Ezines, What are they?

How do they work? And can they work for you?
Yes is the answer, and in a BIG way if you know how to handle and set them up

 

The term ezine is short for “electronic magazine.” “E-zine” and “e-Zine” are spelling variations. A similar term is “ejournal.” There are several usages of the term ezine. The term is similar to zine, which is derived from magazine and is used to describe “small press” or personally distributed magazines or newsletters.

– An early use of the term ezine described a new kind of Web site that contained a stylized mixture of content (articles, pictures, poetry, fiction, and comment) conveyed in a way that exploited and celebrated the Web as a new information medium.

– Some ezines publishers saw ezines as an opportunity to reach an audience electronically and more economically than was possible with print medium. As a result, hundreds of Web site ezines were created, each devoted to a special cause, subject, or sensibility. This kind of ezine is roughly the cyberspace equivalent of the printed version and when printed out, is in fact, the equivalent.