December 12th, 2007 — email
Missy Caulk had asked me about my Email Signature block the other day, so I had promised her that I would write up a quick blog about how to make hers look like mine. I add the Feedburner to help promote my blog subscriptions.
Few logistics first. I use Outlook 2003 as my mail client. I have only two email address accounts on it. Bob.Carney(at)LongandFoster.com and Bob(at)gotbob4homes.com. One is my companies Microsoft Exchange server and the other is my email service on my Domain from Godaddy. I have multiple other email addresses associated with my other websites, but they are set up on Bluehost to forward to my main email address.
The next item you will need is a Feedburner subscription. You probably have seen them around. They allow your readers to subscribe to your blog feed. I have added to my signature block a Feed Headliner. This little gizmo rotates through your most recent post in a an attractive block. (this can be used anywhere, not just in your email)
Now that you have both of them, you can proceed to the next step.
On your feedburner account, click on “my feeds” and then click on the blog you want to showcase. On the next screen you will see a series of tabs. Click on the Publicize tab and then click “Headliner Animator”
? Grab this Headline Animator
Create the Headliner that you want. You can adjust size, color and layout.
You will have multiple ways to post this bugger on different blogging and socail platforms. I just picked the “Other Code” and pasted it in the HTML tab of the AR editor.
But that’s not why we are here. Under the Headline Animator, I selected the “email signature” choice and followed the direction in the drop down box for Outlook 2003.
You can check out my other post on the email signatures if you need any ideas on what to put in your Outlook signature block.
Sorry for the delay Missy…hope this helps!
December 6th, 2007 — Techno Mumbo Jumbo
December 4th, 2007 — Blogging, tips or tricks
This site looks promising to actually learn something. Tutorials seem to be in depth. Most sites are very creative and flow well together. Very unique designs.
Best of CSS Design 2007
Blog is definitely worth adding to the reader.
November 21st, 2007 — Techno Mumbo Jumbo
November 21st, 2007 — Blogging, Techno Mumbo Jumbo
One more reason with a timeline for to get yourself established on the internet. Keeping up with the latest gadgets and email is not the way to keep up with technology. If your VCR is flashing 12:00 right now, how will you be able to stand out in ten years?
Brokaw added that, “there will never not be a need for professional people to take a complicated information, put it into a form that viewers and readers will need to know and want to understand.”
Content Marketing Today » Tom Brokaw: Washington Post Print Dead By 2017 — Okay, Then What?
Read the above link to see what prompted this blog.
How will you get your information out? I am sure in ten years there will be plenty of companies to charge you a large amount boat load of money to get your content and your face out in front of people. (Hopefully I am one of them.)
I have notice a trend in blogging. Lately, I have been concerned with web traffic. Every time I come across a website I check the traffic on it. Compete.com has become my friend. What I have been seeing is that most blogs have really started to grow around the spring of this year. Which is about the same time mine grew legs. According to NAR there are only 4% of us doing this in the Rank and file. What will that mean when all the “old school” marketers pull out of print and are forced to the web?
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Now these sites are by no means the “blue chip” stocks of the blogosphere, but it is the same type of trends I have seen on quite a few blogs. Don’t believe me check it yourself. We are only on the tip of the iceberg. It is up to you to stay above water.
I know one thing, I will have my feet firmly planted on the web. I am not going to relinquish my spot to anyone…of course unless there is a price tag attached to it.
