I Want to Do an Ezine! Part 5 More Promoting!!
I Want to Do an Ezine! Part 5 More Promoting!! Copyright Terri
Seymour
To continue on with the promotion part of this series of
articles, I would like to discuss networking with discussion
lists and message boards as a way of promoting your
business/ezine.
Those of you who know me, know that I am a big believer in
online networking as an effective method of promotion. I enjoy
it for other reasons as well, such as meeting new people and
making friends, but that is the icing on the cake! ;-)
Participating in message boards and discussion lists gives you a
chance to make yourself known as an expert in your field and
also to build your reputation.
What you need to do is give advice, help, support and share your
experiences whenever the opportunity arises. This will draw
people to you and get them to check out your site and/or
subscribe to you ezine.
There are a few things to remember when getting involved in
boards and groups.
* Always follow the rules and guidelines when posting. * Never
insult people or put them down. This is flaming! * Do not spam.
* Help others when you get the chance. * Make sure you have an
effective sigtag. This is how you promote your ezine. * Give of
yourself and get involved with the people. * Relax, enjoy and
have a good time!
Here are some lists and boards to get you started:
Message Boards
http://www.momtomomchat.com/boards.html
http://zineadz.com/forum/
http://www.internetbasedmoms.com/bb/index.php
http://www.ablake.net/forum/
http://www.friendsinbusiness.com/board1/
Discussion Groups
mailto:digital-women-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:Ebook_Talk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:hbj_chat-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:ideasbypos-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Another effective way of promoting your ezine/business is by
getting involved in joint ventures with other publishers. This
would include things like:
ad swapping - discussed in last week's article group pop-up or
group pop-under windows sharing your subscriber thank you page
promoting each other in your welcome letter
Things like this have proven to be very effective in gaining
subscribers. I participate in each and everyone of these methods
and am very satisfied with them. You can find an example of the
sharing a thank you page at
http://www.myownezine.com/subscribing.shtml You can also see a
group pop-under at MOE. This is just to give you an idea of all
the different and varied ways you can promote your ezine by
working with - not against, your fellow publishers!
This is the last article in this series. I hope they have given
you some useful information and have helped you. Please feel
free to email if you have any questions about this or any other
article.
Good luck and much success to you!