I have been using several e-mail companies to send out my bulk email marketing. I have heard that iContact is the best option out there for anyone who wants to send out email newsletters. They have great inbox deliverability, an extremely easy to use interface, great prices that start at $9.95 per month, lots of templates, and also include surveying, autoresponder, and blogging capability from the same application at no additional charge. Has anyone ever used them? What are your thoughts?
They say that iContact is an easy to use email marketing, surveying, autoresponder, and blogging tool that allows small businesses, non-profits, and associations to easily communicate online with their customers, prospects, and members.
They take care of managing bounces and unsubscribes for you. They also take care of making sure your message gets to the inbox of your recipients through their ISP relations, feedback loops, and whitelist status. This sounds perfect for an email newsletter.
The company currently has over 15,000 customers and 100,000 users. The product is used primarily by small businesses but also has a number of Fortune 500 companies like Bank of America, Ford, Nissan, Super 8 Motel, and International Paper, and political campaigns like Barack Obama ‘08. The company is based in Durham, NC and was founded by Ryan Allis and Aaron Houghton in 2003.
iContact is working to change the way businesses and non-profit organizations communicate online by making it really easy to manage all online communications from a single web application.But I think this tool would be perfect for bloggers as well but I would like some feedback if anyone has used it. And, if like me you are looking for any easy and inexpensive way to put your emarketing on autopilot and get great deliverability, check out iContact. AND, You can try a 15 day free trial of iContact at www.icontact.com.
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Have you ever been on the go and wish you could turn all your photos into a slide show to share with friends and family along the way? Well, now there is an easy solution that will help yo do just that in 5 easy steps. FOTOBOX is a portable USB device that easily turns your photos into spectacular slide shows in minutes. You simply insert your SD Memory card into the FOTOBOX and plug the FOTOBOX into a USB port on any computer. The FOTOBOX user interface will appear on the screen to create a slide show easily and quickly. There is no software installation needed, everything is contained within the FOTOBOX device to make it easy to use anywhere on any computer. FOTOBOX makes a great gift for families, photo buffs, college kids…anybody really. It is so easy to use that even my 12 year old has had no problems with it.
The FOTOBOX also includes 2 modes…Easy mode for beginners or Advanced Mode for more customization. Photos can be easily uploaded by inserting the user’s digital camera memory card into FOTOBOX; fun themes, background music and narration can be applied to slideshows; and all content can be shared with family and friends via YouTube and Facebook
System Requirements:
* Operating System : Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7
* USB 2.0 Host Controller/Port
* Processor : Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz, Pentium® D, Pentium® M 1.3 GHz,
Pentium CoreTM Duo, or AMD® Athlon® 64 processor
* Memory : 512MB of RAM
* Free Hard Disk Space : 10GB for DVD creation
* Other :
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher
Windows Media Format SDK 9 or higher
Windows Media Player 7 or higher
QuickTime Player for MOV
CD Writer for VCD, SVCD
DVD Writer for DVD
Microphone for narration
Priced at $79.99, the product can now be purchased on honestech’s Web site, and at leading retailers and/or on their Web sites, such as Amazon.com, Buy.com, Micro Center, OfficeMax, and others.
FOTOBOX provided a sample product for review and testing. I was in no other way compensated for this post. All opinions are my own and please remember that individual results may vary.
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THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED !!!
You can however visit System Mechanics for ordering information and you can always check out some of the other great giveaways going on here at The Post-It Place.
When I was contacted to try out System Mechanic I was a little leery. My past experience with software that “fixes” computer problems has been less that stellar. But, I thought I would give it a shot just to see. WOWSER, am I ever glad that I did! We tried it out on Bric’s computer first without stellar results, but he keeps his up to date and it is always in good condition. Then we decided to check it out on mine. I am so ashamed. Please don’t tell anyone about this but I had like 43, 000 different errors (hangs head in shame). I am not good about doing the things to my computer that need to be done. I had missing links, I had registry errors…it was just a HUGE mess. I knew it wasn’t running all that great but good grief, I think it should have already laid down and died. But, I have to say, System Mechanic saved the day. It fixed every error and problem I had. We were all stunned and impressed! It will make a great gift for the computer guru OR the computer novice. It is simple to use and that makes it the perfect gift for anyone who owns a computer.
System Mechanic is a PC tune-up software which can help fine tune and speed up a PC to keep it running in optimal condition, saving time and frustration. It’s been highly praised for its function and ease of use, and has won the PC Magazine, LAPTOP Magazine, PC Plus, and CNET Editor’s Choice awards. The latest version, SM9,which has some cool new tools such as NetBooster and PCAccelerator is available online and at retailers nation wide. And, each box can be loaded onto 3 different computers. All for the sweet price of $39.99 online or possibly $49.99 in a retailer near you. What all does it do? Well, here are a few of the features:
* Cleans, defrags, & repairs registry
* Accelerates PC startup 19 ways
* Defrags & recovers orphaned RAM
* Boosts internet speed
* Complete low-level drive defrag
* Turns off unused background programs
Perform dozens of performance boosting optimizations in one step.
Yeah, makes a lot of sense to me too. Whatever all that means, I can tell you that it makes your computer run smoother and faster. And that my friends was enough for me! I loved it so much, System Mechanic and I want to give away 3 (YES THREE!) boxes of the System Mechanic software to some really lucky readers.
To Enter: Visit the System Mechanic site and leave me a comment telling me why you need to win it. All entries must be received by November 30th at 5 PM EST. All entries must have a valid US mailing address. Winners will be selected at random and will have 3 days to respond to the verification e-mail.
Want Extra Entries:
Blog about this contest and Vista Print customized products, with a link back to here (leave link where the post can be found).
Subscribe to The Post-It Place (either by a reader or request in your comment to be added to the e-mail list for contests and giveaways).
Place my button on your blog (leave link it can be found at).
Follow me – Jillybean01 on Twitter and Tweet this contest making sure to use the @Jillybean01 (leave ID in a comment and I will follow you back).
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PS: I haven’t forgotten your boiled peanuts, they will go out soon (the person who this is intended for will know exactly what I am talking about even if it makes no sense to you)
System Mechanic provided me with a copy for review and giveaway, all opinions are my own and always remember that individual results may vary
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This Christmas give the gift of language. Being able to speak more than one language is such an accomplishment and can help young ones to go much further in college and life. It can help adults further their careers. There are so many people that can benefit from learning a second language and Rosetta Stone can help.They teach based on a completely immersive environment so there isn’t so much memorization involved and you can learn at your own pace instead of taking a class and having to try to keep up.
As a child, you learned to speak instinctively by experiencing the world around you. Their solution recreates this experience through a fully immersive environment right on your computer.
No translation or memorization. They have eliminated the traditional approach of using translation and grammar rules, empowering you to think in your new language. There are no flash cards, dictionaries or memorization drills.
A carefully designed sequence of activities. By surrounding you with words, images and the voices of native speakers, the Rosetta Stone method lets you progress naturally from words and phrases to sentences and conversations.
Rosetta Stone has made learning a second language not only educational but fun. For these reasons they have been the leading language software for years. I love their efforts to preserve endangered languages and to help revitalize them. What an amazing thing! They have been used by the Military, Nasa and many other corporations.
So, if you are looking for an educational gift this year, how about the gift of a second language? Check out Rosetta Stone.
Rosetta Stone provided me with a 30 day trial in order to write this post. Opinions are my own.
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