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"5
Ways To Automate Your Site"
by Larry
Johnson
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.sendfre
e.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.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.BusiTo
olz.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. Larry Johnson, author
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"5 Ways To Automate Your Site"
by Larry Johnson
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