I Want to Do an Ezine! Part 3 What is Content?
I Want to Do an Ezine! Part 3 What is Content? Copyright Terri
Seymour
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!