This online newsletter is designed to help you maximize the
advantages of your MindSpring Biz account. It is
solely owned and operated by MindSpring Enterprises as a benefit
to its customers.
This newsletter is sent every other month via email. Back issues of
this newsletter are archived at
http://business.mindspring.com/news.
If you have any Comments, Suggestions, or Submissions, please
contact biznews@mindspring.net.
In this edition:
- Biz News: MindSpring's Business Resource Center
- Win a year of E-Commerce Hosting
- Web site success story
- Free online meetings through WebEx
- Web Site contest
- MindSpring Biz Referral Program
What's New with MindSpring Biz - The Business Resource Center
How do I market my Web site? How do I get a loan for my business? Can I
receive faxes over the Internet? What are the tax implications of an
online catalog?
Many of you have asked us questions similar to these and we have had to
point you to a number of web sites and business guides around the Internet.
Now, MindSpring Biz has worked to provide you will all the answers to your
business needs in one easy to use site. Welcome to the MindSpring Biz
Resource Center at http://www.mindspringbiz.com!
The MindSpring Biz Resource Center is designed to provide products,
information, and services to all of MindSpring's business users. It exists
to provide you with an Internet source devoted to enhancing your business
and to enabling each of you to get the most out of the Internet. As a
business portal, the MindSpring Biz Resource Center provides you with a
resource that is informative, service oriented, and easy to use.
The resource center consists of MindSpring Biz solutions, industry
information, business techniques, business guides, business articles,
services, news, discussion forums, and more. The content comes from
companies such as BusinessTown.com, WorkZ.com, and ZDNet. A wide range of
services are offered to assist you in your daily business functions. Some
of those are:
- Hotoffice Technologies will offer a Web based Intranet solution,
- WebEx will provide you the ability to hold online meetings,
- Stamps.com will provide you the ability to buy & print postage online,
- MessageClick can provide you Internet faxing as well as Unified Messaging,
- LoanWise can provide you the small business loan you may be looking for,
- DPEC provides online business and computer training,
- Ceridian provides HR & payroll services
- and software and business products can be purchased through the site.
In addition to their great services, all of our partners are offering
specials for the month of December from the MindSpring Biz Resource
Center site. HotOffice is giving their first month of service for free,
WebEx and DPEC have specials listed below, Stamps.com is giving $35 in free postage, and MessageClick is offering free voice mail and fax services.
Visit the MindSpring Biz Resource Center today at www.MindSpringbiz.com to
see what resources are available for you and please provide us with feedback
on what you like, don't like, and wish to see in the future.
Win a year of E-Commerce hosting from DPEC
MindSpring has partnered with DPEC, a leader in customer-focused Web-based
learning, to provide MindSpring Biz customers a library of 350
courses on
computer and business related topics. This partnership brings PC users at
home and at work inexpensive subscriptions to education/training in real-time
through the Internet. To kick off the MindSpring/DPEC partnership, DPEC is
running a contest to provide one hosting customer 12-months of free MindSpring
e-Commerce service (a $1,200 value). Just surf on over to
www.dpec.com/MindSpring and follow the directions to enter.
Web Site Success Story
InTuscany.Net - Customer Success Story http://www.intuscany.net
Mark Abouzeid, owner of In Tuscany, was the winner of the last MindSpring
Biz Success Story contest. Here is his story on how a MindSpring Biz Web
site has enhanced his business:
"When we first had the idea of developing In Tuscany, we wanted to create
a place where people could learn about the culture, people and beauty of
the region. We honestly had not thought about how we could make money
through it but loved our new found home so much we had to share it."
Prices for web hosting in Italy were then and still are exorbitant and,
as our target market was Americans and English speaking countries, we
thought why not host in the States. The price package and flexibility
of MindSpring had always been good for other sites I had developed but
bandwidth and stability were our concerns this time. We knew that lots
of imagery would be required and, therefore, load time was a great
factor in our decision.
Now, after a year on the Net, In Tuscany has become one of the prime
destination for people planning their holidays, learning about the culture
and dreaming of a different life. Timing could not have been better: two
best sellers about the region, a movie filmed two miles away (the English
Patient) and skyrocketing demand for accommodations.
We eventually found that providing promotional resources for B&B's, hotels
and villas to rent could bring in a steady and ever increasing income."
Mark's story is a great example of using the Internet to increase your
business without having to have an online catalog or a physical
product to sell.
So how did the Link of the Day do for In Tuscany?
"On orders and email, our mailboxes were flooded, bookings are up and
I am once again MindSpring's greatest fan!"
Visit the MindSpring Biz Meeting Center
Hold real-time meetings with colleagues and friends through your browser
using WebEx's meeting enabling technology. Share documents and applications,
even teleconference. For MindSpring Biz customers, offices will be available
at no charge through January 1, 2000.
To take advantage of this offer, visit http://MindSpringbiz.webex.com
Web Site Contest
We want to hear about how your business is doing on the Web. Do you
have a success story to share? If so, please submit it to us online at:
http://business.MindSpring.com/story/. All submitted stories will be reviewed; some will be chosen as feature sites on the MindSpring Web site. Through the end of 1999, we will choose one MindSpring Biz site each month
to be featured on the MindSpring home page as a "Link of the Day". Don't miss this opportunity to show off your site to thousands of potential customers!
MindSpring Biz Referral Program
Are you happy with your MindSpring Biz service? If so, tell your friends,
business contacts, and vendors to get their web site hosted with MindSpring
Biz. If they mention your domain name when they sign up, then you will
receive a $50 credit on your account!
Final Note
If you have any suggestions for future editions of the MindSpring
Business newsletter, please submit them to us at
biznews@MindSpring.net. If you would like additional information
on MindSpring's other products and services, please contact us at
websales@MindSpring.net or visit business.MindSpring.com.
Thank you!
The MindSpring Team
