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I was, believe it or not, because of a very special follow-up program we have going on here at Team Expansion. That was when I stumbled on…   http://www.mailvu.com   Now the good news is — there’s nothing to pay (ever). So this won’t cost you a single peso.  But the other good news is [...]

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Our I.T. guy at Team Expansion recently recommended to me MailChimp.com and now I see why. You get up to 500 subscribers for free (more than enough for many missionary-types). If there’s a catch, it’s that you’re only allowed 3000 emails a month… but if you do a weekly prayer-request email to 499 people, you’ll [...]

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Long-time Brigada friend, Barb, is asking us for our take on email etiquette… or, one might say, “netiquette.” Where are your best sources? What are your pet peeves? What are your best ideas? I found a really helpful list at… http://email.about.com/od/emailnetiquette/tp/core_netiquette.htm The guy gives 26 important rules… like… “Don’t default to Reply All”, “Keep emails [...]

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I recently came across this “top ten list” from iContact.com regarding getting the word out via email. They suggested that organizations need to…  #10 Build Your List at Every Opportunity You Have #9 Avoid Excess Punctuation or Capitalization — “Don’t use ALL CAPS or multiple exclamation marks within your subject line or body. Doing this [...]

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Looking for a secure, collaborative email solution for your organization, ministry, or team? Remember the missionaries that asked for recommendations (see the 2008/09/2 edition: http://www.brigada.org/2008/09/2-email-solution-needed.html They ended up choosing a solution called Email Center Pro http://www.emailcenterpro.com/ This solution is…*** Secure (https encryption)*** Allows collaboration among multiple user accounts*** Has a template system to help them [...]

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