|
|
Copyright 2005 Michael Tansey Autoresponders are a perfect way
to increase traffic to your site. They can save many valuable
hours by automatically answering emails concerning frequently
asked questions about a service or product or by sending a
welcome letter to new members of your program. There are many
ways that autoresponders can help your business. One of the most
important is their ability to track the effectiveness of your
promotions. Since autoresponders are one of the most popular
marketing tools available today, they are being used by a lot of
different kinds of business and websites. Some of these take
advantage of the system to use the autoresponders in a negative
manner. You should be aware of some of the ?Golden Rules? when
using autoresponders. Thou Shalt Not Use an Autoresponder
Address When Submitting to Search Engines. Since you will most
likely submit your site to search engines such as Google or
Yahoo!, directories, classifieds, and free for all sites, you
should be made aware of the fact that these sites commonly use
an autoresponder as well. If you were to use your autoresponder
to contact these companies, their autoresponder will reply to
yours and so on and so on. Thus creating a cycle of
autoresponses that will flood your email box and theirs as well.
Thou Shalt Not Use an Autoresponder to Subscribe to Ezines or
Discussion Forums. Since most of the time an Ezine will send you
updates and new information regularly, your auto responder will
send them a message each time. In a discussion forum, every
person in the discussion forum will receive your auto response.
This can be irritating and most of the time you will be
unsubscribed. It is often hard for the administrators of the
forum or ezine to determine who is using the autoresponse and
therefore it is simply common courtesy to never use an
autoresponer in this manner. Thou Shalt Not Use an Autoresponder
to Take Advantage Of Unsuspecting Individuals. Some very
unprofessional companies will use autoresponders to respond to
an automated message when this is done the address in the ?from?
field will be automatically subscribed to their mailing list.
This is a extremely un ethical use of autoresponders and those
who do it are in jeopardy of creating a very negative image of
themselves and their company. Rather than promote their service
or business, this usually leads to people becoming very upset
and spreading a negative word about your company rather than a
good one. The Internet can be a great place to do business and
autoresponders can be an excellent way to save time, however
when used in an unprofessional way, they can lead to frustration
and aggravation for others. Your company will suffer the loss of
much business if you choose to participate in these abusive
practices. The appropriate use of auto responders can generate a
large amount of business, while inappropriate use can drive away
that business.
About the author:
Mike Tansey can help YOU start your own profitable business on
the Internet within the next 24 hours... visit:
http://www.Profit-Unlimited.net/pips.html To Receive More
Informative Tips Click Below:
mailto:Profit_Unlimited@GetMoreInfo.com?subject=REF100
|
|
|
