Maggie the Auction Hound made a donation to the Buddy Dog Humane Society's 7th Annual Auction being held on April 24 at the Marlboro Country Club in Marlboro, Massachusetts. She chose a lovely oil painting, and we hope it will raise lots of money for a GREAT cause. (Call Buddy Dog at 781-237-4747 for more information.) For those of you who don't know Maggie, she is our 9-month-old beagle and is basically the brains behind the AuctionBytes.com operation.
I hope you will take advantage of the special offer we are running for the next two weeks (see above offer for a chance to win $50). We appreciate all those people who have told their friends about us, and hope you will continue to spread the word.
I was discussing with one of my writers other ways of getting the word out about AuctionBytes.com. He suggested that I ask people to add a note about AuctionBytes in their sig (signature) file so that anyone they contact will see our URL.
A sig file is the optional tag line at the bottom of each email message you send out where people usually write their name and contact info. I use the Eudora email program, and it is very easy to set up a signature file. Every time I send out an email, it automatically adds the following to the end of the message:
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Ina Steiner
Editor, AuctionBytes.com
Steiner Associates, PO Box 668, Natick, MA 01760 Tel. 508-655-5697
--> Sign up to receive AuctionBytes-Update, a free email newsletter, at http://www.auctionbytes.com
So, if you would like to help spread the word about this newsletter, feel free to add a note to the end of your email messages.
In a similar fashion, if you have your own personal or professional Web page, please link to us. David has created a special button that he would be happy to send you, or just add a hyperlink!
NEWS: We have decided to participate in Amazon.com's affiliate program. We will be adding links to books on the Web site to make it easier for you to order. And everytime someone clicks through from our Web site and makes purchases on the Amazon.com Web site, we will receive a small commission.
There are some great articles in this issue of AuctionBytes-Update, including articles on spam, auction-management software and how to create your own Web site! Keep reading. And please remember to tell your friends about AuctionBytes-Update!
Ina Steiner is Editor of AuctionBytes.com and author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). She has a background in marketing and research in the high-tech and publishing fields. If you have story ideas, comments or questions, send them to ina@auctionbytes.com.
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