There is a great site at http://useful.webwizards.net/wbfs.htm that lists all web-based file storage sites currently available. Note that not all are free services. I’ve looked at a few of them (and use some of them as well), and thought it would be a good idea to mention a select few:

* Yahoo! Briefcase

If you have a Yahoo account, this is a great free service at http://briefcase.yahoo.com. You get 30MB for free. You can share these files with others by designating which Yahoo users can see your files. They even have Yahoo! Drive client that lets you access your files right from your desktop. You can get more space for a small fee of about $2 per month.

* X-Burn

This is a great service; they are at http://www.xburn.com/index.html. You can have any files off your hard drive burned to CD and shipped to you for a total cost of $5.95! They will even back up your website directly from Internet and send it to you on CD. This is a great deal for those who don’t yet have a CD burner.

* BraveNet File Storage

Bravenet.com offers a lot of great FREE services, and if you have an eBusiness, you should sign up now! One of things they offer is 100MB of file hosting (more than any other service), which can be used to store files as a backup, or as a web presence. Plus a ton of great webmaster stuff. You have to register, but it's free.

Michael Martone is the webmaster at ProfitMonkey.com and is also the editor of the free newsletter Ebiz Edge. Additional articles on eBusiness and a Free welcome basket are available at http://www.profitmonkey.com/newsletter.html

*Be as helpful as you can. Offer your expertise, advice and support whenever possible. Learn to understand what your readers/customers want and need. This will help form a strong bond.

*Let your passion and spirit come through. This is very important also. By letting your love for your work shine through, you will be "contagious"! Your readers will get caught up in it and they will become passionate as well.

*Include some original content. Always write some of your own content so there is a part of your ezine that is in no other ezine. If you write your own articles, (yes, you should) this will help give your ezine its own identity. Subscribers will look forward to reading each issue because of original material. If you are not ready to write articles, even writing a short editorial or introduction to each issue will make a big difference in originality.

*Build Yourself to Build Your Business - In essence, you need to build yourself and your reputation in order to build your business. Show your readers that you are someone who knows what they are doing and that you can help them succeed as well. You want to prove that you are dependable, trustworthy, capable and definitely unique!

Publishing an ezine might be simple, but creating a unique, powerful, and personality-packed connection with your subscribers is a bit harder and much more effective!

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