Pull technology and Channels

There are essentially two ways to move information on the Internet, push technology and pull technology. E-mail is a push technology. You subscribe to an ezine or electronic newsletter and the publisher sends (pushes) it out to the subscribers via e-mail on a set schedule. And once your email is out there ... well, you know the rest.

As we all know, the growing problem with spam has caused our inboxes to be so clogged we might miss or even delete that ezine from our favorite publisher, a product inquiry from a customer, a new product announcement, an important notice from an affiliate upline ... or our ISP has tightened filters to the point that we are not getting all our messages. The frustration that ezine publishers, website owners, downline managers and many other business people are experiencing just trying to stay-in-touch is unprecedented and the prospects of email getting fixed, well ....

"Channeling" (pull technology) eliminates all those issues for both subscribers and publishers alike. Subscribers are in total control of when and what information they receive without giving out their email or any personal information at all, and no opting in and out. Publishers are also in control because they no longer have to deal with all the hassles of publishing via email, they simply add an item to their channel, click a button and all their subscribers receive it immediately.

Subscribing to Quikonnex media-rich-capable channels is like subscribing to cable television, only better. You decide what information you want to receive, like choosing a channel on television, and it is delivered to your desktop immediately, as soon as the publisher makes it available, whether in straight text, full html, voice, video, or interactive media.

Quikonnex channels are better than cable, because you do not have to be at your computer to get all the latest news when it is published, it's like having a built-in VCR. If you are not at your computer, or do not have your channel viewer open, you will not miss any information. The next time you launch your channel viewer, all the news will be there, waiting for you.

This is not the next "wave" on the Internet, this is the next "tsunami."

Email publishing is becoming a greater and greater hassle for both publishers and their subscribers. ISP and/or spam-blocking filters are set so tightly that legitimate and wanted emails are not being seen by their intended recipients. Reports from a recent study indicate that at least 20% of requested email publications are blocked by these filters and never reach those to whom they are addressed.

Publishers are frustrated at not being able to deliver their message and subscribers feel they are loosing control over the media to which they want access. Quikonnex is an email-alternative publishing system which offers direct-to-desktop communications. With Q Channels, publishers are no longer frustrated because they know their message is being delivered directly to their subscribers, and their subscribers are delighted, because they are in complete control of the information they choose to receive.

The philosophy behind the development of Quikonnex is to create an email-alternative publishing system which keeps publishers and their subscribers "quikly" connected. Q Channels offer two-way communications, with both comments and QMTP, so that subscribers can respond to their publishers right in their channels, no email necessary. Free web conferencing, which is available to all members, is another way for individuals and small to medium business owners to stay "quikly" connected to their customers.

For more information on email-alternative publishing, free web conferencing, QuikView, our free channel viewer/bookmark server, QMTP, our private messaging system, or any of the other services available to Quikonnex members and publishers, please browse the links at the upper right on this page. Or, just click the QSupport link at the very top right to chat live with a member of our staff.