How To Run An Online Business... From The Road
by Ken Leonard,Jr.
Running an online publishing business really lends itself
to mobility. Giving you the freedom to live as you would
like, while running your business, is the appeal of the
internet as a powerful money making vehicle.
The idea is to automate all that you can, so your promotion
machine works 24/7, while you're asleep, or wandering around
Northern Europe. You now have a small number of tasks left
that demand your prompt attention, which are very do-able as
you travel, in your spare time.
The promotion methods you have put into action will continue
to work for you day after day. Articles you have written for
use in other online publications will be printed and seen
by countless subscribers, growing your reader base. Ads you
have set up in other publications will run per schedule.
Any viral subscription programs or co-ops that you use will
continue to grow your list, while you have lunch in a cafe
in Cologne.
The use of autoresponders to host a free course or report on
your subject matter is a valuable tool to the mobile marketer.
I have a free email series on autoresponder, that brings in
leads and subscribers for my ezine anytime and automatically.
"PC Tips For Online Marketers" is a seven-part series on
keeping your home office computer running safe and sound,
especially if you aren't a techie. You will see some of the
tips in my newsletter from time to time. It is available
by sending an email to:
mailto:pctipsformarketers@postmaster-email.com
This email course generates subscribers 24/7, if I'm walking
the parks of Amsterdam, or watching the midnight fireworks
at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen.
The list management service I subscribe to automatically
adds new subs to my PC Tips series, or to my New Marketer
Ezine list. It automatically removes unsubscribes, and
allows me to send unscheduled mailings to either list
any time I please. I use this function to mail my ezine
weekly, and as it is web-based. I am using
the service today from an internet cafe in Amsterdam. It
is my "Business Office Online", from BambooBiz Online.
http://www.bamboobiz.net/
I highly recommend this service, as it is very convenient
to use while traveling, since it is web-based. There is no
software to run on your PC, no mailing to do through your
ISP. You can manage multiple lists, and you get up to fifty
sequential autoresponders, for courses, series, and follow-
ups.
Every couple of days you stroll back to your favorite
internet cafe, and casually check your email. You'll have
to have access to some kind of web-based email checker.
My local DSL provider in South Florida, BellSouth, gives
me a webmail page that I can use to check all of my mail,
even other POP3 accounts, as a free benefit. You file some
emails for later, you answer customer and other important
messages, and you're off to the Diamond Exchange in
Antwerp.
This pace of checking up on your email and running some
simple tasks via the net (occasionally) is easy to do.
You will find that a nice break to sit down for awhile
and relax while you do some work is welcomed. It's
a lot of work to see five countries in two and a half weeks.
It is easy to find the time you need to keep your business
running smoothly, when you are having the time of your life,
and getting rid of all the stress from the last year.
Getting out of town will help you to be more productive the
rest of the year, and your business won't miss you for a
minute. You may prefer to travel with a laptop for your
office tasks, but really consider the fact that you have
to keep an eye on it the whole trip. You have to watch
yourself, you know. That's where the web-based email and
BambooBiz Online come in handy.
The future is now. It's here for the taking.
Do it because you can! You'll be glad you did.
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Direct marketing veteran Ken Leonard Jr. publishes
"New Marketer Ezine" weekly, helping to take the
headaches out of starting and growing your online
or home-based business. Get yours now by going to
http://www.kenleonardjr.com and get two useful
resources free.
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