Zoom in on Ezines
By
Scott F. Geld
Do you know how to
really increase your sales & profits online? A guaranteed route to
success used by many Internet marketers who turn a profit is to
incorporate ezines & newsletters into their marketing strategy. Ezines
and newsletters are a genuinely useful tool in the Internet marketer’s
armory. They serve as a platform to communicate products & services to
subscribers who have a qualified interest in a certain field or
subject – either through advertising, product endorsement or articles
and content. Some ezines offer free advertising - especially to new
subscribers - whilst others grant advertising for a small fee. You can
even purchase advertising space through auctions such as at http://www.ezineadauction.com/.
There are several
thousand ezines up & running on the web, so you are sure to find a
bunch that have subscribers who match your target criteria. If direct
advertising in the ezine is not an option, then contact the
owner/webmaster and offer to write content in exchange for insertion
of your tagline or URL, and – hey presto! – free advertising! Many
owners are only too glad to receive help developing fresh content.
More success can be
gained if you start up your own ezine or newsletter. Not only will you
be able to advertise your products & services to your own subscriber
base, but you can turn it into a profit center all of its own by
offering advertising space to others! As recognition of ezines &
newsletters as a valuable marketing tool increases, then you will find
escalating opportunities to sell advertising space to people and
companies clamoring to get on board and gain access to your
subscribers.
A quick tip – A good
way to add subscribers to your ezine is to advertise it in other
related ezines and newsletters – this will build up your subscriber
base real quick!
Scott F. Geld is the
Marketing Director of MarketingBlaster.com, a company providing
targeted traffic and leads:
http://www.MarketingBlaster.com