Re: Can you get free content?

From: Michael Martinez <Michael_at_xenite.org>
Date: Tue 20 Feb 2001 06:17:13 -0600

CHRIS YOUNG <Chris.Young_at_Securicor-eSolutions.com> WROTE:

>I have built up a list of about 600 registered users to
>my opt-in email list. The site covers reviews and
>details of audio and video products (home theater,
>digital cameras, cell phones, etc.) however I am so
>busy maintaining/promoting the site that I do not have
>time to write a newsletter to send out! I was wondering
>if there is such a thing as a list of companies that
>will offer content for such a newsletter in return for
>placing their ads in too? I do not want to pass the
>list on to other companies however as I have promised
>my subscribers that this will not happen.

>Also what is the best way to send the newsletter out?
>Do I just create a large BCC list and use Outlook? I'm
>worried that my ISP will think I am spamming!

I don't want to sound harsh, but I think you should
have looked into this before getting the subscriber
base. For one thing, there is a limit to how many
addresses you can blind-copy. You should set up a
free email list somewhere and limit posting to
yourself. Services you can check out include
Topica, Yahoogroups, and Listbot (there are others
but I don't know them all). You may have to ask
your subscribers to confirm their subscriptions.

As for free content, yes, there are some companies
which claim to provide it. But the well seems to
run dry quickly. Finding companies with
up-to-date databases and constant new content is
not easy because the search engines seem to like
the failures. :)

Hopefully a few people can recommend some services
on this list. But I long ago gave up looking for
interesting content for newsletters. All I ever
found was either totally rehashed stuff that has
been distributed everywhere, or was ancient
content (2-3 years old), or the sites were dead.

Good luck.

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