Article Marketing & Online Marketing Strategies from IdeaMarketers - Where Your Ideas Shine

Dog Guardians Can Feed Their Dogs Without Fear

Glenn Dietzel, Our official Business Authoring Expert says:

Books published by New York publishing houses tend to garner a higher degree of respect than those published outside of the Big Apple. Authors with New York books often find it easier to get media attention than those using other methods, such as small presses or print-on-demand publishers. But first-time authors may find it nearly impossible to get the attention of the big houses, even when their message saves lives.

Read Glenn's entire article Dog Guardians Can Feed Their Dogs Without Fear

The Secret to Writing Memorable Sales Copy

Michele PW, Our official Advertising Expert says:

Want to know the secret to creating MEMORABLE promotional copy? Sales copy that actually stays with your customers long after they've finished reading it?

Then master the art of using words to create pictures in your customers' heads.

Read Michele's entire article The Secret to Writing Memorable Sales Copy

What Can a Hollyhock Teach You About Marketing?

Helen Graves, Our official List Building & Product/Program Launch Expert says:

In the competitive world of nature, flowers must both attract and reward their insect visitors in order to ensure that the flower's pollen is distributed. If a plant is not attractive in some compelling way, a bee is unlikely to notice the flower and make a landing even if there's a reward waiting for her! By the same token, if the reward she finds is of modest appeal, a bee isn't liable to make many repeat visits.

Read Helen's entire article What Can a Hollyhock Teach You About Marketing?

Easier Way To Make Money Online!

Kenth Nasstrom, Our official Affiliate Marketing Expert says:

There have never been more people online with the desire to earn money then today.
The big questions have been the same since the start and will not change in the future.
How to make money online?

Read Kenth's entire article Easier Way To Make Money Online!

Article Writing Secrets - 4 Key Factors for Writing Great Prospect Pulling Articles

Jeff Herring, Our official Article Marketing Expert says:

What are three key factors to bear in mind when writing an article for marketing purposes?

To write a great article for marketing purposes, the first step is to write a great article for reading purposes. Great quality content is always the best marketing.

Read Jeff's entire article Article Writing Secrets - 4 Key Factors for Writing Great Prospect Pulling Articles

Bea Fields Interviews Article Guru

Bea Fields of Y-Talk Radio interviewed me about article marketing on the BlogTalk Radio's Y-Talk. In this interview we talk about

• How IdeaMarketers came into being
• Why is article writing so important for professionals today?
• What should the basics of an article include?
• What topics are most people downloading right now/reading about?
• Once someone has written an article, how can they get people to actually read the article?
• Some tips for getting more done a day from my recent ebook: How to Get More Done in a Day than Most Accomplish in a Week.

Email Marketing -- Changing the Blurred Face of the Internet

Lisa Preston, Our official Email Marketing Expert says:

Now, let's face it, internet marketing is about as impersonal as you can get. It does have its perks; it's fast, there's no waiting on hold, or wading through voice mail choices, it can be done anytime day or night, and if it's a digital product, the customer gets immediate gratification.

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Why Do Internet Marketers Act As If We're Stupid?

Willie Crawford, Our official Joint Ventures Expert says:

Do I have "stupid" stamped on my forehead? Do you? I ask that question because sometimes Internet marketers seem to act as if we do.

Read Willie's entire article Why Do Internet Marketers Act As If We're Stupid?

How To Write Killer Ads

Brian Rooney, Our official Autoresponders Expert says:

Killer ads do do a lot of things. They inform, they educate, but most of all they create some sort of reaction.

But the most important things killer ads do? They SELL. Nothing else matters. It doesn't matter if you like the ad. It doesn't matter if your own mother likes the ad. It doesn't matter if the ad wins major industry awards. If the ad doesn't sell, it's worthless.

Read Brian's entire article How To Write Killer Ads

How to repair Outlook folders using the Inbox Repair Tool

My packrat-dom where email is concerned has finally caught up with me. I didn't know this, but I learned it the hard way last night -- Microsoft Outlook will completely quit working if the .pst file (that houses all your emails) gets bigger than 2 Gig.

You know all those cute little movies, photos, or powerpoint presentations friends and family send you? Or even the graphics your clients email you for their web sites? They all get stored inside a file called outlook.pst. Not in individual files -- unless you manually save them to your computer. So if you're prone to storing all those things, it won't take long before your Outlook.pst is over 2 Gig. Then, your email is a time bomb ready to explode.

Last night I got this error on my Outlook every time I tried to start it, then it would immediately shut down... not letting me at my emails or my calendar (so if I have an appointment with you and I miss it ... you'll know why!) Back to paper calendars for me, I tell ya!

The error:
"cannot start microsoft office outlook. Unable to open the outlook window. the set of folders could not be opened. The server is not available"

I was up until midnight searching for solutions and found this one:
http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/outlook/restore-outlook.html
(which didn't work for me, but is a good for a lesser-woe). It lead me to this one:

How to repair Outlook folders using the Inbox Repair Tool.

None of the initial things on this page worked for me. Then I realized my outlook file is over 2 Gig. So I downloaded a program from Microsoft (that the article above links to) and went to bed letting that program truncate my outlook.pst by about 85 Meg to get it under the 2 Gig size. (Yes, I will lose data, but there appears to be no way around it.) Right now I'm running a repair program on it that comes with outlook (but is so well hidden you'd never know it existed). That too was referenced in the article above. It's generally found in a folder on your computer like C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033.

It's yet to be seen whether this process will work for me, but at least I've learned an important lesson where email's concerned. If I really want an attachment, I'll save it to my computer and delete the email from my inbox!