If you send emails to your customers, I have some bad news for you. Not all of your emails are making it to your intended recipients. Between ISP spam filters, spam-blocking email servers, spam-killing email software, and email content filtering everywhere in between, the chances are high that your messages just aren’t making it past all of these roadblocks.
10 Simple Rules For Avoiding Phony Telemarketers
Although telemarketing calls should diminish, especially if you’ve registered for the national do-not-call list, scam artists are still out there hoping to con you out of your hard earned money. Scam artists don’t care about breaking telemarketing sales rules because most are fly-by-night operations that change names and locations quickly before they are caught by authorities.
Tips on Avoiding Scams
One thing I think we ALL agree on: There are way too many scams out there. Both online and off. Things like:
Avoiding Design Pitfalls
Design projects can sometimes be pretty intimidating especially if you are new at it. It seems that today anyone can aspire to be a designer armed with a fast computer and the right software. But design is not simply coming up with a few clever ideas on the screen and handing the finished word to the client expecting hugs and tears of gratitude. There are many traps that can catch unknowing designers and in this articles we will outline a few of these.
Avoiding the Spam Trap
Spam has not only become troublesome because we all receive too much of it, but it’s now a problem for legitimate e-zine publishers such as you and me. This is because the spam overload has driven many companies and individuals to use “anti-spam” software to help screen out the junk. Unfortunately many of these programs filter out our opt-in publications as well.
Let’s first look at what common filtering tools are out there:
Multiple Income Streams: avoiding Starving Artist Syndrome
If you’re a creative, the chances are high that if someone is making a buck from your talents, it’s not you. We writers, artists and designers aren’t good negotiators. We love our work, and we’re happy that someone wants to pay us for it. It takes us a while to realize that while everyone else is doing nicely from our work, we’re not.