Effective List Building Part 3

List Building Doesn’t Have to be Difficult

New and intermediate marketers operate under a false impression that the only way to build a list is to have a visitor opt into a subscriber form on your website or blog. Unfortunately this leads to a lack of action because they get stuck either because they don’t know how to put a web form on their site or they put the form on their site and do nothing more.

The longterm impact on the business of these marketers is a lack of sales. The longer you go without an organized and consistent list building strategy, the more difficult it will be for you to begin making real money online. If you read this blog post carefully and take immediate action, you will be on your way to building a responsive list with relative ease.

Subscription Opt In Forms an Obvious Place to Start

I believe that every serious online marketer should have a blog which services as the hub for their primary online activity. That being said, placing a web form on your blog that offers a free item of extreme value to your visitors for subscribing to your mailing list is the obvious place to start, so this is your first assignment.

Here are a few bullet points detailing how you establish a high converting subscription magnet to encourage your visitors to (join) opt in to your list.

1. Offer a valuable ethical bribe, which can be any item that creates desire from your visitor.

2. Make your form attractive using a template or custom web form. These forms can easily be created using an auto responder service such as Aweber. Refer to this blog post: Aweber Web Form Generator

3. Ensure that your subscriber form (or a subscriber form) appears on every page of your site. Depending on how a page viewer finds your site they may arrive at a page other than your home page. Most standard blog templates present a static sidebar that appears on every page. I would suggest placing your opt in form on the sidebar or in the header of your site.

4. Keep it simple to encourage an opt in by your visitors. It is best to ask for a fist name and email address only – asking for more information will lower your conversion rates with each additional question on the form.

5. Deliver the opt in gift immediate to reward your new subscriber and begin to build your credibility and trust.

Gain Organic Traffic by Creating Content

Dynamic content creation is such a big topic that it requires an entire series of post and cannot be covered here. The bottom line is that you should be posting to your blog weekly, writing articles, bookmark your site, become active in social networks, and re-purpose your content in a variety of ways.

Buying Traffic is a Solution if Your Budget Allows

If you have a sufficient budget, you can purchase traffic or subscribers from a variety of resources. I will cover this specifically in future post, but here are a few ideas. You can use pay per click, e-zine ads, solo ads, classified ads, advertise on other blogs, and purchase subscribers from list providers.

Build Your List with Your Funded Proposal

One of the most powerful ways to build a list is through a self-funded proposal. I use the Prosperity Marketing System as one of my automated funnel in addition to hosted sales pages offering a free e-book or audio mp3 files. In my opinion, having a series of self-funded proposals posted across the internet is the best free or low cost method for building a quality list.

In addition to building your list, a self-funded proposal also develops buyer among your list members allowing you to identify segments within your list most likely to purchase your products and services in the future.

Here is a Golden Nugget

You have likely heard it said that “the money is in the list,” the truth is that the money is in the buyers within your list. So providing your list members with extreme value for free in the beginning builds your trust and credibility. Once established you must convert free opt in subscribers to buyers, even for a small monetary amount such as a seven dollar special report or a paid membership to your site.

Build a Targeted List

It is critical in all aspects of your business to be very specific about your market and develop an effective message to market match. Once a visitor opts into your list, you should consistently provide them with content, products and services within their targeted areas of interest. If your subscribers suddenly find that your content and recommendations no longer fit their needs, they will simply (unsubscribe) opt out.

Recognize the Lifetime value of Your List

Having a large responsive list of loyal subscribers allows you to effectively market on a continual basis as long as you do not abuse the privilege. If you use care to market relevant products and services while consistently rewarding the loyalty of your subscribers with free reports and other bonuses, you will secure the long term viability of your business.

Be sure to provide me with feedback concerning this post and your own thoughts on effective list building. Be sure to follow this entire series and share you have discovered with your friends.

I am here to help you succeed!

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I had the privilege today to interview author and Ecademy founder Penny Power on the Internet Business Blueprint podcast. In 2010 Ecademy will celebrate their 12th year anniversary as a premium business and social network. To learn more about Ecademy sign up for a free account and see if this community can help you accomplish your objectives: Join Ecademy

I wanted to share a few of my notes from our conversation as Penny Provided some really great insights concerning the social web.

I. The distinction between institutions and networks using two acronyms

1. C.S.C. for Institutions: C = Closed S = Selective C = Controling

2. O.R.S. for Networks: O = Open R = Random S = Supportive

I found this idea very enlightening and as Penny explained the concept in greater detail, it became apparent to me why so many mainstream businesses and organizational institutions such as governments and academic institutions have struggled to bridge onto the social web.

II. Credibility+ Credibility = Profitability

The social web provides a unique opportunity for you to provide your network and potential customers, associates, and friends transparency that empowers them to get to know you, like you, and trust you which is essential in building relationships. Penny provided several key insights on this topic and share the story behind her website KnowMeLikeMeFollowMe.com

III. The guiding idea behind Ecademy is to establish a community of support for business owners and solo-prenuers around the world, a place where people actually develop true friendships and a dynamic support network.

IV. Ecademy is  integrating a number of enhancements in the month of February and have actually lowered the entry price of their ‘Power Networker’ membership and for those who are ‘Black Star’ members there are several new benefits on the drawing board.

As always, you can register for Ecademy as a free member and upgrade your membership based on the value you see in the community along with your personal goals.

V. The last point I wanted to share here relates to a bonus that I announced on the show for anyone who signs up as a free or paid member at Ecademy using the link provided on the broadcast and in this post. I am launching my first membership site in March 2010 and I have an extensive social media training series of videos and special reports that will be made available to the membership.

For those of you who join Ecademy using my link, I will provide you with a couple of the key modules from the series as my gift to you for being an action taker! This package is a valued at one hundred dollar and it is yours free.

Here is the link: Join Ecademy

Once you have joined Ecademy please be sure to send me a personal email message so that I can welcome you and send you the details on how you will access your social media training videos and reports. The email that you will want to use is james@AskJamesHolmes.com

If you would like to better understand how to leverage Ecademy to grow your online business around the world contact me and I will share several strategies that will produce results for you with consistency.

I am here to help you succeed!

P.S. To listen to a recording of the complete interview go here: Internet Business Blueprint Podcast

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James Holmes, Global Team Builder, Coach and Trainer, combining online and offline techniques to help you grow your business. To request a free 30 minute consultation contact James by phone at 303-523-9503 or email at james@AskJamesHolmes.com

Note: I am a Affiliate Marketer and it should be assumed that links provided within the content of this blog and individual blog post are affiliate links from which I may be compensated for sales made at the recommended sites. All products and service recommendations are made as a result of my personal experience with the product or service provider.

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A few months ago I heard that a well established website hosting company known as Kiosk Hosting was going to be launching a new network marketing company called Global Virtual Opportunities or GVO. I also learned that they were doing so with the support of many of the biggest names in Internet marketing including Mike Filsaime and Frank Kern among others. I was already familiar with Kiosk as a result of being a long term customer of Mike Filsaime and Armando Montelongo, both of whom use Kiosk as their hosting solution.

I was keenly interested in GVO because the business concept seemed very simple to me and the bundle of services they offer includes services that I was already purchasing through a variety of vendors. The idea here is to purchase these services as a package and dramatically lower the cost as a result and I have to say it really has worked. I still use Aweber, Go Daddy, Host Gator, but I have eliminated many of my secondary services and trimmed my budget as a result.

I personally was able to save about $120 per month and depending on what type of services you currently use to build your business, you likely will have a similar experience by switching over to GVO’ s bundled suite of products.

Here is what is included in the bundle:

1. Unlimited Hosting Account with C-Pannel and WHM Panels with Reseller Rights

2. Easy Video Producer (similar to Amazon Easy S3) includes video squeeze pages and a hosting community to market your videos. You can embed and link to your videos as with You Tube, Viddler, etc.

3. E-Responder Auto Responder Account – similar to Aweber, i-Contact, Get Response, etc.

4. Competition Witness – Lets you spy on your competitors campaigns

5. GVO Hot Conference – Present video, slides, live chat on your presentation channel - hybrid Go To Webinar and U-Stream platform style service

6. GVO Prospecting System – Pre-made squeeze pages and auto reponder campaign to market GVO.

7. GVO Recruiter – Email Marketing System with Pre-loaded campaigns to market GVO

8. GVO Banner Menu – Dozens of Flash and Static Banners

9. GVO Academy – Live Training Approximately 5 Classes Per day

I titled this post “How to Turn Your Business Tools into Another Income Stream” intentionally as not only can you save money by consolidating your services with GVO – you can also earn an income on all of your referals and the referals of those in your downline through ten levels.

To Learn More About the GVO Income Opportunity Click Here:

14 Day GVO Trail Link

If you carefully read my business philosophy you understand that I am a big proponent of multiple income streams. It doesn’t matter which business model you operate online, product creation, direct sales, network marketing, affiliate marketing, etc. It is essential that you have diversified income streams and one of the most reliable forms is training, resources and tools. Every serious marketer needs to invest in the proper tools to conduct a real business.

Regardless if you decide to utilize GVO strictly as a product and services provider, or as an income builder, I encourage you to take the 14 day trail and go behind the scenes and determine if this suite of services is right for you.

If you have identified tools that will serve the dual purpose of saving money and creating a passive income leave a comment as I would love to hear more and offer feedback or a review on my blog.

I am here to help you succeed!

P.S. I am an affiliate of GVO and the links provided in this post will result in an earned commission should you decide to join me.

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James Holmes, Global Team Builder, Coach and Trainer, combining online and offline techniques to help you grow your business. To request a free 30 minute consultation contact James by phone at 303-523-9503 or email at james@AskJamesHolmes.com

Note: I am a Affiliate Marketer and it should be assumed that links provided within the content of this blog and individual blog post are affiliate links from which I may be compensated for sales made at the recommended sites. All products and service recommendations are made as a result of my personal experience with the product or service provider.

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I received an email last week as a member of Joel Comm’s affiliate program stating that I was being given permission to give away four of Joel’s most popular e-books including the wildly successful “AdSense Secrets” which sells for $97 absolutely FREE. My conclusion was that the flying monkeys on staff over at Info Media (Joel Comm’s business) must be running things, so who am I to argue.

I have added all four titles to “My Private Vault” located here:

My Private Vault Log In

If you do not have a password for “My Private Vault” go here:

Request Your Private Vault Password and enter your name and valid email address and you will be sent a password immediately. My Private Vault contains over $1,400 worth of products for free and immediate download and I add new products every month for subscribed members of this site.

If you are interested in using AdSense in your business you must read “Adsense Secrets 4” the information is still very timely and will help you leverage your marketing efforts. I want to kick things off by giving you immediate access below. Keep in mind there are three additional titles available in the vault.

Download Access Here: AdSense Secrets 4

I have known Joel for a while now and I believe his products are first rate and will provide you with exceptional value. Get AdSense Secrets 4 and read it cover to cover. What you learn here could add a consistent revenue stream to your business that is scalable.

I am here to help you succeed!

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James Holmes, Global Team Builder, Coach and Trainer, combining online and offline techniques to help you grow your business. To request a free 30 minute consultation contact James by phone at 303-523-9503 or email at james@AskJamesHolmes.com

Note: I am a Affiliate Marketer and it should be assumed that links provided within the content of this blog and individual blog post are affiliate links from which I may be compensated for sales made at the recommended sites. All products and service recommendations are made as a result of my personal experience with the product or service provider.

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Effective List Building Part 2:

List building is largely a numbers game but many marketers forget that quality matters when it comes to earning revenue with your list. If you want to monetize your subscriber list you must first provide real value for your members for free and then within your funnel convert those subscribers to buyers.

The basic formula that I teach to achieve our objective is simply offering visitors to your websites and blogsites a high value item free as a reward for opting in, I refer to this as an ethical bribe. Keep in mind that this is a reflection on your brand and for your future customers it is their first sample of the quality and value you provide. As a result you want to give away some of your BEST information. If you give your new subscribers cheap or low value products and information, they have no reason to pay for what they will perceive to be more of the same.

When you provide high value information as a free gift and continue to provide quality content through your auto-responder messages, you begin to build trust by establishing your expertise and you create a desire in your subscriber to obtain more of your content and a willingness to pay for the value they receive.

To recap there are three steps in the funnel:

Step 1. Provide a high value opt in gift

Step 2. Use auto-responders to provide high value content through consistent communications with your list

Step 3. Convert subscribers to buyers based on the value you have provided (give them a reason to buy)

Nurturing Quality Leads

People are attracted to join a subscribers list for a variety of reasons, your online presence, perceived level of success, demonstrated expertise and other qualities you have successfully presented through your self promotion and marketing your sites are all valid reasons for a prospect to opt into your list.

Now that you have gotten the attention of your visitor give them value and trust that the most likely buyers will self select and purchase from you as a result of your actions.

Most professional marketers will tell you that their objective is to earn one dollar per month for every name on their list. So, if you have a 500 subscriber list, you would be earning $500 per month, a 5000 subscriber list would earn for you $5,000 per month and so forth. I have found that these number do tend to be valid as an average and you should make this your goal.

As you put together your front in reward (ethical bribe) and subsequent auto-responder messages be mindful of to attract targeted prospects, so your opt in offer must be focused on the products and services you intend to sell. In addition, your follow up messages must likewise be targeted on your niche and continue to offer high value content associated with a link that leads to an offer. It is essential to provide offers early in the process of your communication.

Maintaining your Subscribers list

When a visitor opts into your list they are giving you permission to communicate and market to them as your relationship evolves. However, be careful not to abuse this privilege by spamming your list. There is a delicate balance between communicating too much and not communicating enough to maintain there interest and evolve your relationship.

I recommend that you send a keyword targeted email to your list two or three times per week and include an offer in each of these communications. There are some marketers who email their list everyday, I think this is too frequent and those who market to me with this frequency tend to get their emails opened less often.

In addition to your weekly email messages, I would also recommend that you publish a monthly or bi-weekly e-zine or newsletter. This is were you can add additional value, make bigger ticket recommendations, author reviews, and summarize information previously sent during the preceding weeks. The e-zine format also lends itself to sharing non-business related aspects of your life to further build a relationship with your list.

Knowing What to Give Away

If you are a newer marketer and have not yet created your own products, there are a variety of ways to obtain high value items to give to your list. One of the best resources is membership in “Viral E-Book Explosion,” which will provide you with a large inventory of e-books and audio MP3 files that you can re-brand and give away to your subscribers.

I will share additional ideas concerning the use of private label rights (PLR) and master resell rights (MRR) later in this series, but for most leveraging Viral E-Book Explosion is a perfect solution.

Get Viral E-Book Free Here: Viral E-Book Explosion Offer

Knowing What Your Subscriber Needs

The most effective marketing always if focused on the needs of your subscribers and customers and your ability to provide solutions for those needs.

• What is your niche?
• Who are your customers?
• What do they need from you?
• Why do they need your products and services?
• What is their tipping point that will cause them to buy from you?

If you keep the needs of your subscribers in mind as your first priority and develop a funnel that addresses those needs effectively, you will build a responsive opt in list over time. Once you have received an opt in subscriber you should treat them like gold and recognize that there is a longterm value for every member of your list.

I am here to help you succeed!

(c) Copyright 2008-2009 James A. Holmes. All Rights Reserved.

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James Holmes, Global Team Builder, Coach and Trainer, combining online and offline techniques to help you grow your business. To request a free 30 minute consultation contact James by phone at 303-523-9503 or email at james@AskJamesHolmes.com

Note: I am a Affiliate Marketer and it should be assumed that links provided within the content of this blog and individual blog post are affiliate links from which I may be compensated for sales made at the recommended sites. All products and service recommendations are made as a result of my personal experience with the product or service provider.

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A Vault of Info Products

A few months ago I moved one of my subscribers list from one auto-responder over to Aweber and wanted do something special for the members that were required to re-opt in. I pulled together nearly $1000 worth of digital information products and business tools free of charge in exchange for there time – it went over very well.

About a month ago I decided to what I now call “My Vault” accessible to anyone who subscribed to my list and make it part of my blog menu. No hoopla, just a a simple enter your name and email address and receive your password by email and download all the great products and resources inside.

I have keep it so quiet that today I was thinking that many readers may be missing the tab, so I though I would write a quick post and personally invite you to sign up. I will be adding another set of products to the vault in the next few days that will bring the total value to nearly $2000 of products and resources that you get free as my gift to help you grow your business.

It is simple to subscribe and claim your password. Simply follow the link and enter your name and email address – be sure to use a valid email address as I will send your password by email reply.

Here is the link: Access My Private Vault

Once you have downloaded your products, software and resources be sure to create a plan and implement them in your business.

I am here to help you succeed!

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James Holmes, Global Team Builder, Coach and Trainer, combining online and offline techniques to help you grow your business. To request a free 30 minute consultation contact James by phone at 303-523-9503 or email at james@AskJamesHolmes.com

Note: I am a Affiliate Marketer and it should be assumed that links provided within the content of this blog and individual blog post are affiliate links from which I may be compensated for sales made at the recommended sites. All products and service recommendations are made as a result of my personal experience with the product or service provider.

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Penny Power is the Founder of ecademy, a UK based social network for serious entrepreneurs and internet based marketers. On Wednesday February 3rd at 9:00 am EST Penny Power will be my special guest on the Internet Business Blueprint podcast on Blog Talk Radio. This will provide you with a rare interview to speak directly with Penny and benefit from her extraordinary knowledge in the area of entrepreneurship and leadership.

Penny Power created ecademy with her husband Thomas Power and Glenn Watkins to help business people achieve success in their business through online tools, community and through friendship. Penny was born in England in 1964, married Thomas Power in 1990 and has three children. In her own words:

“I think the greatest aspect of Social Networking and the online world for us has been the aspect of working from home a great deal, allowing Thomas and I to be close to the children as they grow up. I am sure that is something that many of Ecademy Members have experienced and it is an enormous benefit of the new online world.”

ecademy is a Social Business Network. Created as a community, it has developed over 12 years into a warm, supportive and creative place. Business people join from all over the world and we encourage an Open, Random and Supportive philosophy.

ecademy is a Social place where business happens. You will experience many conversations that are both business related and social related – the best part from my perspective as that you will find very few ’social spammers’ and no one need apologize for promoting their businesses, it is actually encouraged.

If you have not visited ecademy I would encourage you to do so and then take advantage of their free membership here: Join ecademy Free

This will be an appearance not to miss and there is so much that you can learn from Penny that I am just pleased to host her on my show, I encourage you to join me.

I am here to help you succeed!

PS - Here is the link to the podcast show page: http://JamesHolmesRadio.com

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James Holmes, Global Team Builder, Coach and Trainer, combining online and offline techniques to help you grow your business. To request a free 30 minute consultation contact James by phone at 303-523-9503 or email at james@AskJamesHolmes.com

Note: I am a Affiliate Marketer and it should be assumed that links provided within the content of this blog and individual blog post are affiliate links from which I may be compensated for sales made at the recommended sites. All products and service recommendations are made as a result of my personal experience with the product or service provider.

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Here is a quick heads up on a special offer that was made on my podcast “The Internet Business Blueprint” podcast by Internet Marketer Doug Champigny for his “Power Start 2010” 4 Week Coaching Program – I am signing up for the program today and so should you – here is why.

There is a tremendous opportunity to develop your personal brand, expand your market, and create a six-figure income by creating and marketing information products. Many new and intermediate marketers have a large number of ‘private label rights’ (PLR) and ‘master resell rights’ (MRR) ZIP files sitting on their hard drives unopened because they do not know how to take the steps required to get these products personally re-branded and posted online. It is like a treasure chest of cash waiting to be opened.

The purpose of the Power Start 2010 program is to help you go from a dead start to a complete online info product business with website hosted, monetized and getting traffic in 4 weeks. I invite you to join us if you would like to take massive action and get your business launched in 4 weeks not 12 months and start making real money online.

Here is an overview of the weekly sessions:

The sessions are being held on 4 consecutive Monday evenings at 7:00 pm EST beginning February 1st and the sessions are presented in a tele-seminar format and there will be assignment given week to week to ensure that you are implementing what you are learning and getting your business established. Students will also be given videos for each module in the program, these are how to videos designed to help you take action at your own speed.

This is a serious high intensity fast start program and you shouldn’t sign-up unless you have made a firm decisions to build a successful online business. If you have made a decisions to build your business, this program will save you both money and time by shortening your learning curve.

During the podcast Doug and I tried to out do each other by adding special bonuses for listeners of the podcast and readers of my blog – you will reap the benefits. So here are the bonuses you will receive if you sign up for the class by Monday January 25th for the first session.

1.) Program Tuition Discounted 40%

2.) Complimentary Membership to the “Info Product Profits Blueprint” membership site that I am launching in March

3.) One Hour Personal One-on-One Consultation with Doug Champigny by SKYPE of Telephone after the program

4.) Assistance Promoting Your Site to Doug’s Personal JV Network (upon completion of the course)

If you are ready to take action go here and sign up: PowerStart2010 Special

Here is the link Itself: http://askjamesholmes.com/PowerStart2010

Who is Doug Champigny?

Doug is a full-time Internet marketer, Affiliate Marketer, E-Zine Publisher, mentor and speaker, is often called a super-promoter because he’s an expert in creating wealth online and teaching others to do the same. A 25-year veteran of the marketing and advertising industries before coming online, Doug has worked online full-time since 1997.

As you know my purpose is to provide you with a blueprint for your online business success and I fully endorse this program and I am proud to promote the program as an affiliate. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have questions. Once you have enrolled in the course send me a private email to james@AskJamesHolmes.com with your receipt and I will send you information for my membership site along with a few other bonuses.

I am here to help you succeed!

(c) Copyright 2008-2009 James A. Holmes. All Rights Reserved.

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James Holmes, Global Team Builder, Coach and Trainer, combining online and offline techniques to help you grow your business. To request a free 30 minute consultation contact James by phone at 303-523-9503 or email at james@AskJamesHolmes.com

Note: I am a Affiliate Marketer and it should be assumed that links provided within the content of this blog and individual blog post are affiliate links from which I may be compensated for sales made at the recommended sites. All products and service recommendations are made as a result of my personal experience with the product or service provider.

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I am starting a new series of post that will appear weekly on my blog under the heading (and tagged) ‘What’s Working Now’ and it will be documented results of what I am testing in my business and what type of results I have recorded. I am constantly testing new tools, new marketing methods, and resources in an ongoing effort to make my business more efficient and profitable. I am not going to share the failures, there are always little experiments that do not work out, but I am not a product reviewer and it is not my intention to provide you with product reviews.

I am only interested in sharing with you what is working, the experiments that produced positive results. There will be times when I am testing a resource that requires an extended testing period and therefore the results may not be known for a while, but I may be compelled to share the progress I am making anyway. I may also share with you what I am considering testing next, but those post will not carry the ‘whats working now’ tag.

So, here is my first report to you. I have been running a test over the past 8 days to see how my web traffic was converting to upgrades and eventual sign-ups into one of my primary programs using the “Prosperity Marketing System.”

Back up your email account as a best business practice

I have a lesson from the field that will save you from losing access to your email if your domain host goes offline or another calamity visits your desktop. Here is what happened. I was working with one of my traffic services clients last night to help him get an e-commerce site online overnight in a pinch. So it was about one in the morning and we decided to transfer his DNS Settings for his domain to a new host and FTP the site. What we hadn’t considered is that his email would go offline until the transfer process was complete quoting 24 to 72 hours. The problem is that he is receiving between 30 to 50 new order per day through email – yikes!

So with every challenge come a solution and a new idea is born – right? So, I got to thinking, what if you set up a Gmail account that you could use as a fail safe for your primary email- you can set up the account and then make one simple adjustment to your primary email client. Log into your primary email account and edit your email profile by adding your new Gmail account address as a carbon copy address.

Now, every time you get an email one will also be sent to the Gmail back up account. If you have a mishap, system failure, or need an email that has been deleted from your primary account you simply log in to your back up account and retrieve your messages. Then all you have to do is log in there once or twice a month and purge the in-box.

There you have a free, reliable, user friendly way to add a little safety net and avoid that sinking feeling if your web host goes down or you pull a stunt like we did.

I ways both large and small – I am here to help you succeed!

(c) Copyright 2008-2009 James A. Holmes. All Rights Reserved.

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James Holmes, Global Team Builder, Coach and Trainer, combining online and offline techniques to help you grow your business. To request a free 30 minute consultation contact James by phone at 303-523-9503 or email at james@AskJamesHolmes.com

Note: James Holmes is an Affiliate Marketer and it should be assumed that links provided within the content of this blog and individual blog post are affiliate links from which James Holmes may be compensated for sales made at the recommended sites. All products and service recommendations are made as a result of James Holmes personal experience with the product or service provider.

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