Making the Most of Low Cost E zine Ads

Did you know that it is possible to reach more than 1000 people with just an investment of £5? That’s right, the Internet is the medium where even low cost advertising can get you the eyeballs that you want.

What are the reasons that one should choose the path of ezine advertising. The reasons are fairly logical.

If you have developed a product or a website, then you would definitely need ezine advertising. Ezine advertising can range from the very simple to the most fancy ones. Ezine are small newsletters that are published on specific topics, (the range is prolific and these ezine cover the most basic to the most intriguing topics). These are then mailed to the subscribers.

There are medical journal ezine and those meant for children and well there are several which are even dedicated to porn on the net. So the entire range is vast. The subscribers might range from a few hundred to a few thousand, dependent upon the subject, its use and its versatility.

Most of these ezine are not spam. Their intentions are very genuine and are sent to those subscribers who have opted to receive these subscriptions. Therefore, they include options to opt out of receiving the ezine too.

The ezine are meant to reach the subscribers in a fast, convenient and an affordable way. To meet their financial requirements, they also lease out space on their ezine to potential advertisers who need to reach such a target audience. The revenue generation helps the ezine to offer the subscribers more at a lesser subscription rate. They operate in much the same way as newspaper business does.

The advantages of advertising in the ezine are a plenty.

1. Specifically they can reach a desired target audience. For example, if you have developed a specific accounting tool, then its best to advertise in ezine dedicated to accounting. This will instantly reach the target market of chartered accountants, stock market operators etc. therefore, you would be bang on target.
2. Its instantaneous ezine are published on the Internet. For this very specific reason, the ezine reaches the target market as soon as it is ready to be published. The subscribers can also download it immediately as soon as it ‘s published on the net. Therefore, your advertisement reaches its intended place without further delay.
3. Like newspapers, ezine ads make the ezine more affordable to subscribe. Ezine ads are also very cost effective. For as little as £5 one can reach 1000 customers/ subscribers.
4. Its possible to also test a small target market, before targeting the entire group. Therefore, ezine ads give much leeway and flexibility to the advertisers.

All good things do have some drawbacks and this is true even of ezine ads. They are few but at times, they can overwhelm you.

1. They are literally thousands of ezine to choose from, as well as hundreds of ezine, which are dedicated to the same topic. It can become difficult for the advertiser to choose which ezine to place the ad, such that they can get maximum mileage out of placing the ad.
2. Negotiation of rates and for how long the advertisement should run can also be a tedious affair.
3. How effective the ad has been in reaching its target customers via the ezine can be a time consuming affair.
4. Deciding whether to stay with the same ezine or changing over to another ezine. This decision can be a tough one.

One can opt for an ezine ad broker. These companies help in finding you the right ezine, in which you can place the ads. Some of these ad broker sites are:

http://www.pennmedia.com/
http://e-target.com/
http://sunmoments.com/lifestyles/ads/eb.html
http://www.topica.com/advertise/
http://www.webspinnersdesignco.com/ezine_advertising.html

The ad brokers are responsible for the following

1. Verify that the ezine are genuine, who will run the ad after taking advertisement revenue from you
2. Verify the number of subscribers as represented by the ezine
3. Verify that they genuinely pace ads on their websites and not deal in Spam

Usually the ad brokers charge a commission and this can range from £150 onwards.

Effective pointers on how the ezine ad should be

Normally all ezine ads should be 7 lines and have a maximum of 65 characters. Successful ones as shown below:

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1. Successful advertisements will appeal to the target market. Know what your audience requires from you.

2. Have a catchy phrase or sentence, which will grab the attention of the audience.

3. Promote the website, the aim should be to get as many clicks as possible and furthermore these clicks should spell revenue for you at the end of the day

4. Prepare a number of ads and their sizes; this will help to put the most appropriate one that will catch the attention of the people.

5. Testing of ads is a must – run the ads in a small population to gauge the reaction of the target audience. If need be, you can also change the ad to suit the requirements.

6. The other material should also be in the right format. For example the order form should have been uploaded and working.