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FreeiQ Launches You Tube Rival.

2007-04-17T15:15:00.000-07:00

FreeiQ is here!

FreeiQ launches it's beta version, but is it really The market place for ideas that it claims to be?

Have Online Video Giants, You Tube and MySpace met their match within this new Social networking arena?

Most critically, have affiliates and consumers finally found the perfect market place?

Creator and Internet Legend Brad Fallon of "Stompernet", seems to think so.
So what is
FreeiQ ?

Here are some of the things they are saying over at FreeiQ:
Just some of the features Brad Fallon claims FreeiQ allows you to use are:

* Upload, tag and share your content worldwide
* Browse thousands of original ideas uploaded by community members
* Find, share and create ideas that connect with people
* Customize your experience with favorites and subscriptions
* Integrate Free IQ with your website using video embeds or APIs

"Free IQ is an easy way to get your ideas, products and services to your targeted audience.", says Brad Fallon.
Is Brad Fallon the new "Internet voice of reason"?
Or will this concept turn out to be just another hype merchants dream?
Will FreeiQ be the next Web2.0, Social book marking Giant?

Well before anyone chooses whether or not to believe the hype, they should at least be able to decide for themselves by making an intelligent and informed decision. (Remember that your opinion is supposed to effect how others view this) According to Brad Fallon, users can test this concept for themselves by leaving their own comments and opinion's. Which in turn effects the rank and it's user rating.

FreeiQ Video Demo here

Just why have sites like You Tube and MySpace become so popular recently?
Both these Behemoths have been valued at Billions of dollars to date, and how exactly does FreeiQ intend to persuade the You Tube and My Space fans to make the switch?

Web2.0 and Social bookmarking is being proclaimed by many as the most transparent and revolutionary way for viewers and consumers to find products and services that meet their exact needs as recommended by their peers.
Like minded people, who recommend sites to one another based on personal opinion.

With this in mind FreeiQ claims that, theirs will be the most honest and transparent place for Internet marketers to sell their products,bringing respectability and trust back to the marketplace.
This is something that so far has been severely lacking in the world of online media.

While I'm not sure whether I'm quite convinced of this just yet, I would encourage individuals to review it for themselves, as the concept at least, holds enormous potential.
Should it prove to be a success then it could provide the perfect synergy for Social networkingand Internet Marketing to date.

Brad Fallon believes that the reason for this transparency, has something to do with their own unique patent pending search algorithm.
What's that?
If that just sounds like too much "tech jargon" to you here's what it means in a nutshell.

Basically the user will now decide what content is valuable and how it gets rated. (What's hot and what's not.)
This would also mean that the user could find the best content by viewer popularity, instead of relying search engines like Google and Yahoo to spoon feed them whatever the robots think is most relevant or based on clever search engine optimization tactics.
If this is true and that's a BIG IF, then it would be nothing short of a miracle for consumers and an online revolution for marketers alike.

However there is a flip side to this strategy they are taking.
Here in lies the big risk that FreeiQ have to take when letting the consumers and viewers decide how to rank content and products.
The vendors and service providers who try follow their old marketing strategies would now be at serious risk of it all back firing on them should they over hype and under deliver on their products.

By relying on user ratings, they could be making it just as easy for the end user, to expose and differentiate from the many scams and spam content that proliferates the Internet today,
Separating it from the truly valuable content.

The Best and most valuable content, will now apparently be decided by the user and not the search engines.
All this however, still remains to be seen as the current version, although available to the public, is still being Beta tested.

My sincere wish is that this new strategy, using Web2.0 as a model, will force product and service vendors to change the way that they advertise and provide the transparency that the market place craves, (Dare I say demands?).
Placing the power to rate and choose what is relevant, squarely in the hands of the consumer.

After all, the Internet is supposed to be about the free sharing and exchange of information.
However attractive this may seem at first, a word of caution is suggested here.
Now While i remain optimistic about this new market place,I would challenge the reader to put this new idea to the test before jumping on the next Internet bandwagon.

Conclusion.
It is the responsibility of consumers and marketers alike to judge for themselves whether or not these bold claims for the new "Web2.0 Giant" are true or whether the Hype that is the current status quo of internet marketing still remains.

It's may just be that it's You who gets to decide.
"Power to the people" ;o)

For further information on this controversial new launch, you may find it at the following Links respectively.
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My Space. How to to build your MLM or Affiliate downline

2007-02-26T16:39:00.000-08:00

Well as you can see by now, I'm a sucker for a good video.
It beats trawling through long articles to find the info I'm after.
One of the resource's I'm using more and more frequently these days is You Tube.
as you Know Video is the Fastest Growing sector in Internet Marketing. Why you ask?

Simply put, its because it's so easy to use and get your messages across to millions.
Just post your video and tag it with your keywords. (can you say social bookmarking?)
Now what about My space? Well let's just say i could write a book on how to promote your Online Business , how to meet and recruit like minded people, not to mention the enormous value you could place on the relationships made by the sharing of information and resources on My Space, WOW!
But, rather than reading another book why not just watch the video?

See what i mean? Easy!!

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Hey if this sounds like something you wanna try you can join their affiliate program just for the free info.
These guys are giving away video tips that you can watch on how to build your business using Google PPC, My Space and even how to get a ton of targeted traffic using E bay.
So you should get the free info even if your not interested in using video, because the marketing tips alone that these guys are just giving away for free is definitely worth the effort. Here it is : Training Video's

Here's another video about these guy's
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Joel Comm,The Adsense Code Review

2007-02-26T15:06:00.000-08:00

I recently added Joel Comm's Instant Adsense Template's to my Marketing Tools.
I must say i have found it very easy to use.
It comes with Video's and templates that will show you step by step how to build your Adsense Revenue.
Joel Comm wrote a book called The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense">This book on Adsense was rated on The New york Times best seller List. Check out the Video below to find out more.
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Editorial Reviews:The Adsense Code
Book Description:
Hidden on the Internet, scattered among billions of Web pages, are the clues to an incredible secret. For those who know the secret, the result is untold wealth. Each month, a small group of people - an elite club who have uncovered the mysteries of The AdSense Code- put their knowledge to use and receive checks for tens of thousands of dollars from Google. And untold numbers of additional site owners are regularly generating supplemental income via AdSense while they play, sleep and eat. The AdSense Code is concise and very focused on the objective of revealing the proven online strategies to creating passive income with Google AdSense. The AdSense Code reveals hands-on solutions to many of the concerns and challenges faced by content publishers in their quest to attract targeted traffic, improve content relevance and increase responsiveness to AdSense ads - using easy and legitimate techniques that have worked for those who know the secrets. Google AdSense expert, Joel Comm, provides you with the keys you need to "crack" The AdSense Code and unlock the secrets to making money online.

Get Joel's book The adsense Code.

How to get free traffic to your site

2007-01-23T14:09:00.000-08:00

How Does A Funded Proposal Work?

Many of you are still fairly new to the "funded
proposal" and how it works and what makes
it so powerful for part-time networkers, even
the professionals or for people who don't
even have a business yet!

Well, here we go.

1. Never advertise anything
that is not built to feed you with IMMEDIATE
CASH in return.

2. What you advertise is information and "how-to",
information on low risk - high return opportunities.
We and other MLM pros do this by using the
Pay-It-Forward 4 Profits system & Global
Domains International!

3. You DO NOT replace your
traditional MLM activities with this. You use
the classic funded proposal as an addition
to your campaign and as the only intelligent
way to enter and remain active in the cold
market because it generates cashflow & quality
prospects!

4. It's best to make your initial efforts in the
cold market with a price people can't refuse,
like Global Domains International.

It'slow-priced ($10) and offers HUGE WEEKLY
CASHFLOW BONUSES ($100's & $1,000 per
week on a $10 to join program). A good price
with BIG potential is a hard offer to say "no" to.

5. Inside your low ticket item ($10) is
your offer that will complement your GDI
opportunity.
(We use Traffic Oasis because it
not only offers what every business needs
(Quality Leads), but it also offers another income
sourse for you and your team when they join you!

DO NOT try to make money on the initial
"front-end" (GDI) 95% of your profits will and
should come from high-ticket back-end
items initially. In the second and/or 3rd "upgrade" offer.

6. Now after you have found your true target market (opportunity buyers) that would truly understand and be interested in your "Primary" opportunity you introduce them to it!

This Is How To Erase Your Downline's Anxiety

If you look closely, most networkers have anxiety.

They rarely have enough leads, they rarely get any
real professional support, and without enrolling
people virtually all the time, they tend to get
depressed and they start to second guess your
MLM program.

However, show them an easy way to make cash
and generate a flow of it that can be predictable, and how easy it would be for them to use, and you re-light their FIRE.

HOW TO GET STARTED .

Simply listen to the audio below then click on the link to join for free,
It's that simple.
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The Pay-It-Forward 4 Profits system is a simple, yet POWERFUL, step-by-step, proven sponsoring system, and it's simply incredible for people who are looking for a business or already have one. The Pay-It-Forward 4 Profits system is used profitably by tens of thousands of regular people just like YOU to FINALLY achieve success from home. It was designed to make even a computer novice feel like a pro. Simply point and click and you can be MAKING MONEY and/or EXPLODING any business you are already working on with out wasting time making cold calls, buying leads, talking to "tire kickers" or going through the costly trial and error of figuring out how to generate traffic online.

Simply listen to the audio below then click on the link to join for free,
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The Funded Sponsoring System will work for any network marketing company or affiliate program! Here is just a short list companies who’s distributors we have helped with this system:

Herbalife, Melaleuca, Amway
SFI, Tupperware, New Vision
Mary Kay, Vitamark , DHS Club
Global Domains International, Mannatech, Nikken
Pre-Paid Legal, ACN, Maxxis 2000
Oriflame, Natures, Sunshine Products
NuSkin Enterprises, Tahitian Noni International , Mentors In Motion
Longevity Network, Cognigen Networks, Discovery Toys
USANA , Cell Tech, Watkins
Body Wise International, Freelife International, Quixtar
Liberty League, Pampered Chef, AMS Health Sciences
Array International, XanGo, Agel
AmeriPlan USA, Success University and Avon.

I want to help others like myself who perhaps have struggled in the past to succeed online.
This program has really made a difference to my marketing efforts and
i sincerely believe you will find this to be an exellent and free online resource marketing tool.

To Your Success.

Increasing Your Search Engine Ranking

2007-01-20T09:44:00.000-08:00

The methods employed to increase your search engine
rankings may seem like rocket science to you, so you have
probably avoided dealing with this issue. I am here to tell
you - the time has come to face your website! A high search
engine ranking for your website is so essential that if you
have the slightest desire to actually succeed in your
business, there is no way you can continue to avoid this
issue.

At least 85% of people looking for goods and services on
the Internet find websites through search engines such as
Google, Yahoo, and MSN. The idea of optimizing your pages
for high search engine rankings is to attract targeted
customers to your site who will be more than likely to make
a purchase. The higher your page comes up in search engine
results, the greater the traffic that is directed to your
website. That's what search engine optimization is about.

You can immerse yourself in all the technical information
available online to figure out how to optimize your web
pages to achieve higher rankings. Or you can look at a few
simple items on your pages, make some small adjustments,
and most likely see improved rankings quite rapidly. The
first item you should examine is the title bar on your
homepage.

The title bar is the colored bar at the top of the page.
Look at the words that appear there when you access your
home page. To increase search engine rankings, the words on
your homepage's title bar should include the most important
keywords or phrases, one of which would include your
company name.

Then click on all your links and examine the title bars on
the pages you access. Each title bar on every single page
of your site should contain the most important keywords and
phrases taken from the page itself. However, avoid very
long strings of keywords, keeping them to six words or
less. Avoid repeating keywords more than once in the title
bars, and make sure that identical words are not next to
each other.

The next item to put under your microscope is your website
content. Search engines generally list sites that contain
quality content rather than scintillating graphics. The
text on your site must contain the most important keywords
- the words that potential customers will be typing into
search engines to find your site.

Aim to have around 250 words on each page, but if this is
not desirable due to your design, aim for at least 100
carefully chosen words. If you want to achieve a high
ranking on search engines, this text is essential. However,
the search engines must be able to read the text, meaning
that the text must be in HTML and not graphic format.

To find out if your text is in HTML format, take your
cursor and try to highlight a word or two. If you are able
to do this, the text is HTML. If the text will not
highlight, it is probably in graphic form. In this case,
ask your webmaster to change the text into HTML format in
order to increase your search engine rankings.

Next we come to what is called meta tags. I know this
sounds like something out of science fiction, but it is
really just simple code. Many people believe that meta tags
are the key to high search engine rankings, but in reality,
they only have a limited effect. Still, it's worth adding
them in the event that a search engine will use meta tags
in their ranking formula.

To find out if your page is set up with meta tags, you must
access the code. To do this, click the "view" button on the
browser menu bar, and select "source." This will pull up a
window revealing the underlying code that created the page.
If there are meta tags, they usually appear near the top of
the window. For example, a meta tag would read: meta
name="keywords" content=. If you do not find code that
reads like this, ask your webmaster to put them in. This
may not do much for your search engine rankings, but any
little boost helps.

Lastly, we come to the issue of link popularity. This is a
factor that is extremely important in terms of search
engine rankings. Almost all search engines use link
popularity to rank your website. Link popularity is based
on the quality of the sites you have linked to from your
links page.

If you type in "free link popularity check" in a popular
search engine, the search engine will then show you what
sites are linked to your site. In the case that there
aren't many sites linked up to yours, or that the sites
that are linked up have low search engine rankings,
consider launching a link popularity campaign. Essentially,
this entails contacting quality sites and requesting that
they exchange links with your site. Of course, this
requires checking out the rankings of the websites you want
to link up with. Linking to popular, quality sites not only
boosts your search engine ranking, but it also directs more
quality traffic to your website.

Search engine rankings are extremely important for a
successful Internet marketing campaign. Before you go out
and hire a search engine optimization company, try taking
some of the simple steps listed above, and see if you can't
boost your rankings yourself. Don't ever ignore this
all-important factor in Internet marketing. Remember, the
higher your search engine ranking, the more quality
customers will be directed your way.

Analyzing Website Traffic

2007-01-20T09:32:00.000-08:00

Analyzing your web traffic statistics can be an invaluable
tool for a number of different reasons. But before you can
make full use of this tool, you need to understand how to
interpret the data.

Most web hosting companies will provide you with basic web
traffic information that you then have to interpret and
make pertinent use of. However, the data you receive from
your host company can be overwhelming if you don't
understand how to apply it to your particular business and
website. Let's start by examining the most basic data - the
average visitors to your site on a daily, weekly, and
monthly basis.

These figures are the most accurate measure of your
website's activity. It would appear on the surface that the
more traffic you see recorded, the better you can assume
your website is doing, but this is an inaccurate
perception. You must also look at the behavior of your
visitors once they come to your website to accurately gauge
the effectiveness of your site.

There is often a great misconception about what is commonly
known as "hits" and what is really effective, quality
traffic to your site. Hits simply means the number of
information requests received by the server. If you think
about the fact that a hit can simply equate to the number
of graphics per page, you will get an idea of how overblown
the concept of hits can be. For example, if your homepage
has 15 graphics on it, the server records this as 15 hits,
when in reality we are talking about a single visitor
checking out a single page on your site. As you can see,
hits are not useful in analyzing your website traffic.

The more visitors that come to your website, the more
accurate your interpretation will become. The greater the
traffic is to your website, the more precise your analysis
will be of overall trends in visitor behavior. The smaller
the number of visitors, the more a few anomalous visitors
can distort the analysis.

The aim is to use the web traffic statistics to figure out
how well or how poorly your site is working for your
visitors. One way to determine this is to find out how long
on average your visitors spend on your site. If the time
spent is relatively brief, it usually indicates an
underlying problem. Then the challenge is to figure out
what that problem is.

It could be that your keywords are directing the wrong type
of visitors to your website, or that your graphics are
confusing or intimidating, causing the visitor to exit
rapidly. Use the knowledge of how much time visitors are
spending on your site to pinpoint specific problems, and
after you fix those problems, continue to use time spent as
a gauge of how effective your fix has been.

Additionally, web traffic stats can help you determine
effective and ineffective areas of your website. If you
have a page that you believe is important, but visitors are
exiting it rapidly, that page needs attention. You could,
for example, consider improving the link to this page by
making the link more noticeable and enticing, or you could
improve the look of the page or the ease that your visitors
can access the necessary information on that page.

If, on the other hand, you notice that visitors are
spending a lot of time on pages that you think are less
important, you might consider moving some of your sales
copy and marketing focus to that particular page.

As you can see, these statistics will reveal vital
information about the effectiveness of individual pages,
and visitor habits and motivation. This is essential
information to any successful Internet marketing campaign.

Your website undoubtedly has exit pages, such as a final
order or contact form. This is a page you can expect your
visitor to exit rapidly. However, not every visitor to your
site is going to find exactly what he or she is looking
for, so statistics may show you a number of different exit
pages. This is normal unless you notice a exit trend on a
particular page that is not intended as an exit page. In
the case that a significant percentage of visitors are
exiting your website on a page not designed for that
purpose, you must closely examine that particular page to
discern what the problem is. Once you pinpoint potential
weaknesses on that page, minor modifications in content or
graphic may have a significant impact on the keeping
visitors moving through your site instead of exiting at the
wrong page.

After you have analyzed your visitor statistics, it's time
to turn to your keywords and phrases. Notice if particular
keywords are directing a specific type of visitor to your
site. The more targeted the visitor - meaning that they
find what they are looking for on your site, and even
better, fill out your contact form or make a purchase - the
more valuable that keyword is.

However, if you find a large number of visitors are being
directed - or should I say misdirected - to your site by a
particular keyword or phrase, that keyword demands
adjustment. Keywords are vital to bringing quality visitors
to your site who are ready to do business with you. Close
analysis of the keywords your visitors are using to find
your site will give you a vital understanding of your
visitor's needs and motivations.

Finally, if you notice that users are finding your website
by typing in your company name, break open the champagne!
It means you have achieved a significant level of brand
recognition, and this is a sure sign of burgeoning success.

Creative and Profitable Ways to Use Autoreponders

2007-01-20T09:14:00.001-08:00

An interested visitor who has been strolling through your
site has finally come to just what she is looking for and
is about to make a purchase. It's a sunny afternoon, and
her cat, who happens to be sitting on the moss under the
visitor's large fifty-year-old snow-rose bonsai tree,
suddenly jumps down, and the priceless tree topples over.

In the blink of an eye, your visitor exits your site, and
your sale is dust - unless you have had the foresight to
utilize an autoresponder that has captured her email
address. If you have installed an autoresponder, you can
then follow-up with her, and in all probability, make the
sale when the poor woman has finished repotting her
precious bonsai.

Autoresponders are remarkable, versatile programs that do
so much more than just automatically answer your email.
Here are a few ideas that will help you to creatively and
productively use your autoresponder to transform the casual
visitor into a profitable customer. Use your autoresponder
to:

1. Publish a newsletter. Certain quality autoresponders
will manage subscriptions and follow-up with interested
prospects. Your newsletter can keep your visitors informed
about your services or products, while building your
reputation as a credible expert in your particular
business.

2. Publish a newsletter only for your affiliates. Inform
them of current sales you are running and of promotional
material that your affiliates can use themselves to
increase their commissions. Include tips, advice, and
techniques that your affiliates can use to successfully go
out and promote your business.

3. Write reviews. Cover books, software, music, e-books,
movies, etc., and put each review in an autoresponder.
Review your affiliate programs, using a link to your
affiliate's page in your autoresponder.

4. Distribute your articles. Writing and distributing
targeted articles is a powerful tool to build your business
credibility, bring traffic to your site, and increase your
sales potential. If your articles contain valuable
information, many editors will print what is known as a
resource box for you. A resource box contains your bio and
a brief description of your service or product. It can also
contain your autoresponder address. Let's say you've
written fifty articles. Put them on separate autoresponder
accounts and create a master list that contains the titles
of each article, the autoresponder address, and a brief
abstract. Then promote your master list. Additionally,
include your publishing guidelines so your affiliates can
add their articles to your list, increasing the number of
writers who are represented in your article list.

5. Create mailing lists. Inform subscribers to your
articles when you've written new ones that they may want to
publish in their own newsletter or website.

6. Automate your sales process. Use an ad to insure
repeated exposure of your message, which has been proven to
effectively increase sales. In your ad, put your
autoresponder address where a visitor will be exposed to
numerous marketing materials. This multiplies the chances
of converting visitors into customers. For example, if
you're selling a particular product, put testimonials about
how spectacular it is on your autoresponder, and add a
detailed, enticing description of your product.

7. Distribute advertising. Let's say you sell advertising
on your website or in your newsletter or e-zine. Set your
autoresponder to send the information about rates and how
to place an ad automatically to all prospects' email
addresses. Then have your autoresponder follow-up. It can
also send notification of any special deals you are
currently offering.

8. Distribute an email course. Each day, have your
autoresponder send out another lesson. Just be sure that
each lesson has quality content - not a sales pitch. Your
content will do the selling for you, and will do it much
more effectively. You can include tips centered on a
different topic for each lesson, illustrating how your
product will benefit the reader. Include the tangible
benefits the visitor will reap by purchasing your product.
Make sure to include a paragraph or two at the end of each
lesson enticing your prospect to consider making a
purchase.

9. Automate a reminder about your service or product after
a visitor has completed your course. This will increase the
possibility of sales from visitors who have taken your
course but are dragging their feet about actually making a
purchase. You can also use these reminders to promote new
products or services, and the products and services of your
affiliate programs.

10. Distribute free reports. This gives your visitor an
idea of the type of information you can provide and the
quality of your product or service. Make sure these reports
are not sales letters or you will more than likely lose a
potential customer than gain a sale.

11. Create trivia quizzes on your site and place the
answers in an autoresponder. Your visitor will then be
motivated to request your autoresponder, and you will have
a record of the visitors' email addresses who took your
quiz. Or create a contest and have any visitors that enter
send their responses to your autoresponder. Your
autoresponder can be set-up to send them a confirmation of
their entry.

12. Offer a trial version of your product. Give your
prospects a sample of your ebook, course, software,
membership, etc. People who are exposed to a little taste
often end up wanting the whole pie. You can also capture
their email addresses when you offer them a free trial from
your website. Set up your autoresponder to give
instructions on how to obtain their free trial, and then
make sure to follow-up to try and close the sale.

13. Link to hidden pages on your autoresponder. For
example, a hidden page could be your affiliate page that
contains graphics, promotional articles, and text links
that interested affiliates can make use of. Inform visitors
that they may have free access to your affiliate page by
simply requesting your autoresponder. You will then gather
a list of visitors who may be interested in becoming your
affiliates.

14. Use an autoresponder on your order page. Post a request
form for visitors to be notified of special offers or
discounts in the future. This creates a very effective
mailing list that contains the names of people who are
already your customers.

15. Put your links page on your autoresponder. It should
contain up to fifty links that would be of particular
interest to your visitors. Make sure to add your own
promotional copy at the top or bottom of this page.

Now that you have proof that autoresponders can be used
creatively, see if you can come up with some brilliant
ideas of your own!

Introduction to Autoresponders

2007-01-10T16:35:00.000-08:00

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.

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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.

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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.