Accusations of spam can be so harmful to your business that every effort should be made to prevent it. However, simply requesting a surfer to enter an e-mail address into an online form on your website is not a guarantee of not being accused of spam. Here's what could happen One of your competitors could visit your website and enter the name of a well-known anti-spammer. When your autoresponder sends out the latest copy of your newsletter or mini-course to this person, he will become very angry....

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My first email address was with compuserve. com back when you could only have numbers for an email address. They then allowed us to have letters as well on prodigy so I switched internet service providers or internet content providers as they are better known to us geeks. My next stop was with the number one provider AOL and my name became an extension of my love for jazz music and I have had that email address ever since. I also have a yahoo. com email address that I use strictly for its Spam filter and free virus protection software that is built into the website....

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I've been sending out email camapigns for clients for over 6 years, and in that time I've seen variations in clickthrough ranging from 3% to 84%! Some of this is due to the product, or the professionalism of the website, but a great part of it is down to the message that is sent. So how can you maximise the chances of getting adecent response from your first email campaign? Follow these simple rules and your email camapaign should be successful right from the beginning. 1) Know What you WantBefore you sit down and write your email, think about what you wan tot achieve from it....

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Your newsletter's success depends on its design. An attractive, easy to read newsletter encourages readers to pay attention to your message. However, cluttered, hard to read newsletters discourage readership - no matter how good the ideas contained inside. Before they begin to read your newsletter, your clients and prospects will be judging the value of your ideas by your newsletter's design. Effective design pre-sells your competence and makes it easy for readers to understand your message. Design also helps set your newsletters apart from the competition....

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Email Etiquette In order to effeciently communicate on the Internet it is critical to understand the unwritten rules of email communication. Please use these tips as a guideline to online email communication. 1.) Unless you are using encryption, Internet E-mail is not secure. 2.) Do not use all capitals in email exchanges, it is considered SHOUTING and is considered rude. 3.) Keep in mind that the Internet is international, words and humor can be perceived differently by different cultures. 4....

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I had great feedback from my last article, and was asked to write further on the subject; hence my title. 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 private groups too, via their website. The idea behind these groups is that someone starts up or moderates a topic and people become members (at no cost) if they are interested....

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With all the safelists and different methods for using them, it can get hectic trying to come up with a good way to post to them. Most of all, it is important to remember if you did post to them. With a little forethought, you can set up a mailing system that will mail out your daily mailing in no time at all. Aureate Group Mailer is a very common tool used today for mailing. All references will be for that program, but the methods used can be adapted to any mailing program. We tend to look at the lists as having 4 types....

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An autoresponder is a very powerful tool for any online business. Basically, an autoresponder is used to ease your tasks. Automation is critical when running an online business. Henceyou won't need to do the tiring and boring manual tasks if youautomate your business. An autoresponder simply sends backs a precomposed message to therecipient who requested information from it by sending an emailto this autoresponder address. But autoresponders can be used for far more advanced tasks toincrease your sales for instance....

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Sending messages and information to people who have given you permission to contact them is a great way to build the kind of relationships that will encourage a steady flow of traffic to your website... and greatly increase your online sales! All online businesses can benefit from having an opt-in mailing list of some kind! Opt-in email lists generally fall into 4 categories?. New Content Notification - You've probably seen sites that offer to notify you whenever they have new information, products, or content....

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Tired of silly old email enquiries? Say hello to autoresponders! If there's one thing that drives us all crazy, it's not having enough hours in the day. You need hours to work out your internet marketing, your sales, your budgets, follow up on invoices and god knows what else. What you're reaching for is an aspirin. What you probably need is an auto-responder. "You must be joking!" you laugh. "I've seen what autoresponders do!"I'd actually be quite surprised if you haven't. Here's the scenario-- It's 3....

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