Comments on: Your contact info on your Web site

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Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:08:02 +0000

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By: Cordelia Blake

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:33:04 +0000

I agree that putting your home address out there is a risky prospect. I was thinking that for sales you can use a service like Cafe Press or Paypal so that orders can be placed without people needing your home address. PO Boxes can be a good idea but they can also be annoying and pricey if you don’t get much mail. Cordelia Cordelia Blake Web Design http://www.CordeliaBlake.com

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By: cynthia

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:39:38 +0000

I just got my book in the mail on Wed. and have already started reading it – it looks great, congratulations!

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By: Walter Hawn

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:05:54 +0000

Got my book yesterday. Looks great. Now, I suppose I ought to read it? Walt

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By: Lyn

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:03:29 +0000

I’d like to add that having your full, and clickable, email address listed on your website can attract spiders who collect these addresses for the purpose of spam. In my 10 years of owning my own domain and listing my email address as clickable, it’s become a real headache for me. I get upwards to 1500 spam per DAY. Infact, Alysons first email to me ended up in this spam mailbox without me knowing. Drat! I now use an alternative web based email address when I sign up for things that require one, and on my website, or other public internet spot where I want people to know my email address I type it as “myname(at)mydomain.com. This does render it unclickable, and causes an extra step for the user, however, it’s all I can do to stop the spiders, without changing my email address all together.

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By: Mary Richmond

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:50:52 +0000

First–can’t wait to get my book! You must be so psyched! Second–I used to have all that info on my website but took it off. I do have my phone number and email and haven’t had any problems. It’s an interesting thing having to weigh a bit of healthy paranoia (is that an oxymoron?)with a need to get info out there for potential clients….especially on the web. When I had my website analized a while back I was told to be sure my phone number was accessible and obvious on every page. I have to say it was the best advice ever–I’ve had a lot more contacts since people can call me while looking at a web page.

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By: Alyson B. Stanfield

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:08:12 +0000

Stacey: What a scare! Glad you were safe. Brad: Drat! I haven’t gotten to that part in the book. Or maybe I missed it. Will check it out again–an interesting angle! Karine: Thanks so much. Yes, I’m thrilled with the book and the accomplishment. And very happy to share it with you. Should be there tomorrow or the next day.

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By: Karine Swenson

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:06:09 +0000

Look at all of those books, Alyson! Congratulations. It must be an amazing feeling of accomplishment. I can’t wait to receive mine.

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By: Brad Blackman

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:40:03 +0000

Tim Ferriss, in his book _The 4 Hour Work Week_, has a clever trick for using a P.O. box to avoid visitors at your home-based business. The trick is to give people the street address of the post office where the box is, and list the box number as the suite number. I haven’t done this yet as I haven’t gotten a PO box, but I plan to soon. I used to put my e-mail address on my website, but it attracted so much spam it was ridiculous. With the help of a developer friend, I set up a contact form on my site instead. No more spam!

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By: Stacey Peterson

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:55:11 +0000

Jeanne is definitely not overboard in worrying – I would NEVER put my actual home address out on the internet for anyone to find. I had a creepy experience a couple of years ago – some guy found me through an article in Southwest Art and started sending me bizarre emails and calling my cell phone. At the time, I was very thankful that my address wasn’t out there!! PO Box is the way to go if you need to give people an address.

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