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Newsletters: Your Readers and You
One of the Hottest Commodities on or off the Internet is "Information". In
this age of technology people more than ever want to know and they want to
learn. I imagine you yourself are reading this in hopes of clicking away
with more than you started with. My job as a writer, publisher and editor is
to see that you do.
Newsletters provide you with an outlet to a specific group of people, who
subscribe and read your publication because they want to gain specific
information. It could be Business, Humor or Travel, but nevertheless they
are reading your words for a reason. Your job is to supply your readers with
the information they are looking for. This my friend is sometimes a
painstaking job, with little or no pay and long hours to boot!
This is not a venture to be entered into lightly. Newsletters are not
overnight successes. It sometimes takes years to build a respectable
subscriber base. Cash flow is almost non-existent at the beginning and for
much of the time after that. Your newsletter is an investment in
relationships, or better-called "networking". You must earn, gain and keep a
certain amount of trust and loyalty from your readers.
Mistake: If you think that you own your newsletter, I here to tell you that
you are wrong. Running a newsletter is much like being in a political
office. You would not be there if you did not serve your constituents to
their satisfaction. They will directly or indirectly dictate to you your
requirements in serving them. If you fail so does your newsletter.
Hint: Live up to the responsibility you have taken on. When your readers
bestow that trust in you, there is no better way to condemn your newsletter
than to violate that trust.
Your job is not necessarily to be liked, but to keep your content up to the
standards that your subscribers have come to expect from you. Keep your
information content high and your advertising and "noise" levels low. The
subject of your newsletter will of course dictate the personality of your
newsletter.
As for your Personality in your Newsletter, every newsletter will take on a
life of its own. You must control the personality that it portrays. Be
careful what personality traits you give your newsletter and how much
personality you give it. Remember that your primary goal is to supply
information. Save the bulk of your
thoughts for welcome messages and
editorials. Be careful how you convey your personal thoughts in your
newsletter. What could be meant as an editorial thought could be a
disastrous mistake that costs you subscribers.
You will find that your readers will write to you with questions, comments,
and often complaints. Don't forget now these are the same people that
control the fate of your newsletter. Treat them as you would any life giving
force. Your subscribers are (99%) intelligent, well-mannered people seeking
the wisdom of your print. They will express their own ideas and desires.
They will ask you for your input and thoughts. Often this may be impossible,
but one of your top priorities should be to respond to your readers with
honest, informative information with a touch of your thrown in. Keep in mind
that for every 1 malcontented feedback message that you receive there are
hundreds or thousands that are happy, but never write. Think about it. How
many times do you write just to tell somebody they are doing a great job, as
compared to how many times you have written to complain about a product or
service? After your subscriber base becomes very large (that's assuming that
it will), you will find that many of the questions will be similar. For this
you can use a "replicated" or "canned" response. You can save these
responses in a special text file as you create them, and call up the file
when you need them.
In closing I would like to say that it's your job to get "their" newsletter
out on schedule each and every time. Your subscribers will come to expect
and yes, demand their newsletter on time and intact. Consider yourself a
"Mailman". Neither rain nor shine, nor vacation or sickness shall deter you
from your duty. If you are publishing a serious newsletter and are the sole
person doing this insurmountable job, do yourself a favor and get a laptop
if you haven't already. I myself have published from bed with a fever and
all over the country, and you will too!
About the Author
"Wild Bill" Montgomery
http://www.MakingProfit.com
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