Wednesday 23 October 2013

SMTP: Helping you send out Bulk Mails in a Jiffy

As most businesses are taking the online route these days, marketers have to step out of the conventional styles of marketing. They have to think out of the box to grab the attention of people so as to create a good client base. Online businesses thrive because half the world spends most of its time on the net and as purchasing products and availing services online has become convenient. Online marketing therefore, has becoming extremely important and has gained significance and popularity.

One of the best and most effective online marketing tools is email marketing. As emails can be sent from anywhere in the world to every single corner of the world in a jiffy, a larger audience can be targeted at once. Therefore, most marketers target a large audience and send emails promoting or launching a product or service. Email marketing takes the help of the bulk mail service to send out a huge lot of mails at once.

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As a huge number of mails are sent out at one go, marketers have to make sure that the entire emailing process runs smoothly. If it slows down, or if the emails get jammed, then all the work will get stuck. Therefore, it is advisable to use a good mail server that specializes in bulk mailing. The best bulk email solution is to use SMTP services. With SMTP, the emails that are sent out are delivered without any hassles to the inbox of the recipients.

Another reason why SMTP is good for bulk email marketing campaigns is that, every single mail that is sent out, can be tracked till delivery. So, you will know exactly how many mails are in queue, have been delivered or have bounced. You can also find out, how the recipients react to your mails. Therefore, it is easy for you to gauge the success of your bulk email strategy.

Wednesday 9 October 2013

XOLO Forays Tablet: Lava’s First-Ever Tablet Device

Just a few days ago, the Indian manufacturer Lava’s Xolo brand launched their first-ever tablet, XOLO Tab. It has been just 18 months for Xolo in the Indian tablet market. Prior to this tablet, it had launched only the high end and mind range Smartphone devices. This tablet brings forth a new side of the brand.

This handset maker is on the way to occupy a platform in the technology world. With a price tag of Rs.13, 499, the company has tried at its best to attract the middle class buyers.

Let’s check out the specifications XOLO Forays Tab

Design

With an 8-inch IPS display, it can be said that the tab has simply a fantastic design. It weighs around 480 grams and measures 11.3 mm in thickness. The tab is available in the market in only white colour. The front panel consists of plain screen has the face camera at the top whereas rear panel features the back camera. Other features find their place at the tab’s bottom portion.

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Specifications

• 8 inches display with 768 x 1024 p resolutions

• Powered by Qualcomm snapdragon 8225Q Quad-core processor

• 1.2 GHz and Adreno 203 GPU

• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS

• 1 GB RAM

• 4GB internal storage memory

• Extendable memory up to 32 GB

• 2 MP rear-camera and 0.3 MP face camera

• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, A-GPS and 3G network supports

• 4,000 mAh battery

In spite of being the first tab launch from the Xolo, the technical specifications are brilliant. On the side of other specifications, the tab also offers 3G voice calling feature. Although the device is supported with some cool features, it remains to be seen that how well it fares in the technology market.

Friday 4 October 2013

Configure SMTP to Experience an Enthralling Emailing on Your iPhone 5

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Apple released its new range of smart-phones, iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C a few days back. As the upgraded version of iPhone 5, iPhone 5S failed to create the wave in market like its predecessor. Many of the users still prefer to stick with the iPhone 5, because it provides smooth user-interfaces and ample messaging and email features.

At the time of release of iPhone 5, a lot of buyers went out to buy this phone because of the large screen, which gives you more room to scroll, and above the notch emailing features.

It is not a secret that Apple has always had a strong focus on email features. So, when it comes to emailing, iPhone 5 can give some scintillating experience to its users. Emailing on this smart-phone is something that leaves you awestruck.

It’s because of the smooth emailing features that many businesspersons and marketers refuse to part with iPhone 5. However, the users of this smart-phone need to configure SMTP before enjoying the enthralling emailing experience on the phone.

Here is the configuration process of SMTP for iPhone to give the users a smooth and hassle free emailing experience

• Go to Settings

• Scroll down to “Mail, Contact, Calendars”

• Select the email account to be modified

• Scroll down and tap on “Outgoing Mail ”

• If no is configured, tap on “Add ”

• Enter the details: Hostname (SMTP.xyz.com), Username (email address) and Password

• A “Save” button comes up on top right

• The iPhone will take around 30 to 60 seconds to try and verify the SMTP

• Most likely an error will occur, ignore this and click OK and tap on save button again

• You are asked if you want to save it

• Click on “Save” option

• A list of SMTP is visible. Select the one that you created

• Go back by clicking on SMTP button

• The iPhone is now able to send emails through the authorised

Now that you have set up the authorised SMTP, enjoy hassle free and smooth emailing from your iPhone 5.