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Just about every week I see another customer who is asking for help with email archive migration. It makes sense. Many customers have been running email archival on their Exchange Server for over 5 years and it is time for a new solution.

The major area of difficulty with regards to email archive migration is email “stubbing”. By stubbing, I am mean the process whereby the archive solution removes all, or part, of the email in the Exchange Store and leave behind a stub file.

Before archive data can be migrated to a new archive server, email stubs must be “re-united” or “reversed”. Sometimes it is impractical to put the email back together because of the space constraints on Exchange. In other cases, the archive solution does not provide the tools to perform the stub reversal.

If you are considering a new email archive solution, I recommend that you take into consideration the following migration features and issues.

Make sure the email archive product has tools to reverse the stubbing process.

Make sure PST export tools are available to assist the migration process.

Consider the amount of archive data that will accumulate in the archive, say over a 5 year period, and calculate if there will be space on Exchange to reverse the stubs.

For best results, find an email archive solution like Mimosa Systems that keeps a complete copy of email and attachments in the archive so stub reversal is not required.

All of this depends on the possibility of switching email archive vendors in the future. Maybe you will stay with your current vendor, but should you ever decide to switch email archive vendors, then it is best to be prepared.

The prevalence of selling product online is increasing by the day. Why? Because even when you are peacefully sleeping, you can be assured that your product is being viewed without you having to do anything.

Of course, this is not always the case especially if you have just started promoting your product. There are still a lot of things that you need to do to get your product or service to the online market. Most often than not, a tremendous effort on your part will be required.

Selling products online can be done in several ways. In fact, there are so many ways that you will have no excuse for not succeeding in the business you want to venture in.

One way of selling products online is by joining subsisting domains like the widely known amazon.com. You can list as many items as you wish to sell and for every sale, you give the site a percentage of it. So, there is mutual relationship. They help you and you help them.

Another way is through auction sites such as eBay where you can post your products and allow people to bid for how much a product will be bought for.

Now, if you do not want to join any other website, then you can opt to set up your own online store. However, this may cost you a big amount of funds. You will have to spend for registering a domain name, website hosting, software for e-commerce, website development and maintenance, internet access among many others. You also need to hire a professional to work on your website design and everything else that is needed. A lot of time and effort is required if you choose this option.

You do not always have to spend a great deal just to sell your products online, though. You just have to learn to be resourceful and strategic in finding means to get your products online. One way is through direct mail. Nowadays, it has become almost impossible to make use of email to introduce your product to prospective buyers because of spam filters. However, there is actually an option to buy or rent a mailing list that will help you reach potential customers.

Another is through blog. If you have one, you can actually make use of it to advertise a product or products that you want to sell. You just have to build traffic to your blog so to make sure that your product is being viewed. Get more subscribers as much as possible. You may also use your blog to inform people about your product.

Ezines could also work for you. If you can make quality write-ups about your product or service, submit them to any popular ezine sites. It can also help if you write about other interesting and unique topics. Just make sure that you have your signature box ready with your product name, URL and a brief description. By writing free informative information that might be of interest to more people, you are at the same time promoting yourself and your expertise to thousands of online business persons online. You will build credibility and they will trust that your products are good.

Selling products online should be easy. You just have to find the right technique to get potential customers and successfully make a sale.