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Getting the most out of free ezine information!
How To Set Up an Ezine Encyclopedia
by Michael Southon
Do you read all your Ezines? Or do you file them
away in special folders and then forget about them?
I used to be like that.
When I first started subscribing to ezines I was
amazed at the quantity of valuable information that
was available for free.
But I soon became complacent about it. If anything,
the 60-odd newsletters I was receiving each month
became a burden. I was suffering from 'information
overload'.
Ezines contain a wealth of information. Every week,
in hundreds of newsletters across the Web, experts
share with their readers the latest tips, techniques
and resources they're using to succeed in the world
of online business.
But if you don't have a system for processing and
organizing that information, you'll quickly become
overwhelmed by it.
I use a system that I call the 'Ezine Encyclopedia'.
This is how it works:
1. Open a document in Microsoft Word. At the top of
this Word document, type in 15 to 20 'Category
Headings', one per line. These are the categories I
use:
Ad Tracking
Affiliate Programs
Auction Sites
Auto Responders
Banner Advertising
Copy Writing
Credit Card Processing
Discussion Boards
eBook Compilers
eBook Promotion
eBook Publishing
Email Marketing
Ezine Advertising
Ezine Articles, Writing and Publishing
Ezine Promoting
Ezine Publishing
Free Classifieds
Free Software
HTML coding
Internet Marketing
Java Script
Joint Ventures
Online Community
Portal Websites
Search Engine Positioning
Traffic Building
Viral Marketing
Visitor Management
Web Hosts
Website Design
Website Promotion
Webstats
2. Now highlight all of these category headings.
Then go to the toolbar at the top of your Word screen
and click on 'Format'. In the drop-down menu, click on
'Style'. A new window will open with a box titled
'Styles'. Click on 'Heading 1' and press 'OK'. These
category headings will now all appear in 'Heading 1'
format.
3. Now place your cursor at the end of the first line
(in my example, 'Ad Tracking') and press RETURN twice.
Two paragraph marks (in 'Normal' style) will appear
beneath your first category heading (this is where you
will insert the text of your articles). Repeat this
for each category heading (place your cursor at the
end of the line, and hit RETURN twice).
4. When you see an ezine article that contains
valuable information, highlight it, copy it, and paste
it under the appropriate 'Category Heading'.
5. Highlight the title of the ezine article and use
the same procedure described above, but choose
'Heading 2' (instead of Heading 1).
6. Now click on INSERT in the toolbar of your Word
screen and go down to 'INDEX AND TABLES'. In the new
window that opens up, click on 'Table of Contents'. In
the lower right of that window is a box with a white
background that allows you to set the levels between 1
and 9. Choose 2. Then click 'OK'.
You'll find that your 'Information Categories'
appear as Chapter Headings and the Title of the
ezine articles appear as a Sections within a Chapter.
Notice that the page numbers at the far right of your
Table of Contents are hyperlinked; you can go to any
ezine article with the click of a mouse.
This Word document will become your personal 'Ezine
Encyclopedia'.
It will contain everything important that you've ever
read in an ezine. Isn't that better than having that
information scattered amongst 20 or 30 ezines?
When you have in place a well organized system like
this, it changes the way you view new information.
Instead of feeling overwhelmed by new information,
you'll simply place it under the appropriate
Information Category.
And when you need that information, instead of
searching through dozens of folders in your email
client, you'll know exactly where it is. This system
has saved me an enormous amount of time.
Eventually you'll end up with a large document that
contains as much valuable information as any web
marketing book. And it'll be much more up to date!
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Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for over
3 years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters how to use
this simple technique to build a successful online business.
Click here to find out more:
Ezine Writer
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