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Member Spotlight

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, along with her husband John, provides a comprehensive suite of sizzling copywriting services to entrepreneurs, Internet marketers, ... Read more

Rebecca Lynn, Lightbulb Coaching

Rebecca Lynn, Lightbulb Coaching

Lightbulb Coaching helps people find solutions to problems that are keeping them from shining brightly through face-to-face and phone coaching sess... Read more

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim helps small business owners start, grow and lead their business, so that they can create the life they want. Read more

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Small Business Wizardry gives small business owners the tools and resources they need to start and grow their business. Read more

Jan Bell, Bell’s Outsourcing Administration

Jan Bell, Bell’s Outsourcing Administration

Jan Bell is a virtual secretary who does administration and back office work from secretarial to bookkeeping. Read more

Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach

Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach

Concept Coach aims to build conceptual clarity for business owners by providing them with simple yet effective coaching on accounting and finance r... Read more

Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration

Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration

Pace Administration offers administrative services to micro and self-employed businesses in Adelaide specialising in services for self-employed psy... Read more

Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions

Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions

Maria is an experienced bookkeeper organising small businesses. She assists clients with setting up their new business ensuring they have applied ... Read more

Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting

Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting

Well Versed Copywriting specialises in creating corporate web content, information architecture and analysis, and marketing documentation for a bro... Read more

Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire

Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire

Pendle Party and Event Hire is a family business that offers party and event equipment for hire to south east Queensland. Read more

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Uncomplicating IT provides impartial, independent IT advice in plain English. We help those who don't know that much about IT bridge the technology... Read more

Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo

Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo

Peter Crocker, marketing head honcho, Sam Leader, editorial big cheese and Robert Gerrish, founder and general nuisance spill the beans. Read more

Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services

Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services

Shelcom Corporate Services help make the government registration process of starting up a company simple, fast and faultless for new business owners. Read more

Kate James, Total Balance

Kate James, Total Balance

Through her business coaching and life coaching, Kate James works with the concepts of mindfulness, creativity and authenticity to help people chan... Read more

Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood

Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood

Ben Jones provides property maintenance services within Ringwood, Ringwood North and Warranwood. Read more

Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

Ann Nixon provides broad counselling and psychotherapy services to clients in the inner city and eastern suburbs of Sydney. Read more

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Function5 Web Design creates and manages an online presence for small businesses, from basic information websites through to feature rich shopping ... Read more

Nick Humphries, Akitso Web Design

Nick Humphries, Akitso Web Design

Akitso Web Design is a web design company that sells fully-featured professional websites to small businesses. They make getting a website for your... Read more

Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs

Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs

We are a small online retailer that sells gorgeous babies and children’s bed linen and homewares to Australian mums. Read more

Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions

Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions

BizEez Virtual Solutions specialises in assisting businesses with their online marketing needs through social media, email marketing and WordPress ... Read more

Monika Mundell, Copywriter
Rebecca Lynn, Lightbulb Coaching
Deb Pilgrim
Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry
Jan Bell, Bell’s Outsourcing Administration
Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach
Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration
Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions
Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting
Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire
Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT
Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo
Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services
Kate James, Total Balance
Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood
Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.
Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design
Nick Humphries, Akitso Web Design
Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs
Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions
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Tech | Email newsletters

Newsletters are an increasingly popular email marketing strategy for small businesses. Whether you are still in the process of deciding whether an email newsletter would be useful for your business or whether you have been sending out an email newsletter for years, you will find information for creating and marketing email newsletters. From generating ideas to creating a newsletter template, we provide a wide range of email marketing tips.


Tips for better email marketing campaign results

09 Dec 11 | Troy Dean

Want better results from your email newsletters? Try these tips to increase your open and click through rates for your next email marketing campaign. Read more

Comments: 0

Email newsletter tips: Is proofreading newsletters enough?

05 Aug 11 | Rosemary Osborne

Readers and their attitudes to e-newsletters have evolved over the past few years. Your newsletter should, too. Use these email newsletter tips to re-think your approach. Read more

Comments: 2

Boost your email newsletter sign up rates

18 Feb 11 | Amanda Gonzalez

Disappointed that you’ve only had a handful of subscribers to your email newsletter? These website enhancements will help you create a newsletter sign up readers can’t resist. Read more

Comments: 3

Making your small business newsletters work

20 Dec 09 | Jo Macdermott

With so many small business newsletters around, is it still worth having one? I say yes. I believe both printed and electronic e-newsletters are still valuable and effective – even when produced on a shoestring budget. Read more

Comments: 10

16 tips for marketing your email newsletter

23 Jul 09 | Melissa Norfolk

If you write a regular email newsletter, you need to make sure it effectively promotes your business and helps you grow your database. And that people are reading it, of course! Read more

Comments: 5

How to create a newsletter template

23 Oct 07 | Jess Tyler

A commenter on my how to get ideas for your newsletter article asked for formatting advice, so here are ten tips on how to create a newsletter template. Read more

Comments: 17

How to get ideas for your newsletter

16 Sep 07 | Jess Tyler

As the editor or your own newsletter, thinking of ideas without an all-nighter at deadline time calls for some smart management. This article will help ensure a good flow of ideas to create a vibrant, informative and useful newsletter. Read more

Comments: 9

Email marketing: Making the most of your opt-in email newsletter

05 Sep 06 | Melissa Norfolk

Publishing a simple opt-in email newsletter (or ezine) as little as once a month is guaranteed to help you increase sales. Follow these email marketing tips to maximise the impact of your newsletter. Read more

Comments: 8

10 ways of marketing and promoting email newsletters

11 Jun 06 | Diane Lee

In my last article on email newlsetters, I highlighted the need to be clear about what you want to achieve to manage the expectations and outcomes of your newsletter. It’s the same with marketing and promoting email newsletters. Read more

Comments: 3

So...you want your own email newsletter?

16 Apr 06 | Diane Lee

Having your own email newsletter (or ezine) is a great way to boost your profile and increase your credibility. But before you jump into the world of e-publishing, consider the following questions. Read more

Comments: 5

Six steps to creating a successful email newsletter

06 Jul 05 | Sam Leader

Good newsletters (or ezines) build reputations, plus they inform and attract customers. Best of all, they cost next to nothing. Read on for six steps to creating a successful email newsletter. Read more

Comments: 2

 

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