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After the incredible success of Hotmail.com, the use of signature files on all
outgoing e-mail accounts has been a common method of web promotion.
The limitation that most people face is that there is a limit to how much "legitimate"
e-mail they can send everyday.
A key but often overlooked characteristic of the Hotmail campaign that made
it wildly successful is that every user of Hotmail was actually part of its
campaign. Rather than sending signature file ads from only one e-mail account,
Hotmail had a virtual army of people promoting their service.
One way we can boost the number of mails carrying our signature files is to
offer free e-mail accounts to people and attach OUR signature files to their
outgoing email.While it is now harder to give out free e-mail accounts than
when Hotmail first started out, even a small handful of active users of your
free service can dramatically increase the number of your signature files being
displayed.
Everyone.net offers a cheap Group Mail account that lets us offer free e-mail
accounts to 100 people, at $9.99 a month.
For less than 10 cents each, you'll get an large group of people pushing your
advertisement every time they send out an e-mail message.
There are probably other companies offering to let you provide free e-mail
to others (the key point being they must allow you to attach YOUR signature
file to each outgoing e-mail), but Everyone.net does seem to be very user friendly,
easy to set- up( no setup cost), and cheapest.
They also offer to give you a free domain name of your choice when you sign
up.
If you already own XYZ.com, you could take advantage of their offer by also
getting XYZ.net for free.
For sites with large and dedicated North American audiences, there is even a
Sponsored Mail solution where they essentially offer their service for FREE!
This is certainly a proven, low cost strategy to use, especially if you are
looking for some "free stuff" to offer your web site visitors, gaining
their goodwill and turning them into your "evangelists" at the same
time.
About the Author:
Terence Tan is the founder of HugeAffiliates.com, a website dedicated towards
the development of Multi Level Affiliate Programs as an alternative system of
business.
Visit http://hugeaffiliates.com to learn how MLAPs can multiply your affiliate
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