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This is just to say that we just started using a really neat social media tool called Ping — it’s FREE, and definitely worth checking out.

• There’s a convenient built-in URL shortener (this is one of my favorite TweetDeck features, too).
• You can create different “Groups” to lump together specific social media sites for simultaneous pinging — I combined Twitter and Facebook and was able to explicitly exclude my personal Facebook account.
• Handy update dashboard includes message services such as Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, GTalk, Windows Live Messenger and AOL IM — and you can also ping to email and SMS/text message!
• I can’t take advantage of this, but there’s an iPhone app and it probably works really well, if the super user-friendly and easy-to-navigate website is any indicator.

TemplateZone would like to thank Ivan Widjaya at Noobpreneur.com for his stellar review of High Impact eMail. Ivan covers a particularly wide range of small business topics on his blog, including small business marketing.

“Other than a Webpreneur, I am also a Web and Graphic Designer. I understand that in order to succeed, small businesses need to brand themselves properly. One of the most overlooked things in business branding is email communication… newsletters, corporate communications, invitations, announcements, invoices- creating a design/layout template for each purpose is resource-intensive. Outsourcing could be too much for a tight-budget small business, and doing-it-yourself without the help of the right tool can backfire your branding campaign.”

Ivan goes on to talk about the user-friendliness of High Impact eMail:

“In my opinion, the best feature of High Impact eMail is the (ultra-)user-friendliness. High Impact eMail features easy and fast, 3-step email communication:

1. Choose a template from over [300] in High Impact eMail 5 Professional and more than [600] in High Impact eMail 5 Platinum

2. Edit your chosen template: the texts, the images, the colors — if you are a regular user of Microsoft Word, editing High Impact eMail templates is a breeze

3. Send the email to your contacts or mailing lists. That’s it!”

Read the Noobpreneur’s complete review of High Impact email here, or watch a short video on cheap and user-friendly small business email marketing with High Impact eMail.

But good news here at TemplateZone!

The result? — a glow in which we’ll bask happily while ignoring the awful cold outside.

Here is what Diana has to say:

“One of the most important things I’ve realized in marketing my business and in helping my clients get additional publicity is that you need to stay in contact with those who have contacted you.

They have already expressed an interest in you and your services or products, yet might not have made the commitment to buy or use your services.  I was never able to fully do this with my business, although I tried several approaches.

Finally, I discovered High Impact eMail from TemplateZone.  I needed something that was easy to do, walked me through the steps, and also created a professional and impressive marketing piece. High Impact eMail did that and more. I especially loved the variety of templates offered.  It allowed me to do more than just send out a newsletter.  What was also amazing for me was how easy it was to import my contacts.

I believe a lot of people don’t market this way for fear it will be time-consuming and difficult. Thankfully, it’s none of that.

I highly recommend High Impact eMail for small and large businesses alike. I do believe it will be especially helpful for those who work from home as well.”

Visit her on Twitter, too! — @dianaennen.