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Are Your Subscribers Receiving Your Newsletter? In my e-mail one day, I received the following message: "Hello, I am a subscriber to your ezine and received the attached e-mail . Please advise if this is actually from your website. Thank you." The attachment was from my mailing list program. It was informing my dear subscriber that since her mail kept bouncing, "I`m not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long." 1. The Problem Why was my newsletter bouncing? My mailing list program reports receiving this message: " ... The information presently available to AOL indicates this server is transmitting unsolicited e-mail to AOL. Based on AOL`s Unsolicited Bulk E-mail policy at http://www.aol.com/info/bulkemail.html AOL cannot accept further e-mail transactions from this server. Please have your ISP/ASP or server admin call AOL at 1-888-212-5537, or visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com for more information." Basi...

15 Ways To Start Your Internet Business Sales 1. Find a strategic business partner. Look for ones that have the same objective. You can trade leads, share marketing info, sell package deals, etc. 2. Create a free ebook directory on a specific topic at your web site. People will visit your web site to read the free ebooks and may see your product ad. 3. Brand your name and business. You can easily do this by just writing articles and submitting them to e-zines or web sites for republishing. 4. Offer daily or weekly visitor bonuses. This will increase your repeat traffic and sales because your visitors will visit regularly to get the visitor bonuses. 5. Start an auction on your web site. The type of auction could be related to the theme of your site. You'll draw traffic from auctioneers and bidders. 6. Allow people to download software or e-books from your web site at no cost. Just ask your visitors in return if they'll refer t...

10 Tips For Web Success The webmaster's biggest job is to get their traffic up and keep customers/visitors coming back. Building the site is one thing, but simply building and posting a website does not guarantee traffic. In fact, a website could be beautiful and an example of all the latest technology and still not attract a single visitor if not promoted correctly. Here are 10 tips to guide you to success with your website. (1) The internet is a new medium. At least compared to print, it is. A website is a waste if it simply re-hashes something which could easily be put into print. Don't have the site be just an online brochure. Put up features which take advantage of the internet as a medium of communication. Filter information for them. Provide search capability. Provide interactivity with features like forums, quizzes and tools. Web visitors like to interact. (2) Treat the Customer's Time as Valuable. When a person visits your website, you have ...

7 Benefits Of Building Niche Blogs In this article, I will describe 7 benefits of building niche blogs. A "niche" refers to a targeted market with profit potential that is not saturated with competitors. The whole idea is to realize the benefits of building niche blogs and then find the niche markets out there and start building. Benefit #1 Niche Blogs are essentially niche websites that are alive! That's because your blog will grow as you continue to publish posts or pages regularly to your blog. In contrast, many niche websites are seldom modified or updated after they are created. Benefit #2 Blogs are designed to publish and update content easily once you have them set up, configured and running. Once you get the hang of it, it's a matter of getting into that habit of writing blog posts and pages and publishing them regularly. Benefit #3 They are either FREE or cost very little to set up. You can create your blogs e...

6 Steps to an Effective Online Business Creating and running an effective online business is realistically comprised of several hundred, rather than 6, but this will serve as a guide for the direction of your efforts.  Contrary to what you may hear rampantly on the Internet, there is no cookie-cutter, get-rich quick scheme on the web.  Not only is every online business different, what works for one person or in one month may not work for another person or in the next month.   The Internet is constantly changing, and the online market is inherently different this year than it was last year.  New technological improvements occur monthly, and impact the online business environment.  What works for one individual when he is the first to sell a certain product a certain way may not work just six months later when he has sold his idea to 40,000 other marketers, and they all begin to promote it.  Traffic generation tactics are significantly differe...

Eight Steps To Guarantee A Successful Video Or Web Conference A successful video or web conference can really give a boost to your organization. Online conferencing is now connecting people in a way that was not possible in the pre-Internet era. However, as powerful a tool as online conferencing is, it works best when you prepare your conferences properly. Here are some steps that you can take to help guarantee that your next video or web conference is a great success.  1. Make sure each of your attendees has enough bandwidth at his or her location.  There is nothing more frustrating than trying to watch a video online when you just donít have enough bandwidth to get it all. If your participant doesnít have enough bandwidth there will be latency delays and he or she will not be able to enjoy the experience or participate properly. The amount of bandwidth that is required varies from system to system and also according to what features you will be using duri...

Ecoupon Shoppers Coupons have always been a large part of everyday life for various individuals. Over 71 million Americans use coupons, and there is no set age or income level among these ìclippersî. Coupons not only help to save money, but they also help market researchers decide what items are bought more frequently, they assist in determining the needs of a demographic area, and they promote and advertise businesses. So what happens when the coupons are being rejected at stores? From the first coupon in 1894 to the last one used, coupons help people save billions every year. Now, with the Internet, people donít have to sift through mounds of catalogues, magazines, and sales papers to find coupons for the items they need. They only have to find the coupons online that they wish to have, print them, and use them in stores. But what risks are shoppers taking when they print coupons from their computer and go shopping? Surprisingly, it could land innocent shoppers ...

Ways to Increase Targeted Visitors ... That Work! I have talked to a number marketers on the Internet and by far the biggest reason most of them haven't made money is because they don't bring enough  targeted visitors to their websites. I am not saying they don't know how to bring targeted visitors to their site, because I am sure many of them do. What I am saying is that most marketers are not willing to put in the effort it takes to drive massive amounts of traffic to their sites. No one likes to admit it, but let's face it, most of us are lazy, we are always looking for an easier way to do things. There is nothing wrong with that, but there are some things that just have to be done a certain way and there just isn't a shortcut.  When it comes to targeted traffic we have all looked for an easier way. I tried auto traffic exchanges, it doesn't get much easier than that. Would you like to guess how many products I sold using auto traffic exchanges....

Ways To Drive Visitors Away From Your Website There are tons of resources available that will teach you how to make money on the internet. Heck, I've written tutorials like that myself. But, perhaps it's easier to demonstrate what to do, with a lesson on what not to do. This article will teach you how to drive visitors away from your website screaming "Get me outta here!" If you prefer being alone with your website and don't want all those pesky visitors bothering you, then follow the guidelines below and you'll get rid of them quick as a blink. 1. Don't state on your website what you do or what you sell. Make it a complete mystery why you decided to build your website in the first place. It's like a secret club -- your visitors are left in the dark. Have you been to sites like this where you show up and think "What the heck is this site about?" If you're not presenting a clear statement about why your visitors should spend t...

Tips For New Internet Surfers Everyday, thousands of new surfers open their browsers for the first time, it is confusing in the beginning, but if you have some good advices in the early beginning, you can surf easier and faster with a friendly browser...  Tip 1: Surf in security.  The first action that you will do if you are new to the net is to open your browser to surf. If you have a PC, like most of the Internet population. You will have Internet explorer installed in your computer, but it is not the best browser available on the net, and it is in fact limited. You may think that it is hard to surf on Internet. When you will discover Mozilla Firefox, you will be even more happy to surf on Internet, for sure. One of the first reason you should use Firefox is the integrated Firewall, which protect you against spyware and other adawares. Tip 2: No need to tape http://www.---.com all the time. The second reason to choose Firefox is that you save time; for ins...

Tips For Developing A Website For Your Audience Developing a website is important if you want to be a player in ecommerce. However, you donít want to just develop a website any old way. Instead, you want to develop a website for your audience. When doing research online you have probably seen generalized information on how to develop a website, however it is unlikely you have found significant information on how to develop a website specifically for your audience. The following tips will be really helpful to you to develop a website just for your audience. Tip #1 Goal First you need a goal when you are developing a website for your audience. If you do not know what you are looking to achieve then it will be very difficult to be successful. Also, it takes a goal to drive your website where it needs to be. A goal is what allows you to develop an initial plan for your website and helps guide you in developing your website as well.  Tip #2 Audience Your audien...

Steps To A Successful Internet Business STEP 1. Find something you feel is a good business opportunity. You can scour the internet for all sorts of different business ideas and opportunities. Doing a search on any search engine with the keywords Work At Home, Business Opportunities, Home Based Business, Affiliate Programs, Make Money Online, etc., will produce 1000's of different search results. Affiliate programs are THE ABSOLUTE BEST business opportunities out there because the ONLY thing you need to do to run your internet business is to market your affiliate link. With a traditional business, you must deal with inventory, storage, packing, shipping, complaints, returns, phone calls, emails, checks and credit cards just to name a few! Not so with affiliate programs, once someone has clicked on your affiliate link your only job is getting the next person to click on it. Sweet deal! STEP 2. Get your own webpage. You want to put your internet business on a webpage of ...

5 Proven Ways To Find Link Exchange Partners If you're like most small business websites on the internet today, you use link exchanges to market your website. But sometimes finding websites to exchange links with can be a time consuming task. Here are a few proven methods for finding websites to exchange links with. 1: Search Engines Queries Using Google or Yahoo, perform the following searches, replacing keyword with a keyword related to your site. Keyword add url Keyword add a site Keyword add link Keyword submit url Keyword submit site Keyword submit link Keyword link exchange Keyword links swap Keyword reciprocal link Keyword related sites Keyword links directory 2: Find out who's linking to your competitor's. If you can find out who is linking to your competitors, you can try to acquire a link to your site ob each site that already links to your competitors. Just search for link:http://www.competitors-url-here.com ...

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Email With the growing popularity of the Internet more and more people are communicating via email. This fast and efficient method of communication is perhaps the preferred method of online communication at the present with thousands upon thousands of emails being sent each day. The many uses of email are what makes it so appealing and so versatile. Whether you are sending a greeting to a grandparent or sending files to a coworker, you can easily utilize email to do so. Email has come quite a long way since its introduction, yet it is still used for many of the same reasons. Basic electronic communication has essentially evolved into a more resourceful tool as one has the ability to do much more now than they once could. Along with the usual sending of files and text messages through email, one can send greeting cards, manage their emails by assigning them to folders or classifying them as junk and even organize and manage their daily tasks ...

Advertising Through Email During an email campaign address to your clients, members or mailing list subscribers it is also necessary to monitor it and know when your emails are actually read.  The "Email Marketing Use and Trends Report: H1 2004" created upon the information collected from the MailerMailer's 70 million clients, provided the following:  1. Email checking The same day you send the email - This is when most of your targeted audience (80%) will receive and read your email. 95% of your target audience will receive and read your email after 6 days of delivery. 2. Failed Email Sending out a email can fail  : when one of your subscribers changed his/her's email address without letting you know, if the email is marked as spam or if the email server of one of your subscriber(s) is not responding or it's offline.  A recent study proved that the failure rate when sending the first 5 emails to your subscribers is 6,6%, after you delete...

5 Essential Elements of Profitable Sites What technology tools do successful websites use? Remember that a website is a store front; itís your customer service rep, delivery guy and your marketing department rolled up into one. ìWe are openî People donít enter stores that have a closed sign at the door. (Well, some do, but you know, we are talking about the law abiding kind here.) Nothing says Closed louder on a website than old content: old date references and postings. So one of the best things you can do is to get a script that keeps the current date front and center for your visitors. You don't have to update it everyday ñ it does it all by itself. Now that people think you are home, and open for business, they may inquire about your product. You must have a customer service desk. This can take the form of a form where they fill out their name and email. It can be to simply subscribe to your newsletter or they may have a specific question. If you want to hav...

5 eBay Selling Tips for Newbies I am directing this article to those who are just starting their eBay Selling Venture.  Whether youíre selling books, DVDs, CDs, collectibles or clothing, all things (with the exception of eBooks and services) need to be mailed.   And itís the postage, handling fees and mailing that seems to cause a great deal of angst among new sellers.   You've heard the advice ñ donít overcharge for shipping.  That is very good advice, indeed, as nothing turns off potential buyers like sellers who gouge you on the shipping costs.  Itís also a practice that can rack up bad feedback. However, Iím going to play Devilís Advocate here and suggest that you donít go overboard and give so much of a break on shipping that youíre chipping away at your profits.  Itís good to remember the ìhidden costsî of shipping:  bubble wrap to secure your breakables, tape, shipping envelopes, boxes, etc.  Then thereís the gas you put i...

5 Big Internet Business Lies You have heard from people saying Internet Business is a waste of time, you will not make any money, there is no real money to be made online, it will never work and so many others negative words coming from people who donít really understand in this Internet Business industry. The thing is, it does work. Why some people make a fortune and some donít even make money at all? Simply because the people who make thousands or millions of cash knew all the lies in this business and they will not trust these lies. So how does this big internet lie? Below here are the 10 big internet lies that you should know: 1. Starting And Running A Business On The Internet Is Expensive Do you know that you can start your business with zero cost? You can actually earn your income by joining a very high quality affiliate program. Usually, as an affiliate marketer, your job is concentrating on marketing only. All the follow up, delivery of the product, an...

4 Tips To Increase Your Blog Readership Fast! Aside from being a fun hobby, what is the point of having a blog? The answer is to draw readers. Whether you are selling advertising, a product, or just your own set of ideas, you want as large a readership as possible with most blogs. So if that is the case, then it is important to know how to draw readers to your blog. There are a number of ways to increase the readership of your blog. Here are four tips that will help you to increase your blog readership that are easy to do and will definitely pay off for you. First of all, to increase readership, you would want to increase the number of pages each reader is seeing. You donít want to be judged only on your last post, but rather on the whole of your work. To that end, try highlighting related posts within your blog. At the end of an article, highlight posts that may be of interest to those who like the current post. Most blog platforms are fitted with plug-ins that will help...

4 Tips To Build A Content Site With More Repeat Visitors On the internet, content is known as "the king". People visit a site not for the flashy graphics nor the wonderful website designs, but because of the information they learn from the website. Having high quality content, not just attract visitors, it also attracts search engines to visit your sites more and increase your search engine placements.  However, in order to get more traffic that can turn into money,  you'll need repeat visitors who are eager to read your new update on your content site. Therefore, your website should have rich, premium, informative content to capture repeat visitors and more search engine traffic. Here are some simple tips that would help you build a content site that can attract more repeat visitors:    - Make sure your website's layout is simple and easy looking into the visitors' eyes.  Don't add too many flashy features in your webpage to disturb ...

4 Instant Tips for Running a Successful Internet Business Running an internet business is not a difficult task; but running a successful internet business can be a bit more difficult.  There are thousands of people that have their own online business, but many of them are not having any luck at all.  If you want to be successful while running your internet business, there are a couple of tips you can follow. 1. Before you can run a successful internet business, you are going to need the necessary knowledge.  In other words, if you are looking to start an internet business, choose an industry that you are familiar with.  By doing this you will ensure yourself of knowing where to start, and how to handle problems as they arise.  Of course, it is possible to run a successful internet business even if you do not have past experience.  You will just want to make sure that you do your homework before starting.  This way you will have some bac...