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[hank_62]

I agree with CaptShady on the viral marketing, it's VERY effective.

One thing that you can do with all those silly little forwards we all seem to send...sponsor them!

I'll send out a funny to friends and family and at the top I will write, "This joke/touching story/fill in the blank is brought to you by Valley Virtual Assistants...assisting solo-preneurs with all of their marketing needs. Contact us at www.valleyva.net/special"

My family hated it at first. Why? I don't know...it's only one line, two tops of text...but I knew they were going to forward that email. My mother sends more forwards than real email.

I really didn't think many people would actually click on the link, but I figured it was worth a shot...by sending them to my home page (on a page name other than index) I was able to track how many people were coming thru the forwarded email and I was pleasantly suprised!

[laceyluu]

Thanks for sharing that list Jeff.
Linda Riggi
www.leathersaloon.com
"Leather you will look great in"

[vaspot]

Originally Posted by HeatherJ

I really didn't think many people would actually click on the link, but I figured it was worth a shot...by sending them to my home page (on a page name other than index) I was able to track how many people were coming thru the forwarded email and I was pleasantly suprised!

You can send them to the index, and just put a '?A' or something .. the question mark is essential, then anything after that is okay. It'll help group them, for stats.

[hank_62]

Originally Posted by CaptShady

You can send them to the index, and just put a '?A' or something .. the question mark is essential, then anything after that is okay. It'll help group them, for stats.

Thanks for the tip!! I'll have to remember that!

[BillionaireBoy]

Hi everybody, especially CaptShady and Heather to responding to my "viral marketing" comment. I'll have to reeducate (educate) myself on viral marketing

thanks