email marketing is undergoing rapid changes. Now, more than ever, both the creative and demographic selection and targeting of a message must be highly relevant and qualified. Microtargeting has become a valued strategy. At VIBEdirect, we have seen the industry withstand incredible changes based on bandwidth, creative, message perception and the ... (more) Published By: David Moceri Submitted: 14 October,2003 |
| 193 | 8 Ways to Get More Email Addresses On Your List ... Today Preview: Whether you've got 100 or 100,000 people on your email list, chances are you can optimize your web page to better feature and promote your ezine. Here's a few ways to capture more customers and leads - without having to increase your traffic. Give Something (Or a Few Things Away) Studies show that most people will only subscribe to about a dozen... (more) Published By: Cynthia King Submitted: 30 October,2003 |
| 194 | AUTORESPONDERS: EASE YOUR LIFE Preview: AUTORESPONDERS: EASE YOUR LIFE ------------------------------------------------------------ copyright (c) Pavel Lenshin ------------------------------------------------------------ What every small business operator always lacks is time. Sometimes lack of time leads to inefficiency, what in its turn, leads to business failure even if you have pl... (more) Published By: Pavel Lenshin Submitted: 04 November,2003 |
| 195 | Who can read your email? Preview: Internet Security Threats: Who can read your email? =================================================== Nov 23, 2003 Before being able to choose a secure Internet communication system, you need to understand the threats to your security. Since the beginning of the Internet there has been a naive assumption on the part of most email users that t... (more) Published By: Mark Brooks Submitted: 24 November,2003 |
| 196 | Small Business Q & A: Beware Of Spam Withdrawals Preview: Q: I am so sick of all the spam that is sent to my business email address. I spend an hour every morning just trying to sort out the good email from the bad. I know I could just delete it all, but I'm afraid I'll accidentally delete email that might be important to my business. Short of unplugging my computer, what's the best solution for dea... (more) Published By: Tim Knox Submitted: 18 December,2003 |
| 197 | Stop Internet Pollution Preview: As we blaze into the new millennium, technology continues it’s rapid pace yet most people and businesses are not realizing the consequence of e-mail. Even as we increase our level of electronic communication, so goes the multitudes of new e-mail and internet users flooding the bandwidth. Along with all this new hyper growth comes new internet-base... (more) Published By: Chuck Bauer Submitted: 23 January,2004 |
| 198 | MyDoom Virus & How YOU can help! Preview: We have been monitoring stories and technical information that is available on this Virus that is Spreading like Wildfire! We believe that starting Feb 1st, we may see things slow down on the net, email problems, sites not available etc. We saw it before with last years big virus, but sources say this new virus is the worst one yet. Based on... (more) Published By: Val Burnett Submitted: 02 February,2004 |
| 199 | Creating Message Rules in MS Outlook 2002 (XP) Preview: Create a folder in your folder list. NOTE: This is where your inbox is located. If you do not see this list, go to your toolbar and click on View, then Folder List Right click on "Outlook Today" in the folder list. It should have a plus or minus sign on the left of it. If it is a plus sign, click on the sign so that you can see the other folders... (more) Published By: Regina Stevens Submitted: 03 February,2004 |
| 200 | Email Etiquette I Preview: It is important to consider that when emailing people you are on show, whether you like it or not, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This is one of my ‘pet’ subjects on which I speak when giving a public presentation about the Internet. I am constantly amazed at the number of people who have never thought about it, including secretaries, but once it’... (more) Published By: Kathie M. Thomas Submitted: 10 February,2004 |
| 201 | Email Etiquette V Preview: This month I’ll share on Setting up Mail groups and creating signatures for your email. Creating a mail group might differ, depending on the program you use, but for this exercise we’ll use Outlook as the program as it is a widely used email program. Why would you use a mail group? So that you don’t have to go through your address book selecting... (more) Published By: Kathie M. Thomas Submitted: 10 February,2004 |
| 202 | Email Etiquette IV Preview: Further to my previous issues this subject continues - part IV. This month I'll share on Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) field and the use of backgrounds for your emails. The use of Bad language in emails will also be mentioned. Many people do not understand the function of the BCC field in their email programs. When you set up a new message, if you cann... (more) Published By: Kathie M. Thomas Submitted: 10 February,2004 |
| 203 | Email Etiquette III Preview: This month I'll share on Topic Changes and Read Receipts. Both can give you some trouble if you're not careful. Topic changes This applies particularly to discussion groups, but could also take place in normal everyday exchange of emails between two or more people. It is common that subject matter in emails change quickly - one person might sen... (more) Published By: Kathie M. Thomas Submitted: 10 February,2004 |
| 204 | Email Etiquette II Preview: This month I'll share on Email Etiquette in discussion groups. For those who are not yet aware, on the Internet there are hundreds of thousands of discussion groups available in any topic imaginable. The most popular group systems used are YahooGroups.com, Topica.com and SmartGroups.com but there are others. Some web owners set up their own privat... (more) Published By: Kathie M. Thomas Submitted: 10 February,2004 |
| 205 | Email Tips Preview: Have you ever received an email and every recipients email address was in the body of the message? I bet you have. Isn’t it annoying? Well try the two tips below. They will help decrease some of your junk email too. When forwarding messages, cut (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V) the body of the message into a new email. The next tip is when you se... (more) Published By: Regina Stevens Submitted: 13 February,2004 |
| 206 | Best practices for Email Marketing Preview: Best practices for e-mail marketing Business use of email has increased dramatically the past 2 years, with many workers checking their email constantly throughout the day. A study from the Gartner Group showed that 42% of users check their business e-mail even while on vacation, and 23% check it on weekends. During the workweek, 32% check their... (more) Published By: Stefanos Cunning Submitted: 15 February,2004 |
| 207 | Break The Habit - Just Say 'No' To eMail Preview: In the beginning, email was an effective tool for getting our ezines out and our marketing messages to our readers. The truth is, email is no longer a viable alternative. In all likelihood it may not recover unless some serious changes are made to the technical protocol of how email can be created. In the meantime, your business has been sufferin... (more) Published By: Lois M. Jeary Submitted: 21 February,2004 |
| 208 | Building an Email Marketing List Preview: There's a marketing estimate that it takes something like seven contacts with a potential client before they purchase. Email is a wonderful way to handle these contacts for a variety of reasons: 1) you can send one message to a large number of people 2) compared to traditional hard copy marketing it can be a lot less expensive 3) if you use a ... (more) Published By: Megan Corwin Submitted: 25 February,2004 |
| 209 | Lifetime Email Addresses Preview: Email addresses All email addresses have the form name@domain-name. The domain-name is a name that is registered on the Internet, by yourself or by another company. Today it is common for all companies to register their own domain name and so all email addressed to that company would be addressed to someone@company-domain-name. For individuals... (more) Published By: Stephen Cope Submitted: 05 April,2004 |
| 210 | Lifetime Email Addresses part 2 Preview: As discussed in a previous article the best way of having a lifetime email address is to register your own domain name. Here we are going to look in more detail at domain names and how to choose one. Domain Names A domain name is in effect an address. It can be the address of a web site and can also the address of a mailbox. The email address h... (more) Published By: stephen Cope Submitted: 07 April,2004 |