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#054/03-Jan-02
POOR RICHARD'S WEB SITE NEWS
Geek-Free, Commonsense Advice on Building a Low-Cost Web Site
Editor: Peter Kent
Top Floor Publishing
http://PoorRichard.com/
60,000 Subscribers in More Than 100 Countries!
~~~ IN THIS ISSUE ~~~
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Testing Your Web Host's Servers
The New Education Site
Picking a Hosting Company is Almost Impossible! II
Please Help With Feedback!
Poor Richard's Web Site and Other Top Floor Books
Book Reviewers Wanted
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{{ Testing Your Web Host's Servers }}
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"Test a hosting company before you buy! All the company's
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[continued here:
http://netbizcoach.com/public/how_to/find_host/test.htm ]
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{{ The New Education Site }}
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I planned to launch on or around Jan. 7th... I suspect it'll
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{{ Picking a Hosting Company is Almost Impossible! II }
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I asked for hosting-company recommendations in the last
newsletter ... and got scores. I haven't yet picked a company,
but if you're interested you can see the recommendations here:
http://netbizcoach.com/public/how_to/find_host/feedback.htm
Definitely some interesting stuff ... complaints about certain
companies from multiple people, and some interesting
recommendations.
You can find the feedback here:
http://netbizcoach.com/public/how_to/find_host/feedback.htm
{{ Please Help With Feedback! }}
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As you know, I recently changed the format of this newsletter.
Instead of one very long newsletter, with complete articles,
I've been putting the first paragraph or so of the article in
the newsletter, then linking to the article on the Web site.
In the past I've had people e-mailing me asking me to do this
... now I'm getting e-mails from people asking me not to!
(Can't keep everybody happy, I guess!)
So which do you prefer? Please feel free to go online and post
your comments here:
http://netbizcoach.com/public/feedback_forum/long_newsletter.htm
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{{ Poor Richard's Web Site and Other Top Floor Books }}
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Top Floor Publishing now has thirteen books in print:
Poor Richard's Web Site Marketing Makeover: Improve Your
Message and Turn Visitors into Buyers
http://PoorRichard.com/makeover/
Poor Richard's Creating E-Books: How Authors, Publishers, and
Corporations Can Get Into Digital Print
http://PoorRichard.com/ebook/
Poor Richard's Home and Small Office Networking: Room-to-Room
or Around the World
http://PoorRichard.com/homeoffice/
Poor Richard's Branding Yourself Online: How to Use the
Internet to Become a Celebrity or Expert in Your Field
http://PoorRichard.com/brand/
Poor Richard's Internet Recruiting: Easy, Low-Cost Ways to
Find Great Employees Online
http://PoorRichard.com/recruiting/
Poor Richard's Building Online Communities: Create a Web
Community for Your Business, Club, Association, or Family
http://PoorRichard.com/communities/
The Official Miva Web-Scripting Book: Shopping Carts,
Feedback Forms, Guestbooks, and More
http://TopFloor.com/miva/
Poor Richard's Web Site, 2nd Edition: Geek-Free, Commonsense
Advice on Building a Low-Cost Web Site
http://PoorRichard.com/
Poor Richard's E-mail Publishing: Creating Newsletters,
Bulletins, Discussion Groups, and Other Powerful
Communication Tools
http://PoorRichard.com/website2/
Poor Richard's Internet Marketing and Promotions, 2nd
Edition: How to Promote Yourself, Your Business, Your Ideas
Online
http://PoorRichard.com/promo/
The CDnow Story: Rags to Riches on the Internet
http://TopFloor.com/cdnow/
MP3 For Musicians: Promote Your Music Career Online
http://www.TopFloor.com/mp3m/
MP3 and the Digital Music Revolution: Turn Your PC into a
CD-Quality Jukebox
http://TopFloor.com/mp3/
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Order direct from the publisher, and you'll get a 100%,
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And remember, these books are discounted at the Web site, and
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you buy!
{{ Book Reviewers Wanted }}
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Do you review books for newspapers, magazines, newsletters
(electronic or paper), Web sites, or other media spots?
If so, perhaps you'd like to review one of Top Floor
Publishing's recent books:
* Poor Richard's Web Site Marketing Makeover: Improve Your
Message and Turn Visitors into Buyers
* Poor Richard's Home & Small Office Networking: Room-to-Room
or Around the World
* Poor Richard's Internet Recruiting: Easy, Low-Cost Ways To
Find Great Employees Online
* Poor Richard's Building Online Communities: Create a Web
Community for Your Business, Club, Association, or Family
Or perhaps you'd like to review "Poor Richard's Web Site:
Geek-Free, Commonsense Advice on Building a Low-Cost Web
Site, 2nd Edition"? Or maybe one of the other books mentioned
above?
Contact Top Floor's Marketing Director, Missy Ramey, at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Include your full mailing address, the
name of newspaper/magazine/whatever in which the review will
appear and the probable date of publication, and the editor's
contact information.
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