March 28, 2005

My Mind is on Auto Responder

Have you ever set up an auto responder for your website? You know, those messages that you set up weeks or even MONTHS in advance to send to your website visitors about any number of topics? The basic idea is that once people leave your site, they need to be reminded to come back, or they need to be told about your newest products, etc.

So, the point of all of this babbling is that I have just spent the weekend setting up auto responders for several of the products, newsletters, and mini-courses available to Fitness Destinations website visitors and customers.

Let me just say for the record that trying to anticipate what you might want to say to someone months before you actually say it is an exercise in "outside of the box" thinking. And, it can drive you quite insane!

I've come to believe that the reason why some people on the Internet seem a bit..... off... is because they are! And it is a direct result of their auto responders!

Maybe we should just go back to the Pony Express???

-- Aaron <~~~~ Trying to decide whether I want to compliment myself or chastise myself six months from now....

March 15, 2005

HUH?!?!

This article is great! Or is stinks... I'm not really sure which, and that is because it is CONFUSING! Which is, of course, the point of this blog. With this type of data coming from "government studies", it's no wonder people don't know what to do! Check it out:

90 minutes of exercise? Yeah, right

By the way, the CORRECT amount of exercise is, ironically enough, a MINIMUM of 30 minutes per day, and a MAXIMUM of 90 minutes.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled confusion....

F/D Staff

March 2, 2005

PubSub!

This is a very cool service that I just stumbled upon! Basically all you do is set up as many keyword or keyword combinations that you want, and the service scans the internet for those words.

You can install an optional sidebar in your web browser, and anytime those words come up, you'll get an automatic notification to go check it out!

I've been using this method for years to monitor News stories, but this service isn't just limited to the News, which means that you'll get the "real" scoop on your keywords. Check it out:

Welcome to PubSub