=> 1. News From the Net => 2. Feature Article-"It's All About Relationships Online" => 3. Webmaster Resources => 4. Promotional Resources => 5. Other Ezines of Interest => 6. Just for Fun or Useful => 7.E Books and Things of Interest to Publishers => 8. Freeware and Shareware to Download => 9.Subscribe/Remove Information *************************************** Hey Gang, I'm in a mood. Don't ask me why but for the past few days I have an urge to hit someone. Well, it could be something too. Not sure exactly what's wrong with me. It's definitely some kind of "funk". Yes, that's a good word for it. I'm in a "Merle Funk". Care to join me? Maybe it's the crappy winter weather and the bitter cold. Maybe I've just had enough of it and everything else. Of course, work didn't help. They moved me again. Like the hundredth time this year and gave me another new Manager but in the process of the move they lost my stuff. Yep, you heard me right. 4 years of things that were in and on my desk now gone. EVerytime they make you move to a new desk you're not allowed to carry your own box of stuff. They call in movers to take the stuff away. Leave it to a big corporation to come up with their own "moving" department. I guess years ago somebody claimed a back injury moving a box so now no one can touch anything. Anyway, it appears they're like a airport I guess and it's as if they lost my luggage. Needless to say I'm a bit irritated. Do you think that accounts for my "funk"? Jim, my significant other has been so busy working on the outside of the house. We're actually tearing off one side in order to rebuild and add on to it. I feel sorry for him he works so hard all day then has to come home and work all night too. He is a hard worker. It's going to be months though before we get this place back in shape. Of course, we've been living in this hell hole for almost 6 months now and I think it's starting to get to me. I have to live and work in the bedroom. I'm sure this is another part of my "funk syndrome". Aren't you glad you tuned in today to listen to me whine. If you want to put me in a better mood and help to cure my funk please buy my ebook. That would definitely help to make me feel better. It's called.....drum roll please... "Must Have Marketing Resources" http://mcebook.mcpromotions.com/ If you don't get a copy I might be in this funk for eternity and you'll hear about it in my next issue. If you find the whole "Michael Jackson" case interesting you might find this amusing. http://www.laserp.com/fun_stuff/escape_neverland.htm Get your very own MerlesWorld.com toolbar http://www.effectivebrand.com/LandingPage.aspx/CT7480 Download My f-r-e-e ebook "50 Easy Ways to Promote Your Website" at http://WebSiteTrafficPlan.com If you'd like a customized version with your name and url on the cover I can do that for you and it will only cost you 15.00. Then you'll have your very own viral marketing tool to help promote your website. I'd really like to see you over at the discussion board. Please give me your thoughts at http://www.merlesworld.com/webbbs/ Don't forget to bookmark the Blog. You'll want to pay an occasional visit for extra goodies I find. http://merlesworld.blogspot.com/ This week's winner for a free ad is.. Janet Emo of http://freelance-jan.notlong.com For your own chance to win fill in the survey. You'll find the link at the very bottom of this ezine. A winner is pulled twice a month. Enter now. Thanks for joining me, let's get to the good stuff. Merle http://www.MerlesWorld.com http://www.EzineAdAuction.com http://www.MCPromotions.com

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Are we Getting Less Sp.m?
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How HTML Email Code Affect E-Mail Deliverability
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MSN to Launch It's Own PPC Network
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Ebay Launches Int. Classified Ad Site
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A License to Ebay in Ohio
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Florida man sues bank over $90K wire fraud
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Ask Jeeves Confirms Bloglines Buy
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"It's All About Relationships Online"

By Merle http://MCPromotionsPress.com

Forming good relationships is a part of life; not
only for ourselves but for our businesses. You
should be thinking of your customers as long-term
clients, not just one time sales. When you work
hard at forming good relationships with them,
you'll find they come back and buy from you again
and again.

Remember this: It's much easier to sell to an
existing client then to find a new one. It's
also less expensive.Another "perk" of making them
happy is they'll refer their friends and associates
to you, which is great for business. Referrals
are like a "personal endorsement" of your work.
By the time a referral calls you, he's already
partially sold on using your products or services.
In essence the referral has given your company
the "stamp of approval."

So how do you go about forming relationships with
clients? Well, first of all you need to care about
their wants and needs -- not appear to care, but
really care. In our rush-rush hurry-up society,
personalized care is hard to find. If you care,
you'll stand out from the crowd and be remembered
in your customer's mind when he needs another
service or product like yours in the future. The
point is to establish long term bonds with them.

There are a variety of things you can easily
incorporate into your "relationship marketing
plan" on a daily basis:

1) After finishing a job for a client, always
"hand write" a thank you card stating how
much you appreciate their business.

2) Keep your eyes open when online for anything
that may interest or affect your customer's
business.Send them a quick e-mail with the URL
or send the page itself. It only takes a minute
but really shows you care.

3) When you find a newspaper or magazine article
that may interest one of your customers, cut it
out and send it to them. Watch for business-related
as well as anything personal you know that they
enjoy.

4) When adding new services or updating prices,
make sure you send your existing clients a copy.
This not only keeps them up to date on new products
or services but also serves as a reminder to call
if they need anything.

5) Make sure that anyone you have done work for is
subscribed to your ezine (you do have one, right?)
An ezine keeps you fresh in clients' minds and
helps to establish trust and credibility.

By giving customers more than they paid for,
they'll perceive you and your business as a
"real value," resulting in return visits and
increased sales.

Work on building relationships with your customers
and the profit margins will take care of themselves.
After all, they can buy from anyone; make them
*want* to buy from *you*.

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"Must Have Marketing Resources" Ebook by Merle
is loaded with VALUABLE online resources you need
to know about, when it comes to running your web
business. Get your copy now at ...
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FreeFoto

FreeFoto.com is the largest collection of f-r-e-e
photographs for private non-commercial use on
the Internet. If you'd like to purchase for
commercial use they do offer that as an
option too.

http://freefoto.com/index.jsp

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Rapid Feeds

RSS feeds are hot. Due to all of the email
filtering many online publishers are turning
to feeds to keep people updated about new
issues or new content on their sites. This
is a f-r-e-e online service which allows you
to create and manage your own RSS Feeds
completely and effortlessly without any
technical knowledge.

http://www.rapidfeeds.com/

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Useful Tips
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Link Checking

Make sure if you have a larger site to check the
links on your pages from time to time to make
sure they're still active. You'd be amazed at
how fast link rot can set in on an otherwise
fantastic site. If you use Dreamweaver they have
a built in tool that will run your entire site
thru a checking system and give you a full report
of any errors found. Or you can use an online
service like Link Alarm http://www.linkalarm.com/

"Need Traffic?"

John Reese has put together the most complete home
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Take advantage of John's 10 years of online marketing
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http://www.mcpromotions.com/johnreese.htm

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Yahoo 360

Looks like Yahoo will be opening it's own site
soon where you can share photos and create a
blog. You can sign up to be on their waiting
ist and they'll let you know when it's online
and ready to go.

http://p6.mgl.re2.yahoo.com/index_beta.html

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CD Auto Repair Wizard

When you put a CD into your computer it should
play automatically. Sometimes you're autoplay
gets corrupted and you have to jump thru hoops
to get them to play. Now you can repair this
function with the help of Microsoft.

http://tinyurl.com/5s4x7

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Free Ecover Graphics

Did you know you'll sell more ebooks if you have
an image of a real book? Same goes with your ezine.
You should have a cover for that too. If you can't
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AlleyCode

"Alleycode is a fast, sleek and highly productive
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you are new to HTML, Alleycode's great tutorial will
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Google's Desktop Plug Ins

If you're a user of Google's Desktop you might
have an interest in adding onto its functionality
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Google's Index Notification

"SEIN notifies you when Google, MSN and Yahoo
search engines crawl your site. It also tells
you the page the search engine indexed." Must
be running PHP to use and have access to your
PHP scripts.

http://www.jrbtech.com/googleindex/

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