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 Automating your online business is
one of the most important steps you can take to insure
your success on the internet.
If you have been on the internet for any time at all, you
know that there are just too many tasks to do each day to
be really efficient and productive with them all.
Learning to delegate some of those routine, daily
activities is one way to insure your site's success and to
give you much more time in the day for the most important
task which is that of promotion and marketing your site.
HERE ARE 5 SIMPLE WAYS TO AUTOMATE
TODAY:
1) USE AUTO-RESPONDERS:
Probably one of the best-known and popular ways to handle
routine messages to inquirers is the use of
auto-responders.
It is simple and easy to set up your messages which
usually involve several follow-up messages to remind your
visitors what you are offering and how to find your site
again.
Here are some free ones:
http://www.freeautobot.com/
(ad free also.)
http://www.getresponse.com/
http://www.sendfree.com/'
http://www.sendthisfree.com/
2) MAILING LIST MANAGEMENT:
If you are trying to run your own newsletter, handling the
process by yourself can eat up a lot of valuable time.
In the beginning this may be possible, but as your list
grows and the tasks involved keep multiplying, your time
demands will increase also.
There are lots of ways to manage a mailing list including
installing your own scripts and purchasing your own
software.
Weigh the pros and cons, but be sure and check out the
possibility of *farming out* the responsibility to a
mailing list service.
Here are some to consider:
http://www.ezinedirector.com/
(free and paid versions)
http://www.mail-list.com/
http://www.zinester.com/
(free and paid versions)
Free ones include:
http://groups.yahoo.com/
http://www.topica.com/
3) USE SOFTWARE:
There are many software options available depending upon
your work online.
Here are some possible software applications available.
Just do a search online.
~Creating links to your site and others.
~HTML editors
~Ad swaps
~Promotion
~Subscription management
~Survey forms
4) PAYMENT SYSTEMS:
Well, this is just a no-brainer. It is just too simple not
to do this one.
Having an automated payment system that allows you to
accept credit card payments for your products or services
and is something that everyone has to have to be
successful online.
Here are a couple of third-party ones that I use and
recommend:
ClickBank -- http://www.ClickBank.com/
PayPal -- http://www.PayPal.com/
5) AD TRACKING SYSTEM:
If you are going to advertise your products and/or
services online, then it is critical that you track your
results.
Knowing how many hits you got to your site is nice, but it
won't take care of your questions like, "Where did my
traffic and sales come from?"
Here are some ad tracking systems. (Some offer free
versions.)
http://www.BusiToolz.com/
http://www.hypertracker.com/
http://www.adminder.com/
Implementing these five time-saving helpers is a very
important benchmark in moving your business into a phase
that will free up some time to insure your success online.
Best of luck with your promotional efforts.
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