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 In This Issue: October 14, 2003 

Note from Bobette Kyle - Interactive Chat Workshop Thursday this week, preview book chapters, a snake made me late.
Update: Take-Payments-Online.com, ECommerce Explained. - Canadian Merchant Account Options, "7 Questions to Ask a Potential Internet Merchant Account Provider."
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Hello Folks -

I planned for this to go out earlier today, but had an interruption. We found a baby copperhead snake crawling around on the back deck. When there's a snake around, my productivity goes to negative infinity.

On a much brighter note, my daughter's been invited to sing in a band the weekend after Christmas. I'm so proud - she has a wonderful voice!

New book site...

Besides snake watching, I finished a new site today. It gives people who are thinking about buying my book a chance to "browse" through it first (This since it's sometimes kind of hard to know what you're getting when you buy online.).

Each chapter is set up as a separate PDF file, viewable online. Take a look here: http://www.HowMuchForSpider.com

The site is literally "hot off the press", so please let me know if you see any mistakes, etc.: SpiderSiteFeedback@WebSiteMarketingPlan.com

Here's the time sensitive part...

I will be conducting an interactive Small Business Workshop chat session this Thursday October 16, at 8 p.m. EST. "Marketing Your Online Business - Major Results with a Minor Budget" is part of The Virtual Business Group's (VBG) Small Business Workshop series.

There is no charge and no need to register. Please join us Thursday night. Read more about the workshop here:
http://www.virtualbizgroup.com/Group_Information/workshops.html

If you plan on attending, you can send questions in ahead of time. Please use the email WorkshopQuestion@WebSiteMarketingPlan.com

BTW, I am running a Small Business Workshop discount on my book. Read more about the discount here:
http://www.howmuchforspider.com/WorkshopDiscount.htm

Thank you and enjoy,
Bobette

P.S. Please pass this newsletter URL along to two friends or colleagues you think would benefit from Website Marketing Plan News.

 Update: Take-Payments-Online.com, ECommerce Explained.
Small progress at http://www.Take-Payments-Online.com since last issue. I have added a two-part article from Tawnya Sutherland. She tells about the difficulty she had while trying to get a merchant account in Canada. Part 1 details her experience. Part 2 gives some good alternatives.

Read it here:
http://www.take-payments-online.com/CanadaMerchant1.html
http://www.take-payments-online.com/CanadaMerchant2.html


Recently, I also had a bit of a confrontation with a Merchant Account reseller. They had some undisclosed fees I didn't like, so I asked for a refund of my 'set-up' fee. They said "No go" even though I hadn't even submitted an application.

I came away from the experience with a list of questions you can ask a potential provider. These, as well as more about my experience, are in the article "7 Questions to Ask A Potential Internet Merchant Account Provider".
Read all about my experience here: http://www.websiteMarketingPlace.com

 Site Section for Instructors: Information about my marketing plan / Web promotion book.
I have a special section on WebSiteMarketingPlan.com for instructors interested in using my target marketing plan and Web promotion book ("How Much for Just the Spider? Strategic Website Marketing for Small Budget Businesses") in their courses.

The text is applicable to courses comprised of business professionals, small business managers, and/or entrepreneurs. These students can apply knowledge from the book in developing and implementing online marketing strategies for their companies.

The book also helps prepare MBA candidates and advanced undergraduate students for the "real world", showing them how to succeed with online marketing strategies in today's budget cutting mindset.

Relevant courses could include...

Marketing Management - online/Internet strategy module
Small Business Management courses
MBA Level Marketing - direct marketing, Internet marketing,
e-commerce, online/Web strategies.
Entrepreneurial courses
Executive MBA courses
Business Plans - marketing plan module
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