How To Build An Email List From Real-World Foot Traffic

Date: April 18th, 2013 | Author: | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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Chimpadeedoo just released an Android version making it even easier for storefront owners, musicians or artists of all types to build an email list, in person, even if there is no Internet connection.

Via MailChimp Blog:

Ever since we released Chimpadeedoo for iPad, an app that helps you collect new subscribers from your tablet, many of our customers have been waiting for an Android version. If you’re not familiar with Chimpadeedoo, it’s an easy way for store owners, bands, and people who set up shop at trade shows or festivals to build their mailing lists. We’re happy to tell you that Chimpadeedoo is now available on Google Play for Android devices (and of course, the iPad version is still available on the App Store)….” [Continue Reading]



Create Multiple Disposable Email Addresses With Gmail

Date: February 26th, 2013 | Author: | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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I bet you didn’t know you could create multiple disposable e-mail addresses with Gmail. Well, now you do! It’s a great way to protect your inbox from unwanted SPAM.

Via MixTheNet:

If you add dots (.) between the letters of your Gmail username, sending an message to the new username will get forwarded to your original email (which is without or with only 1 dot.)

It doesn’t matter how many dots you’ll add between your username, all of the emails sent will go to your original email. Gmail provides another great explanation:

Gmail doesn’t recognize dots as characters within usernames, you can add or remove the dots from a Gmail address without changing the actual destination address; they’ll all go to your inbox, and only yours. In short:

    • homerjsimpson@gmail.com = hom.er.j.sim.ps.on@gmail.com
    • homerjsimpson@gmail.com = HOMERJSIMPSON@gmail.com
    • homerjsimpson@gmail.com = Homer.J.Simpson@gmail.com

All these addresses belong to the same person. You can see this if you try to sign in with your username, but adding or removing a dot from it. You’ll still go to your account.

Why is this helpful? Let’s say you want to sign up for a particular newsletter but you’re afraid of spam. Then you can modify your email with the dots so in case you start getting unwanted messages, you can use Gmail filters and send every message your ‘new’ email receives to spam directly…” [Continue Reading "6 Things I Bet You Didn't Know You Could Do With Google"]

 


Reamaze: Customer Relationship Management For The Small Business Customer

Date: February 23rd, 2013 | Author: | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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I always thought their was a disconnect between what most small businesses needed in a CRM and what was available on their market. Fortunately, there is now a CRM for the “little guy”.

Via TechCrunch:

The small business world just doesn’t get the love that it deserves. Salesforce.com and the other giants sell to big enterprise customers that need a far different set of tools than their small-business counterparts. The gap is creating an opportunity for companies like Reamaze, which takes an approach that combines CRM with customer support.

Co-Founder Lu Wang says the touch has to be a bit different with small businesses. Small businesses do not talk about CRM but rather about how to keep customers happy, how to get new ones and how to keep that business flowing in the 24-hour, seven-day-a-week Internet world that we live in. He said they designed the service for people who have no clue what an ‘instance’ is or ‘virtualization’  means or whatever developer/enterprise lingo it may be…” [Continue Reading]


Are Your Optin Rates Dropping? Try This!

Date: November 21st, 2012 | Author: | Tags: , , , | No Comments »


I’m guilty of having an optin box in my sidebar and at the bottom of each blog post.

I thought this was the best way to generate optins, but now Clay Collins has me wondering if it’d be better to bury the optin form a layer deep and make it a two step process. It’s definitely worth testing.

Watch the video and let us know what you think by leaving a comment!


Boomerang For Gmail: A Must Have Tool For Any Entrepreneur

Date: October 17th, 2012 | Author: | Tags: , , , | No Comments »


Did you ever wish there was an easy way to schedule an email to be sent at a later time?

Did you ever wish there was an easy way to take an email message out of your inbox until you actually need it?

How about a reminder when the recipient of your email has yet to read your email?

All of this is possible with Boomerang, and best of all, it’s a free tool! Trust me, after installing Boomerang, you’ll wonder how you did without it.