Easy-To-Do
Automation For Techno-Phobic Web Site Owners Who Want To Stop Losing
Valuable Time On Daily Chores And Start Increasing Sales
..FREE
classified ads are just about useless! Even if your ads are very well
written...the fact is that nobody ever goes to a Classified site to browse
through Business Opportunity ads.
..Opt-in mailing lists (Safelist) get you nothing but a clogged-up inbox
from people trying to sell you something... and you spend hours every day
just trying to keep the darn thing emptied out!
..Search Engines are useless for business opportunities. There are over 10
million pages and your page never gets higher than the 900,000th no matter
who you pay to help you!
..FFA pages are worse than useless! No wonder they call them Free For All.
..Surf-for-Hits programs are self-defeating! Everybody browses mindlessly,
without any interest in YOUR page, only trying to build up enough credits to
get you to look at their sites...but do you? Of course not!
..Start-pages looked like a good idea when they were first introduced, but
nobody ever gets sales from them...did you? It's only an excuse for the
owner of the program to justify sending commercial emails to you.
..Autohits and their plethora of look-alikes sound good because you can
switch a couple of them on and go to bed and log up hundreds of hits while
you sleep! Problem is, that's exactly what everybody does! Nobody ever buys
anything in their sleep!
..Banner exchange programs could be effective if it wasn't for the fact that
all of the Affiliate Programs you belong to, provide replicated pages that
can't be edited to let you add a banner. Besides, banners on your website
tend to siphon your prospects off to other opportunities!
..Posting to Newsgroups is tedious, dangerous and non-productive. They bring
nothing but Hate-Mail, some pretty foul language, and a nasty assortment of
viruses and "worms"
..Many companies have built wealth on the fear of "Spam", selling you their
programs of Opt-In subscribers. The truth is, these lists are people are
just like you, trying to create a business online. They are not interested
in your program.
IF
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING ANY MARKETING WITH THESE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW I TELL YOU
THE TRUTH. THEY DON'T WORK!
There are no two ways
about it. E-mail is still the primary way business owners are communicating
with their customers and subscribers. E-mail is used to answer questions,
follow up with potential customers, confirm purchases, provide information
of interest, and maintain relationships. It's a vital source of income
for any successful Internet business.
Now I'm sure you already understand this, but let me ask
you a serious question: Are you managing your e-mail as efficiently as
you could be? Statistics from a recent Jupiter Media Metrix report say
not.
Only 38% of online businesses are reported to be living up
to customer's expectations, responding to their inquiries within 6 hours or
less:
- 62% are taking longer than 6 hours to respond
- 33% are taking 3 days (or longer!) to respond
- And a shocking 24% of businesses have thrown up their
hands and given up responding to customer inquiries entirely!
And all of these disturbing statistics point to the simple
fact that, despite all of the technology available, nearly three quarters of
web site owners have no idea how to manage their e-mail. After all, why else
would you so severely neglect the critical and extremely valuable
relationship with your customers and subscribers?
I've seen it happen to some really intelligent business
owners. You start out with the best of intentions. You grow your web site
traffic� you run a few successful promotions� and suddenly you go from
personally answering a handful of e-mails each day to drowning under
hundreds of customer inquiries, questions, and requests� Managing your
e-mail suddenly becomes a full-time job!
If you plan to grow your business, you can�t afford
to be spending your days chained to your computer, replying to e-mail after
e-mail individually. Especially if you want to grow quickly! Even if you�re
using canned messages (i.e. pre-written e-mails that can just be cut &
paste), looking after your e-mail one by one can fast become overwhelming.
And this is where a lot of new e-business owners find
themselves stuck. You may be there yourself right now. You're tired of
wasting your days replying to the same e-mails over and over again, but
automation is even more intimidating. Replying to hundreds of e-mails
each day probably seems a lot less daunting than finally buckling down
and getting automated.
I know where you're coming from. The mysterious scripts
and software that seem to magically automate the average e-commerce web site
can be a bit intimidating for a new e-business owner.
You know that, somehow, automation should give you the
power to:
- Anticipate and instantly respond to the needs of
your customers by answering common questions on
the spot.
- Give potential customers the exact information they
need, exactly when they need it , when
they're still a hot prospect, so they can make that important buying
decision.
- Capture the e-mail addresses of visitors
to your web site so that you can market to them again and
again, for free!
- Increase the perceived value of your web site
by offering free reports or articles that can be
e-mailed to prospects the minute they request
them!
- Dramatically reduce the time you waste on daily
chores so you can start growing your business
instead of getting trapped running it!
- Start capitalizing on the lifetime value of your
existing customers, automatically increasing
your sales without increasing your workload!
... and much more.
You see other e-businesses doing it all around you
taking advantage of this mysterious "automation," freeing up their time to
increase their profits even more. But how the heck is everyone doing it? Is
it "I Dream of Jeannie" wizardry? Cross your arms, wiggle your nose, and
voila! instant automation?
Almost!
Like anything, you can make the automation of your web
site as simple or as complicated as you want. Large e-commerce sites
hire programmers with education and experience to put together intuitive
automation systems that make learning to translate Greek to Latin seem easy.
Fortunately, the average web site owner just starting out doesn't need
anything nearly this complicated (or confusing!).
Did you know that all of the automation I've mentioned so
far in this article can be accomplished with one simple tool called "autoresponders"?
Automate Your Customer
Service And Dramatically Increase
The Sales You Close With This One Simple Tool...
Now don�t panic!
Autoresponders are not difficult to use. So take a deep
breath and let�s get past any techno-phobia that might be preventing you
from making your life a lot easier ... and your business a lot
more profitable!
An autoresponder is basically an e-mail tool that is
designed to automatically respond to any incoming messages to a
particular e-mail address that you set up. Confused? Then let me give you an
example that will clearly illustrate exactly how this works:
Example #1:
A visitor arrives at your web site and reads your sales
copy. They're interested in your product, but they have a question that
needs to be answered before they'll consider making a purchase. So they
e-mail you at faq@yoursite.com (an e-mail address you've set up for just
this purpose).
Your experience answering customer questions has shown you
that there are 10 or 12 questions people ask over and over again. So rather
than answering each person individually, you put together a "Frequently
Asked Questions" (FAQ) e-mail. You spend an hour or so writing it, making
sure that it's thorough and that it ultimately directs the reader back to
your web site to close the sale.
You then set up this FAQ e-mail in an autoresponder, so
when the visitor e-mails their question to faq@yoursite.com, they are
automatically sent your FAQ e-mail. It�s neat, clean, and simple.
The e-mail your visitor receives might read something like
this:
| Subject: Answer to
your question
Hi!
Thank you for your inquiry. Our experience has shown
us that most people ask one of the following ten questions, so we've
sent you this informative e-mail because we know that your time is
valuable and we want to make sure that your question is answered as
quickly as possible.
If you find that your question is not answered below,
then please do not hesitate to e-mail us at info@yoursite.com We'll be
happy to answer any further questions you may have.
Yours truly,
Your name here.
*** And answers to your 10 most
frequently asked questions start here *** |
Within 5 minutes of sending their e-mail to faq@yoursite.com,
the visitor receives your e-mail via your autoresponder. They read through
your FAQ e-mail and find the answer to their question.
The visitor is impressed because:
- You anticipated their needs
- you replied instantly
- You answered their questions
- You made it easy for them to e-mail you
any further questions
... and this means that you look extremely professional.
This instant reply also lends your business a measure of credibility because
you've made it clear that your customers are your first priority and that
you take your business very seriously.
Do you think this visitor will go back to your web site to
make their purchase? Chances are very good that they will. In fact, the
probability that you will close this sale is much higher than if you had
forced this person to wait a week for a reply. Or hadn't answered at all.
How much time did this take you? None. You wrote the
e-mail and then used the autoresponder to automate your customer service.
You now provide fast, high-quality customer service, decrease your
workload, and only respond to customers who have unique questions or
situations that need your personal touch. It'll take you just minutes each
day to respond to customer inquiries instead of the hours it did before you
got automated!
Let me give you another example�
Example #2:
If you�ve been reading this newsletter for a while, then
you already know that a critical step in closing sales involves
establishing your credibility. And establishing your credibility, in
many cases, requires repeated contact with potential customers.
A good way to initiate a "second contact" with a potential
customer is by using autoresponders.
A visitor arrives at your web site and starts looking
around. They notice that you offer a free article titled "The Best Ways
To Save Time And Money." They click on freearticle@yoursite.com and are
prompted to send a blank e-mail to this e-mail address.
The visitor is quite content to take 30 seconds to do this
because they want this valuable information.
So they send a blank e-mail to freearticle@yoursite.com to
request the article from your autoresponder... they spend a few more minutes
looking around your web site... and then they leave. They have a clear
interest in your product or service (they requested your article on the
subject, right?), but they're just not ready to buy yet.
Now this is the really powerful part.
The visitor checks their e-mail half an hour after they've
left your web site� perhaps even the next day� and discovers your free
article waiting in their Inbox. They read it because they requested it and
therefore already know it contains information that is of interest to them.
So this is your second chance to:
- Prove your expertise,
- Establish your credibility,
- Develop a relationship with them by providing valuable
information
- Direct them back to your web site to close the sale!
Pretty powerful, right?
Now imagine how you could increase your sales even more
by sending this potential customer a follow-up e-mail ... using the e-mail
address they gave you when they requested the article ... and asking them if
there is anything else you could help them with? Or even by sending them a
special offer as a "thank you" for reading your article?
The possibilities are endless really. You could offer
autoresponders like�
- salesinfo@yoursite.com ...
for people who would prefer to receive your sales information in an
easy-to-print e-mail they can read offline. (Not everyone has free
Internet access, so this saves them money!)
- article@yoursite.com ...
to send interested potential customers copies of articles that initiate
that important "second contact" and remind them about your business, your
products, and your web site. Once you have their e-mail address (which
they obviously have to give you in order to receive the article via
e-mail), you can contact them again to follow up very easily!
- faq@yoursite.com ... to
answer potential customer�s questions on the spot, while they�re still a
hot prospect, and dramatically increase the sales you're closing.
- instructions@yoursite.com
... for customers who have purchased your product, service, software,
etc., but need a bit of extra help using it. This simple e-mail could
answer commonly asked technical questions automatically!
- report@yoursite.com ... to give
visitors to your site valuable information about your particular industry
and increase the chances that they'll return to your web site again and
again as valuable resource.
- info@yoursite.com ... if you don't
have time to reply to a customer's inquiry for a day or two, you can at
least send them an e-mail via autoresponder to let them know you've
received their message and will be getting back to them in 48 hours. An
instant, professional reply like this ensures your customer isn't sitting
at their computer for hours, impatiently waiting for your answer.
... You could even set up an autoresponder
like confirmation@yoursite.com that confirms you�ve received a
customer's order or subscription to your newsletter ... automatically!
By sending each new customer a confirmation
of their order, you'll put their minds at ease. They'll know that you're a
legitimate business who is going to follow through on your promises, not
some scam artist who has just stolen their credit card information. This is
also a good way to remind your customers when they can expect their purchase
to be delivered, what the charge to their credit card was, and any product
tracking information they might need.
Just think about how much time this will save
you! Are you excited? Yup! me too.
But
How The Heck Do You Make This Amazing Automation Happen?
We�re back at square one, aren't we? You want the
autoresponders and the powerful automation they can bring your e-business...
you have a general understanding of how they work... but how the heck do you
add them to your web site?
Good question. You have 4 choices:
- Your Web Host: If you are willing
to commit to a long-term contract (i.e. one year or more), you can
sometimes get a couple of autoresponders for free from your web host. If
you only need 1 or 2 autoresponders, this might be a good option; however,
the reality is, if you're running a successful business, you're going to
need more. Plus, you don't really want to depend on your web host for this
service. If they go out of business or go down, you can lose your entire
autoresponder system.
- Autoresponders With Rotating Ads:
You can get "free" autoresponders if you are willing to let other
companies advertise in your message. However, I don't really recommend
this. You can't control the ads that appear in your e-mails, these ads can
really distract your reader from your sales message, and you appear
"unprofessional" because it's obvious you're using a "free" service. So
you're basically giving someone else free advertising, with few benefits
to you. Free isn't always as good as it might sound.
- Paid Autoresponder Services: You
could also use a paid autoresponder service. This can give you flexibility
in deciding exactly what autoresponder plan is right for you without being
forced to include advertisements in your message. You'll also have greater
flexibility to customize your autoresponders than if you were to use a
free autoresponder service.
The only real drawback is that they can get quite costly. Paid
autoresponder services can cost as much as $20 per month per autoresponder,
while others will charge you a fee each time someone requests your
information. If you decide to go this route, be sure that you really shop
around because the cost can get out of control very quickly if you're not
careful.
- Free Unlimited Autoresponders with
Mailloop: You already know that the Mailloop software is absolutely
chock-full of killer features that make tedious e-mail tasks a breeze. But
on top of it's e-mail and newsletter automation features, it can also be
used to send out an unlimited number of autoresponders directly from your
home computer. If you can install software, you can use these
autoresponders. It's that easy. You're 100% in control and they're totally
customizable.
I won't overdo it here; I know that you've already heard a lot about this
software. Just know that it can save you tons of cash and stress in the
long run, and you don't have to be concerned about limiting your
autoresponders because of a tight budget! If you want to learn more about
getting free unlimited autoresponders with Mailloop, then you can
click here now.
Final Thoughts:
Don't be intimidated by this simple
technology. You'll do your business a great disservice. Like I said, if you
can install and use software (it's as easy as clicking a few buttons and
following a few instructions), then you can easily use autoresponders to
automate.
Ideally, your goal should be to get automated
and then grow... but some of you may already be drowning in e-mail.
If that's you, don't keep putting this off! E-mail automation is going to be
critical to the success of your e-business.
If you're automated and using autoresponders
to manage daily chores, then you're going to have time to focus on
promotions and growing. If you're drowning in e-mail, you're going to
severely handicap your sales and income because you'll be too focused on
trying to just stay afloat.
Autoresponders are easy to set up and they
offer a wide variety of opportunities to automate different aspects of your
business. From customer service... to order confirmations... to following up
with potential customers... it's an easy way to give customers the instant
service they're demanding, while increasing your sales and actually
freeing yourself from tedious routine chores.
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It's
not a technique to be taken lightly...
History of Banking Fraud:
The Coming Battle
By M. W. WALBERT
The
Coming Battle documents from Congressional records, newspaper reports
and writings by the founding fathers and others a chronology of events long
forgotten that shaped our fledgling nation from 1776 to 1899. Read about the
manipulation of our money and its supply, the intentional creation of
recessions, depressions and panics, manipulation of the stock markets, and
the demonetization of silver.
Secrets of the Federal Reserve
by Eustace Mullins
Eustace Mullins' carefully
researched and documented treatise picks up from Walbert's expose' of
control of the money supply and the economy and
brings it to the mid 1980's.
The
World Order
by Eustace Mullins
How control of the world's money has inexorably led to an ever tighter
grip on control of the world's people.
Uranium Wars by Leuren Moret
How control of the world's people has inexorably led to wider use of
depopulation methods which include spreading radioactivity in food,
water, air, and the human genome.
Taking Back Your Power
by Allen Aslan Heart
WHAT CAN YOU DO? Stop playing THEIR game.
Take back your power. Stop paying taxes that are not legal or lawful. Stop
paying bills you don't really owe. Stop using THEIR money. There ARE ways if
you open your mind and look for the gaps in their fences that keep the
sheeple in their pasture. Are you chattel or a real person? You are the one
who makes that choice.
© 2007, Allen Aslan Heart / White Eagle Soaring of the Little Shell Pembina Band,
a
Treaty
Tribe of the Ojibwe Nation
