Blog Readers, A Word on DOMESTICALLY Hosted Autoresponders.

Hi Blog Reader,

I have been doing Internet Business for about 9 years now.
I can honestly tell you that the most important thing I ever
did in my whole 9 years of running my own Internet business
was purchasing an autoresponder.

Actually to be honest, I have purchased many different types
of autoresponders. I have probably owned them all at one.time
or another. So I know how important it is to have a good
dependable autoresponder.

I am not going to tell you all the benefits of owning an
autoresponder. That would take up to much of both our time.

I am simply going to tell you about the two different types
of autoresponders and the advantages and disadvantages to both
types. That way you can decide for yourself which type is
right for you and your situation.

There are basically only two options you will have to choose
from when picking an autoresponder.

1. Remotely Hosted – Hosted on someone elses site.
2. Domestically Hosted – Hosted on yo.ur own website.

Just so you know, I actually do own both types of
autoresponders, but the majority of my work comes from my own
domestically hosted autoresponder so today I’m going to tell
you all about ‘Domestically Hosted’ autoresponders.

I’m going to start by telling you the bad parts about owning
yo.ur own autoresponder because simply there’s less to tell.

The absolute worst part is the deliverability issue. As you
may or may not already know, getting your email delivered is
becoming harder and harder all the time with all the new spam
filters and protections in place.

With owning yo.ur own autoresponder, you will have to learn
how to make sure your messages are being delivered on yo.ur own.
You’ll have to learn about things like SPF Records, and White
Listing and things like that. Google them if you don’t really
know about them but want to.

There are companies you can hire to help with that however
who do a great job of making sure your emails are getting
delivered from yo.ur own domain. Just do a Google search for
‘email deliverability’.

Also, hosting with the right webhost also helps! You know
who I’m talking about right? ;o)

The only other thing that poses any sort of problem is
getting your software installed and working on your website.
But usually, installations can be done for relatively cheap
by the company you purchase from. So that’s not really a
huge issue.

Now here’s a whole li.st of reasons why I like owning my own
autoresponder.

Importability.
Having the ability to import subscribers into your list is
something many Internet Marketers love. You cannot do this
with a lot of remotely hosted companies due to spam reasons.

Customization.
Another advantage that I personally like to take advantage
of with my own autoresponder is the fact that because it
resides on my server, I can customize it to do special
things unique to my business. If I were remotely hosted
I could not do that…I’d have to work by their rules!

Cost Effective.
Remotely hosted autoresponder services usually are set up on
a monthly fee which in the long run can cost you a lot more
money than owning yo.ur own software.

Feature Rich.
The particular brand of autoresponder I reccommend has a
50 page book of features and how to use them. Don’t be
scared, you’ll learn it very quickly. Remotely hosted
autoresponders don’t have quite as many features which will
become handy later on when you’re a pro.

So what autoresponder do I use, and personally reccommend?

Auto Response Plus or ARP3 for short. It’s designed by a
gentleman by the name of Neil Morgan who I have had a good
relationship with the whole way of owning the software.

This bad boy you download and install right onto yo.ur own
server and the installation is quite simple as long as you
have some knowledge of FTP and following instructions.

If you need, you can get a copy installed for under $50
from the developer. It has a li.st of features that
honesltly takes over 50 pages to explain. But don’t let a
long manual scare you.

This baby is super easy to set up and even easier to run.
The support manual is about 80 pages but is so easy to
read and understand you’ll be blown away.

I’ve been using ARP3 for over 7 years now and I don’t
think I’ll ever change that.

Here is their link Blog Readers.

http://gurumarketer.com/cgi-bin/arp3/aff-t.pl?l=6&c=1629
AOL Go Here

Oh and by the way, Third Sphere and AutoResponse Plus
both work together to have the autoresponder work
flawlessly on Third Sphere servers. If you purchase a
copy of Auto Response PLus, they’ll reccommend that you
use Third Sphere as a host.

Here’s that fr.ee month link for Third Sphere again
just in case you need it!

http://gurumarketer.com/cgi-bin/arp3/aff-t.pl?l=2&c=1629
AOL Go Here

That’s it for now Blog Reader.

Ian Herculson

PS. In two days I’ll send you the email that explains
all about ‘remotely hosted’ autoresponders and why you
may want to consider getting one of those instead!