Saturday, October 24, 2009
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Random Musings - Page 2
Twilight was peeking around the corner as Nick sat at his desk, musing over his friendship with Ann. Spring was only a month away as Nick pondered over the past year. He fondly recalled the spring of 2000 when he had landed his job at Eastland Corp, and life had seemed to move along just fine. As for the events of the preceding few months he wondered if he had not perhaps misjudged the actions of one of the most intriguing individuals he had ever encountered.
Or, was he merely confused at the mixed signals he had been receiving from her? He remembered fondly the days when he would have stimulating conversations with Ann. Her refreshing ideas and sense of humor had always fascinated him and captured his fancy. However, lately, he had noticed, things had not been going too well, and he wondered if he had not been too insensitive in his behavior with her. As he started to write, just the thought of losing Ann’s friendship sent shivers down his spine.
...to be continued
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Systems and methods for management and dissemination of information from a controlled environment facility
Patent No. US 7,519,169 B1
Systems and methods for management and dissemination of information from a controlled environment facility - Rajesh R. Hingoranee, Plano, Tex. (US)
Texas Inventor Develops Cross-Hatching Biometrics System
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 -- Rajesh R. Hingoranee of Plano, Texas, has developed a system for cross-hatching biometrics.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a present authentication or identification process includes iterative and successive cross-hatching of biometric components such as voice print, fingerprint, hand analysis, retina scan, iris scan, and/or features (such as facial characteristics, scars, tattoos and/or birthmarks) with other identifying data such as a personal identification numbers, password phrase, barcode, or identification card."
The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,278,028 on Oct. 2.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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Random Musings - Page 1
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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Top 15 Ways to Build Your Subscriber List
Email marketing can be profitable for any business, no matter what kind of product or service you are selling. It is significantly cheaper than other advertising methods and it helps build credibility with your subscribers. As a result, you can generate more sales and profits.
The foundation for successful email marketing is a targeted, responsive and permission-based email list. If you have a list of subscribers that trust you and consider you an expert, you've completed the first step and are on your way!
Below you will find several list-building ideas that will help you make the most of your email marketing efforts: (If you are in a hurry, you may click here to get more information)
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Provide useful, relevant and unique content. Your visitors will not give you their email addresses just because they can subscribe to your newsletter free of charge. You have to provide unique and valuable information that will be useful to your subscribers.
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Add a subscription form to every page of your website. Make sure it stands out so it is easy to find. If appropriate, you can also include it in more than one place. For instance, your opt-in form might always appear in the top-left corner of your site, while you also include an opt-in at the bottom of some of your popular articles.
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Make it easy for your reader to sign up. The more information you request, the fewer people will opt-in. In most cases, a name and an email address should suffice. If it's not necessary, don't include it here. (Note: If you don't have a Privacy Policy, put the words "privacy policy generator" into a search engine and you should be able to find a suitable form for your readers to review.
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Publish a Privacy Policy. Let your readers know that they can be confident you will not share their information with others. The easiest way to do this is to set up a Privacy Policy web page and provide the link to it below your opt-in form.
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Show your first issue or other sample to your visitors. This lets potential subscribers review your newsletter before they sign up to determine if it is something they'd be interested in.
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Archive past newsletter issues. A "library" of past newsletters is both appealing and useful to visitors and builds your credibility as an authority. In addition, if your articles are written with good SEO techniques in mind, they can send additional traffic to your web site through good search engine positioning.
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Contact other newsletter publishers. Introduce yourself and explore ways you may be able to help each other. Perhaps you can introduce other publisher's newsletters or print articles they have written to your list, with a link to sign up. When you contact them, be sure to tell them why you think THEIR readers would like what you have to offer and why YOUR readers would benefit from their newsletters. This is a win-win scenario; both of you will build your lists faster!
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Give away bonuses subscribers can use. Create an opt-in bonus for joining your subscriber list. You can write an ebook or PDF report, or even hire a programmer to create downloadable or web-based software. But don't limit yourself to only a gift for new opt-ins. Remind your readers that the next bonus is coming soon. People hate to miss out on things. If you systematically pass on "goodies" throughout the year, your subscribers are unlikely to leave.
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Ask your subscribers to pass it on. Word of mouth is a powerful viral technique that works great with email marketing. If your subscribers find the content you share with them to be informative, they will pass your newsletter on to their friends. This can be a good source of new subscribers.
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Let others reprint your newsletter as long as the content is not modified. Many webmasters and newsletter publishers are actively looking for high-quality content and, if they reprint your newsletter, you will get new subscribers, traffic and links pointing to your site.
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Include a "Sign Up" button in the newsletter. If you are using plain text instead of HTML, provide a text link to your subscription page. You may feel that this is not required because the subscriber is already on your list, but remember that readers will forward your newsletters to others, or reprint it online. You want to make it easy for them to subscribe.
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Add a squeeze page. A squeeze page has one goal − to get an opt-in and build your list. Think of it like a mini-sales letter for your subscription or opt-in bonus. It features a powerful headline and a couple of very important benefits that should make subscribers salivate to sign up to your list. Once created, use a service such as WordTracker to find hundreds of targeted keywords, and advertise there using pay-per-click advertising from Google, MSN and Yahoo.
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Include testimonials on your squeeze page. This is crucial. Put 1 or 2 strong testimonials from satisfied subscribers on your squeeze page. This can be in any format, but you may find that multimedia (audio or video social proof) is more "believable". To increase that believability, include full names, locations and/or urls; don't use "Bob K, FL" as a testimonial name.
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Blog religiously. Blogging is a great way to communicate with your potential customers, and it creates a nice synergy with your email marketing. Be sure to include your newsletter sign-up form on each page of your blog. You can start a free blog at Blogger or Wordpress.
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Post on other blogs. Post great comments and information on similar blogs with a link to your squeeze or opt-in page. Also comment on others' blogs through trackbacks. In most cases, your comments will be posted on their blogs with a link back to your site. This is an easy way to generate new traffic and subscribers.
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