RSS is fine...but I find that I don't use them that much even when I've subscribed...it's just something else I have to check. I prefer all the information I need to consolidate in my inbox...
Rick -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 11:00 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: FAQ? I've considered a Subscribe mode for people who want to get informed on each entry. Since the site has an RSS feed I figured it wasn't quite as critical. But it would be nice to add email notification. On 7/12/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I try all the time to convince my clients that while being on the > Internet on a website is a must, it's more important for marketing to > be in people's inboxes. > > Why not set up a "Tip of the Day" (or "Tip of the Week") and deliver > it to subscriber's inboxes, where they can then save the tips to > archives...searchable on their own systems. > > Also, when new tips are added, automatic email notice goes out to all > subscribers with information about the tip. > > Why wait for them to go to the site? Take the material to > them...you're traffic will pick up a lot, I'll wager, too... > > Rick > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:58 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: FAQ? > > Speaking just for myself (www.coldfusioncookbook.com), my philosophy > behind the site is that every answer is the best. Now - I know that > sounds egotistical. What I meant is, like CFLib, we try to publish > what we consider best practice 100% of the time. Obviously I'm no > brainiac.What I'm trying to get through is that what you see on the > cookbook site would be considered best practice, at least by myself, > Jeremy, and the other authors. (And again, I know the sites aren't > perfect.) > > The cookbook site seems to almost be in stealth mode.We have over 100 > entries, all available via PDF, so the content is growing, but the > traffic is still a bit light. Hopefully these posts will help drive > some traffic to the site. :) > > On 7/12/06, Mingo Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Raymond Camden wrote: > > > While they don't say "best", there is cffaq.com from Ben Forta and > > > www.coldfusioncookbook.com from myself and Jeremy Petersen. > > > > > Well... this is almost exactly what i meant (I need to google > > better) I do miss some stuff like I mentioned in my other mails, > > more geared towards different solutions to one problem and perhaps > > you could add a function (like on imdb.com) where users can say > > 'this tip was useful to > me'. > > > > Mingo. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246274 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
