Another automatic step of internet marketing offering full time attention is one step autoresponder. "Send a blank e-mail to (xxxx@xxxx.com) to receive a free special report on (a subject designated by you)." This comes in real handy in an e-zine for instance. You can shorten ezine articles, (which internet browsers and readers prefer) by stating, "…for rest of this article send a blank email to xxxx2@xxx.com." This is a time message autoresponder. Your reader gets article in his or her email box and you get notified of someone with a particular interest (not to mention permission to market to subsequently).

We could spend all of our time here just on this one powerful, automatic, full time weapon, autoresponder, but there are other parts to your automatic, full time, attention giving, marketing system.

1. Pop Up Windows - one strategy that utilizes automation is exit pop up box. Be creative in message to try and snag a person that has already decided to leave your site. Use a free offer or reduced price or a bribe to get browser to take one more look, one more consideration and maybe even a purchase. After all when browser is leaving, you have lost sale. Pop Up boxes try one more time to snag their interest. Any sale from a last ditch effort is like a bonus to you. They were leaving anyway so be creative.

2. Free e-course - a variation of autoresponder emails, sent out on regular intervals can be called or marketed as an e-course. Remember, getting an interested party's email address is gold in world of internet marketing. These interested parties are more likely to buy from you, now or later, as you market to them over and over.

3. Check out http://www.Aweber.com for a recommended autoresponder. They offer Unlimited autoresponders, follow ups, email broadcasts, and even offer a free test drive. Some web hosting services and shopping cart systems also offer autoresponders.

4. Autoresponders, e-courses, follow up messages and pop up boxes can be set up to:

* Offer a free subscription to your ezine.

* Offer a sample or trial.

* Convert prospects to paying clients.

* Create loyal fans.

* Offer free special reports positioning you as an expert.

* Giving something of value away for free to keep interest.

All of above systems are your automated sales force. Because you do all work preparing and setting up, once they are unleashed, they do all work for you, automatically, 24/7. You go to your day job knowing your automatic sales force is hard at work.

The easiest, fastest and most cost effective way to increase your online business is to increase your follow up efforts. Anything set up automatically to do this is answer. Anything set up to offer full time attention is also answer; all while you are at your day job.

Did you ever notice "big" or "wide" ends on your cables? These cables are parallel and transmit/receive data/info/signals, many "bits" at a time. Therefore, parallel communication needs many cables/wires and consequently more connections, at its port.

U.S.B. ports and cables are smaller. Just pop around to back of your P.C., and you will immediately notice difference. On machine that I am currently working on, I noticed that printer has both types of ports and that parallel port and cabling is option that technician used. The serial option would have worked just same, at this level, where transmission speeds are of little relevance.

In summary, Plug 'n Play is welcomed and embraced by everyone and is a major step towards "user-friendly" computing.