Archive for September, 2010

New Business in a Recession

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For the past five years this one man show has kept busy working for the same group of customers who, after using him once, would never consider using anyone else. Their glowing referrals to friends and family brought in new business and since day one he’s always had a backlog of work orders, until now.

Halfway through 2010 the recession caught up to Joe and his backlog of projects dried up. He’s never advertised, doesn’t even have his name on his truck, and at this point he doesn’t have a wad of cash to throw at traditional advertising in an attempt to find a few new jobs. I’d love to have him remodel one of our bathrooms and asked him for a quote. That’s when we got to talk business.

I recommended a package of managed marketing services for small, independent business. We usually work with businesses a bit larger than his, but there is no reason why a good marketing plan can’t deliver strong returns for a one person enterprise. The process is the same no matter what size company I’m working with. We have to get a prospect to find you, get to know you, have reason to trust you, so they will buy from you. You have to do an outstanding job of customer service so they will buy from you again and provide positive referrals.

He agrees to start off with an introductory package, less than one hundred dollars a month, and is guaranteed he will earn his investment back within the first three months and told to expect a return of at least five hundred percent as the program matures. We both begin our assignments. He’s instructed to purchase two books: Duct Tape Marketing and The Referral Engine so he will understand our marketing process and goals. He needs to write down basic information about his company, provide me with all his before and after photographs and the details behind them. He gathers up the many testimonials he’s earned and together we find him a good domain name.

I begin working online directories and referral sources as my designer works on his website. Within the first week his phone begins to ring and he picks up a job as a direct result of our efforts. Two weeks later his website is up and running and within the first month he has several new job offers to pick from.

Marketing for us is a process where we work on many different projects, all designed to work together to bring our client new leads. With our low budget approach we don’t expect to hit home runs. We look for solid singles, an occasional bunt and we’ll take a walk when we can get it. There are many ways where our clients work as a team, supporting each other as each works to build their own businesses. Our focus is on organic, (not paid) local search and we are getting solid results. Read the rest of this entry »

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Recover Deleted Emails

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There are wealth of options available when it comes to recovering deleted emails. Before you download any file recovery software, search the trash folder in your email account. Nowadays, most email service providers like Google or Yahoo have a trash folder in which deleted email files are stored. A recycle bin folder on our computer are designed for the same purpose. In case you fail to find your file in the trash folder, a better option would be to search the hard drive of your computer system.

How to Recover Deleted Emails on Microsoft Outlook?
The Microsoft Outlook has the deleted items folders where mails removed from the inbox are stored. In case you are unable to locate it in the deleted folder, click on tools menu and then select ” Recover Deleted Items” option. If your file is present here, select it. You can use the control key to choose multiple items to retrieve. Now, clicking on the option “Recover Selected Items” will bring the deleted emails again into the deleted items folder. Once in the folder, you can easily access the email to know its content. However, if the “Recover Selected Items” option does not help to recover your deleted email files, then the only way to solve the issue is to install an email recovery software. The deleted email is present in the email archive file which can be restored using this software.

Email Recovery Program
After searching the Internet, you will find plenty of email recovery programs to retrieve lost files. You can instantly recover your deleted emails using these software programs. There are sites that allow you to download these programs for free. Make sure that the recovery software you download is compatible with your operating system. Most of the file recovery software available support a variety of email file formats such as dbx, dci, pst and eml. The Outlook Express uses the .dbx and .mbx files to store emails. Read the rest of this entry »

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Find an Email Address

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The Search is ‘IN’: Well, this could be amongst the top ten cliches ever as regards email. Never mind, it works, so then give it a shot. What you can do for starters (if you do not know it already) is that run a email inbox search with the name of that person. Make sure that the spelling of the person is correct. Even if you are even half as lucky as Daniel Craig in Casino Royale, trust me you will get the desired email address!

Goof Around: This is very cheesy, but sometimes cheesy and the most obvious of things slip out of our mind. Thus if you are stuck up on how to find a email address and if you know the person whose email address you want, ask him or her for it! It is as simple as that! Or if you know someone in common and equally in touch with that person, ask that person for the email address.

Be a Social Butterfly: Make your presence felt on the best social networking sites. This way you might land upon the person and you are on the lookout for and the email address and email account will follow. You can have a go in the search sections of this website and most probably you would find what you want. This is a great option to find someone’s mailing address.
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The Guessing Game: Try and frame a rough email address of that individual if you know the name of the company where he or she worked or his or her web portal or something of that sort. Check out all the permutations and combinations. It seems like a shot in the dark, but trying would not be a problem, right? This is a very interesting and fun method when it is about how to find someones email address by name.

They Provide and Save: Another easy method in the whole issue of how to find someone’s email address is to do a check on all the popular network providers. Quite a few of them have a search function which can be used to search a person by his or her name. In addition to this, online email address look up tools can come to your rescue. Or simply search in the search engine with that person’s name. Read more in reverse email finder.

Get the Grey Cells Ticking: If all these glorious battle plans seem to crumble, think about where that individual worked last or went to which school or college. It would perhaps take you a step ahead in tracking his or her email address. The school, company or any other organization associated with that long lost friend of yours might give you a lead or even the correct information you want. Therefore, the bottom line is be creative, get thinking and ponder over all the possibilities. You never know! Be a Hercule Poirot! Read the rest of this entry »

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Discount Coupons Online

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Like in the real world, these coupons can be accessed as pop-ups on ezines and special sites designed for internet advertising. The online discount stores enable shoppers to download the online discount coupons and get them reprinted when and as they wish to avail of the offers. The coupons are accessible 24×7. The coupons can be accessed from any of the two distinct types of Internet shopping promotions – ‘coupon code’ and ‘promotion link’. In the ‘promotion link’ option, the promotional advertising forum offers another link when you click it. This enables instant access to free coupons automatically.

The coupon code option is most commonly used when using a shopping cart. The coupon code is entered on the order page just before checking out. Every online shopping resource has a discount coupon submission option to confirm the coupon code. The dedicated web sites allow the shopper to check whether or not a discount is still applicable. If it is, the sites also enable the shopper to calculate the total cost after deducting the coupon amount like in the case of grocery coupons.

Disney online discount coupons:

Promoters of specific products design discount coupons to increase web traffic to dedicated outlets. The coupons promote one or many associated products through internet affiliate marketing. One example is the Disney online discount coupon. These discount coupons help the shopper to avail of great reductions on dedicated ‘Disney’ products. The wide range of Disney products include: Read the rest of this entry »

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Online Auction Sites

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There are thousands of auction sites to choose from. But, when it comes to quality service, only a few have been able to rank high other than eBay. Below here are a few online auction sites besides eBay, which can be considered for online auctioning.

Amazon.com
Amazon.com is perhaps better known as an online bookstore, as this website was originally launched to serve this purpose. It was launched in the year 1995 by Jeff Bezos. However over the years, Amazon has expanded itself and included many other items other than books for auctioning. Moreover, it does not charge fee for listing items. Currently, Amazon.com provides online auction services in items like, electronics, video games, foods, merchandise and even furnitures.

uBid.com
uBid.com is another option, if you are looking for a good online auction site other than eBay. This website was launched in the year 1997. Presently, it is one of those online auction sites that provide a wide range of services along with secure transactions. In the last few years, uBid has become one of the main competitors of eBay with its quality service. It includes electronics, computers, televisions, watches, jewelry and many other items for auctioning.

eBid
eBid has emerged as another important competitor of eBay over the years. It was launched in the year 1999, and since then eBid has been growing quite rapidly. ebid is quite popular among sellers, as it does not charge any mandatory or compulsory fee for item listing. Fee is charged on eBid only when the item gets sold. Due to such features, eBid is considered by many as the best eBay alternative.

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