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Since you’re reading this article, you probably know what an autoresponder is, but aren’t quite sure what all the fuss is about. If you aren’t sure what an autoresponder is, well in short it’s a way to automatically email your prospective customers with a personal message in order to increase your sales.

So, in short, what are the benefits?

• You can grow your list of prospective customers and send each of them a personalised Email.
• You can then follow up each of these emails with repeat personalised emails, with varied content, at later dates.
• You can track your conversions
• You can send out broadcast emails to all your current prospects whenever you have a new product.
• You could even setup another set of emails to go out to your existing clients to tempt them back for your new offering

Why send a personalised Email?

You could just mail all the people you have using one email you send from your desktop. This would be quick, easy, and controlled – just set them all up in an email group. So why not use this simple method?

Well its all to do with converting leads into sales. Put simply, research shows that if you address the prospective customer by name then the person is six times more likely to take notice of the email and follow through to your site.

So why don’t most people do this? The answer is simple – effort. Imagine having to email all your prospects, by name. This becomes an insane task, even with only a few hundred prospects.

Autoresponders work by allowing you to setup a template email, where you put in a “placeholder” or “substitution variable” where you want the actual name to go.

So why send multiple emails?

Statistics vary but it’s generally agreed that 80% of people will only buy after they have been sent between 5 and 7 emails.

This is where an autoresponder really scores. It can automatically do all this for you, without you having to do anything beyond setup the 5 emails in the first place.

I setup my autoresponder, get my customer, sell my product. Isn’t that job done now?

Absolutely not. A 5% increase in retention yields profit increases of 25 to 100 percent (source: Bain and Co.)

Lets say only one in twenty of your customers decides to join your mailing list. That’s great news for you – you’ve just got yourself an opportunity to sell again. Statistics show that with just one in twenty taking up your offer, you can almost double your revenue.

Furthermore, now you’ve got them hooked, you can sell them more different products. Remember, the cost of acquiring a new customer can be as much as 5 times the cost of keeping an old one, and with your autoresponder system you should have just boosted your customer base.

The author, Vince Lewis, is an experienced professional of 15 years, and has worked with many UK blue chip companies. He recommends ansa-me.com’s automatic responder system for ease of use, functionality and customer support.

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If you have an ebook, I can show you 15 internet
marketing online secrets to profit from it:

1. Allow other e-zine publishers or web site owners
to republish small nuggets or excerpts of information
from your ebook with your byline or ad included.

2. Make extra profits from selling monthly updates
of your ebook. You could also back end sell the
extra never released chapters of your e-book.

3. Give away a free ebook and then give people an
option of buying the paid version of the ebook. Also
let others give away the free version of your ebook.

4. Divide your ebook content into reports then give
people the option of just purchasing the info they
want.

5. Purchase reprint rights to other people’s ebooks
an combine them with your in a large package deal
or private ebook library web site.

6. Change the benefits on your ebook ad copy into
links. When people click on it take them right to the
order page. It’ll give them a urge to buy your ebook.

7. Charge people a cheap price to read half of your
ebook. If they like it, they can pay full price to read
the other half.

8. Offer freebies that are related to the ebook your
selling. It could be free monthly ebook updates,
free e-zine, free consulting, etc.

9. Show your prospects a sample page out of your
ebook. Just black out some of the important info.
This will make your prospects curious to buy.

10. Provide a low and high priced version of your
ebook. Show benefits of each version side by side.
People usually spend a little more for extra info.

11. Offer the reprint rights to your ebook. You can
sell the rights with the regular purchase price or as
a separate higher price.

12. Make your ebook available for offline people.
Your could turn it into a print book, report, video,
audio book, print newsletter, etc.

13. Redesign your ebook for specific niches. You
can create multiple profits with very little work. Ex:
Turn a business ebook into a craft business ebook.

14. Give your prospects discount coupons on other
products when they purchase your ebook. It could
be your products or others that you made deals with.

15. Divide your ebook into online newsletter issues.
You could charge a reoccurring monthly subscription
for people to view each issue.

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make a lot of money.

Warmly,

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The narrative opens as Stan Turner laments Mondays. By late afternoon a frantic telephone call from an old client, Tex Weller closely followed by a visit from Derek Donner convinces Stan that Mondays really should be banned. Donner, Stan’s casualty insurance agent, has arrived with the news that one Lottie West has been found dead and Stan is the executor of her estate. The widowed Mrs West and her dozen or so dogs all have apparently died as result of a gas leak. Stan’s last appointment of the day is with Robert Huntington, who needs an attorney desperately, however Huntington cannot really say much about why. ‘This is a matter of national security. You don’t have the proper clearance.’ Once again Stan Turner is off on an invigorating, if at times puzzling, series of events that will ultimately lead him to uncovering not only unintentional homicide but also the looting and recovery of the long lost Ludinburg collection of priceless art treasures.

Set in Dallas during the savings and loan emergency of the late 1980s Black Monday is an easily read tale filled with conundrum, chicanery and mystery. Dallas Police Department Detective Bingo Besch, accused murderer Jimmy Bennet, Stan’s partner Paula Waters and Rebekah, his wife, all figure in the tale. Included in the narrative are a polemical turf battle between the FBI and CIA involving the Iran-Contra Scandal, three Dallas homicides in a single night and a profusion of flash backs to various 1987 events.

With his invariably astute adroitness, writer William Manchee has once more crafted one of his greatly enjoyable Stan Turner mysteries. Stan is again embroiled in scenario and subplot as Manchee intertwines the diversified elements of the tale with his usual dash and skill. Fully drawn characters are well fleshed, filled with imperfection and foibles and often given to perplexing artifice.

Black Monday is a thrilled packed compelling read filled with a masterfully engineered story line, snappy, first class dialogue and spine tingling action. Liberal conflict is judiciously resolved in this cleverly written work Black Monday provides the reader a glimpse inside the daily lives of characters who are engaging and interesting and thoroughly supposable. Black Monday is another in what this reviewer hopes is to be a very long series of William Manchee’s ‘Stan Turner’ mystery thrillers. The work remains my favorite type of book of good solid writing filled with credible characters and circumstances. As with other Manchee works there is no graphic sex thrown in an effort to sell the book or to try to cover up lack of writing skill. Black Monday is just a satisfying, well written edition.

Fans of a fast paced suspense thriller are sure to find Black Monday more than satisfies their longing for an excellent book for whiling away a long winter evening or during a summer after spent reading out on the front porch. A must have for the home library, the pleasure reading shelf and high school reading list. We who enjoy suspense filled mystery thrillers can only hope writer Manchee continues hard at work on the next in the series. I look forward to that next one and each of the ones to follow. Black Monday is a narrative that will grab you from the first line and will hold interest steady right on down to the last page.

Enjoyed the read, happy to recommend.

Genre: Mystery
Author: William Manchee
http://billmanchee.com/
Line/Publisher Lean Press Portland, Oregon
www.leanpress.com
ISBN: 1-932475-08-7

Author, reviewer, parent, educator

Reviewed by: molly martin

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http://www.AuthorsDen.com/mjhollingshead

Question: I wrote an e-book and I have a sales page selling it. Can I use article writing to promote my e-book?

Signed, Where are the Sales?

Dear Where are the Sales,

Absolutely. In fact, I highly recommend it.

It’s a perfect fit. Think about it. You’ve already got the content, and you obviously don’t mind writing since you’ve written an entire e-book. You’re a perfect candidate for using article sharing to get traffic to your website – and sell more e-books in the process.

If article sharing is new to you, you’ll catch on quickly. It’s an easy process, and it’s so effective. Here’s all there is to it.

1. You write an article about your topic of expertise. Or you use a section from your e-book and turn it into an article.

2. Add an author resource box at the end that includes the URL to your website – where you want the website visitors to go. Ideally this would be the sales page for your e-book. (See the bottom of this article for an example.)

3. Submit your article to article directories. These article directories contain thousands of free articles that publishers can freely use on their websites, blogs and in their newsletters.

4. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Every time your article is published, your author bio will be included, giving you exposure for your website.

Now, if you have an affiliate program, there’s even more potential. If you’re smart, you’ll also send the articles to your affiliates and allow them to use the articles – and encourage them to replace your URL with their affiliate link for your program. A smart affiliate will grab those articles in a heartbeat and start publishing them all over the web.

I hope you’ll see the potential of article sharing, and embrace it. If not, you’re really missing out on an easy way to grow your business and generate large amounts of traffic to your website. I look forward to seeing your articles in the article directories.

Nicole Dean doesn’t pay for advertising – ever. Sign up for her free web traffic course at http://www.WebTrafficBasics.com to find out more. If you’re ready to get started using article marketing to increase your traffic and sales, check out http://www.EasyArticleMarketing.com

If you are one of the many people this Christmas season who have absolutely no idea what to buy for the people in your life that won’t end up returned after Christmas, this is the article for you. Learn how to buy something they want, or better yet, get them a gift card and spend the rest of the day enjoying time together.

year after year, Christmas continues to get more extravagant Everyone says that Christmas will be different next year but it will be the same boring holiday. It’s fun to receive gifts, especially when you’re a kid, but as adults, do we really need to go bonkers in the mall each year?

No one can ever know what everyone else knows. The theory espoused is apparently that if you buy a lot of things, eventually you will hit on something that pleases the receipient. It it best to do research before you put the time and effort into going all out for someone. You need to get opinions from people who are sure of what they are looking for. In the course of the year, make a few subtle inquiries so when the gift occasion arises you won’t be stumped. This will hopefully stop you from buying those useless gadgets and trinkets. If all these ideas do not work then there is nothing wrong with gift cards. You can personalize these with a few home-baked cookies or ornaments, or with a personalized card that lets them know that you wanted them to have the last say about their gift. Spending time with friends and family is more rewarding than any presents could ever be.

While gift cards may be considered a bit impersonal, it is better than getting that loved one a gift they do not need or like. When you cannot determine the perfect gift through any means, gift cards are the ideal solution. Most of the time people don’t know what they want, or won’t answer if they do. There are plenty of ways to please this group, too. Here is a great site for some unique gift ideas for everyone.

The thought of a South African safari will often probably stir up the emotions of excitement and the location of stunning Africa. African safaris have been well established in Zambia for decades and have become likeable with the Irish holiday tourists cause of the tremendous weather and the astonishing wildlife that might be explored.

The greatest time to visit Zambia for a lovely walking safari is around January as the weather is incredible. The number of UK tourists who travel over to Africa for a safari has significantly risen in the last three years due to the strong pound and also due to the increased attention of Africa. Learn about safari holidays and explore the wildlife of africa.

The wildlife that you will often observe is extensive, you can often see cheetahs and elephants all up close. South Africa is spot on for those who want to come and investigate the wildlife and also wish for a romantic vacation. The safaris are not too strenuous that you couldn’t go back to your excellent hotel in the evening for a romantic evening. That is why walking safaris in South Africa can be perfect for a honeymoon. Africa has some of the best privately owned houses and walking safaris in the world and should be experienced by everybody at least once.

Past life regression will probably locate the reasons why we have arguments with people in our present life or why we are worried of certain situations. You have work colleagues around you in your current lifetime that you should have remarkably met with before, now lets just imagine being capable to unearth what happened and what your relationship was to them at that past time and clear blocks that plague you in your current time and even unearth talents and bring them into your present time. Past lifetime regression, also known as PLR, is wonderful.

When you are having a past life regression, also known as PLR, session you would regress to the life you will most need to learn about in your current lifetime. This is eye-opening and may spell out a considerable deal about your present lifetime and help you should to move forward with a greater understanding of yourself, your life and the boyfriends around you.

You should also identify why you are the person that you are, now that is excellent. If you delight in nature maybe you were once a farmer, if you enjoy to travel perhaps you were a traveller. Instead of ignoring our strengths we acknowledge each of them. Heal your current problems with Past Life Regression.

Each and every experience is tremendous and unique. Others have went to places they?d lived in before and ?knew? where to go.

Welcome back to Part 3 of Web Hosting Fine Print Exposed.

This series of articles reveals 14 points about web hosting fine print–things you should know and be aware of when looking for a web host.

We continue with another 3 points:

Web Host Refund Guarantee
Refund guarantee is another basic feature to find out about. Some web hosts offer no refunds, some offer X amount of days, and some offer ongoing refunds.

You should deal with those web hosting companies that offer some sort of refund.

This comes handy in testing out the web host. In your ‘trial’ period build a test site, ask questions from support and see how you feel.

IMPORTANT! Some hosts might offer refunds on the monthly fees but NOT on the set-up fee.

The Set-Up Fee Scam
Set-up fees are charges to set you up.

Watch out for these if they’re coupled with a 30-day money back guarantee because the setup fees are usually not refundable. Web hosts that charge super low fees may go for the setup fee.

You’re more likely to incur a setup fee if you’re going for a high-end hosting solution. Dedicated servers, etc. do require a set-up by an expert, so it’s reasonable to ask to pay for this.

However, most virtual or shared hosts have a pretty much an automated setup process, so there should be no reason to charge a set-up fee.

Double check that the plans and web hosts you’re evaluating have a valid reason for a setup fee.

Will your new host help you to move your site?
It’s simple: sometimes you need to move a large site from your existing web host. This may not be so easy as the server setups can differ a lot which causes your scripts to fail.

Another scenario is if you’re an inexperienced webmaster. Say, you want to move your own simple homepage. You’ll appreciate if someone is there to hold your hand.

If any of these applies to you, check with the web host you’re evaluating. Add a + for the new host that’s willing to help, and add + + if they’re willing to help for free.

I hope these points will be useful!

In Part 4, we will cover these topics:

• Resource Allocation
• Shared vs. Reseller
• Crowded Servers

Thanks for reading and stay tuned!

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LCD, which if abbreviated stands for Liquid Crystal Displays, is a modern type of telly screen that has of late become very well-liked. LCD screens most recently are regularly used as computer monitors. Alternative kinds of admired TVs would also include plasma. Compare, Review and purchase Cheap TVs right now at Digital-Direct.

For a substantial amount of period of time tubed TVs were drastically cheaper than any specific type of Liquid Crystal Display or Plasma. Buyers trusted & felt secure with them and they knew precisely where they stood with them and for sure the clear cause was because they were really cheap. Currently it is a totally different story as tubed tellies have been put on halt and in its place been substituted by bargain televisions in the way of Plasma & Liquid Crystal Displays, what had at one time been awfully costly at this time reasonably inexpensive and excellent value for price paid.

It is nowadays realistic to procure hi-definition tellies at an astonishingly economical cost. This is the most modern kind of machinery with regards to TVs, Hi-definition technology have let millions of people to take pleasure in its crystal clear picture & sound. HD has taken over analog broadcasting & changed it with an all digital system. To witness true High Definition you will need a source of High-definition TV signals, a tuner to collect and makes sense of those signals and a high performance display screen that can duplicate the marvellous detail & colour of HDTV images. You may also have to obtain a television that is HD ready, it is feasible at the moment to buy a low costing digital flat screen either LCD or Plasma that will be capable to help you to get this.

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Persons engaged in website design, here’s a scoop for you! Would you just like to know that by understanding the basics of cognitive psychology around color and patterns, we could further improve our Web design!

Designing a Web site does not only concentrate on making web pages of a certain site interesting and impressive. This skill and talent must also be used to ensure the user-friendliness of a certain site and must strive to reach the widest range of users possible.

So what’s this about psychology? It simply implies that by understanding the capabilities of the human eye, we can produce Website designs that are more user-friendly. Being user-friendly means that our website design will not only cater for normal sighted Internet users but also to those partially sighted, blind or estimated 8-10% of men with red-green colour blindness.

If you don’t know anything about vision and colorblindness and their reaction to various designs, then you must start learning now! ‘Normal’ vision is subject to huge variances. Even the size of elements will affect an individual user’s perception of colour. The colours and the intensity of shades you choose to use in your Website design will be discerned differently by every individual who visits your Website.

Inconsistencies in color patterns are affected by changes in the ambient lighting levels. It’s like changes in your hair color depending on the amount of lighting it was exposed. Some people even see blue colors in some objects like clothing wherein others do not perceive. These persons just happen to have more blue sensitive cones (photosensitive cells which convert light energy into nerve impulses) in their retina. They seem to view the world with ‘blue-tinted spectacles’. As a web desinger, you have to be aware that these conditions are the reasons why your perception of your Web design may be different to other people and certainly are not the same with everyone else’s.

The key aspect to contemplate to achieve accessibility, aside from impaired vision, is by being aware that your design might be manipulated by assistive technology. Screen readers or magnifiers are examples of this. They are software the physically disabled employ to enhance their experience of user interfaces. Some Web users can only read a certain combination such as yellow text on a black background, which allows no room for greyscale.

In order to have good legibility for users with certain visual difficulties and impairments, strong contrast can be a main ingredient in your design. Test the effectivity of this by manipulating screenshots of your design in a program like Adobe Photoshop. Try converting the image to greyscale then make the screenshot monochrome to see how it might be viewed using the most extreme visual manipulation — do this by increasing the contrast level to +100. This is a particularly useful approximation of difficulties colour blind users may experience in discerning one colour or shade from another.

You can start adjusting your color application now and keep in mind that your designs will not be considered impressive if few people could discern them.

Lala C. Ballatan is a 26 year-old Communication Arts graduate, with a major in Journalism. Right after graduating last 1999, she worked for one year as a clerk then became a Research, Publication and Documentation Program Director at a non-government organization, which focuses on the rights, interests and welfare of workers for about four years.

Book reading has always been her greatest passion — mysteries, horrors, psycho-thrillers, historical documentaries and classics. She got hooked into it way back when she was but a shy kid.

Her writing prowess began as early as she was 10 years old in girlish diaries. With writing, she felt freedom – to express her viewpoints and assert it, to bring out all concerns — imagined and observed, to bear witness.

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