"are You Losing Your Customers?"

By Author: A.T.Rendon
Total Articles: 13
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E-commerce is expanding at a time when our
nation has slipped into an economic recession.

Like any business, it is about getting the goods
and services delivered so that you have a satisfied
customer who will hopefully come back for more.

It is more expensive than ever to find and acquire
new customers for your online business. But did
you know you could lose yours to a problem that
can be dealt with effectively and inexpensively?

What if your new customer can't find your web site
or you are off-line just when you have launched an
expensive ad campaign?

What if your web site goes down in the middle of the night
without your knowledge?

It is a critical moment every time someone surfs to
your web site. If your web site is down, then all your
goodwill, hard work, investment, buzz, and brand name
recognition won't do you one bit of good.

A web site down scenario can cost your business web site a
lot of business. And that means money out of your pocket.

Even the very best of web servers ...
... will be down an
average of 7 to 10 days per year.

How many of your web site's visitors have been frustrated
by a "Page Not Found" or "Server is Busy" message and
turned away to go to your competitor while your web site
is down?

Even if it is just one customer, then it is one customer too many!

You can not monitor your web site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Yet, that is exactly what you need to do.

What is the solution?

Making use of one of the many "FREE Web Site Monitoring
Services"(FWSMS) that are available online. Let someone
help you by letting them monitor your web site for you.

Although there are many such services that operate for a
fee ranging from $20.00 monthly upwards to over $ 700.00
for a yearly plan, there are still a few that do it for free.

Here are just a couple of these free monitoring services:

InternetSeer Web Site Monitoring Service
http://www.internetseer.com/

InternetSeer remotely monitors your Web site to insure
that customers and visitors have access to your site 24
hours a day, 7 days a week. If InternetSeer is unable to
reach your site, we will send you an email message
alerting you that your site is On Error.

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Free Web Site Monitoring at ServerRat
http://www.serverrat.com/

Server Rat will monitor your site "Big Brother Style"
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As soon as your web
site(s) status changes Server Rat will "Rat" on your
ISP and send you an email or message your email
compatible pager. You would normally have to pay
for this service. But they are offering this service
FREE of charge. That means no registration or hidden fees!

For a larger free list of "FREE Web Site Monitoring Services"
as well as several free software programs to do it yourself,
send a blank email to receive it via Auto-Responder at:
mailto:fwsms@emailexchange.org

These free services may very well save you a great deal
money by letting you know that there is a problem with
your web server, email server, etc.

Certainly, they will save you time and effort by doing a
hard and essential job free of charge.

All it will cost you is a little time and effort to just sign
up for the free services. This small investment can
possibly save you a customer.

Even if they only save you one customer per year, do you think
it would be worth it for you to have these free services?
About the Author A.T.Rendon is an entrepreneur and published writer.
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