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Press [REPLY], Type & Then Press [SEND]? (Jan. E-News from 2SS.Com)
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‘ E – N E W S from ‘
‘ 2SS.Com ‘
‘ Compiled and Edited by ‘
‘ Mailed on: 01/01/2000 9:03 PM Number 18 ‘
‘ Int’l Standard Serial No. - ISSN: 1523-3537‘
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‘ In this issue (4 Items): ‘
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‘ 1--Press [REPLY], Type & Then Press ‘
‘ [SEND]? ‘
‘ 2--QUESTIONS ‘
‘ 3--7 STRATEGIC-USEFUL-INTERESTING LINKS ‘
‘ 4--WHY SUBSCRIBE?, 2SS.Com & YOUR ‘
‘ SUBSCRIPTION. ‘
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‘ QUESTIONS ‘
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‘ MEGA SEARCH SITES? ‘
‘ What about search sites that use other search ‘
‘ sites? An interesting tools that we at ‘
‘ 2SS.Com DON’T have much experience with. ‘
‘ The problem they create of course is the same ‘
‘ one you have at a single search engine, ‘Too ‘
‘ much info.!’. But some of these sites try to ‘
‘ rate likeliness or make intelligent selections ‘
‘ for you. Some you may wish to check out ‘
‘ include: ‘
‘ www.DogPile.Com (13 search engines and ‘
‘ UseNet Groups ‘
‘ www.Mamma.Com (You can also search for ‘
‘ MP3, image or sound files here) ‘
‘ www.MetaCrawler.Com (The one we’ve used ‘
‘ that searches 9 of the most popular search ‘
‘ engines and UseNet Groups) ‘
‘ www.ProFusion.Com (Lets you choose search ‘
engines) ‘
‘ www.SavvySearch.Com (Lets you create your ‘
‘ own custom search site.) ‘
‘ www.AskJeeves.Com Might be one of the most ‘
‘ useful for simple searches because it let’s you ‘
‘ use natural language and tries to present only ‘
‘ the best response(s). ‘
‘ HOW DO YOU BUILD A BRAND? ‘
‘ How do the ‘BIG GUYS’ build their brands? We ‘
‘ see it all the time, but we offer this as an ‘
‘ opportunity to apply their approach to your ‘
‘ brand objectives. ‘
‘ At http://www.onboardinfo.com/winprizes/amex.asp ‘
‘ you can download a seasonal screensaver from ‘
American Express Publishing. It was created in ‘
‘ conjunction with On Board Info. It does more ‘
‘ than save your screen, there are scrolling ‘
‘ banners that get updated daily with notable ‘
‘ dates, jokes, inspirational thoughts, cultural and ‘
‘ sporting events, and more. There’s also a ‘
‘ reportedly addictive “snowball fight” game you ‘
‘ can play by pressing [Escape]. ‘
‘ Even if you can’t program up a screensaver ‘
‘ yourself you could: ‘
‘ * Hire a someone to do it for you, ‘
‘ * Generate some brand building ‘
‘ wallpaper, or ‘
‘ * Generate a more lively replacement ‘
for the opening Window splash ‘
screens, or ‘
‘ * Prepare a custom icon and text or ‘
‘ document file to provide needed ‘
‘one-click-away’ information to your ‘
customers. ‘
‘ And, any of the above can feature your brand! ‘
‘ We’ve been using this last trick at 2SS.Com and ‘
‘ it’s forerunner company ‘The MIS Department’ ‘
‘ for years. Our reference card of support ‘
‘ numbers for major software vendors is hard to ‘
‘ throw away and the electronic version goes ‘
‘ onto every PC we sell or tune-up. ‘
‘ IS THE INTERNET STILL EXPLODING? ‘
‘ YES! The US has more than 65 million Web ‘
‘ users racking up and estimated 50 million hours ‘
‘ of WWW access every day. And, that number ‘
‘ continues to grow exponentially.. Included are ‘
‘ surfers from all age groups and income ‘
‘ brackets, More than ever will log on for the first ‘
‘ time in the year 2000 ‘
‘ A ZD Net article quoted Paul Saffo (president of ‘
‘ the Institute for the Future)… "The Internet in ‘
‘ 1999 was like television in the year 1951. In ‘
‘ 1951, TV really started to take off, and in ‘
‘ subsequent years it dramatically increased its ‘
‘ reach. That's what we'll see with the Internet ‘
‘ in the next few years." ‘
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‘ 7 STRATEGIC-USEFUL-INTERESTING LINKS ‘
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‘ Here are several links to Internet-based storage ‘
‘ where you can simply park data to be picked up ‘
‘ from any Internet connected PC you use: ‘
‘ 1. www.FreeDrive.Com 20MB available FREE ‘
‘ 2. www.iDrive.Com 25 MB available FREE ‘
‘ 3. www.FreeDisk..Com 25MB Available FREE ‘
‘ Would you like to share access to files with others?
‘ 4. www.NetDocuments.Com is where they also ‘
‘ plan to add capabilities for remote printing and ‘
‘ shipping of documents. Or, ‘
‘ 5. www.JustOn.Com where in addition to ‘
‘ accommodating sharing they offer ‘
‘ 50 MB of storage FREE. ‘
‘ 6. Finally visit http://www.yahoo.com/picks/ for ‘
‘ more interesting and unusual WWW site picks ‘
than you can imagine. Sign up to receive ‘
‘ them weekly and see the list of the year’s best. ‘
‘ 7. One of the most useful links we set-up for all ‘
‘ our 2SS.Com clients is a link on the [Start] ‘
‘ button back to their own desk top. To set up ‘
one for yourself navigate to… ‘
‘ C:\Windows\StartMenu ‘
‘ and choose FileàNewàShortcut. In the ‘
‘ window that opens for your command line type ‘
’ everything between the quote marks. ‘
‘ “C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /Root,” ‘
‘ Be sure to include the final comma (‘,’). Then ‘
‘ press the [Next] button and type in the name ‘
‘ “DeskTop” ‘
‘ Now you have a Start Menu icon that let’s you ‘
‘ see every icon on your desktop at any time, ‘
‘ even if your desktop is covered with Word, ‘
‘ Quicken or several applications. ‘
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