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Vol. 1 issue #218 Jan, 12, 2001
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C o n t i n u i n g D i s c u s s i o n s (6)
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1.Hotyellow98
~Deirdre Jones
~Robert Lee
~V.I.Hayes
2.DHS Club???
~Robert Lee
~Jim Henslin
~Reggie Hall
~Jon D. Atwood
3.Going Platinum
~Robert Lee
4.Free Websites
~Derek Marsh
5.Effective advertising
~Clifton W. Bonney
~Debbie Ducker
6.UPS
~Tom Falco
N e w P o s t s (4)
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1.Peter Claus
~Need newsletter resource and site review request.
2.Laurie Rogers
~Oasis Wellness Network
3.Gary Peterson
~Zapperdapper
4.Becky
~Newbie to internet marketing .
Site Review Requests (1)
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1. http://phh.virtualave.net
Site Review Responses (5)
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1.Robert Lee
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2.Robert Lee
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3.Shell
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4.Judith Cotter
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5.Tony Murtagh
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1.5 Steps That Are Missed Often in Non-successful Advertising
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From:Deirdre Jones
Subject:Hotyellow98
Hello everyone,
I was also part of the Hotyellow fiasco. I had been playing with starting
a
web site for a while and had been a Hotyellow affiliate for over a year.
Well, during the past few months, I finally started seriously working to
build a serious income producing site. I purchased a domain name and had
it hosted on Hotyellow. Then, I started noticing that whenever I tried to
manage my files, I got an Internal Server Error message. I wrote several
emails to Hotyellow tech support and received no responses. This puzzled
me because previously I had no problem with Hotyellow. I recommended
the site to my friends and relatives and some of them received their own
free sites from Hotyellow.
On January 4th, I accessed my Hotyellow site and received the message that
their servers would be permanently disabled at 4PM on that very day.
Needless to say, I was extremely angry that I had received no forewarning
about this situation. Luckily, I was able to copy all of my files and
begin
transferring them to another hosting company. This has cost me many hours
of research and work. I am glad in a way that I did not really lose much
money with Hotyellow.
However, it really pisses me off to see what they have cost so many
others financially and in wasted time.
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From:Robert Lee
Subject:Hotyellow98
Hi Bogdan,
It's been a while since I posted and the reasons are varied but useable.
Holidays, kids, wife, 3 websites and living life to the best that an good
internet income will allow.
I personally and publicly want to thank you for allowing me to become a Free
Bonanza Guide.
I believe that this endeavour will add the additional income stream that
will allow me to finally be totally online with my income, no more retail
sales for me!
:-)
My comments:
HotYellow98
I have no comments here... BIG surprise, since I usually have something to
say about everything.
I am sorry for all those that have lost money and business contacts through
the demise of this service.
What could have been the final demise factor? Spammer members eating up
bandwidth?
Poor free websites taking up space and technical help with no chance of
attracting traffic and revenues?
Loss of HotYellow98 banner revenues through the decline of big off-line
businesses promoting online?
For Thomas Deitz and others that registered their domain names through
HotYellow 98 it's time to do some investigating. Start with the paperwork
that you should have received, snail-mail or email, that would show who you
paid for your domain name registration. You should know this. You can start
to check at: http://www.networksolutions.com
if your name was registered
there, or try the http://www.dotcomdirectory.net.
Then if you are listed as
the "Registrant" and/or "Administrative Contact" you should
easily be able
to move your domain to another host and server. (Here I will suggest the
hosting service that I use, http://www.elosoft.com,
flat rates, not
expensive, 50 Megs and lost of features including unlimited traffic. This is
a BIG bonus for my downloads site, http://www.Robrob8.com
which was costing
me an additional $140.00 plus a month with another service.)
And Tom Sawyer (Really!!??) - (My full name is Robert Edward Lee, so I know
what you get too!)
Class action lawsuit? Only in America.
Well, I guess that I did have something to say after all.
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From:V.I.Hayes
Subject:Hotyellow98
Thomas Deitz wrote.
> What happens to the Domain Name that I registered with Hot Yellow?
Hello Adland
If You go to http:directnic.com/affiliates.php?VH-12-C which is my
affiliate page with Direct Nic and pay $15 for one more years registration,
Direct Nic will transfer your Domain for you.
You can use their free website hosting or redirect to a free website
elsewhere, or direct to a site like VirtualAve.net and or Hypernmart.net
where you can sign up for a free website using your domain name, or you can
park your domain there until you sort yourself out.
Regards
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From:Robert Lee
Subject:DHS Club???
DHS Club???
Hi Phil Sheline, Danette Braunstein, Egon Schnare, Daniel J. Johnese (The
smart one that dropped out), Rob Harrison (stay as a free member buddy!)
Sorry online shopping portals are not where income opportunities abound.
There are too many ways for people to save money online, shop around with
free downloadable shopping assistants that will find them the best price on
anything, etc.
They have a nice page for New Downline members:
http://www.clubshop.com/newvips.html
But it's interesting to note that the shopping bargains are for Americans
only. Why so many out-of-country members? What benefits do they gain other
than downline members making more members? $49.95 and $25.00 a month
afterwards? That is a LOT of online shopping to make it worthwhile to save
some money.
Please explain.
Danette you said:
You save big $$ everytime you shop over 50 online stores including Walmart
and Staples.
Please explain this in detail, I am interested, since this is where I shop,
but I want the information up-front. How will I save more money by paying
the aforementioned fees to shop online at these retailers?
I went to:
http://www.clubshop.com/mall1.html
This has links only to affiliate programs administered by Link Share,
Reporting.net and Commission Junction (maybe others).
We can all become members/affiliates and get the same deals, did you know
this?
Pay ME your monthly membership fees, I have found this out for you!
THANKS!
Don't believe me?
Check out THIS LINK:
http://www.clubshop.com/mall/storelist.html
and hover your mouse over EACH & EVERY LINK!
They are all for affiliate programs that you yourself can join.
Feeling ripped of yet?
And about the "Points Program"? I have no idea how they can figure out
what
you - as an individual - have spent, since they do not make any of the
purchases on your behalf. They are just a links directory to shopping
affiliate programs. TELL ME I'M WRONG!
Sorry again, I just got it, you accumulate points based on the number of
paying VIP members you refer.
Page info here:
http://www.clubshop.com/mall/points/accumulated-pips.html
Sounds still like a scam to me.
How do you feel about it?
Enough said, for now! ( I hope!)
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From:Jim Henslin
Subject:DHS Club???
I saw some interesting posts in the last issue. I was one of the first
people to join the DHS Club, so I can tell you a lot about it if you want to
write
me. My own monthly check is a guaranteed minimum of $3,000. Two people I
sponsored are making $4,000 a month!
Genuine opportunity? You bet. I dropped everything else--and I was
in a
lot of online ventures. I worked hard at first, but for my $3,000 residual
income, I spend about 1/2 hour a day.
By the way, my check arrives on time!
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From:Reggie Hall
Subject:DHS Club???
Hi,
My name is Reggie Hall & I was fortunate to have been personally sponsored
by one of DHSC's original members, and now 3-Star Executive Director, John
Wildman. I joined for free, because it was presented well & the compensation
plan ...( Building a Guaranteed Monthly Income), really was made sense to
me.
And the VIP benefits are really AWESOME. Worth far most than advertised. If
you didn't see them, check them out here: http://expage.com/freemembership
First of all, it's free to join & you can literally watch your downline grow
before you ever spend a dime. In my case, I waited 7 or 8 months. Then there
was the cost. Most programs are ridiculous, But DHS only cost $49.00 to get
start ed. It was the best decision I ever made. Less than fifty bucks in not
a lot for the rewards I'm now receiving. Like Phil Sheline, Danette
Braunstein
& Egon Schnare wrote. "The checks or real. They come month after month.
Increasing each & amp; every month." And people, this is guaranteed
income!
I mentioned my direct sponsor, John Wildman, because practically all of our
team members are successful. DHSC & "The WildmanTeam" are by far,
the most
impressive organizations I've ever been involved with. And the driving force
behind it all is "TEAMWORK." And we do it like no other. The direct
link I
have to John has truly made the difference, and my VIP's are also
experiencing success.
If you are truly looking for a legitimate homebased opportunity, DHSC is the
only way to go. If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to write me
directly.
Reggie Hall
DHS-VIP
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From:Jon D. Atwood
Subject:DHS Club???
I have been a member of DHSC almost since it's creation 3
years ago. It took me almost a year to upgrade to VIP. I have
received a check from them EVERY month since my 3rd
month as VIP (almost 2 full years).
My upline and I created a website called FREEsubmission
7304 to help us sponsor new members. We would go out and
manually submit people's websites to hundreds of sites in
exchange for them signing up under us in DHSC. This got to
be QUITE overwhelming because the site became very
popular.
I had to have someone create a submission program for me to
handle all of the submissions we were generating. Needless
to say, we're still going strong 2 years later and the software
is getting better and better. Our newest update will submit to
ALL of the major Engines and Indexes AND include TONS of
directories and FFA pages (Yes, they ARE worth
something.... just ask me) totalling well over 200k sites.
My TEAM and crossline have used this method of sponsoring
people to achieve some of the highest levels in the company!
Please feel free to download our FREE Promotion tools AND
request your FREE Membership.
By the way, International VIPs are now ELIGIBLE for benefits,
rebates, and discounts!!
Hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year!!!
Warm Regards,
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From:Robert Lee
Subject:Going Platinum
AND my current favorite(LOL), Going Platinum.
The day is soon to be arriving..
January 15 2001 when we find out what all the hype has been about. My money
is on an inexplicable server/technical delay that prevents the service from
going fully operational "as yet".
All members that have been receiving payments, cash them QUICK. Anyone
considering joining, SEND ME the money instead, I know of this little gold
mine in Northern BC, Canada that the stock is going to go through the roof!
AND I have never received any responses from any of the previous emails that
I sent to Going Platinum, the members of this list that I requested
additional information from, or even the bank that Going Platinum "is
affiliated with".
AND I have been spammed no less that 6 times in the last 24 hours from Going
Platinum members, contrary to their anti-spam membership policy.
I have sent several emails and will let you know of any responses/actions
taken. If you are getting spammed by members of Going Platinum, forward the
message to spam@goingplatinum.com
and ask for a reply concerning the action
taken by them.
If you ever receive a response from them feel free to forward it to me.
Well Bogdan, this is it for tonight.
I will be going back some issues, time permitting, to review previous
requests.
Stay tuned!
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From:Derek Marsh
Subject:Free Websites
hi
i would like to put a different slant on this.
you are running a business ,why not go first class
pay your money to get it hosted and your dot name the same way making sure
the company your registered with will be there tomorrow
it will save you on search engine listing .unless you want
top bill then pay it`s your business to run and host ,if something goes
wrong you have all the information on your computer and
can retrieve your dot name from register to another host.
the only time i use free sites are for mirror sites another words if it
disappears i don`t worry it`s your business to make money ,why not
go first class and you will make the same or more with no headaches.
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From:Clifton W. Bonney
Subject:Effective advertising
In Issue #217, Debbie writes:
>We are new to the web with our family business and we are wondering(what
>with all the hype out there) about what you have found to be really
>effective advertising. We want to do it in a way that is not hype or
>false in any way, and yet will generate hits(and sales).
>Does anyone have suggestions that are real and could help us?? Thanks,
Response:
Debbie,
There are reasonably priced and FREE ways to get your website seen by
the people who want to buy your products. Please be careful...there are
many companies willing to take your money, producing no results.
There are 6 ways to get traffic to your website...
The sales are up to you:
1. Search Engines...like the big ones..Yahoo, Excite. You should only
submit every 3-4 weeks to obtain optimum results....
You can go there to submit or use a submittal service:
http://www.freeyellow.com/members8/clickcity/url.html
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2. FFA pages...You can submit daily..... ex:
http://mymoneymachine.com/owner/cbonney/links.shtml
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3 Opt-in lists...go to Smartgroups, egroups, or Listbot and join some
FREE opt-in lists...You can then post your ad daily.
Here's a free one:
cliftonenterprises-subscribe@smartgroups.com
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4. Ezine advertising....millions of weekly and Daily places to place
your ad....Join several, like Adland, and send for advertising rates.
OR...Become an Ezine Publisher in 5 minutes and promote your gift shop:
http://www.ezinehelp.com/resellers/10251
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5. Off-line advertising...
Put Web-decals on your vehicles...
one-time fee offers continuous advertising.
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6. Go to Click City for all of the above:
http://www.freeyellow.com/members8/clickcity/adorder.html
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Debbie,
I hope this helps...
There's sooo many ways to receive traffic and increase profits WITHOUT
spending a fortune.
Sincerely,
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From:Debbie Ducker
Subject:Effective advertising
> ... Does anyone have suggestions that are real and could help us??
> Thanks, Debbie Wyman
Hi Adland,
Debbie Ducker here. Hope all are doing great. Well I had to jump on
this
one as this is my business (Advertising) and I hope that through my 3+
years of research into it I can be of some help any ways. Debbie I took a
look at your site, beautiful gifts available there. I wish you much
success. Now onto a few things that I have found very effective for both
exposure and sales.
* First of course is getting a good placement in the Search Engines.
* Second on my list is Email Marketing (best results from paid lists)
* Third (now don't scream!) FFA's
I am not kidding I have tested this over and over and regardless of what
most experts are saying, I receive many hits from FFA sites and have pin
pointed more than one product/service purchase to them. Included in this is
my first web design client. Now as far as your request to minimize hype or
falseness. This is good point to remember about your ads. I feel if you
truly believe in what you are selling, this will come naturally. Honest
hype can go along ways towards profits. While on the subject of ads and
writing them. One tip, especially for those reselling for others, is to
just read the site and take the best excerpts from it and condense them
into a good ad copy. No one knows the product better than the owner so
that is the best place to start. This can go the same for those
only promoting your own business, just take what you like best of your
site content and go from there with writing honest, heartfelt ad
copy. Other great ways for traffic are replication advertising,
classifieds and of course networking as we are all doing
through Adland (Thanks, Bogdan!) Hope this will give you a good start in
getting your site traffic and sales.
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From:Tom Falco
Subject:UPS
I found the same problems with UPS as did Patricia!
They fail to deliver items even after three tries! Customers
who have been in the same house or building for 25 years
have been denied delivery due to inept UPS drivers.
I tried to explain to one customer that her items shipped
on schedule, and that it was not at her house yet because
UPS was inept. Instead of understanding, she berated me
and took UPS's side. .
But I find that UPS is very inept. They returned one package
to me one time after attempting three times to deliver it.
They never gave a reason, they left the label for returns empty.
It was a simple brownstone address in New York City, with a
doorman on duty 24 hours a day.
I sent the package the next day by US mail and the party
received their merchandise in two days.
We ordered bread from an on-line bread company. Our UPS
driver actually left the big box of 20 loaves of bread on our
door step, all ripped open where you could actually see the
fresh (or not so fresh) bread just laying there in the open!
He actually left this as a normal delivery and drove away.
Three times our stupid UPS driver has left our printed checks
on the doorstep, when no one was in. He actually left packs
of 500 custom blank checks sitting on the door step. Three times!
I am thrilled to see that it isn't just me and that I am not going
crazy. UPS is union and apparently they are able to get away
with this.
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From:Peter Claus
Subject:Need newsletter resource and site review request.
Hello Bogdan and fellow Pro's,
Here comes my second posting and this time it'll be a call for
help and a request for a site review.
About a month ago I decided to do an experiment, so I spent half
a day and half a night to add some shape to the idea and put up
this new site.
I am usually involved in projects where the customers content is
all there is to publish, no ads, no banners, just content. Well,
I've found interesting new items to stuff into the DONT-do-this!
bag, but that's another story.
Only now did I learn that my ISP doesn't do relays, so there it
goes, my brilliant idea: no newsletter using that pop.
Question: Does anyone know any good AND free resources which I
could use to realize a newsletter publication? It's probably not
making much sense anyway but I just like the challenge ;-)
The site is located at http://phh.virtualave.net
Any feedback
would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance for your time.
Best regards,
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From:Laurie Rogers
Subject:Oasis Wellness Network
Hi Bogdan,
Hi Bogdan and everyone!
I recently joined a business opportunity called
Oasis Wellness Network and I would like some
feedback on it. Oasis sells health products that are
made in FDA compliant labs complete with a 90
day money back guarantee. The products they sell
are really unlike any one else's! Yes, I know we've
all heard that before! In all seriousness though they
really are. They do infact prove everything they do,
unlike other companies out there that sell nutrition
products.
The company itself is virtually debt free and infact
has billion dollar assets, so no need to worry about
them going under any time soon. They offer very
good commissions, excellent bonuses, profit sharing
and stock options. Soon they will be offering free
leads to representatives via infomercials, news,
radio and other sources of media. So you are very
well rewarded for your efforts.
The CEO of this company is actually the former
retired President of Avon, so we're not going to be
led by someone who has no idea of what it takes.
The cost to start is very minimal and you can choose
to start on various levels from as low as $40.00.
My problem seems to be that although this company
is completely legitimate and plays by all the rules,
there's not allot of takers! And yes I have received a
check already, so I know it's not a sham.
As a publisher myself of some very successful online
publications, I see allot of opportunities that I know will
never last. Then when I introduce, what I feel to be honest,
decent money maker, no -ones interested in it! I do know
my paying advertisers do get good results from my
subscribers, because I always ask them how their ads
did.
So am I blinded by a potentially good money maker?
Or are people just being ignorant to the fact that this is
really a good opportunity?
Sincerely,
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From:Gary Peterson
Subject:Zapperdapper
Has anyone had problems with zapperdapper. I have sent four letters to
them in the last 10 days and have yet to receive a reply. I wanted
additional information, but evidently they don't want to do business with
me. I need a cgi script that will incorporate a double opt in response for
signing up for a mailing list. Can any one help me. I can find
scripts
for collecting the data from my form, but don't know how to automatically
generate the confirmation email and then how to use the response to the
confirmation email to import the information to my data base. Would
appreciate any feed back. If any one knows of a company that will do this
for me at a reasonable rate( like zapperdapper) and will correspond with
me, I would be interested.
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From:Becky
Subject:Newbie to internet marketing .
I'm a newbie to internet marketing and would appreciate anyone giving me
tips to get off to a good start. Please feel free to e-mail me if you
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=====================Site Review Response (1)===============
From:Robert Lee
Subject:http://casemedia.net
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From:Sno
Subject:http://casemedia.net
I receive a lot of hits on my site, but a lot of them do not go past page
two. I'm afraid that maybe my site is not user friendly. Can you please
review this site? Any comments by anybody would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you... http://casemedia.net.
===
Well Sno, here it is: I went to your site (nicely done by the way!) But I
had no idea what you really offered. You need a blurb in the massive, but
fast loading, graphic that is on your front page for starters. Maybe use the
description that you have in your Meta Tags?
At least it's something to read other than the links.
Always try to describe the benefits of your business/website on the front
page. I have an attention span of 2 seconds. I already forgot why I was at
your site. Additional comments about how your business/service can benefit
me will definitely help on the front page.
This is the sales pitch for the domain solutions you offer?
QUOTE:
You need to ask yourself these three questions to qualify:
Do you or your clients want your own domain name (www.yourname.com)?
Yes!
Do you want to pay 70$ USD (2yrs) for your domain name?
No!
Do you want to pay an additional 110$ USD to transfer the domain to Skybiz
servers?
No!
If you qualified, then check out what I have to help you and your clients
do better business.
END QUOTE
I don't even understand the third question........ AND what are you offering
anyways???
Sorry Sno, but visit some other website hosts and see what you are missing.
When I HAD to move my sites because of what they were costing me in monthly
bandwidth charges, I wasn't ready to wait for a return email. I wanted to
move them NOW!
You need to give a whole lot of in formation, that is what the Internet is
about anyways. The LACK of information at your site explains why people go
back 2 pages and start searching again for something else.
AND lose the frames.
UGH.
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=====================Site Review Response (2)===============
From:Robert Lee
Subject:http://www.virtualassistantsolutions.bigstep.com
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From:Toni Ceely
Subject:http://www.virtualassistantsolutions.bigstep.com
I very recently built a free web site at bigstep.com and would love it if
any other subscribers would visit and give me some feedback (good or bad).
The site url is http://www.virtualassistantsolutions.bigstep.com.
I do
intend to register the site and get rid of the .bigstep - I would like to
get some feedback before then. Also, if anyone out there has any ideas on
promoting a website to other businesses, I would appreciate that as well.
===
Well Toni,
Here goes.
Obviously you need your own domain name. I am glad that you see that as a
priority. Since your service seems to be more locally that nationally
oriented (stop me if I'm wrong) you need to have more information on your
front page.
Every heading that you have on your "Services Offered" page should be
listed
on your main page. Every service offered should have it's own page.
navigation should be the same on all pages so potential clients can "jump
around" as they see fit.
Get rid of your links page. It seems intrusive and not fitting in with your
business site.
Do you really need a mailing list/newsletter? Think about this one,
content-wise. Really think about it!!
And shouldn't "Tools Used" be titled "Abilities",
"Capabilities" or
something instead? I can "use" everything that you list, but by no
means am
I proficient in their use. If you are going to get me to pay for your
services with these programs, Make Me Need You To Do It For Me!
I hope this will help you create a winning website!
Robert Lee
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=====================Site Review Response (3)===============
From:Shell
Subject:http://casemedia.net
I just visited your site and I think that the general layout is very nice,
but when I checked out the domain registration I felt that there was a lot
of information missing. It seemed like your domains were hosted by Skybiz,
but there was no information on them. Also, what kind of space does the
$100
buy. The concept is great, but many details are lacking. I would
recommend
that you look at other domain hosting site s to see what kind of details
that they include on their sites. Don't overlook the free website offers.
They
are often the most detailed.
your friend in business,
Shell
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=====================Site Review Response (4)===============
From:Judith Cotter
Subject:http://casemedia.net
I just came back from your site. Your links did not take me to any of
your
other pages. I do not believe the entire first page loaded because there was
a large blank area at the foot of the page. If you are an experienced web
maker, you will be able to fix this yourself. If you are not, I can provide
help. My E-mail is goodcooks@earthlink.net
I viewed your site on a Pentium
III using Windows 98 and Internet Explorer 5. I wish you luck and look
forward to seeing more of this site. It starts out great.
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=====================Site Review Response (5)===============
From:Tony Murtagh
Subject:http://casemedia.net and
http://www.virtualassistantsolutions.bigstep.com
Hi Bogdan,
I am writing in response to the two site reviews in this weeks issue -
casemedia. and virtualassistantsolutions. I have included them both in the
same reply, because I feel that they both make the same errors.
There is nothing in either home page to encourage a visitor to go further
into their site - there is no USP (Unique Selling Proposition).
With casemedia the home page tells me nothing except that they deal with
domain registrations - but there is nothing there to tell me that they are
the best, the cheapest, the quickest or the most efficient. When I then go
on to their second page, I am met by a frame (ugh - I thought everyone had
stopped using them) which takes up the top third of the page, but which has
no relevant information on it, followed by a couple of banners, one of which
appears to be offering special deals on holidays although it turned out to
be a special offer on their product.
Scrolling down the page, I come across three questions two of which are very
negative - I have still not found out why I should deal with this company.
I would suggest that they try and write some good copy selling their service
that is going to want me to stay on the site and even to consider buying. I
can understand why visitors are not getting past the second page.
With virtualassistantsolutions again the home page has very little on it
to
hold my attention. It just show their address and an invitation to join
their mailing list. Why? What's in it for me?
What kind of office assistance do they offer? Why should I use their
service?
Going further into their site, the second page is Rates - just a bland list
of their charges - I do not wish to know what they charge (at least not yet)
I need to know whether they will save me time, make my business more
efficient, save me money. A "standard page at $2" doesn't mean a thing
to
me.
The next page "about us" does tell us a little about what they do and
is
quite useful - but the interesting information is at the bottom of the
page -the first thing I see is a list of opening hours - if this is needed
it should be at the bottom of the page, not above the "selling"
information.
The Services Offered page is simply a repeat of the Rates page.
I am sure that Toni's business can work on the net, but not without
rewriting the pages in a much more sales and promotional style.
I trust that the above has not been too negative and that both Sno and Toni
will get something positive out of it
best wishes
Tony Murtagh
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