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Trialled Mail Chimp, seemed pretty good for low volume stuff, but main thing that put me off was exactly what you flagged regarding the "mail from".

So after different trials we ended up with Interspire Email Marketer, it's an off the shelf mailer which bolts onto your server so you have full control. Very easy to use like Mail Chimp, lots of functionality, built in spam checkers, email client formatters etc, absolutely love it.

Decent Opt in lists we have bought in the past, the supplier controlled the send, and you got x number of sends, so you never actually got the mail addresses. Be surprised if Experian gave you the email addresses as an opt in list, what's to stop you sending 10 times? But we haven't bought any professional lists in a long time.

A good tip made to us was make sure you have a nice and obvious unsubscribe link at the top of the mail. This should cut down on the number spam accusations! We do this on all of our newsletter sends.

I know from our own indexing, pages with fresh content are re-indexed quickly, so I think fresh content is very important, especially in this age of instant results and social media.

But I agree about twitter, personally I don't think twitter feeds add much value from an SEO or content wise, it can't be a substitute for quality content, like fresh blogs, news, reviews etc.

But twitter feeds are pretty useful as a traffic source or for easy marketing.

Didn't know you could get windows for a Mac?

Have moved your post to the techie bit so one of the Apple anoraks can pitch in

Phew close call then for Greece...


The Greek government has won a critical vote of confidence as it struggles to win support for extra austerity measures and avoid a debt default.

Prime Minister George Papandreou's new cabinet was approved in parliament by 155 votes to 143, with two abstentions.

MPs will now be asked to approve 28bn euros (

I dunno, the apple crowd bang on at us Windows users, turns out they have their own probs, they obviously just keep quiet about it

Blimey, does seem a bit extreme.

Serious lack of common sense though, after his URL gets siezed, he moves his content to a new one... hmm not the sharpest tool in the box

One crackpot idea I had was to approach small cash strapped haulage companies and offer to replace their Curtain's for their Curtain sided artic trailers, so you get a 40 foot mobile advertising banner trundelling up and down the motorways, and they get new curtains for their wagons

Never actually got round to contacting any firms, but still reckon it could be a good idea

lol yup a few are a bit dubious

Got my vote

Prob gives you a better understanding how it works in the UK.

Don't tout on this forum though else you'll get banned, like <ahem> me
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