From: Janis :F^r^ee Resources to Improve Your Online Business
Note: Please ignore if you received this twice, and I apologize. . . . my autoresponder was acting up! Hi Friend, Here's a article (courtesy of Jimmey D. Brown) listing 9 free resources for your business! Check them out now! ======================================================= I admit it... ...it's difficult for me to let go of my hard earned cash. If I can find a comparable product or service for FREE, then I certainly prefer to do so. Who doesn't, huh? Here are nine resources that have proved to be of great value. 1. Free Discussion Forums http://www.forumone.com "What is a forum?" you may be asking. A forum is an online meeting place where people share their common interests. It is an interactive community, better than phone calls or e-mail in that it allows entire groups of people participate in discussions where everyone sees what the others have to say. From a business side of things, forums are great places to discuss ideas with other business owners, ask for suggestions or answers to problems you may be experiencing, create new joint ventures and partnerships, attracte new affiliates, give advice to others, obtain services often as an exchange...the possibilities are limitless. Forums are organized by topics. Regardless of what topic you are looking for, there is one available. Best of all, many forums are free to participate in. You may post messages, read messages and respond to messages. Discussion forums are an invaluable tool. I highly recommend that you spend at least a half an hour a day at forums targeted to your business category. Read the messages. Respond. Offer advice. Ask questions. Soon you will establish relationships that will tremendously aid you in building and promoting your web business. 2. Free CGI Resources http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Collections/ A CGI script (Common Gateway Interface) is a script written to perform or execute a specific task on the web browser. Scripts exist for just about anything...running your own auction, running an affiliate program, tracking the visitors to your website, setting up bulletin boards, installing search engines, filling out forms, rotating banners on your website, promoting your website, automating your sales, and much, much more. At CGI.Resourceindex.com you will find many of the same, or similar, scripts that are being sold for $3,995...and they are available for free. There are also some very helpful tutorials and instructions for installing CGI scripts if you are a beginner. Spend some time here, and you will most certainly find some resources to add new features and benefits to your existing web business. 3. Free E-books http://www.ebookdirectory.com/ This site is billed as "the biggest and most comprehensive listing of free ebooks online," offering over 12,000 (yep, that's 12,000!) ebooks for your immediate download. They regularly update their database, adding the latest ebooks available online. Their easy to search database is indexed categorically allowing you to quickly and easily find what you are looking for. Recommended are the categories: Marketing, Business, Ezines, Publishing and Search Engines I also recommend that you subscribe to their free ezine, "The eBook Directory Update." This ezine will inform you of any additions to the database. Remember, the point of most ebooks is to provide you SOME valuable information while trying to sell you on purchasing whatever product they sell. So, be prepared. Use the information that you find useful, but resist the temptation to order one of everything you see...the Profits Vault has it all inside for one low price! (Sorry, blatant plug there. ;-) 4. Free Website Tuneup http://www.netmechanic.com/maintain.htm Nothing destroys your image faster than a website riddled with errors. And sometimes just one mistake can be costing you business!!! (Imagine a link to your order page not working properly...oooh, that hurts!) Just like every automobile needs a routine tuneup, so does your website. Netmechanic.com offers a free tuneup to check your website's performance. Their free tuneup includes: Link check, html check, browser compatibility, load time and spell check. You will receive a detailed list of any broken links, any html code problems, how compatible your website is with ALL browsers (I.E. Navigator, Explorer, WebTV, etc.), the exact time it takes for your webpage to load (too slow = customers leaving), and any misspelled words. Netmechanic rates each of these categories from 0-5 stars and provides a summary of its findings. Use this service regularly...your website needs a routine tuneup! 5. Free Web Templates http://www.freewebtemplates.com/ Whether you are wanting a new look or are developing an additional website, FreeWebTemplates.com has a nice selection of free templates that you can download and customize with your own text. Freewebtemplates.com has business templates, frames templates, table style, html and much more. Definitely worth a look. 6. Free Autoresponders http://www.getresponse.com/?53279 From Getresponse.com: "Our easy-to-use, personalized smart autoresponders can help you double, triple or even QUADRUPLE your sales by converting more clicks into customers! And there's no waiting... You can set up your autoresponder within a matter of seconds and we take care of the rest!" Getresponse.com offers free autoresponders to automate your follow-up. Research shows that the average lead requires 7 contacts before they will make a purchase. Autoresponders put your follow-up on remote control. In fact, it does all of the follow-up for you. With Getresponse.com, your autoresponders will be sent out automatically with personalized, timed messages to follow-up with your lead. Just a few of the features of the Getresponse free autoresponder: Instant, reliable delivery (in only 20 to 30 seconds!) Unlimited, reliable follow-ups (up to 5, 10 even 20 times!) Unlimited FREE autoresponders per person (create as many autoresponder accounts as you want, no questions asked!) Unlimited message length (can be as long as you want!) Unlimited message changes (whenever you want, 24-7!) Set up and account management are as easy as 1-2-3! Easy-to-use, password-protected online control panel Powerful, easy-to-configure personalization features Database of your prospects' e-mail addresses Database access 24 hours a day, with powerful mailing list management features (e.g., view removals, prospects, etc) 7. Free Website Traffic http://hop.clickbank.net?easy123/canemedia Linkwars.com offers a unique new service for generating FREE website traffic. Their service is completely free to participate. You simply set your browser's start page to point to a special URL that they send you when you sign up. Every time you start your browser (log on to the internet or open a new window) it will load another member's page at random, and you will receive one credit. For every two credits you have, your page will be displayed once when other members open their browsers. During the first week we tried this, we received 120 hits to our website. Not bad for doing absolutely nothing different than you normally do. You can also sign up for a free report to be sent to you via email detailing how many views your webpage has had on other members' browsers. If you can use an extra 120+ hits a week, then surf on over to their website and join up today. 8. Free Custom Graphics http://www.cooltext.com CoolText.com is a totally free online service which provides real-time generation of graphics customized exactly the way you want them. Make your own logos, buttons, bullets, fonts and textures. You control the size, colors, text, font, background, design and much more. Great for adding some "zip" to your webpage design. 9. Search Engine Tool http://www.atomz.com Join Atomz.com for free and add a custom search engine that searches just your site to your page for free. Customized results page, reports telling you the popular keywords searched for, control which pages will be ranked higher and many more features. No downloading. Just copy some html code. Well, there you have it, 9 free resources that will improve the way you do business online that you can start using today. ================================================== To Your Success! Janis Yu, CEO EasyStreetBiz =============================================================== Advertise: Your Ad in Living Color on the Web! F^ree for now! http://resultstracker.net/t.php?id=25953 ===============================================================
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