| Most people (after the novelty wears off) find they | | | | thank you page so they could get the information |
| need to get more from their website than just a | | | | immediately and all this could happen while you were |
| place to put some family photos or a personal bio. | | | | out on the beach at Waikiki. |
| When that happens, a whole new world opens and | | | | Starting to make sense? |
| dozens of options become available to help make the | | | | I thought so. |
| website a more useful place. | | | | I suppose now you would like to know how to get |
| This article will explain the "autoresponder". | | | | one of these email secretaries. Well, due to their |
| It isn't a difficult concept. The idea is that, when | | | | popularity, you might think they were expensive. |
| someone sends an email to your autoresponder's | | | | The truth is that they are so popular that hundreds |
| email address, it sends an automatic reply. Thus it is | | | | of companies are willing to give you a basic one for |
| called an autoresponder. | | | | free. If you want advanced features you will pay, |
| In other words you can have a ready made email | | | | but to have the service where people can get emails |
| reply for visitors that want a particular article or piece | | | | from your website won't cost you a thing. |
| of information. Once you set up the autoresponder, | | | | Here are a few places to get (one of the originals |
| anyone that sends a blank email to it's address will | | | | and still gives good (also has been around for a long |
| automatically get the reply (your article or story) | | | | time) |
| sent to their email address. | | | | Also, these days, many web hosting companies |
| 'Why would I want to do that?' I hear you saying. | | | | provide autoresponders when you host a website |
| Well, suppose you wrote a world class poem that | | | | with them. So it doesn't cost extra. |
| everyone wanted to read. You could spend three | | | | Now all you need to know is how to use them. It's |
| months personally emailing each person that wants a | | | | practically as easy as tying your shoes. The general |
| copy OR you could have an autoresponder set up to | | | | procedure is (each company varies a little) to paste |
| send the emails automatically (on request). | | | | your article in a text box (provided by the service), |
| Or, better yet, you write an article so informative | | | | then type a name for your visitors to use (for |
| that people are willing to pay for the benefits they | | | | instance '') then click a button to set it up and you're |
| will get from reading your words. You could have | | | | done. You might also need to create a password in |
| your website process their credit card to pay and | | | | case you need to edit your article. |
| then give them the autoresponder address on a | | | | Now, is that simple or what? |