| 51 | Check Your Server! Preview: Do you use your own virtual server to send out your magazine? I do. Be warned, I have discovered bad things that can happen when you don't check your server before you send to your list. Last week, I was getting ready to send out to my subscribers. Earlier in the day, the owner of the server warned me that it would be down for upgrades. I wor... (more) Published By: Dale Sexton Submitted: 27 November,2001 |
| 52 | Still trying to succeed online without a listserver? It ain't gonna happen! Preview: Your #1 online success tool is a listserver. If you don't have one you are NEVER going to succeed online. Here's why. A listserver is a handy piece of software which enables you, at the press of a single button, to deliver a message to every single person on any given list. The listserver is important because the list it delivers messages to is i... (more) Published By: Dr. Jeffrey Lant Submitted: 27 November,2001 |
| 53 | Top 10 Ways To Get More Subscribers To Your Ezine Preview: 1. Plan Before you start publishing your ezine, create a plan: Who is your audience? Where can you find them? How will you market to them? The more specific, the better. Depending on the planned frequency of publishing (daily, weekly, monthly), you should have between two and four months of newsletter material material written BEFORE you st... (more) Published By: Jim M. Allen Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 54 | Beware Overload Preview: The Net is a great place to learn about anything from aardvarks to zucchini. And while this information superhighway creates a great opportunity to discover new things, it comes as a bit of a double-edged sword. From day one it was inevitable that "Information Overload" would creep into the equation, and it has. People are simply bombarded with i... (more) Published By: Jim Daniels Submitted: 30 November,2001 |
| 55 | 9 Tips for Marketing with Electronic Newsletters Preview: 1. COMMIT TO CREATING YOUR NEWSLETTER A Web site without a newsletter is like a car without a motor. It may look nice, but you're not going to get very far. In order to market your business effectively you need a system to attract prospects and then you need a system to follow up with those prospects repeatedly to convert them into customers. An... (more) Published By: Joe Gracia Submitted: 02 December,2001 |
| 56 | Free Ezine Advertising On Steroids! Preview: Free ezine advertising has been with us for some time now. As the ezine explosion continues, publishers are scrambling to keep pace in the battle for new subscribers. Freebies have become the order of the day. Free Ebooks Free Software Free Training Courses Free Advertising This has created an extremely favorable environment for subsc... (more) Published By: John Colanzi Submitted: 02 December,2001 |
| 57 | Taking Advantage of the BEST Advertising Around Preview: There simply is no other form of advertising that is as effective as ezine advertising. Think about what the good ezines do. They offer information, education, and entertainment to readers. They target specific audiences. They go out regularly to opt-in individuals, and they present their advertising as an important feature that readers should l... (more) Published By: Joe Bingham Submitted: 02 December,2001 |
| 58 | Their Secret Lives or My Ezine Has a Love Life Preview: I've just discovered something amazing. The Roundup, my bi-weekly ezine, has a love life! As a matter of fact, it appears to be doing much better than I am in that respect. You see, The Roundup regularly receives email messages sent to its subscription address. The last one started, "Hi, It's been awhile since we talked. I'm wondering if you've b... (more) Published By: June Campbell Submitted: 03 December,2001 |
| 59 | 10 Magic Ways To Boost Your E-zine Subscribers! Preview: 1. Show your potential subscribers a sample issue of your e-zine. Black out some of the important info; this will make them more curious & subscribe. 2. Give away a free follow-up autoresponder course. Publish your e-zine ad in each lesson. The more people see it, the higher the chance they'll subscribe. 3. Offer your potential customers a disco... (more) Published By: Larry Dotson Submitted: 03 December,2001 |
| 60 | 10 Profitable E-zine Joint Venture Ideas! Preview: 1. You could ask an e-zine publisher to trade solo, sponsor or classified ads. If the e-zine has a larger circulation you could offer to run more ads. 2. You could ask an e-zine publisher to run your ad in return for a percentage of each sale. The offer is usually more successful if your product is brand new. 3. You could ask an e-zine publisher... (more) Published By: Larry Dotson Submitted: 03 December,2001 |
| 61 | List Host Nightmares! Preview: For three weeks as I was putting out my weekly newsletter, I saw a promotion on the log-in screen at my list host, ListBot Gold, suggesting I could upgrade from Listbot Gold to a new bCentral service being launched called ListBuilder. It would give me the opportunity to gather more demographic info from subscribers and provide the ability to send ... (more) Published By: Mike Banks Valentine Submitted: 04 December,2001 |
| 62 | Top 7 Brick 'n Mortar Newsletter Rules Preview: 1) YOU'RE IN IT FOR THE MONEY. Keep your newsletter aligned with your business. Always work products into the articles and information discreetly, but distinctly. Don't push it to the point of useless sales-packed information. Remember that most of your subscribers are with you for the information, not the product. 2) KEEP YOUR ARTICLES FOCUSED o... (more) Published By: Wild Bill Montgomery Submitted: 04 December,2001 |
| 63 | EZINERINGS - THE NEW STEP IN PROMOTION! Preview: THE WHAT RING? EzineRing - not a WebRing, but very similar. An EzineRing is basically an alliance or community of e-publishers, preferably all in the same field, who work to promote each other's ezines. GROW YOUR LIST. For e-publishers, an EzineRing can provide a new and ever-growing source of targeted subscribers, ensuring the future success and... (more) Published By: Marie Williams Submitted: 04 December,2001 |
| 64 | Top 7 Rules Broken by Newsletter Advertisers Preview: I write a lot of articles about copywriting and marketing on the Internet. I have always believed you're best at what you love to do, if you spend your time doing what you love. Here are what many may believe are obvious rules, but these are the 7 rules I have most often seen broken. Since I'm far.. very, very far from perfect, many of these rules... (more) Published By: Wild Bill Montgomery Submitted: 04 December,2001 |
| 65 | HAS YOUR EZINE PASSED ITS SELL-BY DATE? Preview: DON'T SELL OUT! So many ezines are basically just one big "buy me" ad - content and care over presentation a mere afterthought. You probably know the type I mean. And, if you've any sense, you'll stick these "sales brochures" right where they belong - in the recycle bin. BE A SELL-OUT! If you hope to make any money out of your publication, or if ... (more) Published By: Marie Williams Submitted: 04 December,2001 |
| 66 | Top 7 e-Publishing Tips Preview: I write these tips as a reminder to myself, as well as trying to give you a little insight into the wonderful world of newsletter publishing. Each of these tips below are items that I have already learned the hard way and sometimes still forget. Nobody's Perfect! 1) Write What You Know: Do the world a favor, don't write about auto mechanics, if ... (more) Published By: Wild Bill Montgomery Submitted: 04 December,2001 |
| 67 | 7 Reasons Why You Should be Publishing an Ezine Preview: Ezines: They're everywhere you look, and for very good reasons. They are an excellent online marketing tool. If you have a website and aren't publishing your own newsletter, I'm going to give you seven very good reasons why you should start. 1) Establishes Trust: When people visit your website, they have no idea who you are. As far as they're con... (more) Published By: Merle Submitted: 04 December,2001 |
| 68 | FREE ADVERTISING FOR EZINE OWNERS Preview: Add Swapping for free with other new letters and ezines. Add swapping is a great way to be seen on the net. I hope you will have a better understanding of the need and the importance of good advertising by the end of this article. It's helped us to get noticed. If you're already making money hand over fist then you know alot of the many secrets o... (more) Published By: Bob Hansen Submitted: 04 December,2001 |
| 69 | 10 Tips for Successful Ezine Advertising Preview: When it comes to advertising, I've tried just about everything. I tried free classified ad sites, I tried FFA sites, I tried banner exchange programs. The results? Not much. I was tired of hearing that the Internet is the largest market in human history. Maybe so, but how could I reach those millions of people? The answer, I discovered, is ezin... (more) Published By: Michael Southon Submitted: 05 December,2001 |
| 70 | The Almost Complete Ezine Promote It List Preview: Every Ezine writer knows that just publishing an ezine is not the only task that is involved in writing a Good ezine. You must constantly search for new material and ways to promote the list also. Of the list compiled below, if you join a few lists a day to promote your own list, you will have a nice number of subs before too long. You also ... (more) Published By: Kurt Geer Submitted: 05 December,2001 |