Anyone who has a web-based business will tell you that answering
emails is one of the most time consuming chores they face on a
daily basis. After answering your emails for any length of time,
you'll soon see that many of the requests you receive are for
the same information over and over. Instead of typing the same
responses again and again you can streamline this process with
the use of autoresponders. Autoresponders work much in the same
way as fax on demand. They're pre-determined email responses
that are triggered to go out automatically to specific email
inquiries.
There are many ways you can use autoresponders in your online
business. Here are my Top Ten:
1) FAQ (Frequently asked questions). How many times do you get
questions on how your site or service works? Take them and
answer them all in one text document.
2) Advertising Rates. If you sell ads in your ezine or on your
website, set up a document containing your ad rates and
demographic information.
3) Help Responses. For tech support on your site; you can make a
list of possible problems with the solutions along with a note
that you'll be in touch soon. This can also be used for tech
support with your software or e-books.
4) Copy of your Ezine. If you publish an ezine, make sure you
have an issue people can request a copy of by autoresponder.
Many times people like to see an issue before they subscribe.
Make sure you include subscribe information inside as well.
5) Price Lists. If you sell products on your site, supply a
comprehensive list of items with pricing.
6) Services. If you perform multiple services, list them along
with a brief description and pricing and how to order.
7) Vacation. If you're going to be out of touch for a week or
two you can set up an autoresponder to answer your incoming
mail, with a canned response of when you'll return.
8) Short Courses. Many site owners use autoresponders to teach
lessons or set up a tutorial on a subject, with one lesson being
sent every day over a period of a week or two.
9) Sample Chapter. If you sell an e-book, you could offer a free
sample chapter to arouse interest and encourage purchases.
10) Articles. Writing articles (like this one) and distributing
them online is a great way to promote your website. Setting them
up on autoresponders makes it extra easy to offer them to others
for possible inclusion in their ezine or on their sites.
If you're in need of an autoresponder service, check out some of
these:
Send Free http://www.sendfree.com/ Get Response
http://www.getresponse.com/ Free Autobot
http://www.freeautobot.com/ Zip Response
http://www.zipresponse.com/free.html 123 Response
http://www.123response.com/
These are just some ideas for getting mileage from
autoresponders. If you take a look at what information is
requested most by your business, you'll come up with many more
that will suit your need and help put your web-based business on
autopilot.
About the author:
Merle http://www.EzineAdAuction.com "Where some of the BEST
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