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The Truth About Email Marketing!

The Truth About Email Marketing!

Two articles in this week's DEMC ezine are worth reading: The Truth about Email Marketing and Business Bloggin is not for Wimps." Both are excellent articles: one about why email marketing is here to stay and the other why you need to be serious about it if you start a blog.

How to Create a Database Marketing System

A couple of months ago I taught a 4 week class on how to set up a database marketing system so you can automate your business. The audio program is now finally available. It includes 4 hours of audio walking you through the set up of an ecommerce/database marketing system, an e-coach, a bonus ebook, and if you purchase this program before November 1, I'll throw in a complimentary 45 minute one on one consultation (value $75). All this for only $47. You can find the product on the Follow Me To a Million website. Use this link to take a look at the ecommerce/database marketing system.

You get a free 30 day trial on the ecommerce system so you really have nothing to lose to sign up, listen to the audio, try it out, and decide if it's right for you.

I use this system myself and manage about 6 systems for other clients. It's the only one I recommend.

Free online course about RSS Feeds

Andy Wibbels of EasyBakeWeblogs has created a free online course about how to use RSS feeds and newsfeeds to automate your web surfing. If you're an infomaniac, this course is probably for you. Sign up here: http://easybakeweblogs.com/infomaniac/pilot/

The Media Factor

If you're a coach, consultant, trainer, independent professional, you may someday need to deal with the press. On Tuesday, October 19, there is a great opportunity to learn the ins and outs of dealing with the media. See details below:

THE MEDIA FACTOR ($19)
Join Mike R. Jay, Master Business Coach as he
Interviews Media Legend Lance Webster
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
4:15 PM EST 1 hour

Special interview with media legend Lance Webster by Mike R. Jay, Master Business Coach

Find out how the news media works, how various media differ, what they're looking for, and how to create 'win-win' situations so you help them get the audiences THEY need, AND avoid getting nailed to the wall! (It's happened before, and it can happen to you. This interview is designed for professionals and/or their coaches who will inevitably, sooner or later, be involved in local or even national media interviews about their work, their new products/services, their new course(s), their new book(s), the coaching profession, and more.

Lance Webster is a dynamic, action-oriented get-things-done consultant with training and experience in media training, strategic message planning, public and press relations, writing, coaching, and association management. He is an experienced editor and public speaker and an accomplished meeting and convention planner.

Information: www.lancecoach.com

Registration Here

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Did you know that you can get content like this blog dynamically delivered to your MyYahoo home page?

This is done by Adding Content in the form of an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed.

Here's an example. Let's say you want to add this blog to your MyYahoo home page so everytime you check your home page you'll see if/when new content has been added.

1. Log in to your MyYahoo home page.

2. Depending on how you have customized your home page, find the link that says "Add Content" and click on it.

3. In the Find box, on the right side, there is a small link that says "Add RSS by URL". Click on that link.

4. There is now a box where you can add an RSS URL. For the sake of this tutorial, add this URL:
http://www.biztipsblog.com/nxtlvl/index.rdf

This is the RSS feed for Next Level Biz Tips. Copy and paste it into the box where it says "Add RSS by URL" and click the ADD button.

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7. The new content box will be automatically added to the end of your list on your MyYahoo home page. To move it up to the top or another position, click on the Edit button and then click on Move Up until you get it to the position you want.

TIP: If you have a blog or a website that uses an RSS feed, definitely you should add your own feed. This puts your site into the Yahoo search engine, bypassing the $299 submission fee.