"Don't Overlook This Valuable Resource!"Written by Peg Bastin
This article is a tribute to all ezine publishers.Do you have a problem or question? Have you tried to figure out how to do something only to give up in frustration? Are you ready to throw your computer out window? Don't do it!! Let me tell you about a great resource available to anyone. Ezine publishers!! When editors ask for comments, feedback, or questions, they really mean it. It helps them to find out what their subscribers need. Information that can be passed on in their newsletter for everyone's benefit. They also like to know that folks are reading their articles and learning from them. Every time I have written an editor with a problem or asked a question they have always responded with an answer or given me advice on where to find answer. I might never have attempted to build a web site without instructions of Newbie Club and Web Site Marketing Machine, and encouragement of these editors. On occasion I know I've made a pest of myself, but I never got that impression from any of publishers themselves. My web site is finished - thanks to advice and help from many of you. George, Seqkat, Bo, Jane, Sharon, Tony, Joe, Margot, Marion, Bina and many others. You know who you are. I thank you. These are real people with their own families, problems, schedules and jobs, who also have time to do research, and publish a newsletter, as well as develop their own online business. And they take time out of their busy schedules to help 'newbies' like me get past a frustrating problem in mechanics of web site building. Heck! They even work on their vacations!
| | Can your business resist having a ‘shop-front’ in every corner of the World?Written by Sanjay Sharma
Having an ‘Internet’ presence is like having a shop front in every corner of world. Your online presence helps you find customers from every location on this planet. Take some time to compare benefits to having an online presence: once upon a time idea would have been regarded as impossible unless you were a Global concern, with millions to spend on research, office resources, staff, presence building, and merchandise stocking. The whole process can take a few weeks to a few years and thousands of dollars. Getting a website on Internet is a lot easier, immediate and a lot less expensive. The learning curve and hence ‘first step’ is steep, but short. Matching simplicity and low expense is highlight for any businessman, because result is incomparable. The first step to getting an online presence is to think up a unique name, called a “domain name” then to register your domain name, which should not cost you more then US$15 per year. For example: if your company name is ‘XYZ Exports’, you may consider registering a domain name like ‘xyz.com’, or ‘xyzexports.com’ or even ‘xyz-exports.com’. Now you have to decide what type of website (online shop front) you want. You can have a website, which will provide information about your products, company, and contact details. Or you may decide upon a website that will not only provide useful business and product information to your prospective customers, but will ‘collect’ valuable marketing information and even take orders from ready-to-pay customers, in effect, making sale for you. These days there are many reasonably well priced local web designers who will be able to make your website ‘glow’ at a reasonable cost. Once your website pages and images are ready you will need ‘web space’ so your site can be seen on Internet. It is just like renting shop-space in any market place. You rent web space on Internet, which is ‘world wide’ marketplace. You get this web space from a Web Hosting company like M6.net. There are few web hosting companies that can compare services and prices favorably to M6.net, offering real value for money and hosting your website shop front for as little as US$8 per month. M6.net not only allows you to host your website but to offer your visitors other useful services, usually with little or no extra cost, these services can be essential for your business to grow online.
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