How do you get folks to do that? Here are five powerful methods for building your subscription base...

1) Write articles and submit them to other ezines. In author's tag include instructions for subscribing to your ezine.

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3) Give away FREE stuff to those who subscribe. Special articles, software programs, discounts, and ebooks are all popular gifts to give your subscribers.

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Now you've got a focus, a format, and subscribers. What's next? You need...

A DELIVERY SYSTEM

While your list is small you can probably get by using your current email program. But you always run risk of raising ire of your ISP. That's why I have chosen to use services of a listserver. Several companies on internet offer such services for free--but most are unreliable.

The benefit of a listserver. You compose your email, paste it to a online form, hit "send," and your done. The listserver does all mailing for you.

What do you want your listserver to do? Here are basics!

It must send to at least 10,000 people. It must allow unlimited mailings. It must have automatic subscribe and remove functions. It must refuse multiple subscriptions of same email address. It must reject non valid email addresses in your list. It must generate subscription URL code for your webpage. It must be VERY SECURE--only accessed with appropriate passwords. It must operate from a safe administration area--not via email.

That's right, use your List Server as often as you like, every hour, every day, once a week, as often as you like! Several companies offer such services. Contact me at mailto: webmaster@ezinesuccess.com for a referral to one of these providers.

Having your own ezine is one of most powerful and popular ways to build relationship online that will serve your business ventures. I encourage you to get started today.

When someone subscribes to your ezine, they will receive their "Welcome to My Ezine" notice. As they are reading "Welcome" message, their enthusiasm is bubbling over. Waiting for that first issue will be tough unless there is an invitation to receive their first issue NOW.

In your "Welcome" message, you should let them know that if they would like to get started right away reading your ezine, then they should send a blank email to your autoresponder address for "Best Of" issue.

New subscribers will gorge themselves on your "Best Of" issue, and they will remember your ezine when first new issue arrives in their mailbox. If "Best Of" issue was precisely what they were looking for, you can rest assured that they will eagerly open each subsequent issue of your ezine, with delight in their hearts.

If you do not have ability to set up autoresponders on your own domain, one company that offers a free autoresponder service is: http://sendfree.com/

If you take time now to implement "Best Of" autoresponder, rewards will most certainly be long-lasting. Remember, best time to get a new subscriber to fall in love with your ezine is when their interest is highest --- at very moment they subscribe to your ezine.