Ask Leo!: Services en-us 2008 Leo A. Notenboom and Puget Sound Software, LLC Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:15:47 -08:00 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:15:47 -08:00 720 http://ask-leo.com/images/altile144.jpg Ask Leo! http://ask-leo.com 140 140 Tech Questions? Get Answers! Ask Leo! SimpleURL - Inexpensive Domain Registration ... with Service http://ask-leo.com/simpleurl_inexpensive_domain_registration_with_service.html As of yesterday, I own 69 internet domains. I've registered them all through SimpleURL, a service of Simple Online Solutions.

It's easy to get wrapped up around pricing when looking to register a domain. SimpleURL's prices are quite inexpensive, but certainly not the absolute lowest that you'll find around. You might be able to save a buck or two by going elsewhere.

]]> leo@pugetsoundsoftware (Leo A. Notenboom) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:15:47 -08:00 Technology Google Mail - Free Email that works and leaves you in control http://ask-leo.com/google_mail_free_email_that_works_and_leaves_you_in_control.html The fact that I'm recommending a free email service at all will come as a shock to most of my long time readers. I've long ranted against using free email services being used as the sole repository for your important information. Most people read that as being "against free email", but it's really "against putting all your eggs in someone else's basket and only in someone else's basket".

Free email accounts have a place in your overall email strategy.

And one of the reasons I recommend GMail, Google's free email service is that it allows you to take control of your email in ways that the other services will not. In fact, I can see situations where GMail might be your primary email account.

Just never your only email account.

]]> leo@pugetsoundsoftware (Leo A. Notenboom) Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:06:25 -08:00 Technology AWeber Email Service Provider for email newsletters and more http://ask-leo.com/aweber_email_service_provider_for_email_newsletters_and_more.html If you're a spammer, you can stop reading now. AWeber will not help you.

On the other hand, if you're considering setting up a CAN-SPAM compliant email mailing list, AWeber may be the solution for you.

AWeber is an Email Service Provider (ESP) that provides bulk and sequence emailing services. The most common example might be periodic newsletters: for example I use AWeber to send out my newsletter every week to over 25,000 subscribers.

Not to sound too "marketing-ish", but AWeber leads the industry in an incredibly important measurement: deliverability.

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