August 12th, 2009 by Mike
Foreword By The Author Image via Wikipedia Are you getting the volume of newsletter business you should? When you come to be recognized as the local newsletter expert you can have all the newsletter business you want. Being an expert means having confidence in the power of newsletters and being able and willing to advise [...]
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August 12th, 2009 by Mike
Foreword By The Author There are basically two kinds of email newsletter template: plain text and HTML. Each format has its own advantages and disadvantages so a publisher’s choice of one over the other needs to be carefully thought through. It’s the circumstances under which they operate, and the outcome they want, that will determine [...]
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August 12th, 2009 by Mike
To be properly understood you must make sure that you are precise in some important areas. Avoid anything that unnecessarily distracts the reader’s attention from your message. If readers have to keep re-reading some sections of an article in order to work out what it means they are being distracted from the message.
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August 12th, 2009 by Mike
Foreword By The Author No matter what type of newsletter you are producing, meaningful and effective newsletter content is essential if you want it to be read. This applies whether it’s for a non-profit concern such as a club, association, church or school, or a commercial newsletter such as for a retailer or other business. [...]
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August 12th, 2009 by Mike
Foreword By The Author If you are an independent sales agent or consultant, or a tradesman who works for himself, a regular newsletter is one of the best ways there is to promote your business. The better and more effective your business newsletter, the more your standing will grow as an expert in your field, [...]
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August 12th, 2009 by Mike
Foreword By The Author As a genuine software tool it had great appeal. Many similarly promoted programs are often little more than a list of submission directories together with instructions that need following. Ezine Announcer’s main promise was that it actually takes the hard work out of the necessary actions. Mike Alexander For all your [...]
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August 12th, 2009 by Mike
Foreword By The Author In Part 1 of this article [The Power Of Newsletter Marketing (1)] we looked at the use of newsletters in their main PR role for small businesses in general terms, with an emphasis on local events. Before pressing on, let us review the reasoning behind PR and why it is so [...]
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August 12th, 2009 by Mike
Foreword By The Author To properly utilize the power of newsletter marketing, it is first necessary to understand the meaning and uses of Public Relations, since most definitions of each are interchangeable between the two. In other words, you need to think of newsletters in this context as the ‘communication arm’ of a PR campaign [...]
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August 12th, 2009 by Mike
Foreword By The Author The TOC (Table Of Contents) section is the part of any newsletter content that is essentially a list of the major articles and features contained in that edition with pointers to where they appear. Newsletter fillers or secondary items are not normally included, as that would detract from its major purpose: [...]
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August 12th, 2009 by Mike
To be successful a newsletter needs to contain lots of meaningful content. This doesn’t mean words of wisdom or correct grammar (these certainly help, of course) but content that the reader finds meaningful. The more you know about the reader, the easier it is to determine what content is meaningful.
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