7 Quick Ways to Write Content For Your Ezine

•7 Easy Ways to Ease Ezine Writer s Block
Copyright 2005 Alicia Forest If you publish an ezine regularly, inevitably there are times when you get stuck and can't quite come up with the perfect article for your issue. Sometimes just taking a break and coming back later will give you a fresh start. But other times you need more of a writing prompt to get you going. The following 7 ways should help you get unstuck and get writing: 1. Write a Tip Sheet Sometimes it's easier to get started by creating a list of tips. How to _______,...

•5 Ways to Drive More Targeted Traffic to Your Website
Unfortunately, when it comes to your website, the if you build it, they will come strategy just doesn't work. Fortunately, there are many ways to drive high-quality traffic to your website for little to no cost. The following 5 strategies will show you how: 1. Optimize your site for the search engines. You'd have to be a fulltime search engine optimization expert to keep up with all the changes the major search engines make, but there are a few basic things you can do to help your site come...

•3 Super Simple Ways to Use Tell A Friend to Build Your List Fast
Copyright 2005 Alicia Forest Everyone prefers getting a recommendation for a product or a service. It means they don't have to do the research themselves, or find out whether or not it's for them through trial and error, shouldering all the risk. For example, if you're looking for a good dentist, you're more likely to ask someone you know and trust who they go to before you'll look one up online or in the yellow pages, right? The same goes for your business. And you'll get HIGHER QUALITY...

•Need to Know Info for Your Email Lists
Whether you're publishing an ezine, sending an ecourse, posting to a blog, or building an email list of clients and customers in another format, there are a few things you need to know to make sure that you're complying with the legal aspects of sending email as well as for making your list-building efforts that much more effective. 1. Only Use Permission-Based Email Marketing Simply put, opt^in email (also called 'permission-based') is email sent to people who have given you permission to...

•Creating Supportive Environments
 by: Alicia Forest I’m writing this on my laptop in a Cosi café in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. The reason I am here has nothing to do with me or my business, but the reason I can continue to be successful in my work is because I have set myself up to do so. How? By creating supportive environments. In this case, the laptop, the appropriate software, and the ability to connect to the Internet, as well as the support of my husband, all contribute positively to my accomplishment of the...

•Your Personal Development Plan
(excerpted and revised from my Polished, Planned & Prepared Program) This is one of my favorite parts of the program. I love defining goals because I know that the simple act of writing them down increases the likelihood of actually achieving them by 70%! Isn't that amazing? So I wonder why more people don't do this? I do recognize that it does take time to really think about what it is that you want and when you'd like for those things to be a part of your life. But writing down your...