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Three Years in Internet Time
Wow! It's the end of '03 and I realize that it also marks the end of the 3rd year of publishing. It is gratifying to know that 88% of you who were subscribers back then are still around and thousands more have joined you. We hope 2003 was good to you and that 2004 will be better and peaceful.
It's time for us to 'eat our own dogfood' - follow our own advice about evaluating the progress of our newsletter. The goals of the eNewsletter Journal, our readers, and the statistics gathered told us it was time to shake things up. So, starting next month you will see some changes ...
In this issue, our friend Jenna Glatzer, the Editor-in-Chief of Absolute Write, shows how to make our jobs easier as newsletter editors and publishers by creating writers' guidelines. Check out her Amazon best selling book, Outwitting Writer's Block.
Jenna has the honor of being the first official guest contributor to eNJ. If you would like to make a guest appearance, please contact us.
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We wish you a happy New Year and we'll see you in oh-four!
Best wishes,
Meryl K. Evans
Editor
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Writer's Block?
If you've ever found yourself staring at the blank page all day, or cleaning out the refrigerator for the fifth time in a week just to avoid seeing that taunting, blinking cursor, then you've experienced writer's block.
Outwitting Writer's Block will help any writer break through.
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If You Guide Them, They Will Come
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Help writers aim for the bull's eye
by Jenna Glatzer, Editor-in-Chief of Absolute Write
As a newsletter editor and freelance writer, I get to see writers’ guidelines
from all angles: I write them and I read them. If you’re looking for articles
for your newsletter, it pays to spend some time telling writers exactly what
your wish list looks like.
First, make a separate Web page for your writers’ guidelines. Make sure it’s
linked from your home page, not buried six layers deep where writers will never
stumble upon it. Here’s what belongs on that page: [
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Newsletter Wars: Email Vs. RSS
 Lockergnome voices pro-RSS opinion
Chris Pirillo, Publisher, Lockergnome
speaks with Meryl K. Evans, Editor, eNewsletter Journal
How big is your bookmark (or favorites) file? Since the file is a basic text file, they are small. However, many of us keep adding to the file and never deleting a single URL. We arrive at a site and think, "Cool! That will come in handy when I …"
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Is RSS The Great Spaminator?
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Dealing with Spam: There is no silver bullet
by Julie Shapiro, InternetVIZ Panic mongers claim the only way to eliminate spam is to stop using email and switch to another technology. That’s like stopping telemarketing calls by telling the phone company to haul away your phone line or telling the post office to stop delivering mail to your house or office, because you are tired of dealing with junk mail. While these drastic measures may solve the problem, they are impractical ... [ Read More ... ] |
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