Top 10 Reasons to Use a Blog to Publish Your Ezine

Written by Denise Wakeman


Blogs arerepparttar hottest thing going these days when it comes to marketing onrepparttar 120056 Internet. A blog is a delivery medium. Here are 10 reasons why you should deliver your ezine articles via a blog. 1. A blog is web based so you can update and post new articles anywhere, anytime. It's a dynamic medium that can be updated on a moment's notice. 2. Subscribers can subscribe to your RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed and have your content delivered straight to their desktop. This delivery system bypasses spam filters and readers get exactlyrepparttar 120057 content they want. 3. No web site to mess with. It's very inexpensive way to set up a web presence for your ezine. There are several sites where you can set up a free blog and others are very reasonably priced forrepparttar 120058 massive exposure you can get. 4. You can set up links for ads and your affiliate programs in side columns so you don't have to include them in your ezine format. 5. You can set up a subscription form and send emails to your subscribers when new content is added. 6. Blogs link to other blogs which helps you create a viral marketing system and increases your exposure in search engines. Search engines LOVE text based, fresh content that is highly focused (key word rich). 7. You can use your ezine blog to become a trusted expert for your subscribers, by filtering content for them so they don't have to visit hundreds of web sites. 8. You have an instant archive of all your articles. When you post an article, a new page and permalink is created. People can share that link with others and be sent directly torepparttar 120059 article being referenced.

Images for your website...What is OK to Use?

Written by Francisco Aloy


Pairing your website content with images sends a powerful message that text alone can't convey. Notice allrepparttar virtual eBook covers and software boxes used to describe products. They are used for one simple reason: they sell more!

Getting images fromrepparttar 120055 web is so easy, we tend to forget someone createdrepparttar 120056 image and should be paid forrepparttar 120057 use of it. The first thing you should do when considering using one, is getting permission fromrepparttar 120058 creator/designer ofrepparttar 120059 graphic or image.

You have to readrepparttar 120060 user agreement carefully before using images offered by some websites. Most ofrepparttar 120061 time, they are free for personal use but must be purchased for business use.

There are many distributors of commercial graphics and images catering torepparttar 120062 needs of Webmasters. Some come in sets of multiple indexed CD-ROM's with a searchable database.

Another good source isrepparttar 120063 return bin of retail computer goods stores, such as: CompUSA, Fry's and so on. I've found huge collections of commercial graphics for next to nothing because somebody openedrepparttar 120064 package and brought it back for a refund.

Likewise, your digital camera can be a source of royalty free images. A word of warning: You still have to get permission fromrepparttar 120065 owner of any commercially protected product you photograph; just because you photograph something doesn't mean you own allrepparttar 120066 rights torepparttar 120067 image.

When you want to get an image fromrepparttar 120068 web,repparttar 120069 proper way to acquirerepparttar 120070 image is to userepparttar 120071 Print Screen button on your keyboard and then pasterepparttar 120072 image into your favorite graphics application. In this way, you won't be taking bandwidth that doesn't belong to you. Again, due diligence on your part to get permission to userepparttar 120073 image is a must.

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