To those of you recommending Directory of Ezines

I think you're going about it the right way after all. I found the misleadingly named "Directory of Ezines" wasn't something I wanted to buy. Sometimes people recommend things because someone else told them it was good -- we see that on the WF all the time. And D of E has an affiliate program, so you do the math.

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I can't comment on the directory as I'm not a member. As for getting syndicated, I can offer a couple of tips. Identify the authorities in your market and search them out on the SEs. Those who publish often have found the best sites to place syndicated content. Just follow them around and hit up the site admin with your pitch.

Another thing I found very fruitful was to search my market like this:

________________ online magazine (or newsletter). The niche or market goes in the space. I've found some that publish both online and physical magazines and newsletters. I haven't done much in the way of soliciting new sources lately but continue to receive notices that one or more of my articles is going to be in an upcoming issue. I have a blog with lots of syndicated stuff available so the people I've contacted that are interested can just go there and take what they like. And the subs just keep on coming in.

If your experience is anything like mine has been you might get somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 to 30 percent of the people you pitch to actually publish your stuff. It could probably be better but I don't much like the process so I don't push too hard. I also don't bother with folks looking for unique, unpublished stuff. Some here seem to be good at romancing such prospects and convincing them syndication is the way to go. I don't have the patience for that. Good luck.

I see your point myob about targeting the demographics, however I think to get this right might be a bit more difficult than what I am doing right now which is Googling search strings like MY NICHE "NEWSLETTER" which is giving my some results now after only 2 days of implementation.

I need to keep things as simple as possible since I am starting out, still need to do things like test conversion rates and work on good email follow up sequence.

I don't really understand this bit, if subscribers of these ezines are publishers how can I benefit? Will they contact me to publish my work if I appear in the ezine?

I would hang onto your membership there because word is they are going to build their list up again and it's supposed to be better.

It takes quite a few contacts to find the ones that will help you. Keep at it, you will get there.

Benjamin

well, i have been a member of DOE since before charlie page bought it. It does list more than a "few" ezines. But of course that does not mean that everyone will find 20+ ezines in their chosen niche.

DOE is just one of many tools you can use to possible find places to get articles published or advertise, but its by no means the only place that lists ezines. In fact for some niches, it may not even be the best or most common place these ezines are listed.

I think it sounds like you just need to up your networking time and effort in your niche. surely there are business and other sites that are serving your niche to some degree. This may be either directly or like MYOB mentioned some sort of related niche that has those same customers. Think cross-sell products or sites.

i know myob looks for offline publications as well, so that might be something to look into. You might also look for guest blogging opportunities in your niche. A blog post and an article are pretty much the same thing really.

Is this not an opportunity, perhaps? If your niche is a buying niche perhaps creating an ezine for it would be beneficial and lucrative.

How does one go about monetizing an ezine?

If quality traffic is what you're after then I would focus most of your efforts on writing high quality content on your own site and focusing on SEO.

Im at around 100 emails sent out to different sites in my first week, have bookmarked a lot of niche related link pages, a big niche related directory and just found a niche related search engine.

From those alone I think I can get at least another couple hundred emails sent out. I am confident that my hobby niche is big enough for my article syndication efforts to pay off in the coming months. However I am aware that I am a beginner and with no results yet cannot really be too confident.

Reason I started this thread is not because I cannot find anywhere to pitch my artilce for syndication via email. Its because experienced article marketers recommend the DOE, whereas I cannot figure out how I can use what is in there for my specific niche.

For now I think I will just put the DOE to one side and use my bookmarks and google to further increase the number of sites I send my email out to in order to find publishers.

I would also like to know how travlinguy goes about pitching to the potential publishers

I have been a member of the DOE for several years. For the new site Charlie has gone through the full list of ezines and culled the ones that are either no longer in existence, or are not as advertised ( e.g. inflated subscriber numbers) or don't deliver for advertisers (e.g. poor relationship between list and list owner).

AND you're right, this has slashed the number of ezines listed. But the ones listed in the new site are the cream for those who are advertising in ezines. Your particular niche may not be represented - as you say :-)

I would hang on to your memebership though. Apart from the other benefits of membership I know Charlie will be adding to the list of ezines as he goes on. He's nothing if not single minded in delivering value to his customers.

If you're looking for big email lists then check out arcamax.com. Solid double opt in and great customer service for advertisers.

Can you tell me how many ezines are there for the marketing and health industry?

If DofE doesn't do it for you, contact Arcamax and ask them what they have in your niche...they have alot of newsletters in many niches.

Any updates of the DOE? Still going through updates and changes? Worth the $197.00? I'm seriously considering just not completely convinced its worth it just yet.....