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Testimonial for Email Marketing Webinar (Only 4 places left for today's webinar)

Haven't decided whether you should attend OfficeHounds Quic Start Guide to Email Marketing Webinar?  Read our latest testimonial on our website. You can also book your place.  We have 4 places left on today's webinar at 16:00 Don't take our word for it! Read our testimonials. For more information or to book your place visit http://www.officehounds.co.uk/emailmarketing Maggie Langley Virtual Assistant / Founder OfficeHounds   Office  08432 891246  Mobile 07789 682960 January Special Offer - Email Marketing £99   maggie@officehounds.co.uk www.officehounds.co.uk         Our outsourced business services include: call answering, networking follow up, CRM, and tradesman services.

Webinar - Quick Start Guide to Email Marketing (suitable for beginners)

Webinar Description OfficeHounds will demonstrate and teach you how to set up your first email marketing campaign using a free online email marketing tool.  Image via  Wikipedia What you will learn - how to set up your free account - how to set up your email list of recipients - how to prepare your first email using the design templates - how to send a test email - how to see who has opened your email Why choose to learn from OfficeHounds? Your trainer will be Maggie Langley, founder of OfficeHounds Virtual Assistant Services. She is a qualified teacher in the UK with a Post Graduate Certificate in Education and a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Hons).  Maggie's Mission - providing support that gets things done My mission is for my webinar attendees to start using email marketing straight away. To help motivate you to take action and send an email campaign before you forget what you have learned, I have a special offer for everyone who attends the webinar. Included in the w

Business Bunker Radio - Credit Control - Listen Tues 1:00

Paul Stop Following Paul Andrews  •  On the show tomorrow I'm joined in the studio by co presenter Jo Dodds with our other co presenter Audra Lamoon doing a phone link our studio guest is Sean Stevens of Dino Collections talking all things credit control . This weeks show sponsor is Temp Network, suppliers of temporary warehouse, fulfilment, packing and catering staff.  http://www.tempnetwork.co.uk/ 23 minutes ago • Reply privately • Flag as inappropriate Maggie Langley  •  Credit control - great topic! I'm a big believer in the importance of credit control procedures for small businesses. It just feels too personal for a lot of business owners to chase for outstanding invoices. A good system depersonalises it. If everyone gets a reminder letter/call on day x and day y and a more formal letter if needed on day z, then time isn't wasted worrying. If there's a legitimate reason for the delay, there's always room for flexibility and understandin

Business Bunker Radio - Credit Control - Listen Tues 1:00

Paul Stop Following Paul Andrews  •  On the show tomorrow I'm joined in the studio by co presenter Jo Dodds with our other co presenter Audra Lamoon doing a phone link our studio guest is Sean Stevens of Dino Collections talking all things credit control . This weeks show sponsor is Temp Network, suppliers of temporary warehouse, fulfilment, packing and catering staff.  http://www.tempnetwork.co.uk/ 23 minutes ago • Reply privately • Flag as inappropriate Maggie Langley  •  Credit control - great topic! I'm a big believer in the importance of credit control procedures for small businesses. It just feels too personal for a lot of business owners to chase for outstanding invoices. A good system depersonalises it. If everyone gets a reminder letter/call on day x and day y and a more formal letter if needed on day z, then time isn't wasted worrying. If there's a legitimate reason for the delay, there's always room for flexibility and understandin

HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Posterous - Mashable's Guide

via mashable.com The screenshot above is from Mashable's article, 'How To: Get the Most Out of Posterous.' You can read the article here http://mashable.com/2009/09/06/posterous-guide The screen shot above shows you all of the accounts you can link Posterous to. If you haven't heard of Posterous, this means you can auto-update these accounts just by sending an email to post@posterous.com You'll love it! Give it a try! OfficeHounds Virtual Assistant Services http://www.officehounds.co.uk

Using the Posterous Bookmarklet - Posterous Help

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Importance of Email Marketing

I was interested to read the following statement on the  Mailchimp website.  "Forbes Media in Feb/March 2009 reveals that email and e-newsletter marketing is considered the second most effective tool for generating conversions (that means customers)—just behind Search Engine Optimization." People are often quick to dismiss email marketing, but it's a good way to make sure people remember your business!  Free auto-responders like  Mailchimp  are definitely worth giving a try. Having a go at email marketing is a bit more accessible to most people than SEO.  If you've had a look at Mailchimp and think it's a step too far for you, why not make a commitment to make better use of the email function of LinkedIn or look through your contacts to find people to write individual emails to?  Maggie Langley Virtual Assistant / Founder OfficeHounds   Office  08432 891246  Mobile 07789 682960 maggie@officehounds.co.uk www.officehounds.co.uk        

Take the Kent Business Pledge

Are you a Kent based business?  Take the Kent Business Pledge . It only takes a second. Show your support for Kent Businesses by pledging to purchase goods and services from Kent businesses where appropriate.  Kind regards Maggie Langley Virtual Assistant / Founder OfficeHounds   Office  08432 891246  Mobile 07789 682960 maggie@officehounds.co.uk www.officehounds.co.uk         Our outsourced business services include: call answering, networking follow up, CRM, and tradesman services.

Iowa #1 State for renewable energy. Makes me proud to be from Iowa!

I was just sent a really interesting email from the Iowa Democrats, and I thought I'd share an excerpt with you. It certainly makes me proud to be from Iowa. We brought you Bill Bryson, Field of Dreams and now we're a green, not mean, growing machine. . .(powered by windmills of course!)  Governor Culver’s address highlighted why the condition of the state [Iowa] is so strong today: “Today, Iowa is number one in the nation in renewable energy. We now generate 20 percent of our power from renewable sources, up from just 5 percent four years ago.” “Today, we are number one in the nation in children’s health insurance. No state has done more to cover kids in the last four years. We’ve added 58,000 kids to the rolls, and as a result 99 percent of Iowa’s children are now getting basic health care services.” “During the last three years alone, 23,000 additional children have been enrolled in early childhood education programs. As a result, 90 percent of 4 year olds now have the

Become a Marketing Hound with easy Business Card email marketing

OfficeHounds January Special Offer - £99 Do you have a stack of neglected business cards in your office?  You took the time to meet these people, but when did you last contact them?  Will they remember you and your business?  Make them remember you!  OfficeHounds January Special Offer - £99 You post 100 business cards to OfficeHounds. Our Virtual Assistants will user your business cards to create a contacts database for your in Excel and .csv format We will create an HTML email template with your logo and company colours and send an email to your list of contacts. Book by calling  08432 891246 or email  maggie@officehounds.co.uk Bonus 1 - We will also set you up a free 1 month trial of a Customer Relationship Management system. All of your contacts will be added to the CRM. The CRM allows you to record email histories and documents to customer records. It also includes a calendar and task list that can sync with your Smartphone.  Bonus 2

Marketing Hound (Business Card email marketing) - January Special Offer £99

OfficeHounds January Special Offer - £99 Do you have a stack of neglected business cards in your office?  You took the time to meet these people, but when did you last contact them?  Will they remember you and your business?  Make them remember you!  OfficeHounds January Special Offer - £99 You post 100 business cards to OfficeHounds. Our Virtual Assistants will user your business cards to create a contacts database for your in Excel and .csv format We will create an HTML email template with your logo and company colours and send an email to your list of contacts. Book by calling  08432 891246 or email  maggie@officehounds.co.uk Bonus 1 - We will also set you up a free 1 month trial of a Customer Relationship Management system. All of your contacts will be added to the CRM. The CRM allows you to record email histories and documents to customer records. It also includes a calendar and task list that can sync with your Smartphone.  Bonus 2 - We will send out future emails using