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Today's
Issue Contains:
Publisher's
Spot
Featured
Article: What Are Namesqueeze Pages
and How Can Internet Marketers Benefit From
Them
Freebies
for my subs
Positive
Quotes
Feedback
Recommended
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Publisher's
Goodbye and Legal Stuff
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My home
office was taken out by a lightning strike
last
Thursday and the worst thing I lost was my
laptop!
I had bought it 3 years ago but after years
of
replacing my computers annually I had found not
only
the desktop pc that works best for me but also
this
laptop. I just upgraded and added and found out
from my
insurance company that this is not the smart
way to
do it. With depreciation and my deductible,
I can
BUY a new one for less than the insurance
company
would give me so, for the first time ever,
even
during heating bills that almost did me in,
I am
appealing to you, my beloved subscribers- not
for a
donation or hand-out but for some ad sales.
Solos
are caught up except for June 4, 13 and 22
and if
you were dallying about your advertising
and
planning to do some SOON, I implore you to
do so
now. Because I have my real world store,
barely
making its bills- and have to be here
8 to 10
hours a day, I do what net work I can
while I
am here- but really relied on the laptop
to be
able to work from home and always give
same
day service, which has been a trademark
of mine
and cannot take the desktop pc back
and
forth each day and night so REALLY need
either
a good, cheap pc or laptop for home
AND
since both times I had to go out of town
for
funerals ( of all things! ) something
needing
my immediate attention occurred that
I could
not take care of while on the road
I have
gotten a lot of peace out of knowing
I could
take the laptop if I ever needed to
travel
and NOT hurt my business or my credibility
by not
being able to take care of things while
gone.
I have
seen editors over the years asking their
subs
for donations or help and I would never
do that
except to urge you to use the great
ad
service that comes with such responsive
and
loyal readers. And may this never happen
to any
of you! :-)
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Featured
Article
It has
been a well-accepted fact that in sales, leads are
very
important simply because without leads, there will be
no
sales. But then, acquiring leads these days can be very
tedious,
especially when it comes to online business.
However,
some strategies are built specifically to address
the
issue. One of the best techniques ever known to help
Internet
marketers build quality leads is the lead capture
page or
the namesqueeze pages.
Since
the inception of Internet marketing, more and more
people
have come to realize the importance of leads and
making
lists. That is why the creation of opt-in lists
has
been a major breakthrough in the world of virtual marketing.
In the
Internet, it is simply illegal for a marketer to
send
emails that are not solicited, whether they are for
commercial
or even personal purposes. Spamming, or sending
out
unsolicited emails are now considered as illegal.
Hence,
most Internet marketers consider opt-in lists as
highly
valuable marketing devices. With opt-in lists, you
can
send emails to people who have opted to subscribe in
your
business’ promotions and advertisements through
emails.
It is for this reason that opt-in lists are
deemed
as “gold” to most Internet marketers.
In
order to get a good opt-in list, some info-tech genius
has
created a device that will easily generate names and
emails.
This is known as the lead capture page or the
namesqueeze
pages. It refers to a particular page in
one’s
website that is built to acquire email addresses
as well
as names of the visitors on purpose.
The main
purpose of a namesqueeze page is to compel
people
to join the list or opt-in to subscribe for
the
lists before getting an access on the main website.
The
problem is that most Internet marketers are so
desperate
in boosting their sales that they often
misunderstood
the purpose of namesqueeze pages.
Most of
these people have the propensity to create
some
well-written scripts that would require the
website
visitor to answer some questions.
Unfortunately,
the visitors are not aware that they are
already
being lured to provide some information that
would
coerce them into joining a website’s mailing list
even if
it is against their will. This is completely
unfair
and against the principles of Internet marketing.
Besides,
the emails that the consumers will receive will
be
regarded as spam because they are not aware of such
emails,
and that is extremely illegal.
Hence,
it is important to create quality namesqueeze
pages
that would generate quality leads as well.
This
means that these leads are not compelled or
obliged
to do anything that is against their will.
Consequently,
a quality namesqueeze page or lead capture
page
can generate leads that are interested to find more
information
about the business. However, one should keep
in mind
that it is important to send emails that are
packed
with good and feasible information. After all,
that is
what the consumers are after that is why they
have
provided you with the information that you need,
right?
When
done right, namesqueeze pages can absolutely
guarantee
your online business growth. Why? It is
simply
because consumers who opted to get into your
lists
are interested to whatever concept you want to
tell
them. Hence, creating massive opt-in lists would
be very
possible if you know how to use namesqueeze
pages
correctly.
What
matters most here is that if you know how important
lead
generation and list building is to your online
business,
then, using namesqueeze pages could be the
most
workable device you could ever have.
Here is
a list of some of the benefits that Internet
marketers
can derive from merely using namesqueeze
pages
or lead capture pages:
1.
Massive list building
One of
the best reasons why namesqueeze pages work is that
they
compel people to make some actions. The problem with
the
other websites that are not generating enough sales is
that
they do not motivate or oblige their visitors to make
some
appropriate actions.
The
problem with those sites is that even if they have
created
a good “sales letter,” but it was not able to
coerce
people to subscribe to the site’s mailing lists,
it will
not work as it was expected.
With
namesqueeze pages, people are moved into actions.
This
can be done by offering freebies that can only be
acquired
if the visitors will opt to be included on your
list.
2. Get
an overall insight on the visitors’ interests
Using
namesqueeze pages will allow you to have an insight
on the
customer’s individual interests. This is because
customers,
who have opted to subscribe to such namesqueeze
pages,
are most likely interested to particular information
that
you are offering.
Hence,
you can change your topics from time to time
and
identify what information are highly saleable to
the
public. This will give you more ways to generate
better
leads by providing in-demand information.
The
bottom line is that generating good traffic is
useless
if you will not be able to convert your
visitors
into potential customers; and the only
way to
do that is to include them on your list.
That is
why if everything counts in, namesqueeze
pages
really matters.
Jan
Tallent, Marketing Warrioress
at http://www.jantd.com/ and
Publisher of
Rim
Digest eZine, http://www.rimdigest.com/
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Positive
Quotes
Never
tell people how to do things.
Tell
them what to do and they will
surprise
you with their ingenuity.
--
General George S. Patton
and
Man's
greatest actions are performed in minor struggles.
Life,
misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty
are
battlefields which have their heroes - obscure
heroes
who are at times greater than illustrious heroes.
--
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French Writer
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Feedback
Hi Jan,
I just
read your newsletter. I sure hope you can
make it
through your current struggles, we all
have
our share of those believe me.
Regarding
your download, it goes to a 404 fyi.
Can you
please send another download link.
Thanks,
Brian
>> thanks Brian, for reading and your best
wishes-
my kids
and I are doing fine but it has been a tad hard,
as you
obviously know. My ezine and my loyal subs and
friends
really DO keep me going and that has been true
for the
whole seven years with Rim and eight marketing
on the
net.
is my
face red! I cannot for the life of me find that
download
and it WAS on the site when I used that as a
freebie
a couple of months ago and the download was so
popular
I decided to offer it again and POOF! I cannot
find
the file and took it off the domain after the usual
2 weeks
I give people TO download, eek!
I will
make an annoucement in the next issue with the
feedback,
if I may, AND I do apologize!
Have a
safe and happy holiday, Brian!
Jan
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Hi Jan,
confession
time:
I
hadn't been reading your NL for awhile because I started
my own
screen printing business awhile back and internet
took a
back seat.
I am
sorry to hear of your divorce. I dont know what
else to
say except I hope it will get easier for you soon.
take
care.
james
( Video
Vinnie )
why
thanks so much, James and things are
going
well now. It really is my loyal subscribers,
like
you, that keep me going.
Have a
super safe and nice weekend.
Jan :-)
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Hi Jan,
I did
not know you are going thru a divorce.
I hope
everything goes well for you. I said a prayer
for you
that it will go good for you and the kids.
Also
did not know about the burglary and the loss
of your
adopted dad Charlie passing away.
Put the
blinders on and keep your head up and before
you
know it life will be good again. Wishing you the
very
best always.
Your
friend and fellow Rimmer,
Jay
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Jan,
I just
read about your divorce in the latest issue
of your
newsletter. :(
I
didn't know a thing about it . . . but then, due to some
personal
problems of my own, I have not kept up with my
email
(just deleted everything en masse without reading it.)
Anyway,
sorry to hear about it. I hope and pray your life
takes
an upswing now.
Take
care, my friend.
Larry
>>
thank you, Larry
the
kids and I are fine about it, it needed to happen
and we
have moved on to much more peaceful lives but
even
good change can be hard and I thank you for your
best
wishes and may God keep blessing both of us with
friendships
like we have.
Jan
>>
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