Summary: Automate Your Business
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A while ago – actually, now that I look at the dates – a long time
ago, I said I’d had enough of GetResponse and would be moving away
from them. I kind of forgot how painful that experience was, but
it’s now time to get the ties. I’ve started the set of AutoResponse
Plus [...]
Date Published: Feb 05, 2010 - 2:18 am
When transitioning from full-time employed with a side-line in IM,
to full-time IM or half-and-half, it’s important that you know
where you stand financially before you make any major decisions.
I’ve been doing this planning recently, so I thought I’d share my
thoughts here. I’ve done this in an excel spreadsheet for
convenience (see the [...]
Date Published: Feb 04, 2010 - 9:30 am
I thought I was just getting old, and the spammers had cottoned
onto the fact. (I turned 40 a couple of months ago). But no,
apparently Aweber was hacked, and email addresses were stolen.
Fortunately, I use a unique email for each list I’m on, so it’s
easy to identify the list I should be [...]
Date Published: Feb 01, 2010 - 5:35 am
I just received this mail yesterday, from BulkRegister, who were
bought out by Enom but who now seem to be the actual front-end for
Enom customers: Dear Andrew Peacock: Remember, take no action and
we will process the renewal order and attempt to extend the domains
and services for you. The following services in your [...]
Date Published: Jan 30, 2010 - 4:34 pm
I’m about to make some changes to the AYB Autoblogger, which means
I’ll be raising the price from it’s current dollarsignr30. The
first change is to rename this version as the “Standard version”,
and add the ability to import feeds in a wider variety of formats
than is currently supported. So at the moment, the [...]
Date Published: Jan 29, 2010 - 8:56 am
I read a lot of sci-fi/fantasy (although more sci-fi as I get older
and bored of so many pointy-eared elf stories), and subscribe to
Tor’s newsletter (“Tor-the-publisher” not
“Tor-the-proxy-software-creator”). They recently ran an interview
with an author, which I love as I think it contains a lot of
insight for people working in this internet [...]
Date Published: Jan 14, 2010 - 4:35 pm
The 48 hour offer has closed, so now the product is only available
at the standard monthly charge. My thanks to everyone who took up
the offer.
Date Published: Jan 13, 2010 - 4:32 pm
Here’s a sneaky one to watch for. After just announcing that my
“early discount announcement” list was discountinued, and updating
the page to remove the subscription form, I had someone immediately
join the list. I did some digging around, found their referrer, and
they’d gone to Google’s cache of the site. Naughty person. So, if
[...]
Date Published: Jan 11, 2010 - 8:02 am
I’ve just updated the PromotionBot homepage to reflect the new
monthly subscription charge, and sent out a subscriber discount to
anyone who is already a subscriber. (If you’ve missed it, sorry,
but that’s how the subscriber offer works – see the “Announcement
List” box at http://www.automateyourbusiness.com/updates/ to
receive news on future discounts). So if the [...]
Date Published: Jan 11, 2010 - 7:47 am
I’m pleased to say that PromotionBot is now live. If you have
already subscribed at PromotionBot.com, you should have received an
email about it a few hours ago. If you have not yet subscribed,
you’ve got a couple of days to do so. I’m about to go away for the
weekend with the family, and [...]
Date Published: Jan 08, 2010 - 12:12 am