Free Internet Marketing Lessons
Get More Subscribers!
Part 1
by Terri Seymour
Publishing an
ezine can be a very rewarding and
fulfilling experience. It can also be very
challenging! One of these challenges is getting
subscribers. There are many ways to obtain these
subscribers that are both free and very effective.
The methods listed below are the ones that have
produced the best results for me.
The first step in getting subscribers is to produce
a good quality ezine that is loaded with useful
content. Throw in some personality, a little fun
and you will have a winning ezine.
*Writing Articles - Writing articles has
brought me
more subscribers than any other promotion. When I
started writing articles, I didn't think there was
any way that my articles would get published. I
have always wanted to be a writer, but didn't think
I could do it. It is not as hard as you might think.
Think of some subjects you would like to write your
article about and just sit down and write as if you
are talking to a friend. Just tell that friend all
the information you think he/she needs to know on
that subject. By the time you are done you will have
an article. Read over it out loud and see how it
sounds. Make any changes necessary and then when it
sounds right you are ready to submit it. There are
many sites and email lists where you can submit your
articles. Below are some of these places:
Websites:
http://www.connectionteam.com/art.html
http://www.ezinearticles.com/
http://www.ideamarketers.com
http://www.makingprofit.com/
http://www.marketing-seek.com/articles/submit.shtml
http://www.netterweb.com/articles/
http://www.smarteremarketing.com
http://www.the-best-list-site-in-the-world.com/lotsart.html
Email Lists:
mailto:Article_Depot-subscribe@topica.com
mailto:articles_archives-subscribe@egroups.com
mailto:Free-Content-subscribe@onelist.com
mailto:PublishInYours-subscribe@onelist.com
mailto:article_announce-subscribe@egroups.com
*Helping Newbies - When you have built your
reputation
and established yourself as someone who knows what
they
are talking about, you will start getting emails
from
Newbies and people with questions about starting or
improving their business. You should take the time
to
answer each and every email as quickly and
efficiently
ad possible. This will confirm your reputation and
bring you more subscribers and more people asking
questions. This to me, is one of the best parts of
this job.
It is a great feeling of satisfaction, pride, and
accomplishment when you receive an email from
someone
who has been helped by one of your emails, articles,
your ezine or from information on your site. If you
cannot answer the person's question, try to direct
them
to a site or person that can. You cannot be expected
to know everything, but sometimes all people want is
a little guidance or direction then they will take
over for themselves. We have all been there and we
should all take a little time to help the ones that
are there now. It will help you just as much as you
are helping them.
*Ad Swaps - Ad swaps are a very effective way
of
getting subscribers. You want to find other
publishers
with ezines similar to yours and trade ads with
them.
You run their ad and they will run yours. This helps
both sides, which is another plus. You should swap
ads
with publishers no matter how many subscribers they
have. Do not tell a publisher they do not have
enough
subscribers for a swap. This happened to me once and
I have never forgotten it. I swap with ezines with
one
subscriber or 10,000. If you do not know where to
find
other publishers, try these places:
Ad Swap Lists:
http://globeclubs.theglobe.com/clubs/adswappers
mailto:Ezine-Ad-Swaps-subscribe@topica.com
mailto:AdSwapsforYou-subscribe@egroups.com
mailto:swap_it-subscribe@listbot.com
mailto:EzineAdSwap-subscribe@topica.com
mailto:ezineadexchange-subscribe@topica.com
mailto:LB-Ad_Swaps-subscribe@egroups.com
Ezine Directories:
http://www.freezineweb.com/ad-swaps1.html
http://209.53.3.96/newsletters/bins/ad_swap.asp
http://www.list-city.com/adexdb.html
http://www.netterweb.com/ezines/
http://www.webheadcentral.com/ezine.html
In Part 2 of Get More Subscribers, I will share with
you more of the best ways (in my experience) of
getting
more subscribers. These include message boards,
email
discussion lists and more. So do not give up, keep
promoting and you WILL get more subscribers!
Go to Part 2 Click
here
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Terri Seymour owns and operates MyOwnEzine.com
MyOwnEzine.com is a website, ezine and service which provides the
resources, tools, guidance and more to help you start, publish and
promote your own ezine. You can contact Terri at mailto:ter02@newnorth.net
Subscribe
at subscribe@myownezine.com
or visit
http://www.myownezine.com
for lots more info.
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Get
More Subscribers! Part 1
Copyright 2001 Terri Seymour
