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buy a domain,or if your boss already has one,just make that mail adress.

hello,

I bought a domain name recently and would like to set up an email account based on that domain name.
For eg: i bought www.xyz.com domain name and would like to set up an email address sales@xyz.com. To do this do i need to approach some web hosting company. Please guide me on how i can set up an email account after buying a domain name. Thank you.

I would recommend a web hosting company that is willing to go above and beyond when it comes to helping clients and answering their questions. My host, InspiroHost, does just that. I was a complete beginner when I got hosting from them, but they took the time to teach me exactly how things work, and now I can do this on my own. Once you sign up, you have to change the nameservers on your domain registrar to point to their servers. They’ll tell you how or even do it for you. Then they have an easy to use control panel with which you can set up email accounts. It’s like using Windows really, very intuitive. Just a one-step process to set up an email account and you’re done

sure…don’t….spam doesn’t work.

Is it possible, through yahoo mail, to send an image in the text body as HTML? Thanks.
Yes, BUT is there a way to convert an image to HTML?

If you have OCR on a scanner, you could get the text, but then you would have to code the text into a properly formed HTML file and embed it into an email that allows you to code it in source view. Outlook Express and and Windows Mail allows this. Most people don’t know it can be done, but there are two divs in code source and all you need do is place the main text you want between them.

As for sending an image in the body on Yahoo Mail, this can only be done if you have the Pro account which is then POP3. Use GMail which is free AND POP3, then use any good email program (IncrediMail?) and just insert the image of flyer into the body of the email. Resize it by clicking on image and dragging the resize handles to the size you want.

Might be of some help…

HTML EMail:

G-Lock EasyMail: http://www.glockeasymail.com/

How to Code HTML Email Newsletters: http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/code-html-email-newsletters

How to Create and Send HTML Email: http://www.addme.com/newsletters/issue293.htm

email marketing Articles and Guides: http://www.mailchimp.com/articles/stupid-html-email-design-mistakes/

How to Create and Send HTML Email: http://www.addme.com/newsletters/issue293.htm

How to Create Great HTML Emails with CSS: http://www.webreference.com/programming/css_html/

30 Free HTML email templates: http://www.campaignmonitor.com/templates/

How do you typically create HTML email?: http://webdesign.about.com/b/2008/10/02/poll-how-do-you-typically-create-html-email.htm

Google: http://www.google.com/search?q=HTML+Email+software&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Email Standards Project works with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email: www.email-standards.org/

Outlook 2007 Best Practices: Write great e-mail: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/outlook-2007-best-practices-write-great-e-mail-HA010387497.aspx?ION_CL=10470

Ron

I have an Ebay account already via an address through Yahoo. I tried setting up a second Yahoo address so I could sell stuff for my Aunt and keep the accounts straight. Ah, but Ebay frowned: it didn’t like two Yahoos from the same PC. Sooooo, I’m looking at Hotmail. If I got a Hotmail account, where would it show up on my Yahoo page? Id really, really HATE to have to go looking all over the place for it every time I wanted it! Or is there a better email program out there? (ditto the question about where on Yahoo)

You might not be able to add it to your Yahoo page, as it is not a Yahoo product. However, on the LEFT side of the Yahoo Main Page is the "+" (Plus) sign with the word "ADD". If you click that, you can link a lot of things to that list of things on your base Yahoo page. You might be able to put the link to your Hotmail account there. If not, you can easily make a shortcut on your desktop to get direct access to it. That’s how I get to my Yahoo email account(s) and Yahoo Answers, directly.

Letters are among the most popular means of communication throughout history. People loved exchanging messages through letters especially those that come far away. By now, letters were given new and different functions, most notable of which would be in business. Among the most popular type of business-related letters is the sales letter because it is a very important tool for reaching customers and prospects. This is why sales letter writing has been deemed to be a very important aspect in marketing.

Many entrepreneurs have observed the power of sales letter writing in capturing a significant portion of the market. As such, many businesspersons went their way on writing their own sales letters. Alas, not all of these aspirants were able to succeed with the materials they wrote. Some of these letters were not effectively written and were seen not to work as well as the others. It is thus important to know what makes of a good sales letter before writing one.

Here are some useful tips in sales letter writing:

- Gain Your Readers’ Trust: When your readers receive your mail, they should be able to put confidence in you so that they would feel safe to establish some business relations with you. The most common technique of doing so is by putting testimonials in sales letters to let people know of others who swear by your offerings. You may employ other tactics to gain people’s trust, what is important is for them to bank on what you say.

- Show That You Are Credible: Trust is just one step for people to give you some of their time, you also need to show them that you have something truthful to say to them. You should be able to show them that what you offer delivers its promise. Good means of doing this is by including scientific studies, successful stories and other materials that exhibit the truth in what you say. You need to show it more than you need to talk about it.

- The Letter should be Memorable: You can almost always expect people not to pay attention to your sales letter immediately. They simply might not need your product at the time they receive your letter, or they might not just be interested. However, this does not automatically mean that the sales letter is a failure - people can still respond to your sales letter after days, months, or years as long as they would remember it. If you can make your sales letter memorable, chances are the reader would be able to remember your products when the time comes that they are needed.

- Catch Attention: While looks are usually underestimated, it is important to make your sales letter writing very attractive whether you use visuals or not. It is not at all impossible to catch attention with mere words alone. Use bold statements that tickle your readers’ fancy. A boring letter would just end up in the trash with other junk mail. Be sure to make your sales letter writing upbeat and interesting so that your prospects would be enticed to read on and know more about what you offer.

- Give Clear Instructions: Winning trust, appearing credible, making your letter memorable, and catching attention is not enough for effective sales letter writing. It is important for your readers to be informed what they should do next by giving them clear instructions on how they could respond to your sales letter. Be sure to include how they can contact you and make it easy and convenient for them by leaving a mailing address, email, website, fax, or phone number where they can reach you easily. Of course you have to make sure that these are working well so you would not miss any customer.

- Give Rewards: People love bonuses whenever they purchase something. You can offer gifts, discounts, and other promotional offers to your customers. You can also give rewards to those who respond immediately so that you can easily reap profits from your sales letter writing.

- Reach Your Reader Personally: It could be very tempting for you to just hit the mail merge option of your word processor. However, they can make your sales letter writing very detached and unappealing. People like to be addressed personally and it is best to reach them as individuals.

Good sales letter writing is essential for today’s business. With it, you are several steps toward profitable success.

Mario Churchill
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/effective-sales-letter-writing-7-tips-to-make-killer-sales-letters-136399.html

If you have been into internet marketing, you would know the importance of having an email list of your own. In case you don’t, then here are a few benefits.

Every time you launch a new product you do not have to worry about how to tell people about it. Just send an email to 10,000 subscribers and there you have the initial sales. But you don’t have 10,000 subscribers…In a while about that.

Someone new comes to your site and reads your complete sales page but for some reason does not buy the product. Good news leaves his email in your email list. You can now send them information about the further developments in the product and as soon as the person feels comfortable and secured enough, they buy! For more information logon to www.craigs-list-profits.com .Someone reads an article in your newsletter and publishes it on their web site giving you an extra link which may be powerful enough to bring a good Page rank and search engine listings.

As mentioned it is difficult to have an email list of 10,000 subscribers and people who have those lists have built them in years. However a few things you can do to get around 40% increases in your subscription are listed below.

1.) This is very simple and yet the most neglected one. Most people place their subscription form somewhere at the very bottom of the page where it is hardly visible. Why do you expect people to search for your form and then sign up?  The best place is to place it somewhere at the top especially at the left corner. This is because human eye is used to reading left to right and top to bottom. You automatically look at the top left corner of a page as soon you take it in your hand don’t you? Have placed a search box at the top left. Tell me if it is noticeable?

2.) This tip has been repeated again and again but Provide a free bonus for subscribing. You would ask what if they subscribe and as soon as they get the free bonus they cancel? If your very first email sent to them is not making an impact then they are anyway not going to read the rest. In the first email have quality information sent to them along with the bonus you promised. If possible, promise another free bonus coming soon. Could be a report or even a flash website templet which depends on who is reading your emails.

3.) Promote your email list in other’s email list. Let me explain. Someone is reading a website design newsletter which provides scripts. This reader sees your search engine promotion advertisement in this list and visits your site. If he is designing a website then most probably he is also looking for information on how to promote it. On your website, make this information available and promise a lot more in your newsletter.

4.) Write articles. This builds credibility and puts you in the seat of a Guru who knows a lot about certain subject which people want to know about. In the resource box mention that you are running a newsletter. For more details go to www.freelist-pro.com .With the knowledge you just presented, expect a substantial growth.

5.) Get into a newsletter joint venture. This is where a person subscribing for a different newsletter sees an option to sign up for your newsletter after they have joined the original one. Similarly your thank you page shows an option to join the other newsletter.

Additionally, don’t just have a newsletter link leading to your subscription page, but instead have the subscription box on all pages. This may sound simple but this alone will get you at least 10% growth in sign ups.

OrreryHIM
http://www.articlesbase.com/internet-marketing-articles/five-policies-for-email-list-building-692239.html

For any business whether offline or online you need customers. It’s much easier to get potential customers into your online store, or business website, by a number of different means, search engine traffic, adverts of many kinds, or from links on other sites. It doesn’t matter how they got there in the first place, as long as they buy, you can capture some details then and send them updates on your later offers or deals. But what about if these visitors don’t buy, how do you bring them back again if you offer a better deal in the future, or have new products they may be interested in?

That’s where an email list becomes your best friend, and online businesses biggest asset. You need to capture those email addresses before the visitor leaves. Fro more information logon to www.email-auto-format.com .This is so important that the big name online marketers make building a subscriber list one of their main activities. Some of the figures bandied about concerning email lists may be erroneous, but from my own personal experience, they’re not too far out, so I will repeat them here.

Figures quoted for the value of each subscriber range from 50 cents to 1 dollar per subscriber per month, so the larger the subscriber list you have the more you can make each month, you do the maths for yourself. There is a caveat to this, your subscriber list needs to be targeted, i.e. it’s no use trying to sell high heeled shoes to a predominately male audience, or sending your best ad for gardening tools to people who sign up on a site about rap music, if they have little interest you won’t make anything. It’s also claimed that sales increase after the potential customer has received several emails from an online business, and the extra sales are in the order of over 50% of customers purchase when they are more comfortable with the seller following receipt of the emails.

So now we know the value of having an email list, how do we start to build our own subscriber base?

The easiest method is to use an online “autoresponder” such as getresponse.com which you can preload with messages ready to send to anyone who signs up. Then you will need a way for your website visitors to subscribe to your newsletter or sales letter series, all good autoresponders will give you some html code ready to paste into your WebPages into which visitors can place their name and email address as a minimum, and some will allow you to include boxes for more information should you require it.

You now need to post this code into a visible spot in your webpage(s) and make it as easy as possible for your visitor to sign up for your email subscriber list. Now you have a way to capture contact details to give you a second chance at making a sale even after your visitor has left your site. So that’s it sit and wait for those subscribers to sign up.

Hold on a minute, why would they want to sign up for your newsletter, or email series?

You need to give the visitor a good reason to subscribe to your list; after all they probably already get enough emails from spam, friends sending them the latest joke, and other online businesses who have their address, so you need to sweeten the deal in their favor. One of the easiest ways to attract subscribers is to offer a free gift for subscribing. To know more logon to www.freelist-pro.com .The gift can be as simple as making the emails a course to teach them something about the topic of your website, a free e-book (there are plenty available on a variety of subjects if you don’t have one to give away already, search in your favorite search engine) or you could offer a competition where subscribers can win one of your products. Whatever you do, try to make it an offer the visitor will find it hard to turn down, and they will subscribe to get it.

So these are the reasons to start your own subscriber list, and an overview of how to start getting subscribers, but what sort of emails should you send as your list grows?

Hopefully you will now see the benefits of using email newsletters to increase your online business, or website visits, and see that it’s not too difficult to get started. An article of this type can only give you an overview of the basics of email subscriber lists for online businesses, but there is plenty more available online, and I’d recommend you to find out more about it, especially how to avoid spam complaints. But most importantly, start your own email subscriber list today, and watch your business grow.

vishaldhiman
http://www.articlesbase.com/email-articles/creating-email-list-for-your-online-business-682182.html

It is time to improve your small business sales and the best way to do that is to come up with some simple ways to make your business stronger. Fortunately, there are many different ways for you to improve your small business sales and one of those is email marketing. This is certainly something you will not want to overlook as it can make a huge impact in your bottom line without requiring much time or money.

Email marketing is a method that you can begin using that will pay for itself time and time again. For example, with email marketing you will be able to collect email addresses of your customers who are willing to receive emails and advertisements from you. This is important that you use opt in email addresses because otherwise you could get yourself into trouble. Simply make sure that you make it easy to subscribe to your website, newsletter, or other information so that your contact list grows and grows.

One thing you can do to increase your bottom line is raise prices. You may think that by doing that you would eliminate many of your current clients; however that is not the case. Most of the time customers consider prices too high because they don’t understand what they are receiving for the price. What is important is that you must present your prices in a way that they will be accepted for the value they provide.

Another thing you can do to benefit your small business marketing efforts is to close more sales. Whatever methods you are using to convert interest into sales needs to be doubled or tripled to make you more money. If you are using a website and email marketing then you need to fine tune the points here, if you are using direct marketing then you also will want to focus on the finer points of this. It is important to evaluate where your small business is sales lie, how many sales you convert, and what you can do to improve your business sales. Many times, simply writing a script for phone conversations and compelling web copy is enough to make your business turnaround.

These are just a few tips to help improve your small business sales. Remember, all businesses are different so all marketing methods will not be helpful. You need to learn what marketing methods work best for your business and then vary them so that you aren’t bombarding your customers with the same information every time and that you are always presenting your business and/or service in a new and interesting light.

Aaron Goldberg
http://www.articlesbase.com/sales-articles/improve-your-small-business-sales-718540.html

As you may know, most people now spend more time reading their emails than they do surfing the web. Email is one of the most powerful mediums that you can use to talk to visitors, customers and prospects.

In this article I will discuss 15 best practices that you can use everyday in your email marketing activities. Used wisely and consistently, there’s no doubt you’ll see an increased response from your subscribers — whether it be for more feedback, more product/seminar registrations, or even more orders.

1. Avoiding the Spam Filters The majority of large Internet service providers now use rigorous spam protection mechanisms to trap unsolicited email before it gets into their customers inboxes. Spam filters generally “rank” each email by a number of different criteria, and, if that email rates above a certain level (such as 10 spam points), then it is flagged as spam and deleted.
To make sure your emails don’t get flagged as spam — and deleted before they even get to your subscribers — avoid using words such as ‘Free’, ‘$$$’, ‘Save’, ‘Discount’, etc in both the subject line and the content of your email.
2. Maximizing Click-Thru Rates Both web pages and emails can contain a lot of text and graphics, and this sometimes makes it harder to get your subscribers to perform a certain task, such as clicking on a link to see your special offers.
Numerous research papers tell us that the majority of Internet users respond better to a plain, bold, blue text link — such as this — as opposed to a banner or button. So, if you’re going to include links in your emails, make sure they are bold, blue and underlined. This will mean that more subscribers click through, meaning more conversions/sales for you.
3. The Power of Personalization If you were standing in a crowded mall, which of these would get your attention: “HEY, YOU!” or “HEY JOHN” (assuming your name is John). The power of personalization can and should be used in your emails. In-fact, by simply starting your email with “Hi [subscriber_name]” instead of the boring “Hi there”, you can increase both your reading and click-thru rates by up to 650%. Why? Put simply, it’s because your subscribers feel like they already have a relationship with you as you’ve addressed them by their first name.
4. One-Click Unsubscription If you want to grow your mailing list, then there are 2 things that you absolutely must have: a double opt-in process, and a quick way to unsubscribe. In some countries, it’s actually mandatory by law that every email has an unsubscribe link in it. The unsubscribe link should take the recipient directly to a page where they are then removed — courteously — from your mailing list.
5. Signup Confirmation Don’t get accused of spamming — always, and I mean always use a double opt-in confirmation process. Double opt-in means that after your visitor initially enters their email address to subscribe to your list, you should then send them a “confirmation” email. This email should contain a special link back to your email-marketing program, which will then verify that this visitor did indeed sign up to your mailing list.
6. Tuesday / Wednesday = Increased Response Studies conducted by online research analysts have shown that the best days to perform a mail-out to your list are Tuesday and Wednesday, as this is when people are more receptive to communication. This means that they are more likely to read your content and click on links, meaning more sales.
On Mondays, everyone is still recovering from a hectic weekend. On Thursday and Friday, people are already too busy looking forward to the weekend. We’ve actually experimented with this, and received the best results by sending out emails at around 2-3pm (American Pacific Time) on a Wednesday.
7. Repeat Email Communication An auto responder is an email that is scheduled to be sent at a certain time interval after someone subscribes to your mailing list. Auto responders are a great way to automatically follow up with your subscribers or provide them with more information on your products/services.
For example, if you provide a free newsletter, you could setup 3 auto responders for new subscribers: the first is sent 1 hour after they subscribe. It contains a thank you message and a link to get 10% off your newly released eBook.
The second is sent 24 hours after they subscribe, telling them about your community message boards, and the third is sent 72 hours after they subscribe, in which you can offer them a special deal on becoming a paid member of your site.
Auto responders help your subscribers build trust in both your company and your brand, and this can help make it easier when trying to close sales in the future.
8. Consistency is the Key If you’re running a newsletter or frequent email publication, make sure you keep the look and feel consistent from issue to issue. By keeping the look and feel consistent, you help to maintain and strengthen your brand and your image to your subscribers, which again will make it easier to close sales when you need to.
Create a template for your newsletter and whenever you need to create a new issue, use that template as the basis for each issue.
9. On Time, Every Time When sending a regular email to your subscribers, always make sure that it’s sent on the same day, at the same time. For example, every Wednesday at 3pm. Your subscribers will come to “expect” your email to arrive in their inbox on the same day at the same time every week, meaning that they want to read your content and are generally more receptive to any special offers or promotions you may include.
10. The Half-a-Second Subject Line When your email arrives in your subscriber’s inbox, you generally have about half a second to catch their attention with the subject line of your email. After this, they will either delete your email or ignore it. In your subject line, try and specify a benefit that the subscriber can expect by reading your email. For example, instead of using ‘OurSite Newsletter Issue #1′, use ‘OurSite Newsletter: 10 Tips for Financial Freedom’.
11. The Free Bonus Hook-In Free is overused these days, especially on the Internet. However, if you’re looking to grow your subscriber list, then create or source a product of value to your visitors (such as an eBook or discount coupon) and offer it to them for free when they signup for your newsletter.
To make sure they don’t simply type any email address into your subscription form, setup an auto responder to send them the free bonus 1 hour after they subscribe to your newsletter.
12. The Preview Pane Popular email clients such as MS Outlook show a preview of an email when it’s selected in your inbox. Always have some interesting content at the very top of your email, as this is the part that will show in the preview window of your subscribers email program. If it’s interesting enough, then your subscriber will open your email and continue on reading.
13. Link-Click Testing When creating marketing emails, try using different text for both content and links. Also try re-positioning images such as logos and buttons. After sending about 3 different emails, compare the click-thru stats and see which one worked best. Now, when you need to send marketing emails in the future, you know that you will be sending the right mix of content and images that will attract the most click-thrus, and ultimately the most sales.
14. Email-Based Learning Add value to your website, build trust in your visitors, establish your credibility and collect more subscriptions to your mailing list by setting up an email-based learning course. To do this, simply create a series of auto responders (for example, 5) containing unique content. Then, schedule the first one to be sent after 24 hours, the second after 48 hours, etc.
15. Always Sign on the Dotted Line Always include a signature at the bottom of your emails, as it’s one of the easiest ways to attract more traffic to your website. This signature should include your personal details, your company details, and an unsubscribe link. You can use your signature to link back to your website, and even to other products. Here’s a sample signature:
Regards, John Doe. President - Company XYZ. Visit our website at http://www.companyxyz.com Unsubscribe from this newsletter at http://www.companyxyz.com/unsubscribe…

Conclusion - By implementing the 15 best practices described in this article, you can take your email marketing to a whole new level — attracting more subscribers, and building both your brand equity and credibility at the same time.

Mitchell Harper
http://www.articlesbase.com/email-articles/15-email-marketing-best-practices-718576.html