Re: [epub] First Time Nervousness!

[Ravi Jayagopal <ravi_prashanth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Here's a newsletter publishing tip for both newbies as well as seasoned 
publishers :

1. Create a small 'test' group on the same service as your actual ezine
* for example, if you are using yahoogroups.com to send your 
ezine/newsletter, then create another group called 'test-ezine' (or 
whatever name you get) and add about 5-10 different email addresses of your 
own, as subscribers.

2. Let this "test group" have a good variety - for example, I have added 
all these ids - ravi@hotmail.com, ravi@yahoo.com, ravi@write2me.net, 
ravi@this and ravi@that - to my test group (note for spammers in this group 
: these are not my real id's)

3. When my newsletter is ready to be published, I send it to my test group 
first, and check how it is delivered. If yours is a HTML newsletter,  you 
may be surprised to learn that sometimes the same ezine can look pretty 
different in Yahoo and Hotmail and http://www.Write2Me.net (and I'm not 
talking about different browsers here).

4. You will also be surprised to learn that, after you've checked out your 
'FINAL' version using the above test group, you will still get some more 
ideas for tweaking your ezine just that little bit more.

5. If you change anything whatsoever after you've tested it the first time, 
be SURE TO TEST IT AGAIN. You have no idea how a small change can screw 
things up.

6. After your final mailing to your test group, after you've made sure 
everything's just about perfect, without touching the source of your 
newsletter, just paste it into your actual ezine compose box, and hit send.

Hope this was of use to someone in the group.

My newsletter can be found online at 
http://www.BabyNamesIndia.com/infoconnexions/archives/

The above tip is copyrighted information. You may not use it anywhere 
without my permission. Thanks for honoring my copyright.

Ravi Jayagopal
Father, Founder, Developer & Publisher
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