Finally! A guide to perl/cgi scripting for the rest of us.

Increase Traffic by Creating New Services With Perl/CGI

Yes! In as little as two hours you can be installing, writing and editing your own cgi scripts to handle mailing lists, order processing, feedback forms, discussion forums, links pages, password protected pages, membership databases and other web marketing 'must-have' facilities.

Dear website owner,

There's no doubt about it. Being able to fully automate your website is one of the most important things you can do to turn it into a highly profitable and successful site.

Take a look at some of the most successful websites on the Internet today and you will see that almost all of them have easy to fill out forms, online order processing, mailing list management, and other things that make it easy for the site visitor, and easier for YOU.

Some sites have features like discussion forums, links pages, and other exciting ways to encourage people to return to their site again and again. But for the small site owner, often the only way to have these things on your own site is to use some external service and have their advertising all over your site.

That's fine if you want to drive traffic away to the advertising sites, and fine if you're happy having literally no control over your site. But it's not fine if you want to be professional and create the best image possible.

But now there's an alternative.

Actually the alternative has been there all along - it's just that it's shrouded in mystery, and until now has only been available to those who have a good understanding of programming.

The alternative is to have your own CGI scripts.

CGI? Yes you've heard that term before. Maybe you looked into it and it all seemed so daunting and scary that you left it alone. Maybe you tried installing a script someone else had written and it didn't work, but you hadn't the first clue what to do to fix it?

Some of the books available in bookstores don't help either. There are some good ones out there, but if you've picked up the wrong ones and glanced through them, it's unlikely you'd even want to give CGI a second look.

Put any past experiences aside ... CGI just got simplified.

My name is Steve Humphrey and I got sick of seeing people paying $50 - $300 to have a geeky programmer install a simple script for them. And if they needed something customized for their site, they either had to fork over hundreds or thousands of dollars or give up on the idea.

There's not many site owners who can initially afford to blow $300 on having someone spend five to 10 minutes installing a script for them. And even if you do have the money - what a waste.

It was time to take the mystery and the myth away from CGI.

CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface - even its full name doesn't make sense to people, because most don't know what "gateway" means in computer terms. For that reason alone, many people get put off before they even peek at a script.

But I found myself in a unique position. A position to help.

You see, not only did I have a good understanding of this stuff, but I also knew there was a way of explaining it to the average website owner, so they could start installing and experimenting with scripts in no time.

That's why I've written an exciting e-book called Learn to Use CGI in 2 Hours. It's a book that's written in plain English. And ANYONE can follow and understand it. This book will have you using CGI and enjoying the benefits of an automated website, in as little as two hours.

A number of reputable and well-respected marketers have already bought this e-book, and have started using the knowledge it contains to grow their business. The potential of CGI and Perl is huge. Here are just some of the things it will show you how to do:

• Automate the sign up to your mailing list WITHOUT having to use free services that make users leave your site to sign up.
  
  
• Handle all your own mailings. Services like Topica and Yahoo groups are great, but they put their ads in your mailings, and their services can go down for an entire day.

• Put easy to use, ad-free feedback forms to your website.
  
  
• Add a discussion board to your site where you control the banner ads, (or choose NOT to have banners on it at all) without having to pay a monthly fee.
  
  
• Install your own affiliate tracking scripts.
  
  
• Add password protection to pages or areas of your site.

• Install scripts that measure and track ad response to your ads.
  
  
• Add "Mail this page to a friend" forms.
  
  
• Automate your order processing so that your site keeps selling and processing orders - even while you're away on vacation.
  
  
• Track repeat visitors using cookies without using the less reliable (and usually disabled) java script methods.

And that's just the beginning ...

Here's just a sample of what is covered in this easy to read and easy to follow guide:

• Why perl/CGI isn't as difficult as you think, and how to overcome the fear of trying to use it.
  
• Where to get hundreds of scripts and how to install them. Now you can take full advantage of the hundreds of pre-written, freely available scripts. Scripts that are available for INSTANT download from the Internet.
  
• You'll even be shown how to uncompress them, and the various compression formats such as "zip," "tar"' and "gz" are all fully explained in plain English.
  
• What specific requirements you need from a web host to fully exploit the power of CGI.
  
• All you need to know about using FTP to get your scripts uploaded and working. And all that file attribute and file permissions stuff is explained too.
  
• Learn how to edit scripts. Even if you are going to use someone else's scripts - there's usually something that makes it not work when you get it on your own site. You need to be able to edit and adjust a few things - that's explained right here.
  
• How to write your own scripts. Sure, you might not jump in and start trying to code from scratch on day one, but you need to know this course covers writing scripts from the bottom up.
  
• Common errors and how to avoid them. You won't waste hours puzzling over scripts that are not working because of a commonly made error - because all the common errors are explained here so you don't have to make them in the first place (and if you do, you'll spot it really fast).
  
• How to work with web forms. The most common way to link your web pages to a script is through forms. Here's how to create forms, and what all those pesky little settings do.
  
• Two ways to handle and work with the data a web visitor has keyed in.
  
• Query strings - what, why, and how!

Don't worry if you haven't heard of one or two of the terms I am mentioning in this letter. Learn to Use CGI in 2 Hours explains everything in simple terms. Here's some more of what is covered:

• How to make sure your perl scripts are secure and safe. There's some scaremongery that goes on about the security of perl, because if your script does not check for it, someone can put certain characters into an input box on your form and hack your site. But making things secure is easy.
  
• How to use scripts to automatically build your mailing list. The top online marketers do this - and so should you.
  
• How to make your scripts send email messages for you.
  
• How to work with databases. Most books skip over this, and yet for the site owner it's one of the most important things to know.
  
• How to write your own sales processing system and full details of some ways to organize the collecting of payments for free.
  
• How to create a web page from a script. Ever wondered how those custom pages are created "on-the-fly"? Here's how.

STOP!

Take a moment to think how you'll instantly improve your website and increase profits overnight when you begin using simple cgi scripts.

Once you grasp the power of cgi, you can blow your web profits through the roof. A simple script can instantly improve your customer service, or give you a fantastic profit boosting bonus. Just some of the things you could do are:

• If you're already selling product via the web, why not increase perceived value by adding a special "customer update area," where special updates are placed and maybe a special customers newsletter (which of course is free follow up advertising for you). A simple username and password script would do the job, and you've just increased the value of your product.
  
  Better still, you could offer a "gold version" of your product for extra money. The gold version simply includes access to a "gold members" area.
  
• Add online archives of your e-zine, newsletter or other bulletins to your website without having to send people to a service like Topica. In fact, included in this package is a script called "text2web" which will convert your text newsletters into web pages. Adding these archives to your site gives you instant content to pull in web visitors.
  
• Want an FFA page that doesn't have other peoples banners all over it? No problem, script your own! Better still, there's a bare bones FFA script included. Just tweak it to look and work as you want it to.
  
• If you've used advertising tracking, you'll know how much time and money you can save by knowing which ads are working. But why pay a monthly fee for such services when you can script your own?
  
• Tell-a-friend features increase traffic and profits. Why use services that insist on showing someone else's ad and potentially lose the visitor that's trying to tell their friends?

Once you unleash the power of cgi, you'll begin to think of dozens more ways you can improve customer service, web traffic and profits, and the great thing about using scripts is that everything becomes fully automatic.

This electronic course has been called "the most significant advance in getting the power of cgi into the hands of the average person."

If you can't wait another moment to begin automating your site and adding profit boosting features, there's some great news for you.

This is an electronic course delivered via the web, in adobe PDF format (there's a free PDF reader available for almost every type of computer, except WebTV), and instructions are included when you download the course. Click here to order.

Because it's delivered electronically, you get instant access within minutes of ordering. No waiting for the mailman to bring a package to your door - simply download, read, and put this stuff into action right away.

Now to answer some very important questions ...

How much is it, and how can I get my copy right away?

This is the time that most people play price games with you.

I'm not going to do that.

All I will tell you is that the low price you can get this course for won't be this low for long. To get the word out, and to get some more testimonials, I'm offering a very special launch price. When I have enough people raving about it, and a good base of affiliates built, the price will go up.

So for those who act right now, you get the course for just ...

$37

That's right! Learn how to fully automate your website tonight for just $37.

Click here to order.

As soon as you place your order you will get instructions on how to download your copy of this course, which also includes a selection of ready to use scripts and pre-written sub-routines to make your life super-easy.

All the hard work is done for you! Click here to order.

Your order is totally RISK FREE. This product is fully backed with my Iron Clad Money Back Guarantee.

Buy this course, read it and give it a try. Try it for 30 days, and if at the end of that time you do not feel it lives up to everything I've told you about, simply send an e-mail and I'll give you a prompt and courteous refund of your purchase price. No questions asked.

It's easily worth several times the small price I'm asking to learn how to add a wealth of profit boosting extras to your website. There's even more for those who act right now.

Order right now and you'll also get the following fantastic free bonuses...

BONUS #1 ffa.pl - Create an FFA page on your website so you get the email addresses of everyone who  posts to your FFA page. This will generate 1000s of leads for your business.  Plus, you will have complete control of the page, so you can block unwanted domains from posting.  (A $27 value.)

BONUS #2 - cgi-lib.pl Library of Perl functions. - These subroutines can be copied and pasted into new Perl/CGI programs.  It will save you hours of programming time because it uses the mix-and-match approach described in the book - and you will create entirely new Perl/CGI scripts in just minutes.  (A $37 value.)

BONUS #3 - format.pl - Automatically clean, edit, and format your text with this script.  It will save you hours of time because it automatically does many common proofreading chores.  This is especially valuable if you send out ezines.  (A $27 value.)

BONUS #4 - e-merge.cgi - Multi-purpose form-to-email script.  Send customized email messages each time someone fills out a form on your website.  This also creates a customized web page to show the user after the form is filled out.  Complete documentation is included so you can start using it right away. (A $29 value.)

BONUS #5 - findprograms - Locate vital server programs, and get the current *valid* path to sendmail, Perl, etc.  This makes installing scripts much easier because they run correctly the first time.  (A $17 value.)


BONUS #6 - Practical Dotcom Business Ebook. - This will short circuit the process of setting up an on-line business, without the worries of inventory and fulfillment.  (A $27 value.)

BONUS #7 - Free Email Support from the Author. - Ask Steve Humphrey any 3 questions you have that are directly related to the book, and get his answers.  (A $ 97 value.)                                                   

Remember, your order is risk free. Get this before your competition does, and enjoy the benefits of increased traffic, orders, profits and customer satisfaction.

Yours sincerely,

J. Steven Humphrey

P.S. I cannot guarantee the low price of $37 for long, nor the free email support. Don't risk hating yourself for missing out. Order now. DON'T let a wimpy, lackluster website stand between you and the success you deserve! Unleash the power of CGI ! Turn your site into a marketing machine. You can do it. I know you can. Get the tools to make it happen today!