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Ecommerce / Web Marketing Ezine
December 1 2001
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Contents:
A note from Michael and Kathy
1. Generate web site elements online for free!
2. New Javascript library on Taming the Beast
3. Article Summary - Free web hosting without banner ads
4. Article Summary - Creating custom error pages
5. Some of our domain names for sale!
6. From the Archives - Ecommerce, communications and the global Internet community.
Closing Notes and contact details
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DOWNTIME NOTICE - SERVER UPGRADE
On December 2, between 5.30 and 7.30pm (USA EST), Taming the Beast.net will be unavailable while our hosting service transfers to a faster server system. The new hardware will have increased memory, faster drives and dual processors. This is great news for visitors and will result in faster response times for page requests, form submissions and other scripted items after the upgrade! We
apologize for any inconvenience.
DOWNTIME NOTICE - SERVER UPGRADE
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December 1 2001
Greetings All,
Another busy fortnight on Taming the Beast.net! Thanks for all your feedback on the new site design, we look forward to making further improvements.
Included in this issue is an article from our archives that deals with the rapidly expanding global Internet community and it's effect on ebusiness. We'll also preview two other new articles published by Michael and take a look at some of the great free Flash, Javascript and DHTML code generators now available on Taming the Beast.net. Create great looking web site elements online for free!
Many articles are available from our site, free for reproduction on your web site or ezine. Subjects covered include Web Design, Internet Promotion and Marketing, Security and of a general cyberspace related theme. The article index can be viewed at:
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles /articlemain.htm
Don't forget to check out the other great resources on Taming the Beast.net! You can find ecommerce solutions, web development tools, hosting options and our very popular free cellular ring tones and tunes for Nokia and Ericsson mobile phones! New releases were posted up yesterday.
Please forward this newsletter on to those who you feel may be interested in the subjects discussed. If you have received this in error, we apologise, and by replying to this email with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line, we'll remove you from our list promptly. To those of you who have subscribed, we assure you that your email address will not be distributed to any other party for any reason, in accordance with our privacy policy.
Michael and Kathy
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1. NEW! - Generate Flash and DHTML elements directly from our site!
Create:
- Flash Dropdown menus, navigation bars, status bars, tooltips, top bars - without having to buy Flash!
- DHTML menus, tooltips and nav bars!
- Generate Javascript code for meta tags, buttons, drop down menus, css, scroll bars and status bar!
All available on Taming the Beast.net and all FREE!
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/generators /codegenerators.htm
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2. NEW! - Javascripts library!
Check out our library of free javascripts which will be updated on a regular basis! Code snippets include:
- popup windows
- popup spawners
- colour effects
- mouseover effects
- customised window elements
- user information scripts
and many more!
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/scripts /freejavascripts.htm
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3. Article summary - Free web hosting without banner ads
"Looking for free web hosting with no annoying pop-ups, pop-unders, buttons, banners, headers or footers? And as well as this, you'd like 99.8 percent up-time, fast servers, access to the cgi-bin for scripts, FP extensions, PHP and MySQL databases and FTP access?...."
View the full article:
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles /freewebspace.htm
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4. Article summary - Creating custom error pages
Create custom error pages and keep your visitors! Nothing is more frustrating than the "File not Found" error we see so often out on the 'net. Learn the how's, why's and when's of this cyberplague and ways to minimise its impact on your site visitors.
View the full article:
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles /customerrorpages.htm
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5. DOMAIN NAMES FOR SALE!
We have a number of domain names for sale, including:
alternativeguru.com & .net
daubster.com
exogene.com
ezifind.com & .net
fashionpad.com & .net
filecutter.com & .net
malldash.com & .net
pacificdesigner.com & .net
pcplaces.com & .net
sleekzone.com & .net
solidbargains.com & .net
webbuilderworld.com & .net
webwidenetwork.com & .net
worldwideamerica.com & .net
zonester.com & .net
and around 150 others.....
the listing can be viewed at:
http://www.tamingthebeast.net /admin/namelisting.htm
Asking price for each is US$110 or US$200 for .com and .net pairs.
Price includes transfer fees and one year's (in most cases, more) registration, including free services such as:
Domain Manager, FREE Url forwarding/Framing, FREE e-mail forwarding, FREE CNAME and MX management and more.
contact us if you are interested in any of the names.
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6. From the archives (July 2001) - Ecommerce, communications and the global Internet community
In our increasingly online world, cyberspace is still experiencing "gold fever", but there have been and will be many casualties. Only the innovative, responsive, financially sound and flexible will survive. Many new markets are joining the world of eCommerce; over the last 6 months I have seen a remarkable increase in visitors to my site from countries such as India. This trends means more visitors to our sites perhaps; but it definitely means more competition between web developers, etailers and other service providers.
India will be extraordinarily competitive in web development, due largely to favourable exchange rates. In Australia, our struggling dollar still favours us in securing work with U.S companies, but not to the same degree. I can see that the Internet will play a considerable role in the valuation of our currencies in the future.
Up until now, the Internet has been very focused on the U.S. By 2003, the Asia Pacific region will catch up and overtake in regards to Internet usage. While we are all busy submitting our sites to the U.S and U.K search engines, have we considered their Indian or Taiwanese counterparts? There are literally thousands of Asia-Pacific search engines and indices. Some of them will grow to be major players in the next five years.
The Western world tends to forget that we are a minority. Only about eight percent of the earth's population speaks English as the primary language. As countries such as India, Korea, Taiwan and perhaps even China open up, we will need to adapt to this change. The big players can afford to have their pages translated into different languages. For those of us without the budget, perhaps even a simple greeting in a variety of languages on our pages would encourage a visitor with limited English abilities to explore our sites. If you are going to translate your site, ensure that the person undertaking the translation really knows their stuff, as a single word misinterpreted can turn a welcome into a curse. The proper use of images and other visual cues can also assist in relaying information more effectively than English text.
One of the other ways we, the smaller companies, can welcome these newcomers without spending a cent is to drop our xenophobic reactions to "foreigners". There are no "foreigners" as the Internet is now more than ever a global community. Instead of fearing these new arrivals stealing our bread and butter, we should be seeking to establish alliances with them. We should be striving to learn a little about the culture of the emerging electronic economies. This will assist us in using the correct protocols during business dealings.
As web masters, we receive many communications via email from our "foreign" visitors. Some of these emails are, in our way of thinking, poorly worded. As an example I received a note the other day that didn't have the usual signature line of "Regards" or "Sincerely", but had one word at the bottom of the message - "Waiting". Many of our visitors to whom English is a second language struggle with email writing, sometimes appearing rude to us. Perhaps we become impatient with this and devalue the communication or ignore it.
Bad move... both from a human and business point of view.
Nothing angers me more than to have an email unanswered. I am sure most others feel the same. I have written to a large U.S Internet presence four times in the last month, without a response. It's a shame, not for me, but for them.... I was a customer with a sizeable amount of money to spend. I'll go elsewhere.... and remember my dealings with the other company... for years.
In traditional business we are taught that an unhappy customer will tell 10 others about their experience. In ebusiness, an unhappy customer can tell tens of thousands through newsgroup postings - that's well worth keeping in mind.
When we do receive communications from someone and it's apparent that they may have troubles with our language, take the time to try and understand what it is they require. This may entail several notes back and forth, but it will be worth the effort in the long run.
From the "warm and fuzzy" (human) point of view; the Internet has allowed us as a species to communicate in real time with any other part of the planet. We are no longer dependant on government propaganda to shape our views of a particular country; we can hear it directly from the people. This is a real privilege, and we tend to forget it is.
The Internet has formed the basis of my living for some time now, but equally as important, I have gained a greater knowledge of our world and more importantly - of what it is to be a human. I believe The Internet as a whole, not government or individuals, will be the driving force behind mankind finally seeing past skin colour and creed to recognise "the person".
Related Article: http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles /visitorfeedback.htm
Michael Bloch
michael@tamingthebeast.net
http://www.tamingthebeast.net
Tutorials, web content and tools, software and community.
Web Marketing, eCommerce & Development solutions.
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Taming the Beast - Established 1995
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