| How to put sizzle in your e-mail marketing |
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Many business owners by now have tried a round or two of e-mail marketing, and more than a few of you are less than satisfied with the results. Perhaps you're worn out by doing labor intensive e-zines or special offers. ...more |
| Smart technology for working leads |
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CRM systems simply provide us with lists of people, but the true value of a workflow system is that it allows you to stay in touch with leads you otherwise would have abandoned. ...more |
| More google goodies for iphone lovers |
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Since the iPhone was officially released, the entire world tried to adapt to the requirements and become iPhone compatible. Google, as a top provider of web based services, also evolved in an iPhone way in order to make its technologies work with the recently introduced Apple device. ...more |
| CAN-SPAM and beyond: email marketing in an era of customer control |
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Is your organization in compliance with the recently passed CAN-SPAM anti spam legislation? Because of the short time frame between President Bush signing the legislation and the new law taking effect, many companies have either overlooked or misunderstood certain aspects of the law. ...more |
| Effective web design and marketing solutions for business websites |
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Websites have become the go to medium for casual information gathering. Google, Wikipedia, Technorati, and other massive information harvesters offer the world near infinite information at near instant speeds. ...more |
| 6 Tips for a 'paperless' office |
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Many people who use computers whether it's for their home or business are moving toward a "paperless" office. Simply, they are tired and overwhelmed by scraps of paper, clunky old file folders, envelopes and they want to reduce the clutter. ...more |
| Managing web performance when the user is king |
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The continuing evolution of Web platforms will provide ever expanding and more powerful capabilities at the desktop, as well as a steady stream of new performance management challenges. ...more |
| How to analyze your website traffic |
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Hosting companies can give you with basic web traffic information that you have to understand and make use of. But then, the data you are getting from your host company can appear too hard to handle if you do not understand how to apply it to your business and website. ...more |
| The elements of starting an online community |
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There are many challenges attached to creating an online community with the construction and development topping the list. A successful internet community must contain several vital elements such as chatrooms and effective advertising. ...more |
| Manage your leads: Shoot up your sales |
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To make significant investments in lead generation it is imperative that businesses and organizations are effectively able to evaluate which leads drive sales to gain unprecedented insights on their marketing investments. ...more |
| How can Web 2.0 benefit your business? |
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To the casual observer, Web 2.0 is primarily a consumer trend. But it's harder to identify the "obvious" benefits of Web 2.0 for traditional businesses. Web 2.0 is important if you're building yet another website to share digital photos. It also has business implications if you create business to consumer online resources. ...more |
| Does firefox really provide more security than internet explorer? |
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Internet Explorer is a graphical web browser made by Microsoft and comes integrated with Windows. Even though it's by far the most widely used browser, since 2004 it slowly began losing popularity to other browsers like Mozilla Firefox, its Open Source rival developed by the Mozilla Foundation. ...more |
| Don't buy the keyword buy the domain |
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Marketers assume that Googling for information is an automatic response the instant a Web surfer opens a browser. For many Internet users, the theory is true. However, for a number of reasons, and with increasing regularity, many people bypass search engines altogether in favor of a technique called direct navigation. ...more |
| 10 Things you should know about automated backup programs |
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Automated backup programs, whether used to create local backups or copy data offsite via high speed Internet connections, greatly simplify administrative tasks. ...more |
| 5 Ways to be more productive with your mobile device |
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Technology has come really far with Windows Mobile powered device which allows us to have constant access to our e-mail accounts, along with the ability to read and edit files on the go. ...more |
| 10 Tips to ensure your press release is published |
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The press release was first introduced in 1906 by Ivy Lee, who is often referred to as the first real public relations practitioner. Since that time, the press release has become the most common way of informing the press of an event or action that will happen or has happened or is in progress. ...more |
| Aspects to consider when setting up an e-commerce website |
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There are many different advantages and benefits of having an e-commerce site on the internet. There is much to gain for a consumer which will encourage them to use an online store rather than the conventional shopping methods. These advantages are: ...more |
| 18 Amazing ways to jump start your online business |
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Make more money, increase web traffic and sales to your home based and internet business. Turn "lookers" into customers and increase your income with these handy tips. ...more |
| Improve usability with friendly URLs |
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Web addresses that are lengthy are harder for users to remember and can be difficult to type. Below are suggested ways to map URLs, deal with dynamic content, and use a third party service to shorten the URL for you. ...more |
| Internet Advertising: Pay Only When You See Results! |
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Pay only when you see results: a concept you wish prevailed when paying your team members. While that reality may be far, online advertisers are discovering the advantages of being visible on search engines and on their competitor and industry relevant sites but paying only when someone clicks through and actually visits their site. ...more |
| 18 Things You Need To Know About Web Marketing |
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Maybe you own your own business, or perhaps you're a critical cog in the corporate machinery responsible for marketing your company, brand, product, or service. Here are 18 things you need to know about Web marketing but were afraid to believe. ...more |
| Top Tips For Conducting Effective Online Surveys |
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We've all been on the receiving end of far too many poorly constructed surveys that required too much time and energy simply to share our thoughts. Here are twelve tips on how to conduct surveys without losing contact with your customer ...more |
| Important Search Engine Ranking Factors
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Back in 2005, SEOmoz tried to assemble a list of all the possible search engine ranking factors out there and get various experts to rate them. SEOmoz is back at it, with version two of the list and the most important factors based on expert voting. ...more |
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Making The Case To Deploy RFID |
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Small to midsize enterprises weigh the costs and implications of making the jump into RFID. It's expensive, the ROI is hard to realize, and most businesses don't have to do it, so why move forward with radio frequency identification (RFID)? ...more |
| 4 Ways That The Best Newsletters Are Like Blogs |
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The best e-newsletters share many of the same qualities as a good blog. It may seem strange to be comparing an e-newsletter with a blog. But when you think about it, it's not so strange at all. Just think back to the days before blogs existed. It wasn't so long ago. ...more |
| The Power Of Dashboard Reporting With Excel |
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Microsoft Office Excel is one of the best applications on the market for dashboard reporting, a technique that many Excel users may not be familiar with or know how to implement. ...more |
| Improve Your Family's Web Security In 4 Steps |
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Although no technology can be a replacement for parental involvement, there are ways to use Microsoft software to help protect your children from inappropriate content. ...more |
| 10 Tips For Building A Better Web Site |
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Making Web sites involves three very different kinds of skill technical, visual, and editorial and the three must work together, which is why it is so difficult. ...more |
| The Cost Of SPAM |
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Implementing a solution that will provide some type of defence against SPAM and viruses will prove extremely beneficial to any messaging system. ...more |
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The New Basics for Email Strategies To Outsource or Not to Outsource? |
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The first thing we will look at is whether outsourcing is necessary for any aspects of email campaigns, ranging from copy to delivery. Outsourcing for all stages of your email campaign is quite expensive, and if you are a small operation, it may not be feasible. ...more |
| 'Globally Respected Corporation' Pioneers Search Engines Optimisation! |
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If you search on Google today for a 'Globally Respected Corporation' sure enough, the top result is bound to be 'netlink'! In times when 'to google' already means to search and find something instantly, should your company be left behind? ...more |
| The New Competitive Edge: Managed Innovation |
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Advances in information technology have created a global marketplace of unceasing, realtime activity leapfrogs change, and woe to those who can't keep pace. ...more |
| Put Email Marketing To Work For Your Business! |
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Email marketing is one of the most powerful marketing tools available to businesses of all types and sizes. No matter how you define success, you can achieve outstanding results with email marketing. ...more |
| Grow Your Business With Outsourcing |
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It doesn't matter what kind of business you own. Whether you're making Internet content websites, selling affiliate products online, or running an EBay shopping site, as your business grows you will soon find yourself stuck between a rock and a hard spot.
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| RFID: Why Worry? |
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RFID is a tracking system, whether of people or products. Proponents of RFID focus on its ability to track products and shoppers alike, bringing them together in a synchronous, harmonious shopping experience. ...more |
| 12 Simple Email Tips To Share With Your Users |
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E-mail is practically universal, but that doesn't mean that everyone knows how to use it correctly. Some basic e-mail usage guidelines to help your users handle their e-mail responsibly and safeguard your organization.
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| Word 2007: Lessons On Usability |
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Much ink and many bytes have been consumed in the debate of Office 2007's new interface. Everyone agrees that the new look and feel of Office is a radical departure from the interface that Office has been using since its inception. ...more |
| Cybersecurity and You: Five Tips Every Consumer Should Know |
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Home users and small businesses are arguably the least computer security conscious group of Internet users and are more likely to have a level of vulnerability they aren't aware of. ...more |
| Securing Your Online ID: Beyond Username and Password |
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There's no doubt that online banking is widely popular in this country just ask those millions of customers who've signed on for the convenience it provides. As fraudsters create new scams to bilk financial services customers or to simply hijack their accounts, however, banking customer trust is on the decline. ...more |
| Get More Done in Meetings With Windows Mobile |
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Microsoft Windows Mobile powered Pocket PCs and Smartphones can help you get more done in meetings. ...more |
| Turn Right. Go Three Blocks. Now Turn Left |
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When was the last time someone told you exactly where to go? If your significant other did that, you might get crabby. But when it's your GPS device, no worries. Set your course, push some buttons, and your GPS can get you where you need to go. ...more |
| Bluetooth Technology Faces Security Threats |
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Detailed, yet easy to use information and advice about Bluetooth technology and Bluetooth enabled devices. Bluetooth devices reviewed and available for purchase. ...more |
| How a Strategy For Creating Your Web Address Can Pay Off |
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Technology wizards have made it easier than ever for a small business to get on the Web. With the help of certain online services you can have a full featured Web site up and running in a couple hours. ...more |
| Microsoft's L.O.V.E This Valentine's
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The simultaneous release of Microsoft's flagship products touted as L.O.V.E (Launch of Office, Vista and Exchange) enables businesses to thrive in a world of instant communication and constant change by simplifying the challenges of today's workplace. ...more |
| The four key IT infrastructure related risk areas and how to protect against them
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Critical data points such as environmental, visual and audio once monitored can deliver a robust monitoring and protection solution over an IP network. ...more |
| M-Commerce market on the move
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As more phones and other small form handheld devices get "smarter," so does the potential for people to use them more often and for many varied and different purposes. ...more |
| Keep your PC happy and healthy
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Tips for extending the life of your computer, a power saving tool, and two really cool Web sites. My buddy, a network administrator, insists on leaving his PC on day and night. ...more |
| How to respond to a data breach
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As the technology that businesses depend on has diversified, new tools have enabled the capture and storage of minutia from operations and transactions. ...more |
| Hidden vista tricks that can make you more productive
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There are literally hundreds of new features and hidden tricks in Vista. Here are a few that will be helpful to you as you begin to get accustomed to using the new Windows Vista operating system. ...more |
| Technology is the tool, people are the key
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Technology is everywhere in the workplace in laptop computers, personal digital assistants, "smart" wireless telephones, the Internet, and business servers. ...more |
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| How SMBs can enforce user access policies
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iPhone revolutionises the mobile phone market enabling users to download music and videos with the help of the iPhone, unveiled by Apple's boss Steve Jobs at the annual Macworld Expo in San Francisco. ...more |
| Marketing challenge: three ways to score with search engines |
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Impressive Super Bowl plays don't happen by accident, at least not often. Sometimes a team gets lucky with a last second Hail Mary pass or an on the spot play change. ...more |
| Mobile messaging with microsoft office outlook mobile |
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Outlook Mobile now offers you a vastly superior mobile messaging experience. The familiar Microsoft Outlook tools, plus support for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint attachments help you be more productive while away from your desk. ...more |
| Cyber Slacking and Data Protection: Monitor Computers and Internet Activity On Your Network
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iPhone revolutionises the mobile phone market enabling users to download music and videos with the help of the iPhone, unveiled by Apple's boss Steve Jobs at the annual Macworld Expo in San Francisco. ...more |
| Apple unveils the much awaited iPhone
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The mobile phone market has been revolutionized with the iPhone, unveiled by Apple's boss Steve Jobs at the annual Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Users will now be able to download music and videos with the help of the iPhone. ...more |
| Crowdsourcing Enthusiasts over Experience |
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Crowdsourcing is a business model that depends on work being done outside the traditional company walls. The term was coined by Wired magazine writer Jeff Howe in his article The Rise of Crowdsourcing.
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| Benefits of Dual Browsers Firefox and Internet Explorer |
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As Microsoft's marketing mavens gear up to blitz the world on 30th Jan with the debut of the new Vista operating system, a lot of folks are getting a glimpse of things to come by downloading the new Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Web browser.
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| RFID: 5 things small businesses should know about it |
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You've heard the entire buzz about RFID shorthand for Radio Frequency Identification and you may be wondering if this new technology is right for your business?
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| Google's Patent Search service enables search through 7 million patents |
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Google has released a beta version of its new Patent Search tool that lets users search the full text of the U.S. patent corpus to locate patents of interest.
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| Got e-mail manners? See these dos and don'ts |
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Business pros now spend about two hours a day managing their e-mail, according to recent surveys. That adds up to plenty of time to get into serious trouble.
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| Mobile Security: An Ounce of Prevention
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Just as it's too late to lock the barn if your horse has already run off, it's too late to think about security if you're already under attack. Fortunately, it is not too late to secure your mobile data, and protecting your Windows Mobile powered devices is not difficult.
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| How to Buy a Laptop |
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If you've ever shopped for a notebook, you know that the factors to consider go far beyond performance and connections. Notebook buyers also have to mull such variables as size, weight, screen dimensions, battery life, and keyboard quality not to mention options such as built-in wireless.
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| Open source - is it a risk for your business? |
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Although there are many benefits to using open source software, Paul Barton, technology partner at law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP explains the legal issues end users must be aware of to avoid trouble.
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| Technology Predictions for 2007 |
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Much will change and much will remain the same. It's just going to depend on where you sit when you look at it. Over the past year or so, the partners, researchers and senior managers in Deloitte & Touche's Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) practice have been brainstorming about 2007 and beyond.
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| What do Google,Apple and Harley Davidson have in common? |
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Anyone who in 1986 invested $10,000 on Harley Davidson would find himself with almost $2 billion as of today. Quite astonishing for a motorcycle manufacturer right? Well, but are we really talking about a motorcycle manufacturer? Not really. In fact Harley Davidson had not so much success selling motorcycles but rather fulfilling dreams a completely different business segment.
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| Marketing Under the Information Age |
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Pretty much everything on the Internet today is named 2.0. It looks like you have a name or an idea lacking credibility, coolness or innovativeness you can just add 2.0 to it and be set.
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| Why E-Business Is Now Everyone's Business
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While the merger of B2C and B2B will have a powerful impact on business, it will not erase the differences that exist among different markets. Consumer product companies, by their very nature, must be able market to large audiences and have simplicity in their B2C offerings.
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| Google Audio Ads Beta Begins
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Google has completed the integration of the online radio advertising platform it bought when it acquired dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million earlier this year and has begun testing Google Audio Ads for a select group of its AdWords advertisers.
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| Indian outsourcing costlier than Dubai says official |
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Dubai Outsource Zone (DOZ) is neither competing with India nor is it expensive, according to a top official.In Dubai Outsource Zone, we have managed to control the cost of living.
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| Two way data binding in 3-Tier web application
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In this article I would like to examine two way data binding in 3-tier web application and how using XLib library can substantially decrease the amount of data-binding code without compromising the amount of control you have over it.
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| Do you really need Office 2007?
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Microsoft Office Word 2007 helps people create and share professional looking content by combining a comprehensive set of writing tools with an easy to use interface. Here are the top 10 ways Office Word 2007 can help you create professional-looking content faster.
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| 11 Ways to Improve Landing Pages
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You're about to launch a big online marketing campaign complete with media buys, search engine placement, banner ads and blog buzz. You've tested your creative and your clickthrough rate is strong.
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| Secure Reading and Previewing Emails in Outlook Express |
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Outlook Express may automatically execute scripts in emails you just read in the preview pane. If the message uses stationery, the result may be a nice animation.
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| Working Wirelessly: What You Need to Know |
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Many companies are making the leap to wireless networks in the office for both financial savings in overall equipment and sheer convenience for their employees.
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| Data Protection: The Convergence of Backup, Archive, and Disaster Recovery |
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Insurance isn't something anyone gets particularly excited about, but it's something we all must have. So, we buy a policy, set it in motion, and grudgingly write checks to cover this necessary but not particularly welcome expense every year.
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| New Bluetooth App Saves PC Data To PDAs, Phones |
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the Bluetooth SIG a group that develops and approves various wireless technologies for the specification announced the release of a new version of the technology, called "TransSend".
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| Exchange (copy, import, export) data between Excel and Access |
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There are several ways to exchange data between Microsoft Office Access and Microsoft Office Excel.
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| The Secret World of RSS |
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the Bluetooth SIG a group that develops and approves various wireless technologies for the specification announced the release of a new version of the technology, called "TransSend".
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| 28 Ways to Build Permission-Based Email Lists
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Developing a cost-effective email list poses a challenge for all email marketers. Because email addresses change at a rate of 30 percent or more
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| Benefits of Online Marketing |
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Online marketing has only recently made it's foray, and yet it's charm,speed and time saving attributes have made it a viable option. Sitting on your chair and just a mouse click away to make a purchase...
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| Microsoft IE7 Vs Mozilla Firefox 2.0 |
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Browsers should matter to businesses because they’re the interfaces through which employees and customers will spend ever more of their screen time....
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| Windows Vista |
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Microsoft is seeking to break with tradition to significantly evolve user processes, advance the operating system's capabilities, and improve security levels by an order of magnitude...
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| Is Live The Death Of Google |
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Browsers should matter to businesses because they’re the interfaces through which employees and customers will spend ever more of their screen time....
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| SQL 2005 Web Synchronization for Merge Replication |
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Prior to SQL 2005, if you wanted to replicate over the Internet your network administrator had to configure a VPN or open the firewall ports 1433 (the ip port that SQL Server runs on by default) and 21 (the ip port that TP runs on) for inbound communication....
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| Top Tips For Outlook |
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Ever wish you had an Outlook expert at your shoulder while you work — always ready with great tips for working with e-mail messages, meetings, appointments, or contacts? If so, this page is for you. See the following to learn new and faster ways to work in Outlook.....
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| Effective Email Communications |
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Today the world seems to move faster and faster. Video games demand speed, television commercials zip from scene to scene, and it's rare to find a youngster that can sit through the old classic movies that were so great 40 or 50 years ago......
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| Emails And Antivirus |
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viruses have become one of the worst problems on the internet. The "I Love You" virus (and it's more recent descendents) created an incredible amount of damage.......
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| Avoid Wireless Attacks Through Your Bluetooth Cell Phone |
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Wireless technology is included with many cell phones and PDAs. Initially designed to let you swap documents between other Bluetooth devices without the use of connecting cables.......
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| Using styles in Excel |
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If you routinely use the same formatting options for cells in your worksheets, you might want to consider creating a formatting style (a collection of formatting choices) that you can save with your workbook and use whenever you format information with the same attributes.......
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| Bulletproof .NET Code |
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.NET languages are becoming increasingly popular for driving the application logic for business-critical SOA and Web applications. In these contexts, functional errors are simply not acceptable, and reliability, security, and performance problems can have serious repercussions........
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| Take Better Care of Your Computer |
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.You spent good money on your PC. You might as well take good care of it, too.Whether your machine is the $500 Sunday driver from Dell or multi-thousand dollar screamer..
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| Find and Enjoy The Pictures on Your Computer in Seconds With ImageShare |
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Digital world is surrounding instantly everywhere. Through ahead of the technology, people are adopting digital world and they doesn't want to miss their colorful moments..
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| Adding Personality to Your Emails - What Match.com Can Teach You |
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As I was driving home the other day (or rather sitting in Silicon Valley traffic), I noticed a billboard that told me there are 8 million people on Match.com, a leading online dating service. And with little else to do but ...
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| Four Ways You Can Build Stronger Email Relationships With Your Customers |
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Aside from the emails you receive from coworkers, family and friends, there are two distinct categories of mail in your inbox - spam and relationship-based email. Let's focus on that relationship-based half. Imagine ...
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| Email Delivery Survey - Deliverability is a Challenge for Marketers |
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Our recent survey on marketers' experiences with deliverability turned up one big contradiction and a surprising black hole of knowledge about what really is more likely to get your email blocked or filtered...
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| Using Link Click-Through Tracking to Segment Your List
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With all of the concern and attention being paid to delivery issues lately, many email marketers have overlooked some of the other critical components ...
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| Using Alt Tags in HTML Emails
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HTML "alt" tags are used to display a text description of an image when either the image does not display or when a mouse is ...
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| If I Send HTML Emails, Do I Still Have to Create Plain Text Versions?
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Question: If I send HTML emails, do I still have to create plain text versions?
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| 25 Quick Tips to Boost Email Marketing Usability
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A surefire way to attract new subscribers and retain present ones is to make yourself as valuable as you can to them. ....
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| Combat List Inactivity by Older Opt-Ins |
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Two new data sets reinforce the inevitable but still depressing idea that readers are less likely to open your newsletters or marketing messages
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| The Basics Of Better-Looking Document |
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You want great documents that make an impact and you've got less time than ever to get them done. If that sounds familiar, you've come to the right place. Microsoft Office offers many features for creating impressive documents.
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| Safety Tips On Using A Public Computer |
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You want great documents that make an impact and you've got less time than ever to get them done. If that sounds familiar, you've come to the right place. Microsoft Office offers many features for creating impressive documents.
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| All About Blogs |
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While you may already know that a Blog (contraction universally used for weblog) provides commentary or news on a particular event, find out how your company may be able to use it to reach its organizational goals.
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| How Message Size, # of Links and Subject Length Affects Email Results |
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Email marketers seeking to increase their open and click-through rates would be wise to keep subject lines short and hyperlinks
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New DVD Could End Format War
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The format war around next generation DVDs may be over before it has begun, thanks to a breakthrough from a British media technology company...
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ASP.NET and Atlas
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Atlas is a free framework for building rich interactive, cross-browser web applications. This Microsoft technology integrates cross-browser client script libraries with the ASP.NET 2.0 framework. ...
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Microsoft's Windows Live Search: Now Ready To Use
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Revamped version of Microsoft’s MSN search is now ready to use. Microsoft recently launched Windows Live Search a revamped replacement of MSN search ...
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Five Essential Steps to Safer Email: How to Protect Small and Medium Business from Virus and Spam Threats
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Email has become the world’s most important form of business communication. The low cost, high efficiency, and ubiquity of email makes us wonder what life was like before its widespread adoption ...
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Checklist: Monitor Your Web Site's Performance
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The goal of monitoring performance is to ensure that, at any given time, your site is available to visitors and that your pages load quickly. ...
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Website Design issues :: Designing Browser Friendly Websites
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In the SEO industry we sometimes get too focused on designing a site with search engines in mind. ...
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How National Geographic Can Punch Up Your Subject Lines
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If you want to write better subject lines, article titles and teasers, reach for a National Geographic magazine cover and study ...
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The 5 Biggest Email Brand-Killers
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One of the greatest crimes you can commit with email is using it like an electronic version of your other direct-marketing media, such as catalogs....
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Email Delivery Survey Deliverability is a Challenge for Marketers
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Our recent survey on marketers' experiences with deliverability turned up one big contradiction and a surprising black hole of knowledge ...
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Optimizing Your Subject & From Lines for Email Clients
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So think you're done after you've perfected your layout and copy, tested your links and written your subject line? If you are hoping
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How Nongeeks Can Increase E-Mail Delivery (ClickZ E-Mail Delivery Column)
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E-mail marketing success includes ensuring your e-mail messages are delivered and have a shot at being opened. This requires
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Spam False Positives and Double Opt-In Emailers
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A recent report on email false-positive rates by email deliverability firm Pivotal Veracity gives a slight edge to senders who use double
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Increase Delivery Rates With Active Bounce Management (ClickZ E-Mail Delivery Column)
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If an e-mail address in your list ceases to be valid, you remove it from the list. Simple enough, right? There are more
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Marketers Still Miss Deliverability Boosters (ClickZ E-Mail Delivery Column)
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Nearly all e-mail marketers
comply with two basic requirements of CAN-SPAM,
according to the EmailLabs
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Unsubscribing: Get More Out of "Goodbye" (ClickZ E-Mail Delivery Column)
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Unsubscribes are a way of life in e-mail marketing, but don't
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Keeping Score: ISP Authentication Adoption
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AOL - "We're using Sender-ID, no we aren't, yes we are." This month we lay out an ISP scorecard on who is using or plans to use and
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Transitions: A Guide to Switching E-Mail Technologies (ClickZ E-Mail Delivery Column)
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The average length of home ownership is about seven years. We haven't seen similar figures for how long companies
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Child Protection Laws Prohibit Sending Adult-Themed Emails to Minors
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Two new state laws that prohibit sending email with adult-themed content to minors have just gone into effect
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Can You Pass an E-Mail Reputation Audit? (ClickZ E-Mail Delivery Column)
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This time, they don't want your tax records. Instead, they'll scrutinize every nook and cranny of your e-mail policies and procedures
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FTC Actions Target Opt-Out Compliance, Phony Forwarding
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We have conversations every day of our lives. We talk to our families, our coworkers, our friends we exchange ideas, opinions, thoughts. ...more |
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Email Conversation With Your Customers - The Art of Email Conversation
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We have conversations every day of our lives. We talk to our families, our coworkers, our friends we exchange ideas, opinions, thoughts. ...more |
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Email Marketing Industry - Email Marketing Services Trends
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Last month, EmailLabs partnered with Habeas to provide email delivery tracking directly in our interface .
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Email Admin Center The New Standard in Email Messages
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Is there an "Email Admin Center" in your future?
What EmailLabs is calling the "Email Admin Center" is the area of an email
that...
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FCC CAN-SPAM Wireless Regulations
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CAN-SPAM included provisions for prohibiting unsolicited email from being sent to mobile phones and other wireless devices. The Federal Communications Commission has been working on ways to enforce these provisions...
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Compliance Postponed for Michigan Children's Registry
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On August 15th, compliance with the Michigan Children's Protection Registry was postponed due to a scrivener's error. The official statement on the ProtectMIchild.com Web site reads:
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Beyond the CAN-SPAM Act: Building a Trust-Based Email Marketing Program
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The CAN-SPAM Act lays the foundation for a clear differentiation of "spammers" from permission-based email marketers. However, in this
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Opt in Email or Double Opt in Emails - What's the Best Method?
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Two things are pretty common in today's world: email marketing and coffee. Most of you have been to Starbucks and have had
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Dealing with Domains: Quick Tips on Improving Email Performance
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Whether your email list is comprised of consumer or business-oriented addresses, understanding how email domains
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Mapping the E-Mail Deliverability Chain (ClickZ E-Mail Delivery Column)
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Years ago, the e-mail delivery chain had just a few links. You loaded your e-mail and hit "send." After a couple handoffs, the message arrived in your recipient's inbox the way you sent it.
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E-Mail Headers: Where the Action Is
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As e-mail marketers, we spend a majority of our time creating e-mail bodies. However, the most important part of a message may be something
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Goodmail: Beyond the Uproar and Trash Talk
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The recently announced deal between AOL and Goodmail ignited a firestorm
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Understand ISP-Level E-Mail Filtering
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Got filtered? Of course you have. Your messages have been filtered by ISPs for the past few years.
E-mail filtering is a necessary part of fighting
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Email Status Update: CAN-SPAM and Sender ID
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In early September the FTC ended the comment period of a proposed clarification of the definition of "primary purpose" of an email, as provisions
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Direct from the Email Authentication Summit
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Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Email Authentication Summit, an event put together by the big players in the email industry
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Tips to Double Your Ecommerce and Promotions Email Revenue
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One of the most exciting aspects of email marketing is the ability to generate substantial revenue from an ecommerce or promotional email
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Open Rates Don't Matter
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Well, sort of. The open rate obviously matters to an extent, but other metrics are generally much more important in judging the success of your email campaigns
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DKIM Inches Closer to Authentication Standard
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During the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) meeting in early November, a number of ISPs hinted that adoption of Yahoo's DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) authentication protocol
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Standardizing the Feedback Loop: A Very Good Thing
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Nearly all ISPs and Mailbox providers now give their users a "Report Spam" button in the email client interface. This helps ISPs fine-tune filters, monitor ..
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E-Mail Headers: Where the Action Is
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As e-mail marketers, we spend a majority of our time creating e-mail bodies. However, the most important part of a message may be something outside
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Email Corrections and Why They Make Cents
Strategies for the Inevitable Email Goof
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Sooner or later, it will happen. Whether you are an experienced pro or email marketing newbie, you will eventually make a mistake that might necessitate
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Spam False Positives Affect Double Opt-In Emailers, Too
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A recent report on email false-positive rates by email deliverability firm Pivotal Veracity gives a slight edge to senders who use double opt-in to add
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CAN-Spam Act Signed!
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The CAN-Spam Act introduced to the congress earlier this year has been signed ...
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Using Email Marketing to Enhance the Success of Trade Shows
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September through November is typically one of the busiest times of the year for conferences and trade shows. If you are participating in a
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Blocked E-Mail Images
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If overzealous ISP and corporate spam filters don't cause enough stress for permission-based e-mail marketers, now we must deal with
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How to Get on a Whitelist
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Even though the email industry is moving toward authentication and certification to separate spammers and
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ESPC Adds 'Affirmative Consent' to Standards
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In what could signal the beginning of the end of the prechecked consent box, the Email Sender & Provider Coalition now explicitly requires its members
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Survey: Email Deliverability is a Challenge for 8 of 10 Marketers
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Our recent survey on marketers' experiences with deliverability turned up one big contradiction
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Email Admin Center The New Standard in Email Messages
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What EmailLabs is calling the "Email Admin Center" is the area of an email that includes various administrative functions (links) and information
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Marketing to Moms? 'Get to the Point'
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If moms are your target market, you can forget about trying to buy their loyalty with cutesy graphics or long-winded offers. Today's email-savvy moms
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Spotlight on Double Opt-in
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Double opt-in subscription policy refers to a closed loop confirmation method of subscribing new members to your
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15 Tips for Improved Subject Lines
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Subject lines are one of the most important components of a successful promotional or newsletter email. This article outlines six principles and
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Five Hints to Effectively Testing Your Emails
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Many marketers can miss the big picture of email marketing. While email is cheap to send and quick to answer, the biggest
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User Not Found: Email Bounces Explained
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Sometimes you send an email but there is nobody there to receive it, and you get a bounce. Sounds pretty straightforward, right? Well, there are a
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Why Do My Open Rates Continue to Decline?
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Q. I have noticed that our open rates have continued to decline over the last year or so. What's going on?
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The Art of Email Conversation:
Talking to Your Customers
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We have conversations every day of our lives. We talk to our families, our coworkers, our friends we exchange ideas, opinions, thoughts. But in our
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Email Authentication Picks Up Speed
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The recent Email Authentication Summit in Chicago made it clear that more email senders and receivers are adopting authentication as the first line of defense against fraudulent email
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Spam False Positives Affect Double Opt-In Emailers, Too
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A recent report on email false-positive rates by email deliverability firm Pivotal Veracity gives a slight edge to senders who use double
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Click-to-Open Rate: A Better Metric?
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Question: Is there an average email click-through rate? Or ranges to judge whether response was poor, average or good?
Answer. The click-through rate (CTR) is
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Is There an Average Email Click-Through Rate?
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Question: Is there an average email click-through rate? Or ranges to judge whether response was poor, average or good?
Answer. The click-through rate (CTR) is
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First FTC CAN-SPAM Clarification: What is the Primary Purpose?
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The FTC recently released a clarification of what CAN SPAM is talking about when referring to whether the primary purpose of an email is commercial or transactional. The 80 page clarification
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Capture More Customer Data with Profile Update Pages
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Profile, or preference, update pages are vital to making it easy for your subscribers to change their email address, format or other preferences.
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Minimizing HTML Rendering Issues - Provide Recipients a Web Version
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While the vast majority of email clients and email Web interfaces (i.e., Yahoo, Hotmail) render HTML correctly (for the most part) providing
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What's Your Email List Hurdle Rate? - Understanding the Effects of List Churn and Fatigue
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Is your email list dying a slow and steady death? You may not know it, but each year 50% of your subscribers may be leaving, disappearing and hibernating
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Timely Reminder Boosts Survey Participation
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Along with the Preview Pane and Blocked Images survey EmailLabs conducted in September, we also tested using reminder emails to boost participation.
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Combat List Inactivity by Older Opt-Ins
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Two new data sets reinforce the inevitable but still depressing idea that readers are less likely to open your newsletters or marketing messages ...more |
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Subject Lines: 15 Rules to Write Them Right
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Fifty characters could be all that stands between you and success in your next email campaign.
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10 Email Marketing "Must Dos" in 2006: Key Strategies for Success
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This time of year, every email expert hauls out the crystal ball and predicts the trends for the next 12 months. That's okay as far as it goes, but we wanted to come up with something more useful for ...more |
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SUBJECT LINES: 15 RULES TO WRITE THEM RIGHT
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Fifty characters could
be all that stands between you and success in your
next email campaign.Fifty characters is all the space
you have in a typical subject line to
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TOP FIVE EMAIL OPT-IN USABILITY MISTAKES
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Usability consultant
Michael Gold sees a lot of wasted opportunities and
botched execution for email-newsletter sign-ups
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QUICK
TIPS TO CREATE A SUCCESFUL EMAIL CAMPAIGN
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Define Success
Ask yourself What is the purpose
of your newsletter?An eNewsletter
is a substantial investment of company resources in
terms of time and energy, and you need to define in
as tangible terms as possible the purpose of your
eNewsletter
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5
TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR EMAIL DELIVERABILITY
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Among the biggest concerns for permission
email marketers today are email bounces, spam filters
and blacklists - all of which affect email deliverability
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HOW
EMAIL MARKETING ENHANCE YOUR TRADE SHOWS
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September through November is typically
one of the busiest times of the year for conferences
and trade shows. If you are participating in a trade
show this fall, here are some thoughts on improving
the ROI of your program investment
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CUSTOMER
RETENTION THRU-E-MAIL CAMPAIGN
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There is a compelling
need for an innovative and focused approach to customer
retention in the market place today. It's no longer
good enough to get new customers, you have retain
the customer base you've worked so hard to win.
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CUSTOMIZING
AND PERSONALIZING YOUR EMAIL CONTENT
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The presentation
and content of an email marketing message or campaign
often depends on whether the objective is to acquire
new customers or encourage loyalty and repeat purchases
from existing customers
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MARKETING
IS THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING,ANTICIPATING
AND SATISFYING CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS PROFITABLY
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Marketing can also
be described as the process of planning, and directing
the processes of identifying and fulfilling the
needs of individuals and organizations through exchanges,
which create superior value for all parties and
satisfy individual and organizational goals.
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COMMUNICATE
WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS AS QUICKLY AS YOU THINK OF IT.
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Now easily plan,
create and personalize
your customer communications from your computer
or from anywhere in the world (wide web)
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WEBSITE
USABILITY AND SEO - CONTENT POSITIONING, SITE MAPS,
AND STATS
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People generally
read left to right and top to bottom. They tend
to scan the first sections of the page before making
a determination as to whether this page is what
they are looking for or not. Similarly, a search
engine scan the text in the same order: left to
right, top to bottom.
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| HOW
TO BEAT THE COMPETITION WITH YOUR AdWORDS CAMPAIGNS |
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Nothing gets the
adrenalin pumping quite like an AdWords campaign
that delivers a strong ROI.Success brings a big
grin on your face when you realize you can invest
more in the campaign, expand the base of keywords,
and make even more money. The more you spend, the
more you make
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WEBSITE USABILITY AND SEO
- CLEAN DESIGN AND USABILITY
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A clean and uncluttered
design is usually a win-win situation for both your
visitors and the search engines. The simplest and
most cleanly coded websites are usually the ones
that are visited and
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| STAMPS FOR EMAIL:GOODMAIL, AOL
AND EMAIL |
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I have always had
a problem with the misuse of email. With email we
have the greatest database marketing tool in the
history of mankind and yet many marketers choose
to abuse it as simply "cheap paper".
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