Is it a Newsletter or Just One More Commercial

When I purchased my very first computer, not too long ago,
I signed up for many Internet Marketing Newsletters. Though
it's been a few years, I still have them.

I've subscribed to at least 300 Newsletters and it affords
me a broad outlook. My idea was to track and compare them.
The plan was to see how each one of them changed over time
and look for any discernible patterns, any nugget of
information.

Well, I've been able to spot changes and the view isn't a
pretty one!

The general trend is to give preference to sales instead of
communication with the subscriber base. Perhaps the first
few issues are well balanced and in favor of the reader.
However, as time goes by, the universal tendency is to
disregard the needs of the reader.

The Newsletters I'm talking about are very easy to spot:
they'll devote a single paragraph to the reader and
immediately insert a product hyperlink. It's gotten so bad,
I've received Newsletters with a multitude of stingy 3 or 4
line paragraphs, each leading to a sales link!

Try as I might, I can't understand the reason for such
Newsletters? Can you? What they are saying is this: Hi, this
is Joe Blow and let me tell you how this is going to work:
I'm gonna send you this irrelevant, so-called Newsletter.
I'm going to offer little content and a mountain of product
links! To do your part, we expect you to click on the links
and buy, buy, buy!

Oh my! I can't wait a week for the next one!

They are insulting and a complete waste of time for the
reader, as well as the author.
Sadly, they keep pumping them out, week after week! Why
would anybody publish such utter rubbish? There must be a
good reason eZine Publishers limit submitted articles to a
hyperlink in the resource box!

I know we all have to make a living. Should it come at the
expense of insulting our readers? Why send out a Newsletter
anybody with more than three brain cells would trash in a
split second? Little wonder all Internet resources are being
choked with garbage!

What a sad state of affairs! It appears like priorities have
gotten very confused, to say the least! We all need to take
stock of the true reasons we write.

These are two questions every Newsletter or eZine Publisher
should ask:

(a) Is the readership a byproduct of the marketing process
or its reason for existence?

(b) Should product sales take precedence over communication
with your readers?

I think Newsletter writers should keep the above questions
in mind when practicing their craft. Yes, the pressure to
sell is great, no doubt. However, continue looking for the
answers and it will help keep you centered, time and again.

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by Francisco Aloy

(C)2004 Francisco Aloy
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