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The purpose of this ezine is to help you get started with your own ezine as well as learn other aspects of Internet marketing. I value all my subscribers and welcome all opinions, comments and questions. Please feel fr~e to contact me at mailto:ter02@newnorth.net There will be no Trivia Challenge this week as the feature ad slots are full. Last week's answer: Hitler's favorite movie was King Kong. I hope everyone had a very wonderful and joyous Father's Day. Well, I will soon be done with my ebook and will then begin on a whole new re-structuring of MOE. MOE will still provide helpful resources, tools & services, but will be more focused and more in tune with what is Gold and what is "crap". You will understand what I mean after you read my article. ;-) If you have any questions, feel free to email me. Thank you. Terri Seymour mailto:ter02@newnorth.net My Own Ezine now goes out to over 2100 subscribers. 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I had also subscribed to just about every ezine I could find and didn't have time to read any of them. I finally realized that I was never going to read the ebooks, or all the ezines or any of the other freebies I had so carefully saved and foldered on my desktop. So what I did was come to the point where I got rid of all but one or two of the ebooks, unsubbed from most of the ezines and got rid of all the reports, etc. What you need to do is focus and get in control by cleaning out the clutter. Concentrate on you and your business and stay focused and in control. You DO NOT need every ebook/program/report that comes down the pike to learn how to build an online business! 1. Go through all the ebooks and just throw them in the recycle bin. You will never be able to read or use all of them. If you happen to find a fr^ee ebook that actually has useful and helpful info, then by all means hang onto it and read it when you can. 2. Next go through all the ezines you are subbed to. Pick out a few that you really enjoy and actually find useful information and resources in. 3. Reports, ecourses, and such are generally nothing but lead-ins for you to buy their product. There are, of course, some good ones out there, but get rid of the sales pitches. 4. Try not to go through every website on the net. Find a few that really are useful and that have a webmaster who actually responds to your questions and earns your trust. 5. Find a few good discussion groups and message boards and learn from others who have been through the same thing. This is a good way to start networking and making new contacts. Here are a few to get you started: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WomansNetworkingCommunity http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hbj_chat http://www.ebusinesshelpsite.com/wwwboard/index.htm 6. Talk to some more experienced online business owners and stick with the ones who actually show an interest in you and your questions and do their best to help you. 7. Don't think you have to order every ebook, ecourse, program, etc from all the self-proclaimed Gurus out there. Most of the "Secret of Success" type products are nothing but a lot of well disguised hype. I have talked to some people who have purchased just about every "make money fast" product out there and have done nothing but "spend money fast". I have been online for several years and have found that most fr^ee information is really nothing more than a big sales pitch. You will find that the best way to learn online is by doing and learning through your experiences and yes, mistakes. Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of very helpful and dependable people out there that produce quality ezines, ebooks and programs. I know plenty of them. The trick is to learn to sift through all the "crap" to get to the Gold! And you will. How do I know, you say? I know because I did plenty of sifting and learning through experience and by getting help from some very wonderful folks out there and you will too. ;-) ****************** Terri Seymour owns and operates MyOwnEzine.com Learn to publish and promote your own ezine. mailto:subscribe@myownezine.com Sign-up for the FR~E MOE Ezine Publishing Ecourse mailto:moe-mini-course@getresponse.com You can contact Terri at mailto:ter02@newnorth.net ******************* If you would be interested in more of my articles for reprint or reference, please send any email to: mailto:myownezine-index@getresponse.com or visit http://www.myownezine.com/articles.shtml for a complete list. Also, if you would like to be added to my personal mailing list for articles only, contact me at: mailto:ter02@newnorth.net?subject=mailing_list Please include the address you wish to be added to the list. 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I never have to do any formatting adjustments with yours. Thank you, Terri. Right after Profits Gallery Newsletter was sent this morning, I got it ready for next Friday and I copied and pasted your article. It came across "just perfect." The other topic: Over the past week, I have received about 7 or 8 new subscribers that I figured must have came from your new "Ezine Directory." I'm looking for quality subscribers. For the most part, I think your "Ezine Directory" will do just that, give me quality subscribers. Thank you, Terri. Terri, it's a pleasure to know you and to correspond periodically with you. You are doing a great service for the 'Ezine Community.' Take care. Have a good evening! Mike Becker http://www.profitsgallery.com ~*~*~*~*~ Thank you all for the wonderful feedback. I do appreciate it! ;-) ================================================= Quick and Easy Promotion Tips ================================================= Send in your quick tips for publication. 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