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Data recovery services are
expensive and should be a last resort when your hard drive crashes
(YOU DO HAVE CURRENT BACKUPS THAT WORK DON'T YOU?) If you are really
stuck and have to retrieve critical data check out
http://www.drivesavers.com , or
http://www.actionfront.com Get your wallet out and be prepared
to pay dearly.
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Make sure all the links in
your site that are going to other sites which are out of your
control open up in a "new browser window." This way people that
visit your suggested links have to come back through your site.
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Recurring billing services
can save you an enormous amount of time when you have customers that
are billed monthly for the same amount. I use
http://www.netbilling.com for this site, but
http://www.kickstartcart.com
integrated shopping system will have that capability within a couple
months.
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When working on your
website and checking the results of your labor by looking at your
site on the Internet, don't forget to "refresh" your browser window.
When I first started, I couldn't understand why changes I made to
the site apparently weren't showing up on the net. It was because
the browser had saved the previous version of the page. Refreshing
solves the problem.
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When sending out ezines/enewsletters
be careful what you put in your subject line and in the body of the
email. If you use
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ as a divider bar or multiple dollar signs or
the phrase FREE, FREE, FREE or something like that, email filters
may delete your newsletter automatically because it looks like SPAM.
I write the word Buttcamp as one word so that I don't isolate the
word "butt" which could be filtered as sexual content. In many cases
I don't use that name at all. I don't mind being on the edge by
having the name, but I have to be sensible about when to use it and
when NOT to use it.
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Watch your translations if
you are doing business in any foreign language Here's a funny
article about it
http://www.marketingprofs.com/Perspect/delany2.asp
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Don't fall for the latest
sick web scam. Two British guys and who knows who else have been
trying to capitalize on 9/11 by selling bogus domain names with the
ending .usa This doesn't exist so report any emails you get to the
FTC or FBI.
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Research.net reports that
72% of the Chief Executive officers they polled prefer to find out
about new products on line
