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So many people came to see the baby. The only baby in the family in almost 20 years! At one point in the day we had 18 people in the room. 25 visitors all day. The baby was so good. My wife and I were so tired, neither one of us had really slept since Sunday night. After the last visitor left at 8:00 p.m. we thought that we could get some sleep. Wrong! As soon as we started to get fall asleep, the crying started. Crying because she was hungry, crying because she was uncomfortable. Then she would sleep for a few minutes then cry again. After we found out how to soothe her (she likes being rocked) we took turns so the other could get some sleep. It was a long night, but I thing that we each got about an hour of sleep. The next morning, however we all got to sleep for about 4 hours straight. Ashley’s got the breastfeeding thing down, all is right in the world! We got to go home, late in the afternoon. I am sure my baby little girl is going to love her first car ride, finally we all get to go home as a family.

I have an interesting morning work routine. It’s sort of like a game really.

I call it – “which Email Marketing messages will I read today and which Email Marketing messages will I delete without reading?”

or

Did Your Email Message Grab My Attention?

I have to play this game because if I read every Email Marketing message I received I would never be able write in this blog, attend to personal hygiene or do anything else for that matter.

So how does the game work?

It is pretty simple really. There are only three rules.

1. Scan the SUBJECT lines of emails in your inbox and see which Email Marketing messages grab your attention.

2. Only open the Email Marketing messages that grabbed your attention.

3. Delete the Email Marketing messages that didn’t grab your attention.

After playing the Did Your Email Message Grab My Attention? game the other day I wondered if anybody else plays this game too?

I asked around and found out that everyone else I knew played Did Your Email Message Grab My Attention? as well!

I was so happy!I thought I was the only one!

Maybe there was an opportunity to issue a board game or a game-show called:

“Did Your Email Message Grab My Attention?”

My mind exploded with ideas on how I could market this new game that already had such a wide player base.

After about 10 minutes of getting quite high on my own ‘Did Your Email Message Grab My Attention? game distribution euphoria’ my kettle started whistling and I was suddenly jolted back to reality.

I thought of all the poor little email marketers that had spent so much time and effort on constructing the email messages that I was playing my game with.

Was I being heartless?

How could I take something like an Email Marketing message and turn it into a game?

I pondered my behavior long and hard and then thought…

Wait a minute!

I gave these companies permission (in most cases) to email me. I did not tell them I would open and read every message!

I quickly re-entered my ‘Did Your Email Message Grab My Attention? game distribution euphoria’.

I’m already one step ahead of the competition!

My market research indicates everyone is already playing the game (unofficially) so I know I there is a good chance my ‘official version’ will sell like hotcakes!

Joan Pasay is a dynamic e-marketing coach & the author of:

Email Marketing Made Easy: How To Get Your Customers To Give You More Of Their Money. For online and offline businesses.

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Copyright 2005 – Joan Pasay

Are you aware of the Child Trust Fund and its benefits? Few UK parents seem to have heard of the fact that all infants are given a free £250 voucher from the government to put in a Child Trust Fund. The child’s voucher may be invested in any one of three varieties of CTF account, Stakeholder – a shares-based account thatswaps into cash, a savings account or a shares account. It is an excellent way to invest for the future needs of a youngster

Scottish Friendly is an accredited provider of the Child Trust Fund The State is keen for the public at large to have access to Stakeholder accounts and this is the form of account that we are supplying. This means that:

Investments are saved into our Managed Growth Fund, which intends to provide strong growth potential

It invests partly in shares to make the most of potentially higher returns over 18 years,compared to a cash deposit account (although the value of shares can
fall as well as go up whereas capital would be protected in a deposit account)

It comes with a low ‘Stakeholder’ funds charge of just 1.5 percent every year

When reaching 18 the child will receive a lump sum, entirely free of Capital Gains and Income Tax under prevailing law

It is very affordable – additional payments can be put in the account from only £10

One of the great attractions of the Child Trust Fund is that anyone – parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, friends – can give to the Fund to an uppermost limit of £1,200 per year to help increase the child’s Fund (once added, this money is not allowed to be withdrawn).

Put succinctly our Stakeholder account offers a good balance between potentially high returns and a reduced level of risk. There is also the additional assurance that our account is in accordance with with the Government’s stakeholder criteria. Nonetheless this does not mean that returns are guaranteed or that Stakeholder accounts are suitable for everyone. Bear in mind that the value of shares in the Managed Growth Fund (where your Child Trust Fund money is placed) can go down as well as go up and would not be guaranteed.

Only infants whose birthday is on or after 1st September 2002 are authorised to start up a Child Trust Fund. If you have older children born before the above-mentioned date who are not entitled you could think about investing for them with a Child Bond – it’s a tax-free savings plan which is intended for long-term growth.

There can be no doubt that saving for a child.your children is a sound means of preparing for the future.

Have you noticed the marketing frenzy? Have you felt the
growing pains? Everyone who has an online business seems to
be getting in the marketing fray, making it a busy and very
competitive field. If you’re one of them, you’re probably
on a whirlwind ride. Marketers are looking high and low for
the most profitable ways to spend their hard earned money
to keep their online business in the red.

And don’t forget the time involved in every venture taken.
You know about the FFA and free advertising and
subscription services. It’s not much money to use these
services out of pocket, but if you figure in your time, the
cost is huge. Yes, it can be a way to pick up a few
subscribers and visitors and buyers here and there, but do
you want to settle for a few when the payoff doesn’t match
your efforts? How long can your business survive at such a
slow pace?

I’ve been there and am still working on it. It’s an ongoing
learning experience. New products and services pop up all
the time to distract you from what you really need to be
doing.

And what should you be doing? It’s the one thing that
hasn’t changed from the get go of the online business. The
List! The money is in the list, either your list or someone
else’s. and eventually it should be your list.

So how do you build your list? How do you get 100
subscribers? How do you go from there to 1000 subscribers?
It’s mind boggling.

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Loves a good ad and the products too. I’m probably one of the few who doesn’t holler “SPAM” when I receive unsolicited email in my inbox, except when they get my gender wrong.

People tend to forget their subscriptions. Sometimes they don’t
even know why they subscribed to your newsletter. Especially if the
person is seeking for information, he/she will subscribe to every
ezine or ecourse that will come across their search. They don’t
remember it after a while. If you send email to them after few months,
they simply accuse you of sending spam.

So how to safegaurd yourself from this type of accusations?

Follow up and Mailing list management software: You can manage your
ecourses, broadcasts, follow ups with this single software-

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1. Provide their personal details in every email:

On top of each email, put their email address, their ip number with
which they subscribed, URL of the form where they subscribed, list
name they subscribed. This way your subscribers are aware of that
you have their details with their permission.

You only gets the subscriber ips when he/she subscribes using a form. If they
subscribed using email addresses, the ip will not be grabbed by your
autoresponder software.

2. Use Double opt-in:

Some of the marketers say that ‘You have to make it easy for the subscriber
to receive your emails’. So people tend to neglect to implement double opt-in.
They think that it will be a hassle for subscriber to click on the confirmation
link in the email. Remember one thing… if they are really interested they will
click, not one… more than that to receive information from you. This type of
list is best to target your information and to get some profits from it.

3. ‘Unsubscribe’ link:

Put ‘Unsubscribe’ link in every email in the footer area. Sometimes subscribers
subscribe using subscriberATdomain.com, redirects his email to
subscriberATdomain2.com. Then he tries to unsubscribe using second email, which
obviously not in your database and he can’t be removed by your software. Then
he/she will get upset that you are sending spam. So tell them that use the same
email address that they used to subscribe, to unsubscribe. You can put this
information under your unsubscribe link.

4. Privacy statement:

Create a tag in your autoresponder like [privacy_statement], if your software
allows it. Then put this tag in all email below ‘Unsubscribe’ link. Let this
privacy statement should be similar that you put on the subscription form web
page. If your autoresponder software don’t allow tags, then put url to your
privacy satement on your web page.

5. Authentication Seals:

Recently I came across this site where they provide email marketers a
special code that goes with headers of your email(s), making them
legitimate.

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There is another one:

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In the world of ecommerce, millions of sites are fiercely competing with each other to gain new clients. For any ecommerce site to succeed, it must capture the interest and the trust of its visitors. It is not enough that your site is impeccably designed or has the latest in animation or content. You should focus your efforts not only in attracting visitors but also in leading them to make a purchase. There are dozens of marketing strategies you can use to attract more buyers and pump up your sales. One of them is by establishing an excellent and professional reputation for prompt and efficient response.

As more potential customers visit your site, you should expect a flood of inquiries and requests for information. This is an excellent opportunity for you to capture more clients and lead them to buying from your site. Thus, it is important that you carry out an efficient and prompt response to every email you receive. The fastest and most effective way to do this is by utilizing Autoresponder services.

Autoresponder services use a computer program that automatically returns a prewritten message to anyone who sends an email to your site. It is widely used for responding to consumer inquiries and visitor comments and suggestions. Autoresponder services are also used by e-zines in responding to people who subscribe or unsubscribe to their online magazines. Companies, who send out their e-newsletters regularly, also use Autoresponder services.

How can effective Autoresponder services help boost your business? The answer lies in its ability to return a prompt response to any e-mail the site receives. By responding rapidly and efficiently, you create a very good impression on your potential customer. Good Autoresponder services help you get important information back to these customers immediately. An effective Autoresponder service helps you communicate your message promptly, creating a sense of professionalism and efficiency that your clients will definitely appreciate.

Another very important advantage of Autoresponder services is that it saves time with multiple marketing tasks. Certainly, you do not have enough time to personally make and send all correspondence. Autoresponder services allows you to send thank you letters, newsletters, product information, brochures, orders etc. to hundreds of clients almost immediately and simultaneously. Autoresponder services are also indispensable in any email marketing campaign.

Choosing the right Autoresponder services is very important. What then should you look for in an Autoresponder service? First, you should pick an Autoresponder service that is reliable and can give you 24/7 service. You cannot afford to lose a customer because your Autoresponder service failed to answer his query or request for information. The ability to respond promptly is the first thing you must look for in any Autoresponder services.

Another key factor you should consider when choosing Autoresponder services is flexibility. Good Autoresponder services allow you to customize unique responses that will have maximum effect on the customer. You should avoid creating an impression that the customer is communicating with a machine instead of a real human being. Excellent Autoresponder services lets you provide the information that is specifically targeted for what the potential customers are looking for. Because any email from potential customers essentially represent the customer’s intent on getting more information about your product, which can ultimately lead to direct sales, all emails are important. Thus, a top Autoresponder service must fulfill all these duties to help you boost your business.

Dirk Wagner is the CEO of http://www.internetmarketingoasis.com and creator of the #1 IMO Marketing Toolbar with hundreds of secret resources.He is the publisher of the free home business online course at http://www.team4success.biz and also Author of several eBooks like “Cure Myopia Naturally” at http://www.curemyopianaturally.com

www.becheeky.com launched in 2005 it was created by two partners. They saw a significant gap in the lingerie market & launched the site with the scheme that it would be aimed explicitly at helping males acquire lingerie for their spouses. Clientele feel at ease buying from the BeCheeky website this is due to the fact the staff give such phenomenal personal attention & because of this it gives clientele the idea that they are shopping with an elite boutique with a phenomenal personal shopper there to help with your every single step.

The BeCheeky website was such a huge success as well as with ladies lingerie that the team bought in men?s underwear to the site as well. www.becheeky.com is notorious for its collection of pretty underwear sets, bras, knickers, boyshorts, corsets, basques, bikinis & swimsuits. What makes them particularly special is that there is a little something for all tastes. Each item that is purchased is without any acceptation delivered in a charming silk sack filled full as well as with confetti for that exceptionally individual from the rest touch. BeCheeky.com are also renowned for their own marvellous exceptionally deals which frequently happen on a day to day basis.

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Your list is your life. If you do not have a list of customers and prospects, you may do okay in your business but you won’t be great. The one and only thing that separates great marketers from okay marketers is the effort great marketers put into building their list of prospects and customers.

Say you sell an ebook on internet business. If it sells for $27 you make a nice profit. But if you don’t collect customer and prospect emails, $27 is all you will ever make.

A better idea is to build an opt-in email list of people who like the topic you will be informing them. Give away a free report or an email course as a way to get subscriptions. Then, when they buy your $27 ebook, you make a profit and can keep marketing to them. If they don’t buy your ebook, you don’t lose them forever. As long as they stay subscribed, you can market to them again and again.

So how can you build your opt-in email list? Here are three super tips to get you started.

1. Use a signature file in your email correspondence. If you market online, chances are you send a lot of email. Add a signature advertising your list to your outgoing email. That way, everyone who receives an email from you will also see, in your signature, an ad for your list. For example, your signature could say, “Learn how to drive targeted traffic to your website. Send a blank email to xyz@yoursite.com.”

2. Get listed in ezine directories. As long as you offer an email course, this shouldn’t be a problem. Do a search for “ezine directories,” visit as many as you like, and sign up for most of them. These directories do work.

3. Write articles for distribution. This article is designed to pique your interest enough that you will visit my site and sign up for my list. It wasn’t hard to write. Article topics are all around you. For example, next time you visit your favorite forum, take one of the threads, digest it, and write an article based on that thread. When you distribute your articles, you syndicate your content and have a greater chance of people finding your website and signing up for your list because they are interested in your expertise and topic.

These super-tips are more than enough to get you started on building your list.

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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. Below is our break down of these types and how we post to them.

LIST TYPES

1.Web based CGI

You have no choice really but to put all these types of lists in a bookmark folder. You might name these: “SL Daily”, “Monday mailing” etc., grouping each folder by when you can mail. Also putting the actual day for posting is better than putting 3 X a week etc.That way you don’t have to think when the third day was; just mail on the day listed. We give this method our highest ranking for being safe to mail to because you’re mailing from the list owner’s site and the scripts, in most cases, won’t allow you to double post on the same day. Also, you don’t mail directly to the individual address.

2.Web based email lists of individual addresses

The most time consuming and unsafe to use is the list of individual addresses you copy from websites or email . We say unsafe, because it is our belief that when you are mailing to a direct address, it is easier to forget disclaimers, putting you at greater risk of reaching people on a bad day who may have forgotten they were on the list in the first place, and who do not know how to check their mail properties to track where and why your mail came to them. It is really simple for them to click “FORWARD” and send a spam complaint. THAT they CAN do!

We use Aureate Group Mailer for this list type, and make a group for each list. Modify each group to reflect the disclaimer the list host provides, and mark the name of the list as to when it can be sent. When you import the updated lists, Aureate will automatically remove duplicates, but will leave the addresses that have been removed, so always delete the old list before importing the new one.

This is an example of our list setup in Group Mail. It includes all the types of lists:

• daily-The List (a list that had to be copied and imported)

• daily-Klub Kaos

• daily-ce12001 Egroups etc (lists that need a disclaimer on top

• daily-ce12002 Egroups etc use merge)

• daily-ce12001 OntopicMail

• daily-ce12002 OntopicMail

• daily-sever-lists (lists you post to a server with using one address

• Sunday-Smart List server includes disclaimer)

• Sunday-Jaz List

• Sunday-Ontopicmail weekly

• Sunday-Egroup Special weekly

• Monday – Money pro Mail Weekly

• Monday-Ribnik 2 X Week

I need to mention that you must update your type 2 list each time you send it out, or you are tempting fate. People drop off the list all the time. Just because a list has had 250 members for 3 days, does not mean it’s the same 250 people. When someone asks to be removed, they expect to happen in 24 hrs. If you don’t update, you can easily spam someone.

3. List Servers These are lists hosted on a private server that has a list server program installed on it. Many hosting companies offer it with their hosting package. Look to see if they supply the disclaimer to the ads you send to that list. If they do, then you can group the lists in one group divided only by the email account you subscribed to the list with. Since you must use the same address you subscribed with, group according to that address. If they don’t supply the disclaimer,then create each list in its own group, according to the disclaimer.

Note: It does matter if the list owner says no disclaimer is needed. If they don’t append one to your post, then you must add one. Always give a reader of your ad the choice to opt out of the list. ALWAYS!

4. Optin Groups – The Big 4 Separate these types of lists from the others because you want to make sure to include a disclaimer on top. Use address merge in the the disclaimer and send by individual send, because merge won’t work in bulk send. Also, divide them by email account subscribed to.

Accurate and efficient mailing benefits you enormously in two ways: First, you are saving time by setting up a system that makes it easy for you to remember what to mail next and to whom. Most importantly, however, is that it aids you in making a minimum of mistakes, thereby reducing your chances of offending a reader with perceived spam. As we all know by now, it is not your intent that defines spam, rather the reader’s perception. Hope this can be of use to you…..

About The Author

Mr.Kim Thiel

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Most Websites are gathering e-mail addresses. When you submit your e-mail address, you will be redirected to a thank you page. There is nothing wrong with it, but that page can do more than saying “thank you.”

–The Result–

A while ago, I added some affiliate links to my thank-you-for-subscribing page. (You can see it at http://www.thatswise.com/popups/redirect/thanks_subscribe.html .) Even though you can close the window or go back to the home page, 98.8% of viewers of that page have clicked one of the links listed. This is astonishing when compared to the click-though ratio of banner ads on my site, which is about 0.9%. And, 98% is not a stat of one lucky day. It’s an average of one year.

–They Will Listen–

98% sounds unrealistic, but it makes sense. Visitors subscribe to your newsletter because they liked your site in some way. So, they will listen to you as they listen to their friends. When you recommend some places to go, most people will go.

Additionally, you will get better results if you link to a page with one product rather than linking to a page with a lot of products. People who have submitted to you an e-mail address are open minded. This is the time to tell them your recommendation (your favorite product), not to show them options (list of your products).

–Note–

However, do not use this technique on a thank-you-for-ORDERING page. If you send buyers to another Web page asking them to buy more things, visitors will feel you are trying to suck all the money they have. You may add links on this thank-you page, but be selective which pages you’ll send buyers to. I am not saying up-selling won’t work. Up-selling does work. You have to up-sell before receiving payments, not after you received payments. Chasers at McDonald’s ask, “Would you like to have French fries with that?” when you order a burger, not after you have paid for your order, don’t they?

About The Author

Though his Web site, http://www.thatswise.com Akinori Furukoshi has been providing e-commerce related information since 1998. His unique way of thinking has helped online businesses to improve their performance. More detailed bio is available at http://www.thatswise.com/about_us.html