Welcome to 2008

  Wow, it’s only been a week and I’ve already broken one of my 2008 New Year’s resolutions – to eat less sweets! Oh well, nobody’s perfect. I don’t know about you, perhaps it’s nice and warm where you live, but about this time of year my family and I we start...

2008 Happy New Year

Last Saturday my wife and I went to town for André Rieu’s fabulous concert. Although we live only 45 minutes from downtown Toronto, it took us 2 hours to get to the Skydome (I refuse to call it by its proper, new name “The Rogers Centre”). Good thing the concert...

Email Delivery: Resending an Email to Non-Openers

I get this kind of question a lot, and also see it posted on online forums hosted by various ESPs. The questions is: “Should I resend an email (ezine, offer, solo mailing) to my whole list or only to those that have not opened (or responded to) the original send?”...

How to Use Custom Postcards to Generate Leads & Repeat Business

Using email for your marketing purposes is very powerful, easy and (almost) free, and is still the most effective way to reach your customers/clients. However, sometimes it pays off to go off-line and use traditional methods for generating leads or new business....

Affiliate Marketing: Promote Your Affiliate Program

Finally, once you have your products or services you’d like others to promote, and you have a system in place to track visitors, sales and affiliate commissions, you’re now ready to start promoting your affiliate program. A good place to start is a list of your own...