The Almighty Autoresponder

The Almighty Autoresponder


The autoresponder, also known as the auto email, mailbot, or email responder is an awesome tool for the online marketer or

business owner. It is an excellent promotional tool that saves time and frustration as it responds to messages with an automatic

response. It also serves as a way to gather new prospect names from those that sign up to receive your offers. It has to be the

number one tool used to build an online list of contacts . . . and we've heard numerous times how the list is the most important

thing to have to succeed in online business.

When setting up your autoresponder, make sure to have a section on your form to get a person's name and email address. You

at least need these to items in order to grow your list, keep in contact, offer valuable information, and make regular offers. Just

as it takes at least 7 times to notice the actual offer in commercials, the same holds true for offers on the internet.

There are a number of autoresponder services available. Some have monthly fees, some are free with their ads on the messages,
and there are a few that offer a free trial for a week to a month, and start a monthly fee. It is best to do a search for

"autoresponders", and see what is best for you. I did find one free autoresponder that doesn't have ads on the messages, but

the site is ad rich with popups and such that can easily distract the visitor from the free sign up.

Look for a future post from me that will give more information about autoresponders and my recommendations.


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Tell Your Friends About Our Blog, Get A Free Script

Get A Free Tell A Friend Script when you tell your friends about our blog! What a great way to spread the news! This is a very useful tool for you to get more
exposure to your own sites. Use it in various creative ways in your marketing efforts such as how I'm using it on my blog. Find other ways to use it in your newsletters,on your websites, your sales campaigns, etc. Put a link on your thank you pages to get even more customers. You'll find it very useful once you get started.

Thanks for telling others about my blog! Just click on the title of this post!
Bridget

Necessary Tools For Your Sales

There are a number of tools that are necessary when you decide to do online sales.
There's tools for your website, tools for your sales process, tools for the marketing, tools for name capturing . . . and so on and so on.

The main tools that are going to be very beneficial to you and your business are the ones that offer creativity and uniqueness to your presence. These are the items that you can have total control over.

And the 4 things are:

Your Main Sales Page
Your Name Capture Page (also known as your "squeeze" page)
Your Download Page
Your Thank You Page

Start to think of how you can be creative with these particular tools, and think of making them a "set" with common theme of graphics and designs. Think of creating your "sets" for each product you decide to sell.

Tip:
Some people are so creative with these items,
that they have built a business around just doing that.

Creating a Downloadable Zip File

Creating a Downloadable Zip File

Highlight the item with your mouse
right click the mouse
Select "send to"
Select "compressed zipped folder"
Open the zip file and drag and drop the other files into it



Save the zip file as "yourfilename"
into whatever folder or desktop
it will save as "yourfilename.zip"

Go to your web directory
upload "yourfilename.zip"
it will be uploaded as "yourwebpage.com/yourfilename.zip"
copy the link


Save the link . . . very important!

Now you can:

Share your downloadable link
Redirect visitors to the downloadable link after someone fills out a form
Sell a product and have the downloadable link on the thank you page

The 20 Million Dollar Man - Free Report

In these trying times of economic downfalls, social panic, and lack of confidence, the ability to be positive and have an aspiring attitude may seem grim.
But take a look at this inspiring video of how a wealthy man in his retirement age had to declare bankruptcy with almost 5 million dollars in debt.

But it didn't stop him. . . he took the next 10 years to pay off his creditors, and rebuild his life with 20 million dollars in assets at the age of 80.

He is truly an inspiration for all of us. And definitely someone you would want to gain more knowledge from.

See the video link below. Just copy and paste into your browser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvxeSR4hqGw&eurl=http://www.20milliondollarman.com/

And get his free report by clicking on the title of this post. Or get the link below:
http://www.20milliondollarman.com/MillionaireTips.zip

Internet Marketer's Daily Activities

Planning Strategies

1) Select your private label articles, ebooks, cds, videos, etc. Or create your own (your
ultimate goal).

2) Start your own newsletters, audio messages, podcasts, videos,
special reports (how to's, recipes, product reviews, tips, etc.)
## remember your SEO (search engine optimization) and have your "keywords" in your titles,
body of text, and links.

3) Plan your product launches and ad placements, keep a journal and organizing logs . . .
know what, where, and when your ad campaigns are used

4) Create giveaways, viral products, #promo products

5) Create squeeze pages, ads, other marketing ideas

6) Submit articles, ads, press releases in directories and newsletters

7) Advertise on various "'dead real estate" (things laying around or unused spaces
where ads can be posted) . . . bulletin boards, 404 error pages, thank you pages,
postcards, calendars, pens, etc. . . . dont forget offline as well

8) Traffic exchanges and PPC's . . . . get some ad credits

9) Post messages on bulletins and blogs . . . have your "soft" (no blatant ads) links in your resource boxes

10) Make friends and contacts on social sites . . . have your "soft" links in your messages . . .
exchange some links with your friends

11) Plan your affiliate marketing materials like in #4 and #5, and your affiliate payroll schedule

12) Learn from your mentors, attend their teleseminars, watch mentoring videos and email classes . . .
go to a conference and meet other gurus

13) Do some research for yourself . . . learn to find various resources for your marketing efforts
and keep an up to date list of helpful resources

14) Seek ways to help others . . . as others have helped you

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This list is compiled by:
Bridget Mouton
http://bridgetmouton.angelfire.com
visit her blog at: http://notableniches.blogspot.com

Feel free to pass on to your friends.

A Neat Free Online Family Organizer

Hello, I've been using a neat, new product that I think you'll find very helpful. It's a free web service called Cozi, made just for busy families like ours.

It lets me manage and coordinate schedules, organize and store shopping lists that can be accessed from any mobile phone, send quick updates or reminders to family members, and lots more.

Check it out, I think you might like it.

Just click on the title of this post or go to:
http://cozi.com

To all Voters! - Beware

I received the message in my email, and thought I would post this so everyone can see it. Please be cautious, and I hope this isn't true. Let us all know if you find out... Thanks

To: All voters
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008, 2:44 PM

what a shame! See below. The story is all over Progressive Talk Radio today about the MCain campaign sending absentee ballot applications to registered democrats or people that have donated to Obama's camapign. These ballots are dilberately misleading and have postage paid return addresses that are for an election clerk that is outside of your city or town. What this will end up doing is either having your vote not counted, or if you return one of these, they will cite you for election fraud, saying that you already voted absentee.These ballots are only being sent out in 'purple states' and this is a big deal.. This is called voter caging, and is a huge problem.

The McCain campaign is stealing this election as we speak. Please get this information out to as many people as you can ,and tell anyone you know who has received one of these ballots that they need to contact their city election clerk or the supervisor of elections immediately. Also call the local media and let them know what is going on.

The main stream media is never going to cover this so we have to depend on our ground campaign to get the word out to our voters.

Twitter Helps You Get More Traffic!

I just started using my Twitter account more actively. And I cant believe how I'm receiving new friends following me consistently for the past few days! If I had known how easy it was, I would have been more active earlier.

Follow me on Twitter. Just click on the title of this post. You may need to set up your own account. And then click the "follow" button under my picture. I will be notified that you are "following" my posts. And I have a chance to "follow" yours as well.

Go and make some new friends!

I'm Seeking E authors to help with my blogs!

I have some blogs started that need extra attention. I'm looking for e authors that can contribute posts to the theme related blogs I've started. If you have a knack for offering expert advice, tips, and other info to the current themes I've started, send me an email.

The blogs I've started are:

http://mommyaffairs.blogspot.com
(work from home, mother baby advice, crafts, gifts, etc)

http://nurseaffairs.blogspot.com
(nurse entreprenurial tips)

http://samspchelp.blogspot.com
(pc, IT help from home)

http://stephanystips.blogspot.com
(secretarial, editing, copywriting from home)

http://yolandastips.blogspot.com
(school safety, drugs, and violence tips)

Would love to have your help!

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How To Deliver Your Downloads Automatically!

Do you have a product or ebook that you want to sell on autopilot? How do you get this done without knowing website programming? What you need is a shopping cart that takes the orders for you, and after payment, it sends a download link to your customer for instantly receiving your product. You then get your payment applied to your bank account, or paypal account. You can also have affiliates selling your products through this service as well.

This can be done all on autopilot with the right shopping cart. Ejunkie is a great low cost way to get started with your product fulfillment needs. We will discuss others in future posts, but check Ejunkie out for now and see what you think.

Just click on the title of this post, or look for the button in our "Helpful Links" section.

Get Others To Help Run Your Business!

Get others to help you with the tasks you may not know how to do, don't have time to do, or just don't want to do!

Use other helpful experts to get your online business off the ground! You will also need them as your business grows because you wont have the time. The process is called "Outsourcing", and once you get your key people in place, you will be amazed at how much you can accomplish.

There is a new program to help you do just that. Click on the above title to get more information. Or look for the link on this blog called "Get Help For Your Online Business!"

Get More Exposure To Your Blog By Using RSS Feeds

An RSS feed is like having a "channel" with links of specified information. It can have blog posts, podcasts, video links and more. By subscribing to the particular rss channel you will get the most updated information as soon as it posts. You can have this blog on your website by placing an rss feed code on your site.

Ask about our code for your site.

Learn the Basics of RSS



What is RSS?
You probably have seen this three-letter acronym in the course of your internet surfing. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary; syndicating means republishing an article that comes from another source such as a website.

An RSS is a means of publicizing updates about websites. It may or may not include a summary and photos of the latest posting. But those that provide summaries (thus Rich Site Summary) allow users to skim through the article so that they could decide later on if they want to access the website source. The RSS feed usually contains the title of the update originating from the website. It is also usually the link to the website source.

What are the benefits of RSS?
RSS gives benefits to both readers (users) and web publishers.
1. It gives you the latest updates.
Whether it is about the weather, new music, software upgrade, local news, or a new posting from a rarely-updates site learn about the latest as soon as it comes out.

2. It saves on surfing time.
Since an RSS feed provides a summary of the related article, it saves the user’s time by helping s/he decide on which items to prioritize when reading or browsing the net.

3. It gives the power of subscription to the user.
Users are given a free-hand on which websites to subscribe in their RSS aggregators which they can change at any time they decide differently.

4. It lessens the clutter in your inbox.
Although your email address will be required to enjoy the services of online RSS aggregators, RSS does not use your email address to send the updates.

5. It is spam free.
Unlike email subscriptions, RSS does not make use of your email address to send updates thus your privacy is kept safe from spam mails.

6. Unsubscribing is hassle-free.
Unlike email subscriptions where the user is asked questions on why s/he is unsubscribing and then the user would be asked to confirm unsubscribing, all you have to do is to delete the RSS feed from your aggregator.

7. It can be used as an advertising or marketing tool.
Users who subscribe or syndicate product websites receive the latest news on products and services without the website sending spam mail. This is advantageous to both the web user and the website owner since advertising becomes targeted; those who are actually interested in their products are kept posted.

What are the drawbacks of RSS?
The disadvantages of RSS use are brought about by its being a new technology and some user-preference concerns.
1. Some users prefer receiving email updates over an RSS feed.

2. Graphics and photos do not appear in all RSS feeds.
For conciseness and ease of publication, RSS feeds do not display the photos from the original site in announcing the update except for some web-based aggregators

3. The identity of the source website can be confusing.
Since RSS feeds do not display the actual URL or name of the website, it can sometimes get confusing on what feed a user is actually reading.

4. Publishers cannot determine how many users are subscribed to their feed and the frequency of their visits. Moreover, they would not know the reasons why users unsubscribe which could be important in improving their advertising.

5. RSS feeds create higher traffic and demands on the server.
Most readers still prefer the whole update over a brief summary of the entry, thus they still access the site.

6. Since it is a new technology, many sites still do not support RSS.

How do I start using RSS?
There are two things needed: an RSS feed and an RSS aggregator or reader. The RSS feed comes from an RSS-supported website. There are also websites that provide a list of RSS feeds of different websites. An RSS aggregator is used to read the RSS feed from the source website. It scans and collects data on latest RSS feeds from the worldwide web.

An aggregator comes in two forms: a downloadable program also known as desktop aggregator and an online or web-based aggregator. Downloadable aggregators may require payment before they can be acquired, while internet-based aggregators are usually free of charge. All you need to do is to register an account then you are ready to use their services. Both versions allow you to customize or choose which RSS feeds to enter. Paid aggregators are usually chosen by more experienced users and they usually allow more freedom in customizing feeds.

1. Choose an RSS aggregator to use. For beginners, web-based aggregators are recommended since they are usually user-friendly

2. Scan the homepage of your target website for the RSS or XML button. It contains the RSS code you need to enter in the aggregator. Copy this code. Syndic8 provides a directory of websites that support RSS.


3. Paste the code (which contains the URL of the website) in your aggregator. There is a space provided for pasting the code.

After you have done these three easy steps, you can start reading the RSS feeds coming from the website. New postings appear as they are published real time at the source website.

RSS and Internet Marketing

The original idea of RSS came from Netscape, where their intention is to provide a means for users to customize their personal homepage to contain links to websites that interest them, similar to bookmarking websites.

The application of RSS to internet marketing was an unforeseen development to RSS technology developers. Since users are given the freedom to add RSS feeds to their aggregators, those who are interested in particular products and services available in the internet can now be notified real time. Marketing becomes more specific to interested people and not a hit-and-miss operation.

Those who intend to use RSS for marketing their products and services should consider linking up with email account providers, (e.g. Yahoo, MSN, Google mail); networking websites (e.g. Friendster, Multiply, My Space, Hi5); websites of newspapers and television network websites (e.g. New York Times, CNN) for medium to big-scale companies. Small-time industries can also look into networking websites as well as personal blog websites (e.g. Blogspot) and websites of clubs and organizations that would probably make use of their products or services e.g. a fishing supplies store can look for the website of their local fishing club for possible RSS marketing.


Clearly, RSS is an innovation in information management in the worldwide web as well as online marketing. We can expect better RSS technology in the not-so-distant future as its popularity increases among users and website owners alike.

Crafting For Pleasure and Income

Use your crafting skills to get into a home based business. Whatever you like to do for pleasure can also be a way to create income for yourself. Popular crafts like making gifts, recipe gifts, scrapbooking, crocheting baby items, knitting blankets for elderly, can be a great way to create a home based business. Another highly popular craft is making "Diaper Cakes" for the expecting mom's baby shower. Look to the left of this blog under "My Popular Links" for the "Learn To Make Diaper Cakes" link, to see how your creativity can be sparked.