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Part 3
What is Content?
When you publish an ezine, you most
definitely want to provide useful, and original content as well
as promoting your business. Some things you might want to
include:
*Original Articles/Guest Articles - If you are not writing your
own articles, please try it. Although guest articles can
be very effective, it is always a
good idea to have some original content as well.
There are lots of places to get articles:
Article Announcement Lists:
mailto:aainet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
mailto:reprintedarticles-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
mailto:aabusiness-subscribe@egroups.com;
mailto:aageneral-subscribe@egroups.com;
mailto:articles_archives-subscribe@egroups.com;
mailto:QC_Reprint_Articles-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
mailto:ap-shorts-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
mailto:article_announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
mailto:articles4you2use4promotion-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
mailto:articlesubmission-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
mailto:Free-Content-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
mailto:Free-Reprint-Articles-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
Article Directories:
http://OpportunityUpdate.com/articles/
http://amazines.com/
http://ezinearticles.com/add_url.html
http://marketing-of-training.com/motoarticles.htm
http://www.womans-net.com/submit.php
http://www.MakingProfit.com
http://www.articlecentral.com/suggest.asp
http://www.articlecity.com/article_submission.shtml
http://www.bestparentingresources.com/Article.html
http://www.boconline.com/sub-art.htm
http://www.businesstoolchest.com/articles/submit.shtml
http://www.connectionteam.com/art.html
You could also ask for article submissions in your ezine and on
your website. Provide a special email to receive the articles
such as:
mailto:ter02@newnorth.net?subject=articles
*Freebies - downloads, tools, ebooks, and any other useful
Freebie you can find. Freebies can be found all over as
well. Do a search for Free Downloads, Freebies, Free
resources or whatever type of freebie you are
looking for. There are also freebie ezines and email lists
you can subscribe to.
*A Forum for Your Readers - A place where readers can vent,
question, complain, interact, whatever comments or feedback they
might want to send in. This also helps in starting that
all important connection between reader and publisher.
*Human Interest Items - Inspirational stories or poems, people
helping people, survival stories, whatever you think your
readers might enjoy reading about.
*A Little Fun/Humor - We all need to laugh, so why not have a
little fun with your readers!
Note: I would put the last two items together in one
section because you do not want to get too far off the subject
matter.
*Editorial/Personality - This is where you can let your
readers get to know you so they can begin to trust you.
Talk about interesting news items, things you have learned or
experienced, relate to your readers.
You need to make a connection with your readers. Make sure your
personality shines through in your ezine. Make your ezine warm,
friendly, and inviting while being informative and helpful.
*Ad Swaps/Ezine Ads - You want to make sure and have a section
for ad swaps. Ad swapping is a great way to get free
advertising as well as making new contacts and friends! I
have a Free Ezine section which I use for my ad swaps.
To start swapping:
http://www.freezineweb.com/ad-swaps1.html
http://www.ezinelocater.com/
http://www.internetmarketing-success.com/ad-swaps.htm
http://www.topica.com/lists/Ezine-Ad-Swaps
*Thank You Section for Your Readers - Take a small section for
your readers to get some free exposure as a "Thank
You" for subscribing. Appreciate them as they will
appreciate you!
*Resources - Of course you want to provide lots of good and
helpful resources. There are lots of places to find
resources.
Do a search at your favorite search engine. Mine is http://www.google.com
Join discussion lists - I get numerous resources from email
lists. I just save them all in an email resource folder.
mailto:digital-women-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:hbj_chat-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:ideasbypost-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Spam - Yes, spam. I have found lots of resources from spam
that I have received. Sometimes the sender has some useful
information to check out. ( Some spam is just plain junk)
You can soon learn to tell the junk spam from the "might be
useful" spam! ;-)
Announcement Lists - Also a good source for resources.
mailto:lists_for_all-subscribe@YahooGroups.com
mailto:Lists-4-u-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:ListYourAds-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:listyourgroups-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:Mail-Lists-Only-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:mailman-subscribe@topica.com
mailto:misterlister-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:netwrite-publish-announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:New_List_Announcement-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
*Tips & Tricks - Provide shortcuts, helpful hints and ideas
to save your readers time and money! Ask your subscribers
to submit their tips and tricks and use your own as well.
There are so many things you can have in your ezine! You will
learn to keep your eyes open for useful items for your ezine.
They can pop up anywhere at anytime! Make it a habit to save
useful things you come across in folders in your email or on
your desktop. Keep them
organized so whenever you need them, you can get to them right
away.
Ezine publishing is not hard, but you need to be able to
organize and provide a quality ezine for your readers to stick
with you. Be available to help and support your readers
if/when they need you. This will go a long
way in strengthening the reader/publisher bond!
You will find publishing a quality ezine to be very rewarding,
not only financially, but personally and emotionally. Good
luck with Your Own Ezine! ;-)
In the next part of the series we will cover ezine promotion.
See you next week!
| About the Author: Terri
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