Michel Lavergne presents...

Newsletter Reader

2006-06-28T14:54:00.000-04:00

A few years back, I had a discussion with a good friend of mine and it gave me an idea.

With the technologies available today, why do I still have to buy the newspaper every day ?

I mean, why don't they come up with a newspaper that I can plug on my computer and download today's issue?

Wouldn't that be great?

Last week I decided to apply this idea to online newsletters. I built a "Newsletter Reader". Here is an overview of it's main advantages:

1 - Only ONE DOWNLOAD is necessary. You don't have to download or update a new copy of the reader when I make changes and/or additions to it.

Example:
When I started to distribute this product, 4 newsletters where included.

- Hit Exchange News
- Opt-In Master Course
- iLoveHits News
- Focus4 The Future Newsletter

They were all updated at one time or another and every reader was updated in real time.

Yesterday, I added the HitHurricane Blog to the reader. If you have a copy of the reader, you just need to open it, the modifications will appear. Like I said, no more download is necessary.

2 - After you're done reading an email newsletter, what is your next step? You probably delete it. Or you keep it for further references. If you receive as many emails as I do, trying to find one might take a while.

With the Reader, it's all organized for you. A simple menu let's you access and read the ones you decide to read. The newsletters stay in the reader until the next issue. Even then, you have access to their archives within the software.

3 - You don't even have to subscribe to every newsletter to read them. Sometimes, you want to learn more about a certain program and it's owner before you join. The reader helps you do just that.

4 - No cost to you it's free to download and to use. This is not a try it and pay me later type of software.

5 - It is NOT a beta version. It works. But only for Windows users for now. I will make a version that everyone will be able to use.

6 - If you publish a weekly newsletter and wish to be included in the reader, simply reply to this email and we will work it out together. There is absolutely NO LIMIT to the amount of newsletter that can be included.

You are part of a select group that has access to this software now. You can distribute it as you see fit. Use it as an incentive to help you build your mailing list if you want to or give this to your existing members.

There is only one condition, NO SELLING. It has to remain a free product.

I hope you like it.

I almost forgot to include the download link. :) Here it is:

Click to start the download

When you click, the download will automatically start.

If you have ANY questions and/or comments regarding this product, please let me know. There is a "Contact me" link in the Reader.

Michel Lavergne

Where were you kids last night?

2006-05-27T14:18:00.000-04:00

If you're a good parent, you know where
your children were.

Now, answer this question:

Where are your sales coming from?

Failing to answer this simple question
is costing YOU money.

I learned this the hard way but you
don't have to.

I started online a while back and, like
a lot of newcomers to the online marketing
world, I had no idea where my sales where
coming from.

I was spending my hard earned money on campaigns
that didn't produced results, and I didn't
even know about it.

What's worst, I did it over and over again until I
was asked "Where are your sales coming from?"

This all changed the day when I received an email
from a friend who asked me that same question:
"Where are your sales coming from?'

My answer: "I have no idea". Ouch.. wrong answer.

The reply was:
"Not Tracking Your sales is Costing You Money, Michel"

And you know what? It' true.
Knowledge is the key to a successful marketing campaign!

Start tracking you results today, you'll thank me tomorrow.

But with so many services available on the internet,
how do you find the best one?

I tested three of the top tracking services available
to us. Here are the results.

Customer service, if you can't they can't answer your email,
don't give them your money.

One of my email bounced. Hum... Bye bye #3.

The other two companies replied with a personal email
that was quite helpful. This was excellent.

I then joined both service as a "Trial Member". It's the
best way to get a feel of what they have to offer.

Company #2 offers a good tracker but is quite complicated
to setup. That didn't impressed me much. After the setup
was completed, it get a lot easier to use and to check
your results.

With company #1, it took me about 20 minutes to join,
confirmed my subscription and setup 7 active campaigns.
Excellent start. Plus it comes with a rotator. I promote
and track ALL 7 campaigns with only one URL.

I started to use them both intensively and checked my
stats a few times a day to keep an eye on them.

After a week, #2 stopped working for 2 straight days but, I
didn't give up on them until the same thing happened the
the following week. Bye bye #2.

And the winner is.... HitsConnect. Excellent service,
reliability and

I upgraded my account BEFORE my trial period was over.
By using this service, you'll know:

- How many visitors each campaign has brought in
- Which ezines are the most profitable
- Unique clicks today
- Total unique clicks
- Referring page stats
- Total sales that campaign created
- Cost per click and
- Cost per sale analysis
(How big or small your return on investment is)
- Whether free classified sites are worth the effort
- Whether animated banners are better than static ones
- Does the ad at the start of an ezine outperform the one
at the end and so on.

Currently, there are some ad rotators out there that
charge $20 a month! You get this free.

- Rotate an UNLIMITED number of tracker links
- Disable and enable specific tracker links WITHOUT
deleting them from your list.
- Advertise one single URL address - no matter HOW many links
you're promoting you still get complete tracking stats on each
tracker link in your rotator!
- Traffic exchange friendly frame break tester, so your
HitsConnect rotator will be welcome at all traffic exchanges

They are simply the best tracking solution on the market. But,
don't take my word for it. Please. You must check them out
for yourself. You get a FULL month as a trial member.

You'll probably come to the same conclusions and upgrade
even before the month has passed.

Happy tracking.

Michel Lavergne

Auto-Responder hickups?

2006-05-03T23:25:00.000-04:00

The I Love Hits tutorial received so many requests that my
auto-responder stopped taking new members. Hiccups? Maybe.

Would that upset you?
Me too. Ask my wife. :)

I had to find a better auto-responder ASAP.
So I started my quest for a reliable service.

Do you know how many companies are offering an auto-responder?
A lot.

Fortunately, I knew where to look. 3 companies were in the
race to get my business. The challenge began. I decided to
visit those 3 sites to test them.

Usually, you simply enter your name and email address to try
their service. That's what I did. You know, to compare the
delivery speed.

Out of the 3, the fastest, by far, was GetResponse I received
the confirmation email within seconds. The second one took
about 20 minutes and the third one went in my junk folder.
I found that email the day after.

Click here to kick their tires yourself.

Simply enter your information in the top left corner
of the page you land on.

With my older auto-responder almost 40% of people requesting
the download link never confirmed. Those email probably went
to their junk folder or got completely blocked.
What a waste.

Now, 95% of people requesting the download link confirm right
away and actually download the e-book.

That took care of the first part of the testing.
Now support.

I send them the same email asking
a few question about their service and why I
should give them MY money.

Only GetResponse got back to me. My decision was made.

Look at the some of the features they have to offer:

- Unlimited number of auto responders. Yes UNLIMITED.
- Personalization of emails.
- Unlimited follow-ups.
- Send a broadcast email to your entire list all in one shot.
- TRACK your leads and responses.
- Your choice of 19 different domains names to send from
- Your own "confirmation" screen.
- Selective broadcasting.
- Block unwanted email addresses.
- Bounce-back management.
- Full activity reports via email.
- Free, unlimited technical support.
And much, much more...

As you can see, this is way more than your everyday run-of-
the-mill auto-responder systems - using any other is just
not an option!

If you want an auto-responder service, I truly recommend
GetResponse.
Test it here