Email Marketing

How To Change Email Addresses

Last week I was a victim of a joe job. That’s where a spammer uses your domain name in the from-field of a spam broadcast. They use software to insert that data. You will notice by the bounces emails you receive. Emails that I’ve never written are sent to address that I do not know [...]

Major Phishing Warning from Gary Ambrose

Today I found a few more phishing messages in my inbox. My PayPal account was compromised and I had to log in to change passwords. Yeah, right! I’m using Mailwasher for my POP mail. Since it doesn’t display images, I can immediately see the URL I’m sent to. And although such URL often includes the [...]

How To Turn Prospects Into Customers and Customers Into Super-Customers!

You must have customers to sell your services and products. To increase your profits, you also must turn them into repeat super-customers. In Internet marketing, the simplest way to do this is by a high value content newsletter. Content sells, no doubt about that. Valuable and useful content builds credibility and trust, and in due [...]

Are you really that boring? Part 7

This is a reprint of one of Paul Myers’ newsletter issues. I have his (exceptional) permission to do so. “Don’t Right-Size. Bite-Size” =========================== Forget writing in pre-measured doses. Skip the artificial limitations on length, and focus on clarity. But don’t make your content so heavy that it wears your readers down. If you have to [...]

Are you really that boring? Part 6

This is a reprint of one of Paul Myers’ newsletter issues. I have his (exceptional) permission to do so. “Be Enthusiastic” =============== There is very little that’s as contagious as enthusiasm for a shared interest. I’m not talking about over-the-top BS and exaggerated hype. I’m talking about a sincere enthusiasm for your subject. Get people [...]

Are you really that boring? Part 5

This is a reprint of one of Paul Myers’ newsletter issues. I have his (exceptional) permission to do so.   How To Be Interesting In Print ============================== Follow these simple steps, and you’ll find that your readership goes through the roof. “Create an Outline” ================= Not many people can just ramble around their points and [...]

Are you really that boring? Part 4

This is a reprint of one of Paul Myers’ newsletter issues. I have his (exceptional) permission to do so. For a really good example and process for this, based on a survey I ran recently, check out “Instant Marketing ESP.” Get it at: http://www.talkbiznews.com/esp.html You folks dealt me some interesting surprises with that one. …. [...]

Are you really that boring? Part 3

This is a reprint of one of Paul Myers’ newsletter issues. I have his (exceptional) permission to do so. Useful. Relevant. Interesting. Hammer those words into your head and recite them like a mantra every time you sit down to write anything that’s meant to instruct or entertain. If you know your audience, you’ll know [...]