September 2006

In This Months Issue:

Spotlight

Gabriel Cosmetics

You’ll find Gabriel’s 100 percent natural cosmetic and body products at all kinds of upscale, environmentally friendly retailers. But until recently you couldn’t find them on the Web. That’s when owner Gabriel Santino approached Adhost with his ecommerce plans. Adhost worked to create a one-of-a-kind design that showcases Gabriel’s products and includes a short flash introduction highlighting the company’s natural ingredient message. Not only did we create a “pretty face,” Adhost made sure the Web site was optimized for sales by integrating a shopping cart feature. So now Gabriel looks good and sells well too. See for yourself at www.gabrielcosmeticsinc.com.

Client Seminar

Conversation Marketing – Internet Marketing Strategies

You've heard all the buzzwords: Pay per click, search marketing, e-mail marketing, podcasting, RSS, HTML, CSS, database, e-commerce... But how do you forge it all together into a coherent Internet strategy? Join us for an Internet Marketing seminar presented by local marketing expert and long-time Adhost client Ian Lurie. CEO of Portent Interactive, Ian will walk you through his model for Internet marketing - which he calls Conversation Marketing - and detail the necessary steps for any successful Internet campaign. He will also present some case studies (good and bad). Learn more about Ian and Conversation Marketing at: http://www.conversationmarketing.com/

Date: Thursday, September 28 from 4-6 PM
Location: Fisher Plaza (first floor, lobby meeting room), 140 Fourth Ave. N, Seattle

Price: free for Adhost clients, limit of one person per company

To register, fill out our seminar form. We expect this to fill up so save a spot today!

IMAP Email Server

Adhost senior technical staff are currently installing and configuring a new email receiving solution for Adhost clients. This new solution will handle both IMAP and POP3 email protocols, allow more mail to be stored on our servers, provide a new Webmail client (SquirrellMail), and provide redundant servers that can be easily expanded to handle future requirements as our customer needs grow. This solution is still 30-60 days from being ready to go but expect to see more news in your October Adhost Newsletter.

Good News about Comcast and Email Filters

Adhost has installed a special outgoing only mail filter system to filter email we are relaying to large ISPs like AOL and Comcast. So far, this seems to be working very well. We have not been blocked since we enabled this server, and our spam complaints from those ISPs have dropped to almost nothing. However, there is a small possibility that email forwarded to your AOL or Comcast email account might be discarded if it contains a virus or looks like spam. If you are concerned that you may lose mail, we suggest that you create a pop account on the Adhost mail servers and direct your email to that rather than using your AOL or Comcast email. (For more details see our August. newsletter – http://www.adhost.com/about/news/200608.shtml.

Labor Day Holiday Hours

The Adhost Business Office will be closed on Monday, September 4th for the Labor Day Holiday; however, our technical services office will be on our regular 24 hour schedule. You can reach technical support by phone at 206-404-9500 or 1-888-323-4678 or by email at support@adhost.com.