* CALL FOR STORIES: Looking For A Few (Successful!) People...

* ANNOUNCING: Mr. Internet's New "GEEK in the BOX" Service To Instantly End Tech Support Woes ...

* ePOWER! TIP: Find Broken Links On Your Site Instantly With This Free Software ...

* DOMAIN NAME TIP: Use These Two Services To Snag Valuable Expiring Domains Automatically ...

* MAIN ARTICLE: How To Transform Your Business In 24 Hours Using Virtual Consultants ...

* PARTING THOUGHTS: Winds Of Change ...

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** CALL FOR STORIES: Looking For A Few (Successful!) People...

WIN your own copy of the 2001 edition of ePOWER! PRO, the online success "bible" for real estate professionals ($129 value)!

All you have to do is submit an online success story that I judge to be the best and publish in the "SUCCESS STORIES" section of this newsletter. The rules are very simple:

. The story must be real --no fiction please!;

. The story must be about a specific success with adequate details so readers can readily grasp what you did and why it worked;

. The more unique the better (i.e. you used a clever online strategy or method to achieve the results);

. 250 words *maximum*;

. You get extra points if your story shows how you used any tips, techniques, or strategies you learned in ePOWER! News or any of my seminars or books :o)

In addition to winning the incredibly powerful ePOWER! PRO "bible", your name will be up in "lights" as a real online star to thousands of other professionals that receive this newsletter around the world. (Can you say "referrals"?)

To enter, just e-mail your story to the following address: successtory@epowernews.com. Meanwhile if you just can't wait to win your copy of ePOWER! PRO you can check it out by going to http://www.epowerworks.com

Good luck! (and remember --neatness counts :o)
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** ANNOUNCING: Mr. Internet's New "GEEK in the BOX" Service To Instantly End Tech Support Woes ...

Imagine how different your life would be if you could have a techie magically appear (in just 2 minutes!) anytime you needed help with a computer hardware or software problem?

Well, stop imagining because this is available *now* through a new service I call "GEEK in the Box" that utilizes the instant tech support facilities of ExpertCity.com.

You can find the "GEEK in the Box" menu on my Web site at http://www.russer.com. When you enter a tech-support question, professional tech support people from around the world will "bid" on resolving your issue. You can immediately see their bids, qualifications and what others thought of them before accepting anyone's offer to help.

But wait, it gets better! If the problem requires the Geek to actually do something with your computer, they can (with your permission) literally take full temporary control of your mouse and keyboard as if they were sitting right next to you --all while conversing with you via chat window. At that point you just sit back and watch them fix it right before your very eyes! And, you only pay if you are *completely* satisfied! Typical bids for most issues run $10 - $15.

This is the answer from heaven for agents that need immediate, inexpensive tech-support and for brokers looking to address the tech support needs of their agents. You can read the full press release by going to http://www.russer.com/press/geek010419.pdf.
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** ePOWER! TIP: Find Broken Links On Your Site INSTANTLY With This Free Software ...

Having broken links on your site is, at best, a professional embarrassment and could mean potential lost business. However, the process of finding them yourself (before your visitors do) can be very tedious, especially if you have a large site.

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive tool I've found to handle this task is call Xenu Link Sleuth™ and can be found at http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html.

Amazingly, this powerful utility is *free* and downloads / installs in just minutes. It will even work on database driven sites (i.e. template sites) --which was confirmed when I ran it on my main (ColdFusion driven) www.russer.com site and found more bad links than I care to admit.

Now you have no excuse to check your site's link integrity --JFDI (Just Focus and Do It!)
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** DOMAIN NAME TIP: Use These Two Services To Snag Valuable Expiring Domains Automatically ...

Now that the dot-com boom has gone bust, there are some real opportunities to snag highly valuable domain names that are beginning to expire since their erstwhile owners are no longer in business. This is a great idea *only* if there is some way you can track which ones are about to expire. It gets a bit more complicated however, since registrars will typically not immediately release a domain name once it expires. Some may wait 45 days or longer.

There are two services that (for a fee) will monitor currently active domain names of your choice and attempt to automatically register them in your name once they expire and are released back into the available pool of domain names.

The first is called Snapnames (http://www.snapnames.com) and it seems at first blush to be the more professional of the two mentioned here. The other one, Eye On Domain, can be found at http://www.eyeondomain.com/expired_domain_names.html.

I am currently using both of these services to track and (hopefully) register a recently expired (but yet to be released) domain name --just to see who "gets there" first. As soon as I know who the "winner" is, you'll know --I promise!
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** How To Transform Your Business In 24 Hours Using Virtual Consultants ...

You've heard me extol the power of using Virtual Consultants and Assistants for months now. In fact, I run my entire business with them. This means I operate a *very* busy international speaking, writing, and development business without using one single employee and having no one on site. Did I also mention that I take 3 - 4 months off a year with my family while my virtual staff runs things for me?

Now, in my latest "Ask Mr. Internet!" article you can get the details on how to implement this incredible strategy that promises to literally transform the way you do business! Just go to http://www.russer.com/~ami/010415/dmri_01-04-15.html (reprinted with permission from my May 2001 "Ask Mr. Internet!" REALTOR Magazine column)

Success in business is all about doing what you love most and letting others (with the appropriate talent and desire) do the rest for you. It also means having the time and money to enjoy the fruits of your labors. Incorporating Virtual Assistants and Consultants into your business is a whole new success strategy / paradigm that makes these goals a practical reality.
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** PARTING THOUGHTS: Winds Of Change ...

Call it the exuberance of Spring (my *favorite* time of year), but it seems that my state of constant change / growth accelerates with the budding of blossoms!

Therefore, I will use this opportunity to share with you some of the changes and additions that you can expect from Mr. Internet over the next few months:

. NEW NEWSLETTER FORMATS - my virtual staff and I are working diligently to create HTML and AOL versions of ePOWER! News so you will have a choice on what suits you best;

. NEW LEVELS OF PERSONALIZATION - sometime in 2001, we hope to have completed a "personalization engine" driven version of this newsletter that literally allows you to pick which content categories you want most and how often --*very* exciting stuff!;

. NEW ePOWER! GROUPS™ FOR BROKERS - just finishing up an incredibly powerful advanced Internet curriculum for brokers who are serious about taking their associates to the highest levels of online profitability. Much of this is based upon the new and extraordinarily successful 3-day Advanced workshops we just completed. (NOTE: if you are a broker/owner and would like more info on this send e-mail to mailto:epowergroups@russer.com)

. MORE 3-DAY ADVANCED WORKSHOPS - these workshops have proven to be the most powerful and advanced training sessions I have ever developed and delivered. We expect to announce several dates in the Fall around the country.

Of course there is more (there always is...), however this will keep my virtual staff quite busy for some time. Obviously, the whole purpose of this creation / destruction / creation cycle is to provide a constant flow of *value* to you. This process seems to always work --for everyone involved.

So my parting question for you is, what are your "winds of change" that will result in a continuing flow of value for *your* clients? Something to think about :o)


~ Mr. Internet ~
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