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Table of Contents

1. Editor's Musings
2. Article: The One Press Release You Will Regret Sending by Richard D. Bailey
3. Recommended
4. Internet Sites Reviewed
5. Freebies and Other Good Deals
6. Joke of the Week

1. Editor's Musings

And a spooky Hallowe'en to those of you who live in locations where this holiday is observed. How strange our North American customs must be to persons from other areas of the world.

I've just recovered from a week of Technology Hell. I suspect most of you have been through something similar. My web host had a severe DOS attack. Their efforts to recover from the attack lead to modifications on the server that caused my autoresponder script to stop working. The script writer wasn't available to shed light; the web host's tech support people wouldn't put much effort into solving the problem without input from the script writer. In the meantime, my ISP developed tech problems and email ceased….. Hallowe'en came early.

2.Article: The One Press Release You Will Regret Sending by Richard D. Bailey

Many unsuspecting do-it yourself marketers have turned to automated press release submission software to send press releases to journalists and media experts. They spend anywhere from nothing to several hundred dollars to get their hands on this special software that they believe will generate free publicity, news coverage and unprecedented sales for their web site products or services. Instead they become banned and wind up on several media banned or ignore lists for sending SP*AM or unrelated and unwanted info to swamped journalists.

This could have been easily avoided.

1. Always verify the quality of the media database before you make the purchase or send any press release. Just like any other email list, you should know how the email addresses in the database list were acquired. Many such databases have outdated or inappropriately gathered email addresses. Send just one well meaning mass message and you could be blacklisted for life as your reputation goes down the drain.

2. Rely on trusted PR media services or their partners to send releases. They provide legitimate methods to contact journalists and reporters with your press-release by relying on true opt-in lists, sometimes with paid subscribers. These media services send info to writers, industry and news people who are interested in keeping up with newsworthy stories and events.

3. Never send unrelated announcements. If your company makes Athletic shoes, don't send your press release to a technology or finance writer. This will guarantee annoyance and will put you on one or more than one person's ignore list. Mass Press Release Submission software will often send messages to the wrong people. Just imagine sending an announcement about a new Cheeseburger topping to a writer of a vegetarian magazine. OOOPS.

No cost, low cost and paid press release submission sources are a great way to promote your offline and online business. You just need to be sure that you're using the right ones and that you are using them the right way.

#3: Recommended Products: Drop Ship Source Directory

Drop shipping is a viable option for many entrepreneurs who want to avoid the hassle of stocking inventory and looking after shipping and handling.

Essentially, it works like this: You enter into an arrangement with a manufacturer. You promote a product, setting your own retail price that will be higher than the wholesale price you pay the company. When a sale transpires, you send the sale information and the monies for the wholesale price along to the company. The company fulfills the order. You keep your profit.

Finding appropriate businesses that offer drop shipping is not easy. Although lists of drop shipping companies proliferate on the Internet, not all are legitimate, and not all are worthwhile. The Drop Ship Source Directory is one of the good ones. This company has an excellent reputation and is known for the quality of the suppliers it deals with. The testimonials are real. Moreover, they update the directory often, in real time, so the information doesn’t get stale.

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4. Internet Sites -- reviewed by June Campbell

*** Hallowe'en Kids
Family friendly Hallowe'en Site

*** Deep Impact: Send Your Name to a Comet
Add your name to a disc that will be attached to the impactor spacecraft, which will collide with the comet named Tempel 1. Why? Just because you can.

*** Geektels
A searchable database of hotels with Internet access. Here's an idea whose time has come.

*** Amusing Cartoon about the iTunes/Pepsi Partnership
Pepsi is giving away free music from iTunes during Superbowl season.

*** Apple 1884 Commercial
Remember this classic? It's for all you nostalgia lovers.

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6. Joke: Hallowe'en Story

A man was walking home one night when he heard "Bump! Bump! Bump!"

He looked back and saw an upright casket banging down the street. Terrified, the man ran toward his home, the casket pursuing him. He opened his door and locked it behind him. The casket crashed through the door, with its lid clapping. The man rushed to the bathroom and locked the door. He heard the casket coming. Bump! Bump! Bump! It crashed through the door! Desperate, the man hurled a bottle of cough syrup against the casket.

It worked!

The coffin stopped!

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