Site Notes

There are a couple of things that I wanted to write about:

1. When I send out the HispanicTips’ eNewsletter tommorrow it will be for the 200th time. There are now 170 subscribers. If you would like to subscribe you can do so here
2. July 5th will be this site’s 1st anniversary. I was thinking of writing a press release but I don’t think I have much luck with them. I was thinking of a using hispanicprwire but know I can’t afford it at $495 for the full distribution. I am not even sure of the value of press releases especially for a blog that barely earns enough to cover hosting expenses. I think I would rather have readers of this blog run out an tell ten people to check out this site.
3. Yesterday and last night this site’s e-mail domain (not the actual site just the name) was, I think, used to send out spam. I did not send out any spam. It is a simple technique that spammers use. Find a domain like HispanicTips.com create fake e-mail addresses and then send them out. This isn’t that hard for someone who knows what they are doing, but if you received spam, I apologize. I got over 4000 bounced spam messages in my e-mail account all originating from what looks like Russia using all kinds of different e-mail addresses like any-crazy-name-you-can-think-of@hispanictips.com
4. HispanicTips has grown to big for its britches. My host has informed me that I have to upgrade. Bottomline is that it is going to cost me more to keep this site going. I don’t mind after my decision to close or not. All the kind and supportive notes and comments I received were the fuel I needed. However, there might be some down time this weekend as I transfer over the site.

Tomás

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