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Ripped Off? Chime in!

There's a blog post from copywriting expert Henry Gold about poor Internet marketing, Why Marketers Are Broke. It's spurred a flurry of comments from people who are fed up with being hyped to death.

Some of the stories are worth reading just so you'll know what not to do with email marketing. It's about time people start getting wise to some of the bad marketers out there.

What are they complaining about? It seems that many marketers abuse their lists, and use emails to promote poor quality informational products. They over-hype them, over-promise and under-deliver.

The answer: be generous, create relationships instead of sales, give away valuable information that your readers can use, over-deliver, and be sincere.

You can read the post if you feel you too have been abused, or just hit the comment link below and tell us your own experiences with bad marketers.

IE7 Tips from Tris Hussey

Following up my post about installing Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) yesterday, Tris Hussy has posted some good tips about using IE7 and how to set it up for tabbed browsing.  Microsoft is pushing out IE7 over the next couple of months so you'll probably get an alert to update, if you haven't already.

Ezine Success Tips

For all you frustrated ezine publishers and those of you who are contemplating starting an ezine, Patsi and I have just completed a special report on Ten New Rules For E-Newsletter Success. The report is free to download and at the moment the only place to get it is on the sales page for our All in One Ezine Publishing System.

In addition to the Ten New Rules, you learn the Four Simple Keys for Publishing a Newsletter That Gets Results plus 8 reasons why you should send out an ezine.

There's no obligation to buy the System.  And, you will learn a lot from the Special Report.

Multiple Domain Name Strategies

As I was getting ready to register yet another domain name (see previous post on this topic) on All in One Biz Tools (a GoDaddy reseller), I happened to click on a link that said something about multiple domain name strategies. Here's the list, and yes, these reasons are pretty much why I own a lot of domains.

Why should I register more than one domain name?

If you're thinking about registering more than one domain name, you've got the right idea. Registering and using multiple domains names is great for building your business and can help you create a dynamic online identity.

When you register multiple domain names, you can:

Internet Explorer 7

This morning I was alerted that I had an automatic update ready to install from Microsoft.  Turns out it was to install the new version of Internet Explorer, IE 7.  I decided to proceed with the download and install.

Because I have a lot of projects to wrap up right now, I haven't fully explored IE 7.  However, if you haven't upgraded, I'll tell you that the new browser is designed for tabbed browsing, like Firefox.  It also integrates RSS feeds, though again, I haven't explored how this works yet.

If you're using IE 7, I'd being interested in hearing your experience with it, good and/or bad, as well as any tips for getting the best out of it.