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Casual Articles - How To Create and Send HTML Newsletters
We get a lot of questions about how to adapt strategic planning to smaller companies. The model itself was initially developed for companies with 50-500 employees, but has been used with great success in much smaller companies as well as Fortune 500 companies. This being said, there are a few tips we can offer which will make the process work much more effectively in the company with under 50 employees (or one with a very limited management staff).There are several key differences between doing strategic planning in a business with 10 employees and one with 100 employees. First, the team is likel
I use a service called AWeber - http://www.aweber.com/?204167 and it’s the only one I can recommend. I have tried others but nobody comes close to what AWeber provides. AWeber also hates spammers so they do everything they can to make sure that their clients get their email through.
AWeber hosts my mailing list and sends my email newsletter out. Each week I upload the HTML code to my list and AWeber sends the mail out. You can buy software that can do this but once your list grows over 100 people it is far better to use a hosted solution to distribute your email.
AWeber also checks my newsletter to make sure that I haven’t inadvertently used phrases that get my email kicked to the spam filter.
Text and HTML formats
Unfortunately, HTML email is use
Buy low, sell high. It's the business mantra that even the simplest operator recognises. The bigger the gap between your income and expenses, the more profit you are making. And we know from watching the big corporations and the eBay power sellers, that buying from offshore suppliers can really help out with the first part of that equation.Offshore suppliers usually have substantially cheaper labor costs, can have cheaper and more readily available resources, and mass production often drops the price per unit considerably. Indeed, if you can locate the right niche for you then importing can
It is my hope that past issues extolling the virtues of an online newsletter or ezine as one of the crucial marketing tools has already convinced you to pursue this vehicle – today’s lesson, then, will show you how to get the most from your ezine.
What is an HTML Newsletter?
An HTML Newsletter is a newsletter delivered via email that looks very much like a web page. The reason for this is very simple – it’s created using the same code language, HTML, as a web page.
The obvious advantage of this format over text is a stylish presentation. Of course, you know I’m not one to get too hung up on style alone. This presentation has proven over and over again to deliver much greater results in terms of readership, comprehension, interest and, ultimately, sales and clients.
How Do Your Create Them?
There really are two components to an HTML email newsletter. One is the designed page and the other is distribution of the page as email. You can create the pages yourself and use a distribution service (that is what I do) or you can use one of the many all-in-one email newsletter services that use templates and distribute your email for you.
The pros of doing it yourself are that you get the most custom look possible and it is generally much less expensive. The benefit of using a service is that you don’t need to know how to create an HTML page. You simply fill in templates. For this reason the services are more expensive.
Creating an HTML newsletter is not really that difficult. (Obviously you’ve got to have something to say but for this lesson I’m concentrating on form alone.) If you already know how to create a web page and can use web page creation programs such as Microsoft FrontPage or Dreamweaver or HomeSite you are 90% home.
To create an HTML newsletter you simply create a web page and then upload the code from that page to your distribution service.
Some crucial tips:
If you already know how to create HTML pages you should be aware of some unique aspects of creating HTML to deliver via email. (If you use a service, most of these tips will be built in.)
Width – Keep the width of your newsletter, contained in a table and no more than 600 pixels wide – You want to make sure that your email shows up in the email window of the recipient
Image links – If you use images, and you probably should, make sure that you use absolute links to the images as opposed to relative links. In traditional web page design and image link may be something like …/images/bob.jpg. This is fine when you are getting the image on your server. When you send out an email the recipient needs the entire path, more like http://www.yoursite/images/bob.jpg.
How Do You Distribute Them?
I use a service called AWeber - http://www.aweber.com/?204167 and it’s the only one I can recommend. I have tried others but nobody comes close to what AWeber provides. AWeber also hates spammers so they do everything they can to make sure that their clients get their email through.
AWeber hosts my mailing list and sends my email newsletter out. Each week I upload the HTML code to my list and AWeber sends the mail out. You can buy software that can do this but once your list grows over 100 people it is far better to use a hosted solution to distribute your email.
AWeber also checks my newsletter to make sure that I haven’t inadvertently used phrases that get my email kicked to the spam filter.
Text and HTML formats
Unfortunately, HTML email is used
There are a lot of less than forthright organizations that allegedly help individuals sell their inventions to industry. In all my years of working as a patent lawyer, I have never come across a single person who ever used one of these organizations to effectively market or sell their invention. However, I have met several who successfully marketed their inventions themselves.Before you take any steps to market your invention, you should take a few preliminary steps.Preliminary Patent Search - A preliminary patent search is generally a good first step. A preliminary search of various pa
The obvious advantage of this format over text is a stylish presentation. Of course, you know I’m not one to get too hung up on style alone. This presentation has proven over and over again to deliver much greater results in terms of readership, comprehension, interest and, ultimately, sales and clients.
How Do Your Create Them?
There really are two components to an HTML email newsletter. One is the designed page and the other is distribution of the page as email. You can create the pages yourself and use a distribution service (that is what I do) or you can use one of the many all-in-one email newsletter services that use templates and distribute your email for you.
The pros of doing it yourself are that you get the most custom look possible and it is generally much less expensive. The benefit of using a service is that you don’t need to know how to create an HTML page. You simply fill in templates. For this reason the services are more expensive.
Creating an HTML newsletter is not really that difficult. (Obviously you’ve got to have something to say but for this lesson I’m concentrating on form alone.) If you already know how to create a web page and can use web page creation programs such as Microsoft FrontPage or Dreamweaver or HomeSite you are 90% home.
To create an HTML newsletter you simply create a web page and then upload the code from that page to your distribution service.
Some crucial tips:
If you already know how to create HTML pages you should be aware of some unique aspects of creating HTML to deliver via email. (If you use a service, most of these tips will be built in.)
Width – Keep the width of your newsletter, contained in a table and no more than 600 pixels wide – You want to make sure that your email shows up in the email window of the recipient
Image links – If you use images, and you probably should, make sure that you use absolute links to the images as opposed to relative links. In traditional web page design and image link may be something like …/images/bob.jpg. This is fine when you are getting the image on your server. When you send out an email the recipient needs the entire path, more like http://www.yoursite/images/bob.jpg.
How Do You Distribute Them?
I use a service called AWeber - http://www.aweber.com/?204167 and it’s the only one I can recommend. I have tried others but nobody comes close to what AWeber provides. AWeber also hates spammers so they do everything they can to make sure that their clients get their email through.
AWeber hosts my mailing list and sends my email newsletter out. Each week I upload the HTML code to my list and AWeber sends the mail out. You can buy software that can do this but once your list grows over 100 people it is far better to use a hosted solution to distribute your email.
AWeber also checks my newsletter to make sure that I haven’t inadvertently used phrases that get my email kicked to the spam filter.
Text and HTML formats
Unfortunately, HTML email is use
Positive radical movement is the holy grail of nearly every decision maker. Every CEO wants to radically shift his profit and loss statement into the black, every inventor yearns to find the next killer gadget and every screenwriter wants to make the next significant leap in film.Radical creativity (also known as transformational and disruptive) is the root of radical movement. The polar opposite of radical creativity is incremental creativity. A pervasive perception is that the two are separate and distinct, whereas in fact they are intricately linked.There is significant data to suggest
The pros of doing it yourself are that you get the most custom look possible and it is generally much less expensive. The benefit of using a service is that you don’t need to know how to create an HTML page. You simply fill in templates. For this reason the services are more expensive.
Creating an HTML newsletter is not really that difficult. (Obviously you’ve got to have something to say but for this lesson I’m concentrating on form alone.) If you already know how to create a web page and can use web page creation programs such as Microsoft FrontPage or Dreamweaver or HomeSite you are 90% home.
To create an HTML newsletter you simply create a web page and then upload the code from that page to your distribution service.
Some crucial tips:
If you already know how to create HTML pages you should be aware of some unique aspects of creating HTML to deliver via email. (If you use a service, most of these tips will be built in.)
Width – Keep the width of your newsletter, contained in a table and no more than 600 pixels wide – You want to make sure that your email shows up in the email window of the recipient
Image links – If you use images, and you probably should, make sure that you use absolute links to the images as opposed to relative links. In traditional web page design and image link may be something like …/images/bob.jpg. This is fine when you are getting the image on your server. When you send out an email the recipient needs the entire path, more like http://www.yoursite/images/bob.jpg.
How Do You Distribute Them?
I use a service called AWeber - http://www.aweber.com/?204167 and it’s the only one I can recommend. I have tried others but nobody comes close to what AWeber provides. AWeber also hates spammers so they do everything they can to make sure that their clients get their email through.
AWeber hosts my mailing list and sends my email newsletter out. Each week I upload the HTML code to my list and AWeber sends the mail out. You can buy software that can do this but once your list grows over 100 people it is far better to use a hosted solution to distribute your email.
AWeber also checks my newsletter to make sure that I haven’t inadvertently used phrases that get my email kicked to the spam filter.
Text and HTML formats
Unfortunately, HTML email is use
The word outsourcing is often heard in the world of business today. It is something which has affected the business of almost every nature and every nation. Outsourcing is occurring in almost every country of this world to some extent. There are some leader countries in this field of outsourcing such as India and China. Before moving towards the topic of this article let us first understand what outsourcing is.What is Outsourcing?When discussed in simple words outsourcing is simply a formal agreement with a third party to perform a service for an organization. A more comprehensive d
If you already know how to create HTML pages you should be aware of some unique aspects of creating HTML to deliver via email. (If you use a service, most of these tips will be built in.)
Width – Keep the width of your newsletter, contained in a table and no more than 600 pixels wide – You want to make sure that your email shows up in the email window of the recipient
Image links – If you use images, and you probably should, make sure that you use absolute links to the images as opposed to relative links. In traditional web page design and image link may be something like …/images/bob.jpg. This is fine when you are getting the image on your server. When you send out an email the recipient needs the entire path, more like http://www.yoursite/images/bob.jpg.
How Do You Distribute Them?
I use a service called AWeber - http://www.aweber.com/?204167 and it’s the only one I can recommend. I have tried others but nobody comes close to what AWeber provides. AWeber also hates spammers so they do everything they can to make sure that their clients get their email through.
AWeber hosts my mailing list and sends my email newsletter out. Each week I upload the HTML code to my list and AWeber sends the mail out. You can buy software that can do this but once your list grows over 100 people it is far better to use a hosted solution to distribute your email.
AWeber also checks my newsletter to make sure that I haven’t inadvertently used phrases that get my email kicked to the spam filter.
Text and HTML formats
Unfortunately, HTML email is use
Question: I just set up a new affiliate program and have heard I can write articles to promote it. How does this work?Signed New Affiliate ManagerDear New Affiliate Manager,Oh, don’t even get me started on this one! I love this topic.If you’re new to the concept of article marketing, you can write articles and share them with websites, blogs and newsletters. These publishers are hungry for content and will gladly publish your informative articles on their sites. Every time they do, your author bio, including your website URL and information about your website, is included at
I use a service called AWeber - http://www.aweber.com/?204167 and it’s the only one I can recommend. I have tried others but nobody comes close to what AWeber provides. AWeber also hates spammers so they do everything they can to make sure that their clients get their email through.
AWeber hosts my mailing list and sends my email newsletter out. Each week I upload the HTML code to my list and AWeber sends the mail out. You can buy software that can do this but once your list grows over 100 people it is far better to use a hosted solution to distribute your email.
AWeber also checks my newsletter to make sure that I haven’t inadvertently used phrases that get my email kicked to the spam filter.
Text and HTML formats
Unfortunately, HTML email is used very heavily by spammers so HTML only newsletters come with a pretty hefty spam score no matter what the content is. I find that if I load a text message along with my HTML message my email scores much lower. The text email also then is received by people who choose to disable HTML email.
I then also make it a habit of uploading my newsletter to a newsletter archive on my web site. This way those who only get the text version can visit the web site and my web site benefits from a new page of content.
Here are some turn-key solutions that might may sense for you. Constant Contact - http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp Cooler Email - http://www.cooleremail.com/index.ice Double Click- http://www.doubleclick.com/us/ Exact Target - http://email.exacttarget.com/ Email Labs - http://www.emaillabs.com/
Copyright 2005 John Jantsch
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