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 wasinforming my dear subscriber that since her mail keptbouncing, "I`m not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long." 1. The Problem Basically, I was being accused of sending unsolicited commercial e-mail. This was a double opt-in subscriber....

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If you are active on the web promoting your products, affiliate programs or services, you probably sense where I'm going with the title of my article. We all put a lot of effort into our internet business. We all have the same hopes and dreams about where our internet business will go. Unfortunately we are all depended on too many variables that have to be just right at the right time. What is he talking about you might ask. Let's take a simple example. Listening to self declared gurus of internet marketing they all tell you the same thing....

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3 Characteristics Of "The Right Business" Model The business must service a large market. The business must adapt and change with the market. Be aware faddish businesses can be very difficult to operate because of the rapid rate at which market perceptions change. Initial start-up capital requirements must be minimal Many new business owners work to tight budgets and have limited resources to start-up. Ideal business models should therefore have low start-up costs. What Business Fits These Characteristics?...

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The #1 Thing You *MUST* Have Before Even Thinking About Building An Opt In Email List It's not a website. It's a smart autoresponder and mailing list software. Be aware, I just said smart autoresponder. Not a cheesy one, I mean regular one. You know what a regular autoresponder is. It's the thing that a lot of people use when they are out of the office or on vacation. It works like this. Let's say you are emailing a friend that is out of town. You send the email and then instantly you get a reply back saying something like this, "I'm out of the office right now, I'm on vacation and won't be back until Tuesday the 21st....

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A term that confuses just about everyone is "autoresponder". When I mention that to friends or associates, they almost always reply with a blank stare, a "what the heck is that", or "I don't like those at all". Even though the concept is very simple, autoresponders are very, very powerful if properly used. Okay, here's the short answer: an autoresponder is an automatic response. More precisely, they are an automatic email sent to someone in response to some action. Still confused? All right, in their simpliest form an autoresponder is just an email acknowledging a guestbook signing, a comment or something like that....

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A Review on Email Go Getter System (EGGS) by Martin Lee *There is no limit to the number of subscribers you can have. It all depends on the amount of web hosting space and bandwidth you have. *EGGS is capable of sending approximately 200,000 mails in 2 hours, but it depends on the size of the message. The greater the size, the longer the time. *You own the software and the list; nobody can have a look at how many subscribers you have. *Unlimited number of autoresponders and messages. *Ability to send broadcasts....

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Another powerful reason for making the switch from using the unlimited autoresponders that come free with your web hosting account to paying a monthly fee for an autoresponder service is improved legal protection. Since all e-mails you send using a paid autoresponder service are hosted on their servers, you are insulated from false accusations of sending spam (unsolicited commercial e-mail). Even if you send your paid autoresponder service your list of current newsletter subscribers, they will require confirmation from each subscriber....

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You heard the message before. Your e-mail list is the most important key to your future online success. The best list is a highly targeted and responsive opt--in list. At present, the single opt--in method is the preferred approach to building a list. However, Internet promoting considerations suggest the list owner should use the double opt--in or confirmation method to build a list. What is the right method for you? Opt--In Process The opt--in process means that an individual has requested to be on your mailing list before you a^dd them....

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Website promotion is certainly a main focus of all business owners and their respective Web sites; however it is not something that happens overnight. This is because once you have a new Web site it takes a bit of time before search engines upload your URL and it becomes part of search results. Also, while your Web page might be returned in the results of free search engines, it will still not relate to the amount of traffic you want. As a result, there is one particular way to increase traffic to your Web site that is inexpensive, and that is web site promotion through newsletters....

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According to a study by the Winterberry Group, email marketing brings in $15.50 per dollar spent. This is about 17% more than direct-mail campaigns and 73% more than telemarketing campaigns. In short, email marketing matters and if you're not sending out at least monthly email newsletters to your subscriber base, you should be. The true cost comes from acquiring the prospects and clients, not the three or four hours needed to create a monthly newsletter. Many organizations, once they have spent the thousands of dollars acquiring their clients, fail to market to their existing base....

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