Internet Success Spider Software
I’m a firm believer in collecting valuable free software and reports when they are available. Even if I don’t have an immediate need for an item, it’s likely that over the course of a few months I will and then I can put it to good use.
I was recently informed about an offer to pick up the Internet Success Spider software from Neil Shearing for free. This software is designed to locate potential super affilate joint venture partners, which can greatly multiply your level of success.
Here’s the link to get your own copy of the software. I can’t guarantee how long this will stay live, so I apologize if the link has been disabled by the time you read this post.
http://www.grabthespider.com/index.php
Tags: free download, internet success spider, Marketing Tools
When you are serious about marketing on the internet, you get your own website. While it’s true that ther are good free options available, you will probably want the full control and powerful features you can get when you choose your web hosting company wisely.
The key is to know which features you need and find them at the best price. Most people start out thinking they only need one domain name, but let me offer some sage advice: you’ll probably want more than one and therefore you must select web hosting that permits unlimited domain names. You may find it hard to believe, but this capability is often offered and it hardly adds anything to the cost of your plan.
Another feature that is less obvious is to find web hosting that allows usage of many MySQL databases. Even if you have no idea what they are, many marketing tools available these days utilize the MySQL databases to store information. Once again, you might as well get unlimited (or large quantity) of allowable MySQL databases. My first web hosting account offered three, and it was not long before I found I couldn’t even use software I had purchased because I had already reached my limit. I’m going to tell you how to avoid this hassle in a moment.
The third feature I want to call your attention to is the control panel interface. The name of one popular system is cPanel and it comes with a lot of nice add-on features. I recommend getting a hosting account that uses the cPanel interface.
By this time, with unlimited domains and unlimited MySQL databases and cPanel, you’re probably getting a little concerned about the price. Well, relax. I have good news for you. You can get everything I mentioned for only $9.95 per month. You could even get it cheaper if you cut features, but for an extra couple of bucks a month you get some extras so I suggest you go for it.
The company I recommend, and the one I use, is called Host Gator. Take a look at what they have to offer today.
Host Gator Provides High Quality Affordable Web Hosting
Tags: affordable web hosting, cPanel, host gator, MySQL, web hosting
The autoresponder is a vital marketing tool, but if you are new you may be unfamiliar with the term. An autoresponder is a software program or subscription service used to automatically schedule and send out email messages.
What I’m referring to here are permission-based emails, which means that your prospect (recipient) has requested information and confirmed their request, a process that is referred to as a double opt-in. The request and confirmation process is necessary to avoid spam complaints. Many people have abused email so safeguards are now essential.
The key characteristic of a quality autoresponder system or service is deliverability. You want to be sure your emails don’t get blocked due to past complaints regarding the autoresponder company. By the way, you can buy autoresponder software but you must then send out the emails from your own account. Send to many and get complaints and your internet service provider may shut down your account. For this reason, many people choose to use a subscription service.
The best autoresponder services provide reliable delivery of messages and allow an unlimited number of autoresponder lists (of messages). Multiple lists are often desired to target different market segments, or different markets altogether. You will also want to be able to select the intervals for your message delivery and to send “broadcast” messages whenever you want. The interval delivery consists of defining how many days to wait between each message. The first message goes out right away and subsequent messages can be sent a selected number of days after the previous message. Another key feature is the ability to create customized webforms. These are the forms used to have people subscribe to your list. They can be designed to include headlines, graphics, and so on. And you will want a knowledge base plus customer support to get answers to your questions.
There are several good autoresponder choices available. The service I have selected for my own use is Aweber. They offer a full-featured autoresponder service and provide extensive training to help subscribers get the most out of the system. You can check out Aweber and even take the system for a test drive.
Other autoresponder services you may want to consider include GetResponse and ConstantContact.
- Aweber Autoresponder Service is High Quality
Tags: autoresponder, aweber, Marketing Tools
The skies are overcast today with temperatures in the upper 60’s. I prefer the sunny and warm weather better, but it was good enough for a bike ride down to the beach.
I followed my usual course, riding along the river-trail bike path to the beach, and then along the beach for about 5 miles. All told, I put in about 25 miles and got a good workout. I started this day somewhat dehydrated, which is never a good thing. You’ve probably heard you should drink 8 glasses of water a day (64 ounces) and it’s true, but most people don’t come close.
I felt a bit weak this morning and should have gulped down a couple glasses to help restore hydration. Well, as a result of NOT taking care of that, I got even more dehydrated from the ride and I was really feeling it.
I’ve done this ride a few times already this month and this was most tired I’ve felt. My immediate plan, now that I’ve made it back home, is to drink, eat, and relax.
As a status report, my fitness challenge is going quite well. I’ve had days when I did not make my 30 minutes activity level, but only one day in three weeks that I did nothing. I’m telling you, it really, really makes a difference when you commit to something. I was just reading about “The Biggest Loser” and that’s the same thing. Some of those people have made a major turnaround in their life by focusing their energy on getting healthy. And of course it helps to have a coach or someone to push you in the right direction and keep you on track.
Let me sum up by saying I plan on establishing a new plan once March arrives because I don’t want to go back to the freedom to do nothing.
Tags: Fitness, Goal Setting, Personal
firefox browser and the scrapbook plugin
It’s probably obvious from the title of this post that I’m a Mozilla Firefox user. Actually, I use both Firefox and Internet Explorer 7 because I have a few custom applications that don’t run 100% right on Firefox. I think it’s ridiculous that software developers let this happen. I think over 40% of people now use Firefox (I don’t have the data to confirm that statement available right now). When I do use Internet Explorer, it seems my anti-virus software is always catching some sort of attack on my system. When I run Firefox, that just does not happen. It’s a much safer surfing environment.
One of the nice features about Firefox is that you can customize it with plug-ins. I’ve found a few I like and I want to let you know about one in particular today. It’s called Scrapbook. With the Scrapbook plug-in, you can save web pages on your computer. This is NOT the same a bookmarking. The software actually saves the page and you can view it when you are offline. It saves links within the pages as well, but of course you need to be connected to the internet for the links to work.
It wasn’t long ago that I was flying home from Virginia and I saved a bunch of pages before I departed for the airport. Then later, when I was on the plane, I was able to pull up the pages using Scrapbook and read them. That was cool.
The way I use Scrapbook is to save pages that I want to look at later but may not want to keep permanently. I also save pages that are valuable to me and I want to preserve them in case the site goes down or the page is removed.
You can do much more with this software that I haven’t even played around with. I know you can delete any part of the saved page you don’t want and I’m pretty sure you can highlight and change formatting of the page.
I highly recommend downloading this plug-in for Firefox, and by all means give Firefox a try if you are still stuck with Internet Explorer.
If anybody knows about other awesome Firefox plug-ins, I hope you’ll leave a comment. Thanks.
Tags: firefox, Marketing Tools, mozilla
