Effective Internet Business

March 30, 2007

The Missing Email of the 300

Filed under: Email — Tetsou @ 3:52 pm

If the Greeks and Persians had Email!

From: King Xerxes From: Themosticles
To: All Greek States To: King Xerxes
Cc: Cc:
bcc Bcc: King Leonidas
Subject Earth and Water Subject: Earth and Water
Dear All,

Time to get with the program and submit before your living God.

You don’t want to end up like the Egyptians – the big mummies?

I’ll be sending my messenger for a bit of a chat.

Xerxes,

It’s the holidays here in Greece (Carneia) and we’re having a bit of a bash. You know the sort of thing: naked, dancing nymphomaniacs doing their thing.

You might try Leonidas of Sparta who’s not much of a party animal.

Xerxes of Persia

Your Living God

Let’s Rock!

Themosticles of the Greeks

We know all the angles!

Disclaimer: if you received this email in error – then your turn will come! Disclaimer: if you received this email in error – it couldn’t have come from us!

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March 21, 2007

How to Create A Business Email Address

Filed under: Email — Tetsou @ 11:39 pm

I was working with a young entrepreneur from Toronto, called Robert, on developing his web presence and we started to exchange a few emails on the ‘how and why’ of setting up a website. Robert had the good sense to register a domain name in preparation for developing his site. But when I received his first few emails I noticed he was still using his ISP email address instead of an address based on his business domain name. The email address looked something like this: rob1234@some-isp.ca.

This is a very common mistake.

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July 1, 2006

The Digg Effect - When Too Much Traffic Can Be A Problem

Filed under: SEO — Tetsou @ 6:59 pm

When the collective mind of the digg community turns to gaze at your site, you had better be prepared for a torrent of traffic. When that mind gives you its full attention, it’s time to batten down the hatches and warn your hosting provider that a tsunami of hits is about to pound its portals. It’s the digg effect.

read more | digg story

June 27, 2006

7 Deadly Sins of Email

Filed under: Email — Tetsou @ 7:07 pm

Most of us are probably using email in our day to day business lives; but are we using email as well as we could? All of us, at one time or another, have probably been guilty of committing one or more deadly email ’sin’. They are deadly sins because for our customers or clients they are annoying and a barrier to good communication.

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January 23, 2006

What’s In A Name?

Filed under: Home — Tetsou @ 7:38 pm

What’s in a name? Quite a bit if it’s the name of your website. And, even if you don’t have a website, a domain name is an important part of doing effective Internet business. A domain name lends credibility to your online business, makes your online presence portable, promotes your brand, and increases your chances of being found on the net.

Work Local, Think Global

I was discussing this topic with my driver, Joe, enroute to the airport just before the holidays. Joe, like many drivers, runs his own business and is pretty savvy on most things entrepreneurial; but, when it comes to the Internet, Joe admits that he doesn’t have much of a clue.

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