A newsletter isn't of much use if it doesn't have content. Find out how and where to find and use newsletter content. Try out free and 'for money' sources of newsletter articles, fillers, and photos. Get advice on the type of newsletter content that appeals to specific audiences and how to write a newsletter that gets read.
Tone down the sales hype in your newsletter content.
I was working on beefing up some of my Newsletter Content advice and resources when I ran across yet another instance of a Webmaster plagiarizing my content. Make sure you aren't guilty of taking words away from their authors without permission.
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The Newsletter Factory, this PDF describes six types of newsletter content you might have in your newsletter including hard news, regular columns, and editorials.
Can you legally reprint that article in your newsletter? What can you do about others using your articles? CompanyNewsletters.com has advice for editors on the legal issues of newsletter content.
The first part of this article looks at the type of newsletter content that works best for both employee and customer newsletters that results in "payback."
WAHMCopywriter.com has some free newsletter content on parenting, business, and internet topics.
Web Success Maker has some free business/internet articles you can use to beef up your newsletter content.
Browse newsletter content by categories such as business, health, hobbies, and pets. Sign up for a free newsletter that alerts you to free content for newsletters and Web sites.
Productive Newsletters provides suggestions on the optimum newsletter length for different types of newsletters such as for employees, marketing, or memberships. Also addresses the cost issue.
Frequency, newsletter content, and design tips are covered in this article from CompanyNewsletters.com.
NewsUSA Offers free news stories for download and use in newsletters, etc.
Productive Newsletters outlines types of newsletter content, subjects to avoid covering, and different approaches to coming up with newsletter content.
Do you throw in recipes as filler in your newsletter? "Unless the publishing organization is in the food business, recipes are irrelevant..." according to this article from Productive Newsletters.
Offers free-to-reprint articles. Includes business, home, health, and self-improvement topics for newsletter content.
The Newsletter Factory has tips on how to add a little light-hearted content to a newsletter.
How many words will fit? The Newsletter Factory has tips.
