The Table Of Contents

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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Making Newsletters Meaningful

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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Newsletter Copyright

Foreword By The Author CopyRIGHT or copyWRITE? They sound the same but have profoundly different meanings; and the key is in the spelling. A copywriter is a writer, usually of advertising copy. Copyright, on the other hand, is a right of ownership, ie the law as it applies to an original work, affording protection for [...]

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Writing Better Newsletter Articles

If you are not a professional writer, and don’t aspire to being one, but sometimes get burdened with the task of writing a newsletter or similar article, then you have probably found yourself at least once staring at a blank sheet wondering where to start. Welcome to the club!

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Newsletter Fillers In Niche Newsletters

Foreword By The Author Do you produce a regular newsletter? If the answer is no, then the next question must be “Why not?”. A bit blunt, do you think? Sure, but it must be asked because anyone with the responsibility of promoting any concern, whether it’s a non-profit or a commercial entity, must be aware [...]

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Will Spam Be The Ruin Of Email?

Foreword By The Author Many people believe that the proliferation of spam (unsolicited commercial email or ‘UCE’) is leading to a future where email will become virtually unusable. Some think this is a gross exaggeration and that spam is nothing more than a minor irritation. Should newsletter publishers who distribute their tomes by email be [...]

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Sourcing Newsletter Content On The Internet (2)

Foreword By The Author This is the second in a series of articles where the focus is on sourcing newsletter content on the Internet. The full sequence of articles is as follows: Copyright Issues Help and Guidance Resources Subject Research Content Providers Mike Alexander For all your content needs go to ClipCopy Content Solutions Writing [...]

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Sourcing Newsletter Content On The Internet (1)

Foreword By The Author This is the first in a series of four articles where the focus is on sourcing newsletter content on the Internet. The full sequence of topics covered in the series is as follows: Copyright Issues Help and Guidance Resources Subject Research Content Providers Mike Alexander For all your content needs go [...]

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Better Newsletter Article Titles

Foreword By The Author Article titles are not subject to quite the same rules of copyright as body text except where they may conveniently identify an original work. In other words, you may choose any title you like for an article, whether it’s an original work of your own or someone else’s, so long as [...]

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