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          Self-Starters Weekly Tips

       Monday November 11th, 2002

 

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It’s time to get down to business… Are you ready? Happy Monday ;-)  

INSIDE THIS ISSUE
 

1) Are You Selling on eBay??

2) Quick Tips: Signature Files, Confirmations & Search Engines

3) Networking: Discussion Groups, Message Boards, Safelists

4) Promoting Your Newsletters & Articles – the Easy Way!

5) Who’s Reading SSWT? You can still send in your Site!



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1) Are you Selling on eBay??
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Did you know that eBay has an Affiliate Program? 

Register for the eBay Affiliates Program.
A great way to make extra cash from your auctions!
 

Why not earn even more when promoting your auction links by using your affiliate code in each link! You will earn $5.00 per registration, and .05 cents for every bid! 

If you aren’t selling on eBay yet - this is a good time to check it out! Sales are UP during the holidays ;) 

Register Now for your FREE eBay Account! 

Sure, I want to make money on eBay... but what would I sell?? You can sell virutally anything on eBay! From household items you would normally sell in a yard sale for pennies on the dollar, to informational products (books, publications, reports, etc) that don’t even require shipping!

Do some research! Choose an item (clothing, a book, electronics - something specific), and see how well it has done on eBay in the past by searching similar completed auctions:

Search Completed eBay Auctions

EBay receives over 1.5 billion page views per month! Over 9,000 new users register with eBay every day! This makes eBay one of the greatest money-making opportunities on the internet! Click here for even more eBay Tips, and to see what Corey Rudl (the Internet Marketing expert!) has to say about eBay: http://www.WebServiceNetwork.com/ebay.htm  

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2) Quick Tips: Signature Files,
     Confirmations & Search Engines

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  • Signature Files
    Using a Signature File in all of your emails is a great promotional tool! If you are using Outlook, you can set this up automatically by following these directions:

    From the main Microsoft Outlook window, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Mail Format tab.

    In the Compose in this message format list, click the message format that you want to use the signature with.

    Under Signature, choose the signatures that you want to use for new messages and for replies and forwards. You can use different signatures for each.


  • Confirmation Emails/Pages
    If you have a newsletter or ezine with an automatic subscription process, it most likely sends a “confirmation email” to all new subscribers… Make sure that you include pertinent information in this email, such as your website address, and also include additional resources and links (think: “backend sales”!). Also, for those of you that have pop-up windows and/or subscription boxes on your webpages, redirect the viewer to a “Thank You” or confirmation page after they click the ‘subscribe’ button – Use this page to encourage your new subscribers to visit specific areas of your website as well!


  • Search Engine Tips  

Having trouble finding what you are looking for on the internet? Check out this informative tutorial by David P. Habib and Robert L. Balliot: 

How to Search the World Wide Web:

A Tutorial for Beginners and Non-Experts

http://204.17.98.73/midlib/tutor.htm#HCO  

You'll learn smart tricks, like: 

A phrase is a sequence of words that has a particular meaning and is formed by enclosure within double quotes. A phrase is treated as a single term and is usually searched as such.  

Examples: "American customs"  

If a query asks for American customs rather than "American customs", the responses will be for the words American and customs separately, in addition to the coupled words. This increases the number of irrelevant hits enormously. Use phrases whenever you can appropriately; they are one of the most effective means of sharpening meaning and narrowing a search.  

Great Site for time-saving search tips!  

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3) Networking: Discussion Groups,
     Message Boards, Safelists

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One of the best free online marketing tactics is networking. I have had great results using Message Boards, Safe-Lists, and Email Discussion Lists… You can join groups on a variety of topics via email or on the internet, and include your website link in your Signature File.  

This is a great inexpensive program to get started with Safe-Lists and more:

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Tons of Bonus Features, including:
*Get listed in 1,800 Newspapers and magazines! *Submit to 1,735,186 Engines and Directories! *Blast your ad to 539,042+ Ezine Readers! *Blast to 1,410,781 Different Link Pages! *Submit to 33,434+ Classified Ad Pages! *Get listed on 600+ Bonus Websites! *Banner Exchanges, Hit Exchanges *60+ Web-based Optin Blasters!

You can also search the internet for Message Boards to join:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=message+boards

And Yahoo is an excellent resource for Email Discussion Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/ 

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4) Promoting your Newsletters &
     Articles - The Easy Way!

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5) Who’s Reading SSWT?
     You can still send in your Site!

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Thank you for all of your wonderful comments on SSWT! You can check your links for accuracy and meet the other Readers by clicking here: http://www.webservicenetwork.com/sswt_subscribers.htm   

If you haven’t yet sent in your comment and website address to be included on the “Who’s Reading SSWT?” page, email me today! This page will be added to the SSWT Archives (located at http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com), and all Reader Comments will be featured in an upcoming issue! 

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   IN CLOSING…

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It is my personal mission to bring you an assortment of resources for your internet business each week in an easy-to-use format. Most of the resources found in each issue are a result of years of research that I have done for my own internet business and others, and are shared with you with my positive recommendation. You can view tips from past issues online at http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com. As always, feel free to share this issue with your friends or colleagues! 

 ~ HAPPY MONDAY ~

Lynn Terry, Editor & Owner

Lynn@WebServiceNetwork.com   

Web Service Network

http://www.WebServiceNetwork.com  

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