Golf Newsletter Issue 18

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Online Golf Solutions monthly golf Newsletter (from Dan Perry)
http://www.onlinegolfsolutions.com
danperry@onlinegolfsolutions.com
Issue 18, Volume 1, August 2000
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In this issue:
* From Dan's Desk
* Golf Quote of the month
* Link of the month
* Feature Article "To outsource or not to outsource?"
* Subscribe/Unsubscribe info

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* From Dan's Desk
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The Online Golf Solutions newsletter will now be distributed in the middle of the month. The GolfProHelp.com newsletter will be distributed at the beginning of the month. This should give me a little extra time to prepare each one.

The PGA is this weekend, and, for those of you who don't know, I have a scan of the Valhalla scorecard located at http://ogsgolf.com/golf/scorecards/valhalla.html

At GolfProHelp.com, we are giving away a few great golf items. They are folding golf caddies, with tees, a pencil, ball marker and divot tool, and leather bag tags, laser engraved with the winner's name and address. These are monthly giveaways, so it ends August 31. To sign up, and see pictures of both, visit: http://www.golfprohelp.com/giveaway.asp

Also, don't forget to signup for the GolfProHelp.com newsletter. This month, there was a great submitted article concerning how to get golfers to fix their ballmarks. It is an easy way, that I never thought of before. The article is posted online at http://www.golfprohelp.com/Articles/index.asp and you can subscribe to the newsletter at http://www.golfprohelp.com/subscribe_form.asp

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* Golf Quote Of The Month
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"I hit my second shot on the run, just so I could get out of there as fast as I could."
Jeff Sluman, after hitting his first tee shot 30 yards, two weeks after winning the PGA Championship.

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* Link of the Month
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Free E-books for website promotion
http://www.bizwebsolutions.com/download/downloads
Bizwebsolutions is a great place to find information on running a business online. In this particular section, there are some great e-books for download, ranging from "The 25 Best Marketing and Promotion Articles" to "The Best of the Best Ezine Article Collection" to "Seven Secrets To Unlimited Traffic".

All of these are in the form of an e-book, where you download an EXE file, double-click it, and start reading. They are a great source of information, so give them a look. Remember that to read most of them, you'll need IE4 or above.

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* Feature Article "To outsource or not to outsource?"
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You need a web site. That's a given. Do you try to take on the task yourself, and save some money? Do you have an employee or a nephew that is dabbling in design create it for you? Or do you outsource the entire thing? Let's take an in depth look at the advantages of outsourcing.

Reasons for Outsourcing:
1. It maintains management focus.
Running a pro shop and a course is enough work, without having to worry about running a web site. By outsourcing, you let someone else deal with cross-browser compatibility issues, level of CSS implementation, etc. It allows you to do your job, and let someone else do theirs.

2. It lowers your initial cost.
Although outsourcing will have a cost, initially it will be a lot less than not keeping it in-house. To do it yourself, you would need a server that is constantly connected to the internet, an email server, and they would need to be monitored around the clock. By outsourcing, that big up-front cost is avoided.

3. Your site will stay fresher. If you designed your own site 2 years ago, and it hasn't changed since, your site probably looks a little dated. I don't know how many sites that I still see with blinking text, or scrolling text at the bottom of the browser window. By outsourcing, the design team can implement new technologies as they become more popular. For example, CSS is popular, but only some of it works on both browsers. Let your designers worry about it.

4. You'll be online faster. Outsourcing is faster, period. A designer can work on your project for days at a time. When was the last time you had an extra few days to spend on something other than your core business?

As you can see, there are a lot of advantages to outsourcing. Yes, there is a cost involved, but it seems to boil down to what your time is worth. Do you enjoy spending your free time (what's that?) in front of a computer studying the intricacies of cross-browser design, and the new XHTML standard, or would you rather spend it doing something you enjoy? If your answer is that latter, consider outsourcing today.

At Online Golf Solutions, we provide customers with complete outsourced solutions. For more information, please contact us at contact@ogsgolf.com

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* Interesting News
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I've added two feeds at GolfProHelp.com for the news. The direct link is: http://www.golfprohelp.com/news.asp

Not surprisingly, most of the stories are about Tiger and the PGA this weekend at Valhalla.

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