Do you still put your eMail address on your Contact Us page as a method for people to contact you? Shame, shame, shame! Take my advice and make sure you DO NOT put your eMail address anywhere on your web site, especially on your "Contact Us" page.

Why is this? Spam-bots (robotic spammers) comb web sites looking for eMail addresses they can scoop up and add to their spam lists. It should be an obvious one, but you do not want this!

What can you do instead? Place an online contact form on your Contact Us web page in order for people to get in touch with you online. What's more, you can also ask for more information from those who wish to contact you. When you end up replying to them, you have that much more knowledge about why they contacted you; who they are, their web site, what industry they might be in, etc.

	What does an online "Contact Us" form look like?

Online contact forms come in several shapes and sizes. Depending on your needs, you can ask for all kinds of information inside one of these online forms, such as their name, telephone number, email address, web site address, company name, etc. Below is a sample online contact form built using the Create Form wizard inside MyMarketingCart.com …

	You can also avoid pop-up eMail error messages too!

You see, when people click on your eMail address, typically posted somewhere on your web site, did you know many of them encounter an error message that looks like this? (SEE BELOW). Millions of people use web based eMail addresses like Yahoo, GMail, Hotmail and others. They don't have Microsoft Office, Outlook Express or Mozilla's Thunderbird configured. So, what do they see when they click on your eMail address listed on your web site? Something like this …

This is not good. So, avoid confusing visitors with error messages like these when they click on your eMail address, which you placed on your web site (a no no). Instead, provide a simple contact form like the one you see below on your web site if you want people to contact you online. We have the tools you need to create all the "Contact Us" forms you need!

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