SmartPromotion Newsletter. Vol. 1, Issue 12.

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SmartPromotion
Vol. 1, Issue 12.

Smart Tips, Tricks and Tools for Web Masters
and E-zine Publishers.

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Smart Tips, Tricks and Tools for Web Masters
and E-zine Publishers.

Volume 1, Issue 12.

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IN THIS ISSUE

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1. Editors Note
2. Smart Promotion Tip
3. Guest Article
4. Webmaster Corner
5. Useful Sites and Tools
6. Recommended Affiliate Program
7. Q & A
8. Smart Software
9. Advertisements
10. Contact Information

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1. Editors Note.
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Dear subscribers,

Welcome again to another issue of SmartPromotion, and a
very happy and healthy 2001! May this Millenium be one of
many Web Site visits, and tons of new subscribers to your
Newsletter/E-zine!

Of course I will do my best to assist you accomplishing this,
so stay tuned here!

I hope you don't mind, but 'll start this issue with some blatant
self promotion...

If you didn't already sign up as a reseller for my 'Web Site
and E-zine Promotion Made Easy!' E-book, you should
JOIN RIGHT NOW!

"Why?" you ask?

"Because you are going to make easy money, that's why!"

I have raised my E-book price to 29.99$, and since I have
added over 150.00$ of FREE BONUS GIFTS, the book sells
like candy. And as an affiliate you receive 50% of every sale!
Without any hassle, because I do all the work for you!

If you like to see where all the fuss is about, click here:
http://www.smart-web-promotion.com/ebook.htm

Remember this nice saying:

"There are two ways to get to the top of an oak tree. One is
to climb the tree, the other is to sit on an acorn and wait."

There are also two kinds of online business owners... those
who get started climbing, and those that wait around for
something to spring up beneath them.

I don't have to tell you which one succeeds, do I?

So, why wait? Go get the word out NOW! :-)

If you want to sign up now, and make profit, or if you need
any help with ad banners or promotional copy, go here:
http://www.smart-web-promotion.com/reseller.htm

Thanks for ebing here again!

Dirk Dupon

If you have any comments, please mail 'em to:
mailto:webmaster@smart-web-promotion.com

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2. Smart Promotion Tip (2)
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Get your business an autoresponder -or it will die!

If you really want to earn money with your website, you need
an autoresponder. People doing serious business on the
Internet need to follow up with their prospects, and an auto-
responder is an invaluable tool to do this.

Don't have one yet? Ok, I personally use and recommend
GetResponse.com. Since I have my own autoresponding
machine, my book sales have been increased with 300%!

Believe me, I am not kidding! It's absolutely true!

Here's what I did:

I placed a form on my web site (that I just had to copy and
paste from the Getresponse web site), asking my visitors
to leave their name an email address if they wanted a Demo
of my "Web Site and E-zine Promotion Made Easy!" E-book.

When they submit their details, my "automatic assistent"
instantly sends them a personalized message (thanking
them for requesting my info) with the download link to the
Demo Copy included.

All the requesters are then added in a queue, and they
receive a personalized message at the time that I have set.

Usually it takes up to 4-5 messages to convince people
to order. (Of course, you need to good ad copy, summing
up all the benefits of your product. In every message that
my autoresponder sends out, I offer an interesting tip or a
bonus offer, so they don't unsubscribe.)

Advantage: prospects feel like they are treated personally,
and are more willing to get out their wallet :-)

You can have a FREE autoresponder, with ads included,
but I recommend you go for the paid version. The free one
doesn't allow you to broadcast to your prospects, once your
messages have been sent out, so you can only follow them
up for a limited time.

TIP: If you don't need or want an autoresponder, you could join
the Getresponse affiliate program. You make 30% commission
plus 10% commission from all sales made by your downline
(this is a two-tier program!)

Joining is completely FREE of charge! Chances are you wil
not be able to resist it! And what if I tell you that it's available
for you right now, no strings attached?

Don't wait - Click below for more information!
http://www.getresponse.com/?33863

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3. Guest Article
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"WHY ARE E-MAIL REPLIES SO SLOW?"

By Acey Gaspard

Have you ever wondered why it takes so long to get an
answer to an e-mail? Don't people and companies care
about my business?

I asked myself, is it because I am accessing information
from around the world? Or, is it the process of splitting and
reassembling the data that is creating an overload?

So, I tested the system by sending an e-mail to myself -click,
click, and send. Gee, it came right back to my inbox.

It's not the system that is slow. It is the people who are
doing the replying. It is not uncommon to get a reply
2-3 weeks after sending an e-mail. What does that tell
you about the person or the company? Would you want
to work with a company that doesn't seem to care?

E-mail is one of the greatest benefits of the Internet. Either
reply to inquiries in a timely manner or remove your e-mail
address from your Web site, business cards, and the
company letterhead. It will create the same result: you
will lose a customer if your don't answer their e-mails.

In today's fast paced world we expect things to work quickly.

Why does it take so long for some people to answer
our e-mails? Professionalism is emphasized by prompt
and accurate replies to e-mail correspondence. On the
average it takes only a minute or two to hit the reply key
and write a response. If you have thirty e-mails in the
inbox it would only take a little over and hour to answer
all of them.

What will be accomplished by answering e-mail promptly?
1. It will get you into the habit of keeping your business
relations current and active.

2. Many e-mail requests are similar. If you track the
requests of your customers you will gain a clearer
picture of your customer base. And you will know
where to target your effort.

3. Set up an automatic "signature" file at the end of your
outgoing e-mails. This will allow you to target advertising
automatically in all of your outgoing e-mail.

I can hear your objections -

"But, I don't have the time each day to read and answer
a bunch of e-mails." All I can say is, if you want to build
a business and make money you will make the time
to answer the e-mails. If you want to keep the customer
make the reply within 48 hours.

Tips to Maximize Efficiency

1. Use an auto responder. It is an automatic program
that will send out a response as soon as the e-mail is
received. It may be a simple message informing the
sender that their request has been received.

2. Prepare templates of Frequently Asked Questions. By
tracking the types of requests you will find that many customer
requests are similar. By putting together a list of these
requests the template will enable an accurate and quick
response. Plus, it will cut the response time to a few
seconds.

3. Categorize the e-mails. Set up individual e-mail
addresses to organize the requests.

You can create a different e-mail address for each department.

Examples:
info@yourbusiness.com
support@yourbusiness.com
billing@yourcompany.com
affilates@yourbusiness.com

4. Setup the e-mail accounts to automatically sort and
place each account into a separate folder. This will keep
the correspondence organized and it will help you to stay
focused in each department.

The invention of the Internet and e-mail is a blessing to
mankind. Use it to increase your business, make more
money, and keep the business relations active.

Acey Gaspard.

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Found this article useful? We have more! Check our web
site promotion, web design, E-book, newsletter and E-zine
marketing articles, or submit your own article:
http://www.smart-web-promotion.com/article.htm

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4. Webmaster Corner
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W3C HTML Validation Service

This excellent service from W3C searches your web site
for HTML-errors. You don't have to register, just fill in your
web site details, and within seconds you get a complete
list off all the faulty code, together with a solution. Handy!
http://validator.w3.org

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Myqth.com:

This FREE Web Hosting service offers "unlimited" Web
space for your web site. FREE subdomains, E-mail, FTP
access, and Web building tools.
http://www.myqth.com

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5. Useful Sites and Tools
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Keyword Monitor (817 KB) Shareware

Keyword Monitor watches search engines, looking for searches
that include one or all of the keywords you have specified. When
it finds a search it extracts the words used and creates a list with
the most popular keywords. Use this software to find out what
additional keywords you can put on your page, or use it to find
interesting things to search for yourself!
http://home.swipnet.se/greenborder/keywordmon/index.htm

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FREE online web master courses: Dreamweaver, Flas, FP,
Photoshop etc. Print out the PDF files and learn at your speed.
http://www.trainingtools.com

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HTML Shrinker

Optimizing your web pages should be a major concern, and
I don't mean your images alone, but also your HTML code.
Now you can resize them by 50% with HTML Shrinker. This
tool removes unnecessary line breaks, quotation marks,
spaces, tabs and comments that can clutter your code.
http://www.thepluginsite.com/

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RD Site Builder

Here's a well organized and easy to understand collection
of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XHTML, ASP, tutorials with
many examples -including source code.
http://www.w3schools.com/

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Counter4Free

This AD FREE graphical counter doesn't even require a
link or image tag back. Over 50 styles availabe to choose from.
The counters are easy to install and have reload protection.
http://www.counter4free.com

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6. Recommended Affiliate Program
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In this section I give attention to a special affiliate program
that will earn you bucks from your Web Site or E-zine, and
this months program is:

"Myths and Facts"

Here's a tip to get FREE web site traffic, plus the chance to
earn money!

Myths-Facts.com's TRAFFIC Mate concept is simple! It's like
hitting 2 birds with one stone.

You promote the Myths-Facts.com web site to others and get
0.75$ for everyone who signs up at their web site, while you
promote your own program. It's a real traffic generator!

Here's how it works:

You go to the web site, subscribe to the "Myths and Facts"
Newsletter, and once you are done, you are automatically
offered 10$, plus a FREE affiliate web page. You then can
send people/visitors/subscribers to this web page, and if
they also sign up, you get 0.75$!

If you have a newsletter, you can quickly make a lot of money
by recommending the site!

As an affiliate, you also get a chance to join TRAFFIC Mate and
have your other program linked at the right side of this page at
the #1 position.

If you sponsor someone to myths-facts.com, then your link
goes down to #2 on his/her assigned webpage while his/her
link occupies the #1 position on his/her assigned webpage.

Your one or two-line text link will always remain at the #1
position on your assigned myths-facts.com page. It will
only change position on the pages of those whom you have
sponsored and those sponsored by the one you directly
sponsor and so on, up to the 6th level.

Go check it all out here:
http://myths-facts.com/go/index.cgi?sidder

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TIP: If you participate in several affiliate programs, "Affiliate
Manager" is a clever download. This free program helps you
organize and track your affiliate programs and the income
they generate. It's easy to see which affiliate programs are
keepers and which ones should be dumped. To download
Affiliate Manager, click to:
http://www.webbizbrokers.com/free/pam.htm

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You'll find more fine affiliate programs to earn money with at:
http://www.smart-web-promotion.com/affiliateprograms.htm

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7. Q & A (Readers help readers.)
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Q: "Where can I find publishers to participate in E-zine ad
swaps?"

A: "Here are 3 links containing a database of about 700
E-zine publishers to set up a joint-venture. Good luck!"

- http://www.bizpromo.com/ezinetrades.htm

- The E-Publishers Resource Book is a directory in E-book
form, and you can download it from:
http://www.cyberprofits.net/download/erb.exe

- And here's another extensive directory:
http://www.freezineweb.com/ad-swaps1.html

If you have a promotion tip to share (like an affiliate program
that would be of interest to the rest of us) or if you have a web
design tip, or a specific question, please feel free to post all
tips, questions, or answers to posted questions here and I
will add your email or URL with it. It's FREE promotion!

Send your tips, questions or answers to:
mailto:editor@smart-web-promotion.com?subject=Q_&_A

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8. Smart Software
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Script: My Downloader

Here's a great PERL script that will keep track of who is
downloading what from your site. If you offer files for
download, this program will capture the name and
email address of the downloader. You'll see what files
are being downloaded, who is downloading them and
on what days and at what times. Go to:
http://thebeaches.to/jmwd/charity_ware/my_downloader.shtml

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10. Contact Information
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Publisher: Dirk Dupon

Email: mailto:webmaster@smart-web-promotion.com
WWW: http://www.smart-web-promotion.com

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Article submissions:

Did you write a promotion or marketing related article, and
want to see it here? Please feel free to submit it, but keep
in mind that we prefer to publish exclusive articles.

To submit your article for review, please send it to:
mailto:webmaster@smart-web-promotion.com?subject=My_Article

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9. Contact Information
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Publisher: Dirk Dupon

Email: mailto:webmaster@smart-web-promotion.com
WWW: http://www.smart-web-promotion.com

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