| 91 | There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch: Listbot Preview: This column is about TANSTAAFL, which is a term from a book by Robert A. Heinlein (one of the best Science Fiction authors that ever lived) called "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress". The term means "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch". This concept is the basis of the plot of the book, which is about a Lunar penal colony and it's attempt to fre... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 92 | Email on the Road Preview: If you are anything like me, then you've come to depend on email. In fact, I must read my email several times a day or I feel very uncomfortable. This applies to both my email from work (which I check a few times after I get home and on weekends) and my personal email (which I might check once or twice from the office. Why is it important? Well,... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 93 | How To Leverage Your Email Campaign With A Trade Show! Preview: I used a combination of an email campaign and attendance at a Trade Show recently to get a 14.8% success rate for a client. Here's how it happened. The Trade Show -------------- I attended a major trade show recently, the International Online Show in London. I wanted to follow up a very successful email campaign I had put together for a clien... (more) Published By: Stuart Urwin Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 94 | The Hoax Was On Me Preview: As an e-zine publisher, you strive to do the right thing by your subscribers. When you find an interesting link, you pass it on. When you write or read an informative article, you print it. When you get a piece of information that could benefit your readers, naturally you make it known to them. But, sometimes the inevitable happens and the pe... (more) Published By: Ron Kimball Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 95 | Internet Promotion: Email Signatures Preview: Perhaps one of the most important methods to promote your web site is including some advertising in each and every email you send and all newsgroup postings that you make. DO NOT spam the newsgroups by sending useless messages. Instead, make useful postings which include your signature. People will be interested enough to visit your site as long a... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 96 | Forms: The next level in e-mail communication! Preview: Everyone knows that communication is an essential part when you want to make profit online. It sometimes takes up to 10 follow-ups through e-mail to actually make a sale from your site, since the visitor has the choice between many similar products or services. I've seen people provide a link to their e-mail address and wait for the questions ... (more) Published By: Raphael Pirker Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 97 | Email . . . Lookin' Good! Preview: An often overlooked aspect of online marketing is the importance of how your sales message is delivered. To say this in a more direct way would be to say, "does your email message arrive to the reader in a format that is easy to read, easy to understand, and does is let the reader know you are serious about your business?" Formatting your email f... (more) Published By: Todd N. Thompson Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 98 | Use Your E-mail Address As a Branding Tool Preview: Even before you launch your website, you can (and should) begin to use your domain name. Why? Because it is the worlds cheapest advertising tool and an excellent way to brand your business. How? By using your domain name in your email address and in your signature file. If your email address reads yourname@aol.com or you@bell.com - you are br... (more) Published By: Wanda Losko Submitted: 08 December,2001 |
| 99 | How Private Is Your Email? Preview: Many years ago I was a consultant for a company who decided they wanted to perform a security audit of their computer systems. One of the components of their system that I was requested to check out was email. My client wanted to determine if their email was secure. It took me all of a minute to determine that their email was totally and complet... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 14 December,2001 |
| 100 | What is Spam? Preview: spam: noun Spam is unsolicited e-mail on the Internet. From the sender's point-of-view, it's a form of bulk mail, often to a list culled from subscribers to a Usenet discussion group or obtained by companies that specialize in creating e-mail distribution lists. To the receiver, it usually seems like junk e-mail. In general, it's not considere... (more) Published By: Michael Bloch Submitted: 15 December,2001 |
| 101 | Are You Ticking People Off With Your E-mails? Preview: Even now that e-mail has been around for several years, some of us still aren't "getting the message" when it comes to being both effective and polite. While e-mail is a quick, easy, and informal way to exchange information, it still needs some TLC in order to do its job, which is to *communicate*! One statistic says the average American wor... (more) Published By: Alexandria Brown Submitted: 09 January,2002 |
| 102 | Bane or Boon Preview: Email to some is simply a way to contact friends and family, and to keep in touch. To others, it is a very important method of communicating with business associates. Unfortunately, those who send out unsolicited ads have created a problem for both. It seems the amount of spam received daily increases geometrically, and try as we might, we just c... (more) Published By: Bob Osgoodby Submitted: 14 January,2002 |
| 103 | E-mail: a Story of Evolution by Design Preview: The Killer App Known as ‘the killer app of the ‘90s, e-mail has come a long way, from the dawn of e-mail packet-switching theory in the 1960s and the first e-mail programme in 1971, to the present day, 2001, where rich media and java technology have created e-mail that can battle with television advertising and improve return on investment. Throu... (more) Published By: Cheryl Rickman Submitted: 14 January,2002 |
| 104 | Bouncing Emails- A Pain in the Neck or Maybe Not! Preview: I like other publishers have had our share of bouncing email addresses. Hotmail and Zwallet accounts are not the only culprits are many claim. Email addresses are of all makes and sizes. I have had subscribers that have been on my list for eons it seems and suddenly their email bounces two or three times. What is the cause of this scenerio? Perh... (more) Published By: Donna Sweat Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 105 | Make Your Email SELL Preview: Now that just about everybody has Internet access, studies show people average 20 hours per week online. That is an amazing statistic considering the Web has only been around for a few years. Even more amazing is how much people use email. It has become the central part of the way hundreds of millions of people use the Internet. It pays to make... (more) Published By: Kevin Nunley Submitted: 15 January,2002 |
| 106 | FOLLOW-UPS WITH AUTORESPONDERS Preview: Anyone who gets involved in marketing products on the internet will know that follow-up is VERY VERY important. Most sales occur after the 3rd, 4th, or 5th follow up, and doing this manually can become very time consuming. If your site suddenly gets a high ranking in the search engines or you put out an advert, you will have to be prepared to de... (more) Published By: Richard Igoe Submitted: 19 January,2002 |
| 107 | Email Insights for Your Internet Business! Preview: If you are just getting started in your own Internet business then you need to understand the basics of email and how to use it in your business. This article will cover the basics of common e-mail language, Plus… the good, the bad, and the ugly of e-mail etiquette. Here are some tips about what to say and more importantly what not to say in ... (more) Published By: Jill Lewis Submitted: 21 January,2002 |
| 108 | 7 WAYS YOU CAN PROFIT FROM A FREE E-MAIL WORKSHOP Preview: Tip # 1: Target Site Owners & E-zine Publishers Create your free e-mail workshop that promotes your business, products, services, or affiliate links and then offer it to site owners and e-zine publishers that complement your e-mail workshop's topic. Explain to them how your e-mail workshop can add to their site's or e-zine's perceived va... (more) Published By: Shery Ma Belle Arrieta Submitted: 21 January,2002 |
| 109 | How to Generate 5X More Money....using the hidden power of Email Preview: Effective Email Marketing is the only way to do business on the Internet. But, most people have no idea what that means. They only have a rehashed version of what has been repeated thousands of times all over the net. Well, we're about to settle all of the myths here, to uncover a can't lose email stategy to ANIHALATE your competition. I'll show ... (more) Published By: Scott Klarenbach Submitted: 21 January,2002 |
| 110 | HOW TO TURN YOUR OLD ARTICLES INTO A PROFITABLE E-MAIL WORKSHOP! Preview: If you've written numerous articles, you can use them to further promote yourself and your business, e-zine or web site. You can re-use your old articles by transforming them into another form of promotional tool. And one way to re-use them is by turning them into an e-mail workshop. By doing so, you'll be able to offer a new product that wi... (more) Published By: Shery Ma Belle Arrieta Submitted: 21 January,2002 |