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Interviews With Successful Ezine Publishers - Thomas Olin
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Ken Hill
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Thomas Olin is publisher of Higher Ground Marketing, a weekly
publication sent out to 20,848 opt-in subscribers on Fridays.
Higher Ground Marketing's mission is to help people make
more money on the Internet from home, by using cost effective
marketing techniques.
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KH: How important has publishing an ezine been to your business?
TO: In 20/20 hindsight I would say that until I published an
ezine and developed a mailing list, I was really just spinning
my wheels and destined to become another member of the 95% that
make little or no money on the net.
KH: How long have you been running an ezine and how many
subscribers do you have?
TO: I started in December 99 with no background in marketing
or publishing AND absolutely no idea of how to create an ezine.
I read everything I could get my clicker on, followed what the
successful ezines were doing and slowly but surely it evolved
into something worth reading and advertising in. There are now
20,848 Opt-in subscribers.
KH: Do you submit your ezine to directories and/or announcement
lists and if so how effective has this been in gaining new
subscribers to your publication?
TO: I'm constantly looking for new ezine and list directories
to submit my ezine to. I use ezine submission software such as
Ezine Announcer and Newsletter Promote. I would say I receive
anywhere between 5-20 subscribers a day just from ezine and
list directories alone.
KH: Do you write and use your own articles to promote your
ezine? How valuable has writing articles been in promoting your
ezine?
TO: I do write articles occasionally and they are an excellent
way to promote your product or service free all over the
Internet. Also important are the few paragraphs that I write
at the beginning of each ezine allowing me to establish a
long-term relationship with my subscribers.
KH: What methods do you use to promote your products or
services within your ezine?
TO: I think it's absolutely vital that an ezine not be used
primarily to promote your own products or services. With that
said, it is also one of the fastest and most powerful ways of
making money on the net.
When I do promote, I use articles that involve services and
products that I'm an affiliate of. I cloak the link so it
doesn't look like an affiliate link.
KH: How do you go about preparing your ezine for publication?
TO: I keep up on the latest software, articles and marketing
info from marketing pros, search engines, ezines, etc... saving
what I consider to be the most interesting.
I also have various free weekly subscriptions that email me
quotes, jokes, and strange facts. Plus I gather all the free &
paid ads that have been submitted to HGM during the week.
Then on Thursday night I take the best of all the material
I've saved and form a rough draft. Friday morning I polish
it up and send it out around noon.
KH: Any advice to future ezine publishers? Things to look out
for or things to concentrate on when publishing an ezine?
TO: Don't use your newsletter as just a way of promoting your
programs, keep your material fresh and most of all -- it really
helps to LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING!
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