How to Start an Ezine, Increase Your Opt in Email List and Make Money Online

The most effective method of building a huge opt in email list and providing high quality information is with an ezine!

An ezine is a newsletter which is produced online and emailed to a list of subscribers. It is usually free and contains articles on your chosen subject.

All the top successful internet business owners have and promote their own ezine. Just think about that. Do you think they would continue to produce their own ezines if there wasn’t something in it for them?

Ezines are a virtual goldmine for everyone involved. The writers can create well written, informative articles and email them to 1,000s of opt in email list subscribers, virtually for free. The readers can receive this high quality information right in their email box with no subscription fees whatsoever.

But, I’ll be honest with you. Providing original content can be a lot of work. However, it’s well worth the effort. Not only will it provide your readers with unique content... it will also enable you to build your credibility and gain your readers' trust by sharing your expertise.

The key to keeping your opt in email list subscribers is to provide quality content that teaches or informs in regard to the subject matter. You must provide your readers with unique content that can't be found in any other publication.

Now, I realize writing unique articles is not everyone’s cup of tea, but there is a simpler answer...

When you grab Neil Shearing's Internet Success Blueprint not only do you get access to a huge list of mind numbing, incredibly informative product, but as an unadvertised bonus you also get access to list of unique articles.

No one else, apart from those who have purchased Internet Success Blueprint, has access to these newsletter articles. You can reprint them in your newsletter with Neil's blessing or do whatever you want with them. In affect, you have instant articles ready to be automatically sent out to your opt in email list. No effort, no hassles... and the best part is that you look like an expert.

Although providing some original content is an important part of a great publication, it is perfectly acceptable to run articles written by other authors.

What you need to do is add in a few paragraphs you wrote yourself to the top of the ezine or do an editorial section just like in magazines.

To help you get started, check out these free downloads to get instant articles to reprint in your ezine:

Articles for Publication
This massive compilation by Shelley Lowery from Web-Source.net contains over 400 free articles that you can use in your ezine!

61 Sales-Boosting Stealable Articles
Massive amounts of articles provided by 2 top marketers, Terry Dean and Harmony Major, for you to reprint in your ezine.

You can also find a wealth of quality, free articles on a variety of subjects at the following web addresses:

Article Announce - Writer & Publisher Exchange
http://www.web-source.net/article-announce

E-ZineZ.com -
http://www.e-zinez.com

Marketing & Advertising Supersite
http://drnunley.com

EzineListing.com
http://www.ezinelisting.com

Success Doctor
http://success-doctor.com/archive.htm

IdeaMarketers
http://www.ideamarketers.com

There's a day coming where you will be absolutely creamed by your competition if you don't publish an ezine. It is now virtually a necessity to succeed online. If you truly want to become successful on the internet, you must publish your own ezine!

Hey...no one said it was going to be easy... but if you are prepared to work hard it will set you apart from the people that fail.

Remember at the beginning I said that 95% of people fail because they don't take action... well this is the point were most are unsuccessful. They give up right here and go back to the easy road... looking for the shortcuts.

Well... all I can say is that they can look for a long as they like. They won't find them... because they're not there.

You have to understand... SUCCESS equals EFFORT. If you are not prepared to put in the effort, don’t expect to be rewarded with success!

Find the publishers who have achieved success on the internet and follow their lead. Chances are... with a lot of hard work, focus and dedication... you will be able to duplicate their success in an even shorter amount of time.

Website Tools and Resources

To save you valuable time the good folks at Ezine University have written the Handbook of E-zine Publishing, which is a high quality comprehensive guidebook on the details you need to become an ezine expert. Simply click here to download your free copy

The Newbie Guide to Publishing an Ezine is a guide written by David Hallum and his work takes you through the basics and beyond... and even gives you content to include in your own ezine.
Click here for your free copy

Here are some more excellent resources that offer detailed explanations far beyond the scope of this page on writing ezines, free ezine templates and methods of distributing your ezine

Newz2me Newsletter Templates
Plain text templates free for you to use when creating a newsletter or ezine for your site. Includes content, articles and tutorials.

Spam Check Tool
Great free spam check tool that allows you to submit your email messages or ezine to check whether it will get past the spam filters.

Free Newsletter Templates
Free newsletter templates invites you to read about how email works, email protection, newsletter formatting, templates, virus and many other things needed to run a newsletter/ezine without problem.

eZine Advertising
A comprehensive list of ezines that accept advertising, some of which we have personally used in our own internet business marketing campaigns and gained an exceptional return on our investment.

Web Design Wisdom
Free tools, templates and tips on how to create, design, prepare and deliver your ezine

Format It
Great free time saving tool that allows you to format or reformat articles that have been previously formatted so you can copy and paste them into your newsletter with minimum fuss.

EzineAnnouncer
Ezine submission software that saves your hours of time by allowing you to place your ezine promotion on autopilot by submitting them automatically to hundreds of ezine directories at the push of a button.