HotSpot with email capturing

Hi all

I have a free Hotspot coffee shop and would like a relativley
inexpensive way to advertise on my WI-FI connection from time to time
(pop-ups or redirects) and also have some way of collecting email
addresses from the users with minimal frustration to them in order to
promote upcoming events and functions, particularly to the regulars.

Does anybody know of a device or service that would enable us to do a
little direct marketing to our regulars. We are not against spending
some money but not trying to implement a dedicated back-end B2B server
either.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers.

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In <(E-Mail Removed). com> on 10 Apr 2006
18:14:07 -0700, "Briggy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a free Hotspot coffee shop and would like a relativley
>inexpensive way to advertise on my WI-FI connection from time to time
>(pop-ups or redirects) and also have some way of collecting email
>addresses from the users with minimal frustration to them in order to
>promote upcoming events and functions, particularly to the regulars.
>
>Does anybody know of a device or service that would enable us to do a
>little direct marketing to our regulars. We are not against spending
>some money but not trying to implement a dedicated back-end B2B server
>either.

Get a real hotspot router (from the several on the market). You can customize
the login page on most to do pretty much whatever you want.

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Anything in particular I should be looking at?

Thanks!

www.dnsredirector.com will allow you to do this! I've been doing it for
about a year now.

Not only can you show visitors an advertisement or registration page when
they first try to surf, but as they browse arround you can replace ads on
almost any other website with your own :-)


"John Navas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> [POSTED TO alt.internet.wireless - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <(E-Mail Removed). com> on 10 Apr 2006
> 18:14:07 -0700, "Briggy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I have a free Hotspot coffee shop and would like a relativley
>>inexpensive way to advertise on my WI-FI connection from time to time
>>(pop-ups or redirects) and also have some way of collecting email
>>addresses from the users with minimal frustration to them in order to
>>promote upcoming events and functions, particularly to the regulars.
>>
>>Does anybody know of a device or service that would enable us to do a
>>little direct marketing to our regulars. We are not against spending
>>some money but not trying to implement a dedicated back-end B2B server
>>either.
>
> Get a real hotspot router (from the several on the market). You can
> customize
> the login page on most to do pretty much whatever you want.
>
> --
> Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR ALT.INTERNET.WIRELESS AT
> John Navas
> <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FAQ_for_alt.internet.wireless>

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In <(E-Mail Removed) .com> on 14 Apr 2006
08:19:42 -0700, "Briggy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Anything in particular I should be looking at?

Depending on your needs:
* D-Link Airspot DSA-3100 Public/Private Hot Spot Gateway
<http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=173>
* Instant HotSpot
<http://www.instanthotspot.com/>
* ZyAIR B-4000 Turn-key Hotspot Gateway
<http://us.zyxel.com/products/model.php?indexcate=1028015363>

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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR ALT.INTERNET.WIRELESS AT
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