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Surf Report vol. 11: On-line Shopping Tips
Wednesday, November 28, 2001
Have you finished your holiday shopping yet? Have you started?
Holidays are stressful enough, but shopping doesn't have to be
if you do it on-line. On-line shopping is growing by leaps and
bounds. In fact, the experts project that this holiday season
will be the most successful ever. So perhaps it's time to skip
the crowded malls and do your shopping on-line. Even if you're
a die-hard shopper, it's worth taking a stroll through a few
on-line stores. At the very least, you may get some new ideas
and find some bargains. Read Phil's article for some great
on-line shopping tips.
Everyone seems to like the new look of askSam.com. Thanks for
your positive feedback.
In other news, you'll find details on our newest releases;
the askSam Resume Tracking System 4.1 and BullsEye Plus. Also
in this issue is a free demonstration of Web publishing with
your own data, and details on GroundControl, an excellent way
to increase your productivity with askSam so you'll have more
time to shop!
If you have any thoughts or comments please email me. Enjoy!
Happy Holidays,
Marlinda Bullock
editor@askSam.com
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THIS ISSUE INCLUDES:
1) Put the Merry back in Christmas, do your shopping on-line!
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/article1.asp
2) askSam User Bruce Ritchie turns mountains of information into
on-line databases. Read his story:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/userstory.asp
3) Increase your productivity, leave the repetitive tasks to
GroundControl, a powerful macro recorder.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/groundcontrol.asp
4) Announcing the New askSam Resume Tracking System 4.1
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/rts41.asp
5) SurfSaver integrated in BullsEye Plus: the meta-search and
save utility. Special offer for current SurfSaver users!
http://www.surfsaver.com/bullseye/surf11.asp
6) We'll publish your information on-line in a searchable
database. It's quick, easy, and free.
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf11/wpc.asp
7) askSam & SurfSaver tips: Importing Email by Date
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/asksamtip.asp
SurfSaver Notes Field gives quick access to saved Web pages
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/surfsavertip.asp
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Information on how to SUBSCRIBE / UNSUBSCRIBE is at bottom.
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DON'T BE A HUMBUG, SHOPPING ON-LINE IS PAIN-FREE
The Christmas season is here. Time for all good consumers to go
out and buy lots of stuff. If you lack either the time or
patience to fight the crowds, try shopping on-line. It's fast,
easy, and can save you time and money.
Read more: http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/article1.asp
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ASKSAM WEB PUBLISHER PUT TO USE:
Bruce Ritchie uses the askSam Web Publisher in a variety of
ways:
1) Bruce is the Moderator of FASlink, an on-line discussion
forum for families, professionals, caregivers and individuals
dealing with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. He uses askSam and the
Web Publisher to keep a searchable archive of the discussions
at: http://www.acbr.com/fas/faslink.htm
2) You can find a collection of humorous and inspirational
messages called Thoughts & Musings at: http://www.acbr.com/
3) Using askSam, he's created several Law Enforcement and
Intelligence Analyst packages. See: http://www.acbr.com/law.htm
.. for more details and the complete story see:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/userstory.asp
Bruce Ritchie
Serial Entrepreneur
WWW.ACBR.COM
Advanced Communications & Business Resources
Tell us how you use askSam:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/storyform.asp
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LEAVE THE BORING, REPETITIVE TASKS TO GROUNDCONTROL
GroundControl is a full-featured tool that lets you build your
own macro files to easily automate tasks on your computer. Use
GroundControl to automate tasks in askSam or in other Windows
Applications. You have at your disposal over 200 functions to do
everything from basic Window controls to the more advanced email
DDE, and SendKeys features.
For more information:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/GroundControl.asp
To purchase GroundControl for $39.95:
http://www.acrasoft.com/credit.html
For a fully functional 30-day free trail:
http://www.acrasoft.com/download.html
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ANNOUNCING THE NEW ASKSAM RESUME TRACKER 4.1
askSam Resume Tracker 4.1 is NOW AVAILABLE. It's a FREE upgrade
for current askSam RTS 4.0 users! Special upgrade pricing is
available for users of askSam RTS 3.0 and earlier askSam RTS versions.
New in askSam RTS 4.1:
- Import filter for Outlook Express.
- Import filter for MBox format (used by Netscape, PocoMail,
and others).
- Email filters import HTML email messages.
- Option to filter out unnecessary email header information.
- Import email by message date.
- Ability to create picklists from report output.
- Numbered and Unnumbered List options added to Format menu.
- New hosting options allow users to easily publish their askSam
databases on the Internet.
Current askSam RTS 4.0 users can get their free upgrade at:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/rts40upg.asp
Users of askSam RTS 3.0 or earlier askSam RTS versions can
upgrade at: http://www.asksam.com/purchase/surf11/rts30upg.asp
A full askSam RTS 4.1 trial is available for download at:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/rts41trial.asp
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SURFSAVER NEWS:
INTRODUCING BULLSEYE PLUS
BullsEye Plus combines IntelliSeek's BullsEye search tool and
SurfSaver to search and then save Web pages into an off-line
database. BullsEye Plus gives you the ability to launch a
search directly from your PC that goes out and hits over 800+ of
the most popular Internet Search Engines at one time.
Searches are brought back in a list of rank and relevance, with
the ability to browse the results. BullsEye offers fresh news
from hundreds of news sources, and quick and easy report
generating. SurfSaver allows you to archive Web pages into
folders that you can view and search even when you're not
connected to the Internet.
The BullsEye and SurfSaver combination is an ideal tool for
researchers, packrats, or anyone doing on-line research.
SurfSaver Pro users can upgrade now for only $29.95.
To buy BullsEye Plus or for more information and a special offer
go to: http://www.surfsaver.com/buynow.asp
To try SurfSaver: http://www.surfsaver.com/surfsaver.asp
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WE'LL TURN YOUR INFORMATION INTO AN ON-LINE DATABASE
If you need searchable on-line databases, let us do it for you.
This is a free demonstration with your information at no cost and
with no obligation to buy.
Send us - email, spreadsheets, word documents, databases - any
information you'd like to publish in a searchable database.
We'll take the information and publish it to a Web site
(password protected if necessary) allowing you and everyone in
your organization to access and search your data.
We enjoy showing off how easily askSam can turn anything into a
searchable database. Send us your information - within days, it
will be ready to search and browse absolutely free, with no cost
or obligation to buy.
For more information or to send your information go to:
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf11/wpc.asp
To download our FREE 30-day trial of the Web Publisher, go to:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/wptrial.asp
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TIP OF THE MONTH...
askSam Tip:
Did you know that askSam 4.1 will also allow you to import email
messages by date? Now you can easily archive your email folders
without having to re-import the entire folder every time. With
the import date feature of askSam 4.1 you can easily import only
the messages that you have sent or received since the last
import into askSam.
For details: http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/asksamtip.asp
SurfSaver Tip:
SurfSaver makes it so easy to save useful web pages. So easy in
fact that you often lose track of what you have saved and which
ones are important on a given day. Wouldn't it be great to be
able to quickly go back to a certain page? How about the ability
to mark several pages to read at a later date? Did you know that
you can mark and quickly retrieve important web pages that you
need instant access to by using the SurfSaver NOTES field.
For details: http://www.asksam.com/four/surf11/surfsavertip.asp
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