Discovering Cities in California Series - Blythe

Welcome to Blythe, California.
The Region is 2.
The County is Riverside.
The city has nearly 23,000 residents living in 24.2 square miles of area with an additional water area of 0.8 square miles.
The City was incorporated in July 1916.
The city is located in southern California.

Some Interesting facts about Blythe, California.
Blythe is located in the Palo Verde Valley inside the Sonoran Desert known as “The City of Outdoors” and is the desert hub while on your way to major city destinations but in our ventures we like to find what is special through exploring and discovery when we visit a California city regardless of the basic consensus about any location we visit. This city rests right on the California and Arizona boarder line and is rich in agriculture and because of its location tourism. There is the Blythe Airport you can see what they offer here Blythe Municipal Airport.

Things to do in and around Blythe, California.
Visit the Colorado River with over 95 miles of action packed water enjoyment from boating to water skiing to personal water craft enjoyment andf the river has rentals if you are not lugging a water craft or boat along to this exciting water location

There is one wildlife preserves near Blythe.
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge is accessible from the California side of the Colorado River and features several backwater areas and several miles of historic river channels. The preserve is said to have over 240 species of birds that utilize this preserve as a refuge.

Because Blythe and you are located in the Colorado Desert which runs inside of the Sonoran Desert we are off to be rock hounds that is, right we are going to the location where the neatest rocks can be found and collected to cherish for ever. There are 8 rock collecting adventures you can select from and we hope you enjoy this and what you truly should enjoy about this excursion is you are going to be in touch with nature and the gifts nature has left for us to discover through rock hunting.
See all eight rock hound and hunting locations here Blythe Rock Hounds

Maybe you would just like to see early indian artwork and feel the power of these petroglyphs carvings on rocks located about 50 west of Blythe a really great location to visit. There is nothing else around this location but it is really in touch with early American history and nature named the Corn Springs Petroglyphs.

Official City of Blythe, California web sites.
City of Blythe City of Blythe, California

Blythe Chamber of Commerce Blythe, California Chamber of Commerce

BlytheWeather.com

Email Marketing Tip Single and Double Opt-In

Email List Quality over Quantity Building
This is more of a things to do and not to do when collecting email addresses for your email campaign and the selections we all make when beginning to collect our contacts can set the stage for adding the most value in two areas the value the contact list will ultimately have on the sale price of your business and the roll the contact list can play on the company’s overall value to the buyer and the quality of the contacts the business accumulates as far as converting a lead into a sale through call to action from a true Opt-In contact.

What is regular Opt-In 3 part definition
There are three ways to gather Opt-In contact lists effectively, legally and the recipients are more willing to accept your messages when the contacts are gathered though the recipient having a clear understanding of your mission when asking for their protected email and contact information.

1 Online 24/7 is easy and legal when your sign up form has clearly written and explaining what your site will be collecting the information for and in the case we are applying these collected leads to begin an email marketing campaign and through your site the entire process can be totally automated.

What you do is build a form requesting the minimum amount of information, the first and last name and email address or more information if you feel one day you might need it at some future date.

Be cautious as to how much additional information you request because visitors to your site may not feel that comfortable relinquishing to much information. Next be sure that you have a check box (the visitor must check a box not check it to Opt-Out) on your form with an explanation of why and what you are collecting the contact information for.

Example:
My name is Logic I like Howard Hughes and today I like the great Howard Hughes created (HHMI) Howard Hughes Medical Institute so I like any information on the subject when I search the Internet I from time to time come across a site where I can sign up to receive new HHMI information usually on a periodical bases there is a check here to receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute information and fill out the form with first and last name then provide email address and so I do.

This is legal because the form clearly states what I am signing up for requires me to fill out a form and check a box. The form even hints to how often (periodically) I will receive HHMI (on topic) information.

Automated Opt-In email list collection and inclusion works when you use Viper Mailer as your email marketing service because along with opening an account with them you are provided a few lines of software code to either install to your sites form box or you provide these lines of code to your webmaster then once this code is installed into your sites backend code.

Every time a visitor to your site signs up using the form the information is sent directly into your managed contact section of your Viper Mailer account and this feature provides your company with the freshest contact list so no mater when you send out your message these fresh leads is already included for you.

2 Offline Daily you should forever made the task at first asking persons we all come into contact with for their interest in what we are offering. If the person you are in a conversation with expresses an interest in what you or your company does then ask them if it is ok to periodically send them additional information as it becomes available (periodically) then ask for their card, if they have not already handed it to you and add an “X” to the front or back indicating that they have and interest and are allowing you to add them to your email marketing campaign system.

3 Events and Functions are one of the greatest places to gather contacts because an event or function generally is a focused gathering of people who each share the same common interest in what you are offering from your display booth or even if you are attending these events and functions you can mingle having discussions with others to gain some trust and follow the same approach as the Offline Daily above where you ask for permission to send an electronic message on topic periodically.

It is not ok to just assume because these persons are at an event or function gathering that it becomes ok to add them to your list of message contacts because it is not. The results of utilizing no effort will show when you first send out your initial message to them.

What is not Opt-In
The keyword in this article is trickery when you deceive others of what they will receive from you just to build your list of email contacts be it online or in person and this is so common we write about this on this blog a lot because it is the largest attempted effortless tactic that people try to apply to instantly build a list of contacts in the shortest period of time.

We remind you as our reader and future customer of Viper Mailer email marketing authority on the subject of electronic communications tips and techniques that if you trick a visitor to your site by offering free prizes or free anything (discounts on future offering works just fine though) then they are not signing up to actually learn from, be connected to or buy from you which ultimately is nothing but building a list of SPAM contacts.

The only way to gain the highest (ROI) Return on Investment through applying email marketing through a service like Viper Mailer is to gain trust with your contact information requests be it any of the three above approaches.

Email list Collecting Warning
Next and lastly never share your list of email contacts or sell your list of email contacts, no matter how good the offer is once your list of contacts is compromised it is worth no money to you and it has lost the value of gaining contacts in the selling price of your company when you eventually apply your exit strategy to sell your business. 

What is Single and Double Opt-In list building
For a Single Opt-In and the top notch Double Opt-In these processes assure you that your list is going to be getting results though the list will become much smaller in the beginning for the Double Opt-In option.

Single Opt-In contact list defined
The single opt-in is really the easiest and most effective way to retain most of the contacts for your campaigns and this method only applies to those new contacts that filled out your online form because what happens in the single opt-in is the person filling out the form and submitting it to your email marketing account then the recipient receives an email confirmation welcome to my list type of message reminding them that they have signed up to your informative offerings and at this point they are also provided the option to Opt-Out before they ever receive there first message from your company or organization.

Some good reasons for using the Single Opt-In option is you are assured of the following common misuses and errors of online forms.
Incorrect email address (misspelled or missing components)
Form fill out abuse (persons fill out the form of others email information)
Spam triggers (a person adds a name of a known spam detector reporting system destroying your list)
Deliberate form stuffing (is when a person just enters anything so they do not receive spam)

In a way the Single Opt-In offers your recipients the option to Opt-Out be it they are not the one that filled out the form or they have changed there mind about receiving offers and finally they are once again reminded that they are going to be receiving future messages from you and your organization.

Double Opt-In contact list defined
Double Opt-In can be applied by Viper Mailer because the process is very complex requiring the distribution and options when sending a verification email then gathering of the data and only adding confirmed Double Opt-In recipients to your email list management portion of your email marketing account through our Viper Mailer system.

How Double Opt-In list verification works is to have a sing up form online even through an ecommerce store that offers the ability for the visitor or customer to receive on topic information related to your company and or site and to have a box the customer checks even for an online store where these people are your new customer.

Next the Viper Mailer system sends an email to the recipient the same way it does for the Single Opt-In except this message they receive not only has the Opt-Out feature it also has a hyperlink in the message to our contact list management system within your account where they verify by clicking this to accept the inclusion to email mailing list and they are now a member of your list Double Opt-In verified.

The results may vary
This type of double verification system is work put on the recipient and this is in many cases too much to ask so we always like the Opt-In, the Single Opt-In well before the Double Opt-In option to keep your list full of potential subscribers because unless these double opt-in’s activate their accounts through their Inbox email from you they are never going to receive a message from you or your organization.

In Closing
Ok we have shared all three of the most detailed Opt-In email marketing options available today and if you would like to learn more about email marketing or give email marketing a trial run for free please visit the two following links.

My name is Logic CEO of Viper Mailer and we are the authority on email marketing.
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California Desert Region Information

Please meet the Desert Forum
The forum offers details about travel to each of the nine cities and 4 towns that make up the Coachella Valley region of the Sonoran Desert in Riverside County a part of inland Southern California.

Meet the Desert Forum Coachella Valley Forum

The Coachella Valley is 45 miles in length and 15 miles wide stretching from the west at the San Gorgonio Pass to the east end at the Salton Sea. The valley’s width is separated by the Interstate 10 Freeway.

The Coachella Valley is made up of these nine cities
Desert Hot Springs, Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Coachella and Indio with four smaller but important unincorporated towns of Thousand Palms, Bermuda Dunes, Mecca and Thermal.

What makes up Coachella Valley
While the desert floor or basin is relatively flat with a continuous yet gradual change in elevation from the west end of the valley heading each towards the Salton Sea (the largest lake in California) and eventually out into Imperial County which is also the path of the White Water River that also runs the entire 45 mile length.

About our scenic mountains
The mountains are tall starting with the San Jacinto Mountains 10,834 feet the Santa Rosa Mountains Toro Peak at 8,716 feet making up the west and the south walls of the valley then the Little San Bernardino Mountains with the tallest peak in Southern California on Mount San Gorgonio at 11,499 feet to the north. 

The Coachella Valley once really popular by being home to Palm Springs, California the getaway of the rich and famous today has grown and the nine cities and 4 towns are seamlessly connected to one another with a current valley population of over 400,000 residents.
The valley is a popular vacation destination with East Coast residents, State of Washington residents, Canadians tourists and people from Europe all of these arrivals into our two small and one International Airport swells the population to nearly 1,000,000 people though this is only during the top of the areas season which is January 15 through April 15 each year.

What the Desert Forum offers
Everything a visitor or local would like to know about visiting or learn things as a resident about the Coachella Valley. With temperatures exceeding 121 degrees during the hottest month (Logic’s favorite month August) July and out natural beauty of mountain views along with 350 days of sunshine and blue skies even some of the cleanest drinking water in the USA it is a perfect place to visit and even better place to have the opportunity to live.

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Discovering Cities in California Series - Blue Lake

Welcome to Blue Lake, California.
Located in region 13.
The County is Humboldt.
The city has a little more then 1000 residents living 0.6 square miles of area.
The city was incorporated in April 1910.
The city is located in Northern California.

Some Interesting facts about Blue Lake, California.
In search of water? we were when we discovered that the Blue Lake in Blue Lake city does not have a lake anymore in fact there used to be a lake because the city is located in the Mad River Valley and in the very early days the river used to flood overflow then created a lake in the cites lowlands but today when it is rainy season they receive less then 1 acre of water into the old blue lake.

The city and the county of Humboldt are located nearer the Oregon State line with only the smaller county of Del Norte and the city is just inland off of the northern Pacific Ocean coastline of California.

What to do in and around Blue Lake, California.
This area Blue Lake does not have a lot to offer other then a place or two to stay a Cafe however if you are looking for fish the city is considered the gateway to the Mad River Fish Hatchery located only two miles out of town.

From here there is Eureka and the Pacific Ocean in fact Eureka offers the Humboldt Bay as well there are great Victorian homes and businesses to explore.

Official City of Blue Lake, California web sites.
City of Blue Lake City of Blue Lake, California

BlueLakeWeather.com