Email Marketing Software – How to Choose a System for You
If you’re reading this you’re probably already in the market for email marketing software and know there are many providers to choose from (with new providers popping up every week). So how do you go about choosing the best one for you?Hopefully our short guide will provide you with a starting point:Where is your data coming from?This may seem like an odd question however when choosing an email marketing system, different email marketing software uses email addresses in different ways. How you acquire your data makes a big impact on which system would be best for you. For example:
Are you building your own mailing list from a form on your website?
Do you already have an existing database of customers and prospects?
Have you bought in data lists from third party data houses? This is particularly important as some international laws specify you can’t broadcast to third party lists so you would need to use a UK based email software company.How will you use your email marketing system?How you use your email marketing system will vary from business to business. Popular ways include:
Generating new business leads
Staying in touch with customers (for example through a newsletter)
Nurturing leads. Transforming prospects into customers
Sending a series of autoresponders
E-commerce – confirm orders, inform products are shipped etcWhat features are important to you?Most systems do offer similar features; the obvious being web based with the ability to load an email and broadcast it in HTML and plain text. But what else should you consider?
Is your system easy to use? Try loading emails into the system (HTML and plain text) and see how you find it
How do you know your email is getting through to your recipients’ inbox? It’s very frustrating if your carefully crafted email goes straight to your recipient’s spam box. Check what your potential software company does to ensure your email isn’t treated as spam
Do you need autoresponders? These are when emails are automatically sent depending on recipient behaviour. It may be someone signs up to receive a series of emails or that a reply is automatically sent if and when someone responds to your initial email
How do you tell who has looked at what? Different systems have different levels of reporting functionality. Identify what reporting you need and what works best for youHow will you be charged?How email marketing software providers charge should also impact your decision. There are three key ways:
Up front set up fee – some systems ask for a set up fee but then tend to charge less per email sent
Monthly fees – some charge a monthly fee which will include an allowance; for example 5,000 emails a month
Pay as you go – could be more expensive per email but better if you don’t want to commit to a certain price each month. Some providers will charge per broadcast and then per email, others just per emailOur picksWe’ve tested a few email marketing systems in our time and these stood out as far as we’re concerned:
Best for autoresponder campaigns: AWeber or Mailchimp
Best for permission based email marketing campaigns: Campaign Monitor
Best for sending to third party lists: dotMailer or Pure360
Best for eCommerce: dotMailer or Campaign Monitor
Best for email newsletters: Campaign MonitorMost email marketing systems offer an upfront trial; sign up, test it, see how easy it is to use and go from there. There’s nothing to stop you trialling every system if you have time until you find the one that is perfect for you.
Bankruptcy and Attorneys – Part 2
Bankruptcy and lawyers
Availing the benefits of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 statutes can be very difficult for the average individual who is in debt. Usually other options such as debt settlement and debt reductions help to reduce the overall debt, so the debtor finds it easy to repay. However for certain individuals who have borrowed substantial money, or business concerns which have incurred heavy losses, such settlement or elimination options are not available, since they are do not satisfy the eligibility criteria. In such cases, there is just one option available to find an acceptable solution through which it is possible to arbitrate with the creditors – filing for bankruptcy. Filing bankruptcy is a specialized process, and one needs bankruptcy lawyers or a bankruptcy attorney – as they are generally called – to successfully obtain a profitable solution. This second part of the article tries to provide information on finding and choosing the correct bankruptcy attorney.Finding bankruptcy attorneys
It is important to find the right kind of attorney to represent you in your bankruptcy issues. Finding the correct person is important since your financial and social future rests on this person. The first thing is to find the attorney. This is how one can do it.
* Looking up in yellow pagesThe yellow pages provide a valuable, as well as a helpful source for finding bankruptcy lawyers specializing in various fields and debt conditions. Attorneys are generally categorized according to their particular field of specialization. It is recommended to check out the sub-heading of Bankruptcy Attorneys, which provides a list of specialized attorneys who can possibly help you out.
* Recommendations There is another way to find a qualified and reputed bankruptcy attorney. It is by a referral from other lawyers, as well as banking experts, who are working in, and familiar with the field. In case you know some attorneys, it is possible for them to provide a few helpful recommendations.
* Ask the family and friendsAttorneys are bound by a confidentiality clause, which prevents them from sharing or advertising their past litigations and cases with the masses, and also restrains them from advertising them openly to bring in business. So it is advisable to discuss your problems with a few trusted clients who have faced bankruptcy issues, and get their opinion as to which attorney is good, and in what field or issue. Past clients are the best option for reliable as well as effective sources of information, since they have experienced the situation first hand, and know all the pros and cons. Alternatively, one can also discuss the issue with family members, relatives, and friends, and find out what they have to say. It can be surprising to know that some of the most practical and beneficial solutions can be obtained by merely talking to people, finding out what they have to say, and what they feel about how the problem should be dealt with.
Choose a bankruptcy attorneyIt is very important to find an experienced and vetted bankruptcy attorney who has the knowledge, as well as the experience to make a substantial difference, as far as your financial situation and debt problems are concerned. One should ideally look for an attorney who provides personalized services – so if you are prevented from meeting the main person, and are forced to confer with the associates, or assistants, it is very likely that the personal help your desire might just not be available for you. Specialized help is required and essential for moving forward from tough financial hurdles. The fact is majority of the bankruptcy cases do not end up with actual battles involving prolonged litigations in the U.S. That is what the statistics indicate. But a legal presence is very much required, a representative who can arbitrate on behalf of the debtor in the court. So the attorney should have some experience in actual proceedings and court related work. If required, the attorney should be able to put up a decent fight in the court. So it is important to seek assurance and avail independent recommendations, as well as evaluations of the attorney who is going to represent you.From the fees point of view, one should have a clear talk and work out the exact procedure involved in payment of legal fees, likely to be charged by your bankruptcy lawyer. Some attorneys entertain bargains, but it is advisable to thoroughly check out the lawyer’s background before thinking about this particular option. Some attorneys do not like to bargain, and often think clients who bargain are likely to face financial difficulties in paying their fees in the future, and so they might not take up your case. For the rest, bargaining is a practical exercise that every businessperson undertakes to avail a cost effective situation. So it depends upon case to case. A very low fee structure generally indicates either deficiency of services, or poor reputation – both which should be avoided at all costs. And a bloated fee structure might indicate proficiency, but the main question remains – are the fees affordable? Would it be possible to save something after the litigations, and after paying huge fees to the attorney? There are many issues and factors to consider. Generally, the debtor should look out for a bankruptcy attorney who has acceptable confidentiality ratings, and should not hesitate to check out various lawyers before reaching to a particular decision. And the nature of your debt and bankruptcy option decides a lot in determining your bankruptcy lawyer. Certain attorneys are specialized in a particular field of work. So if your case demands, you might be forced to hire the particular lawyer to represent you, and pay the designated fees. Sometimes, the matter is not that serious in which case any bankruptcy lawyer might do. It is worth taking a look at the state’s Attorney General’s office and find reliable candidate firms doing business in your area. The final option is to contact reputed bankruptcy firms outside your jurisdiction and ask for recommendations as well as recommended bankruptcy lawyers in your city. This can be a great way to get an insight into attorneys practicing bankruptcy laws.
Hypertension – Its Causes and Its Symptoms
Hypertension; It affects nearly one out of four Americans. That is a huge number of hypertension sufferers; And still the mainstream medical industry certainly seems determined to get us all on patent hypertension (blood pressure) medications. With the new guidelines issued by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, people whose blood pressure levels were once considered well below normal (120 over 80 reading) suddenly became pre-hypertensive – essentially overnight. And, of course, one of the first recommendations out of all the so-called “experts” mouths was more widespread use of patent hypertension medications.What causes Hypertension or (High Blood Pressure)? It often occurs due to a strain on the heart. Now, this can arise from a variety of conditions including diet, atherosclerosis, (which is hardening of the arteries), high cholesterol, diabetes, environmental factors, as well as lifestyle choices.There are signs, warning us all the time, all over our bodies that point directly to a larger problem with our health… and what we would normally do? We shrug off any changes to our hair, skin, fingernails, and other parts of our bodies as a natural part of growing older.Now, with ten minutes routine checkup with our doctors, do you think he or she has enough time to look for hidden warning signs? These signs could be pointing to a larger problem like heart disease or diabetes or food allergies and even nutritional deficiencies.Therefore, it is very important to pay attention to those signs and report any changes that you may have notice to your doctor. Try and get into a discussion with your doctor about those changes that you have discovered.You can beat hypertension or (high blood pressure) – most of the time without drugs. Even if you can not completely avoid patent medicines, taking the right natural measures may be able to help you use substantially less.OK! So now you realize that you have hypertension. Your next move will be to take care of it, try to bring it under control and get rid of it…period.Now, one has to be careful here because what works for someone else may not work for you. Do you remember the old saying, “You are what you eat?” Well, in many cases it holds true. Cutting out a few of the cream sauces and slices of pizza might do some good. A diet low in fat, sugar, and salt, but rich in foods containing potassium, calcium, magnesium, and fiber, is highly recommended for hypertensives. Garlic and other members of the onion family should be included in any diet that aims to lower hypertension, as they significantly reduce systolic and diastolic pressure.Hypertension symptoms; They appear throughout the body and may include dizziness, headache, fatigue, restlessness, difficulty breathing, insomnia, intestinal complaints, and emotional instability. In advanced stages, the hypertensive patient often experiences cardiovascular disease as well as damage to the heart, kidneys and brain.In order to reduce blood pressure, sodium intake must be restricted while at the same time potassium intake increased. Individuals with high blood pressure should be aware of hidden salt in processed foods.
Anti Aging Face Products: Can You Really Look As Young As You Feel?
The market is flooded with anti aging face products all claiming to reverse the signs of aging and make you younger. Anti aging facial creams, serums and washes all make promises to be a mini fountain of youth but, do any of them work?Surprisingly there are anti aging facial creams, serums and washes that do work to help reduce the signs of fine lines and wrinkles, even out color tone and even tighten skin to make it look younger and firmer. However, what you should know about anti aging face products is that they actually work best before those fine lines and wrinkles turn into a road map on your face. Using these products before wrinkles develop is the best way to stay looking younger longer. Experts say if you begin using good moisturizers in your late teen and early 20s and move onto anti aging face products before your 30s you have a better chance at looking years younger when you are 60. That being said, here is what you can expect antiaging facial products to do for you regardless of your age.What Good Anti Aging Products Can Realistic Do For YouLet’s be realistic. No antiaging facial cream on the market is going to make a 60 year old look 20 again or even 30. These aren’t miracle creams. But what good products really do is hydrate your skin which will help to reduce those fine lines and wrinkles. They will also help to remove old dead skin cells and leave your skin looking clearer and more healthy and last, a good anti aging face product will stimulate the growth of new evenly pigmented skin. Leaving your skin looking healthier and thereby younger than before.Ingredients Commonly Found In Anti Aging Facial CreamsKnowing what ingredients to look for in a good antiaging facial cream will help reduce your chances of purchasing a product that simply doesn’t work. However, keep in mind that even products containing these ingredients may not always work well if they do not contain enough of the ingredient to get the job done.• Moisturizers are the single most important ingredient in all antiaging facial creams. If your skin is not well hydrated then the other ingredients really don’t matter. You can help these moisturizers be more effective by hydrating your skin from the inside out. This means drinking plenty of water.
• Rentinol. Rentinol is a form of the vitamin A compound that neutralizes free radicals in your skin that are responsible for breaking down skin cells which results in older looking skin.
• Hydroxy acids- these acids are exfoliants, substances that removes the dead skin cells from the outer layer of skin leaving your skin looking less dull and with a more healthy shine.
• Q10- Coenzyme Q10 is a nutrient that helps to regulate energy levels in the production of cells
• Peptides- peptides enhances the production of collagen, a substance that helps make your skin more elastic and less likely to wrinkle.
• Tea extracts- anti aging face products often contain tea extracts. These extracts have anti bacterial properties that help to reduce skin breakouts and leave your skin looking smoother and healthier.Choosing anti aging face products that contain these ingredients don’t guarantee that you’ll have younger looking skin. However, it does increase you chances of finding a product that will at least leave your skin looking revitalized and healthy.