1. Provide your subscribers
with special offers, discounts or sales that only they are
privy to.
This could include subscriber only bonuses for purchasing
your product, a two for one sale, or you could sell your
product at a lower price for a limited time to boost your
sales.
2. Include a publisher's note or welcome
message before you get into your ezine's content.
This will help you to add your personality to your ezine
as well as help you to build up your subscriber's trust
in you and your business.
Your publisher's note is also a great place to be self
promotional by telling your subscribers of any special offers
or subscriber only discounts you have running.
3. Use bonuses to get more subscriptions
to your publication such as ebooks you've written, ebooks
you have the resell rights to, a marketing course, or anything
else that your visitors would find to be valuable.
4. Promote your ezine on every page of
your site with a subscription box that advertises your ezine.
Ask for your subscriber's first name on your subscription
box so that you can personalize your ezine with your subscriber's
name.
5. Swap ads with other ezine publishers.
This will give you an effective way to increase your circulation
by promoting your ezine in publications that target the
same audience as your ezine does.
Swap ads for at least three issues in a row and track your
ad swaps so that you will be able to tell which ezines and
which ads get the best response.
6. Purchase classified ads and sponsor
ads in other ezines.
As with your ad swaps track your ads so that you can identify
which ezines are best to advertise in and which ads are
the most effective in increasing your subscriptions.
7. Submit your publication to ezine directories
and announcement lists.
This will get your publication noticed by people interested
in subscribing to ezines like yours. In addition most announcement
lists will allow you to submit your ezine on a weekly or
monthly basis which will give you ongoing promotion of your
ezine.
Some directories and announcement lists
to help you get started are:
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sitesandzines/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/List_Of_Lists/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AAnnounce/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/for_all_ezine_publishers/
- http://ezine-marketing.com/home.shtml
- http://www.ezinelocater.com/
- http://www.ezinesearch.com/search-it/ezine/
- http://www.cumuli.com/
- http://www.ezine-universe.com/
- http://www.webscoutlists.com/
- http://www.freezineweb.com/
- http://ezinesplus.com/links/
- http://www.bestezines.com/
- http://www.netterweb.com/
- http://ezine-marketing.com/home.shtml
8. Write your own articles that you publish
in your ezine.
Writing articles will increase your credibility with your
subscribers and lead to more sales of your products.
Try writing "how to articles" that show your
readers step by step how to do something or provide your
readers with a list of valuable tips.
After your articles place an advertisement that promotes
your business, service or special offer.
9. Go through the articles you've run
in your ezine and pick those that you feel best showcase
your expertise.
Add a benefit rich resource box to your articles that entices
your readers to subscribe to your publication and then submit
your articles to article directories, article announcement
lists, and to other ezine publishers.
Some announcement lists and directories
you can submit your articles to are:
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aabusiness
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/article_announce/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArticlePublisher/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Free-Reprint-Articles/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Free_eContent/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freezinecontent/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/netwrite-publish-announce/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/publisher_network/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QC_Reprint_Articles/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReprintArticles-Paradise/
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reprintedarticles/
- http://www.webmomz.com/users/login.shtml
- http://www.netterweb.com/articles/articlesubmit.htm
- http://www.marketing-seek.com/articles/index.shtml
- http://www.goarticles.com/
- http://connectionteam.com/
- http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/articles/recent.shtml
- http://webmarketingspecialists.com/articlesubmit.html
- http://www.ezinearticles.com/
- http://www.certificate.net/wwio/ideas.shtml
- http://www.allnetarticles.com/
10. Use testimonials for your products
in your ezine to increase your subscriber's trust in your
product and to increase your sales.
Also increase the number of visitors that subscribe to
your ezine by including testimonials for your ezine on your
site from your happy subscribers.
11. Use your signature file to promote
your ezine.
Keep your sig file to 5-8 lines that stress the benefits
of subscribing to your ezine and use your sig file in all
your outgoing email. This will give you an easy no cost
way to promote your ezine and rake in new subscribers.
12. Recommend the products of affiliate
programs you've joined to your subscribers.
This will help you to increase your profit while helping
you to meet your subscribers needs. Only endorse products
you have used and would whole heartedly recommend to your
subscriber base. |