5 Things To Consider When Writing A Newsletter

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by John Guanzon, Jan 18, 2008.

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    Providing a newsletter for your opt-in list subscribers
    provides many benefits in terms of driving traffic into
    your site as well as boosting the sales and profits of
    your site and company. This is a marketing ploy that
    will not hugely dent your marketing budget and will
    not also require many man-hours in developing this
    project.

    With a newsletter, you can inform the public about
    your company and products as well as services. You
    can keep them posted and updated about what’s
    going-on with your company as well as many of your
    promotions and offerings. With these, you keep on
    reminding your subscribers that you are still here and
    is willing to offer them good deals and services.

    Newsletters also allow you to impress your subscribers.
    It can show your expertise and knowledge about the
    topic at hand and the many benefits you can offer them.
    When you impress people, they will become potential
    customers and another great thing is that they can
    recommend you to their friends, colleagues and family.
    All of them could very well be customers in the future.

    If you do not have a newsletter or publishing one for your
    site, then you may have to consider about researching and
    be well informed on how to publish one. It is not as easy
    as it seems but if and when you get the right idea and
    process, it will be smooth sailing from there on. Try to take
    the time to learn what you need to learn and get that
    newsletter ready and good to attract subscribers to your
    newsletter as well as traffic to your site.

    In the next few paragraphs, I will provide you with some
    things to reflect on when you decide to start your own
    newsletter for your site. Here are five things to consider
    when publishing a newsletter.

    1) Make sure that the content of your newsletter pertains
    to and closely associated with your business or the theme
    of your site. Do not dwell too far on what could be regarded
    as your field of expertise. You have started a site and your
    theme for your site will always be something you are
    knowledgeable about. For example; if you have a site that
    sells auto car parts, your newsletter must contain articles or
    content like photos that pertain to cars, auto parts and such.
    You may also include content about your company and your
    staff.

    Remember that visitors of a certain site are there because they
    are interested in what the site has to offer. If they sign up for
    an opt-in list or for a newsletter this means that they want to
    be updated for that certain theme or subject. Be sure that when
    you publish your newsletter you are providing for the need of the
    subscriber as well as their interests.

    2) Ensure that you have well written, information riddled and
    content rich articles. You articles will be the body of your
    newsletter and that they should be able to excite your readers
    as well as provide information. Articles should be well written
    and checked for errors such as spelling and grammatical errors
    for it to look professional and believable. The trust of your client
    to you and newsletter is at stake here.

    3) Fact-check your articles. Make sure that you provide true
    facts and figures so that your reputation as an expert and
    knowledgeable in that field is not questioned. If you lose
    the trust of your subscribers these may persuade them to
    unsubscribe to your newsletter. You will lose many potential
    sales this way.

    4) Provide fresh and new articles that can provide new
    information to your subscribers. If you publish stale and
    old news in your newsletter, there is a tendency that
    people or your subscribers already have read and known
    about them. This will lose their interest in your newsletter
    and they wont get to read what is most important, your
    ads. They may not open or read any of your succeeding
    newsletters losing your intention in writing and publishing
    newsletters, to get them to visit your site and make a
    purchase.

    5) Never use copyrighted materials such as photos and
    articles. This is outright plagiarism, you may get into a lot
    of trouble for this. You can lose your business and get
    sued over copyright infringement. If you do not have the
    time to write your own articles, there are many willing and
    able professional article writers that can do it for you for a
    reasonable fee. All your investment in writing and publishing
    articles will be well worth it when you see your list build up
    and your traffic increasing.
     
    John Guanzon, Jan 18, 2008 IP