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| 5 WAYS TO AUTOMATE YOUR SITE |
If you have been on the internet at any time, 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 ensure your site’s success and give you much more time in the day for the most essential task 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 periodic 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/ (my link: http://gr8.com//pr/e2J33/d)
http://www.sendfree.com/’
http://www.sendthisfree.com/
2) MAILING LIST MANAGEMENT:
If you are trying to run your own newsletter, handling the process yourself can eat up a lot of valuable time. This may be possible initially, but as your list grows and the tasks involved keep multiplying, your time demands will also increase.
There are many 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/
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, and 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 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, you must 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 crucial benchmark in moving your business into a phase that will free up some time to ensure your online success.
Best of luck with your promotional efforts.
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