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Business Definition for: Newsletter

  • an informal publication, issued periodically by an organization or agency to provide information to a particular audience. A newsletter may be issued externally or it may take the form of an in-house newsletter, or house journal, used to aid the internal communication process. It is becoming more common for newsletters to be issued in electronic format.

Wiktionary Definition for: Newsletter

  • A form of advertizing sent periodically.

Additional Resources

How To Avoid The Most-Common Company Newsletter Mistakes
A well made newsletter can prove to be an excellent investment for companies. Whether the company is using a customer newsletter to boost sales or employee newsletter to educate workers, the process will definitely give positive results. The results might be in the form of payback that will offset the...
Tags: Corporate communications, CompanyNewsletters.com Inc., newsletter, worker, sales
White papers 2003-01-01
Time-Tested, Proven Story Ideas for Your Employee Newsletter
It happens to virtually every employee newsletter editor. For some newsletter issues, a person has more news than will fit into his newsletter. But if things have been quiet at the person's company in recent months, the person might have the opposite dilemma: Trying to come up with enough articles...
Tags: Corporate communications, CompanyNewsletters.com Inc., newsletter
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A Checklist, and Review, of the Conventional Wisdom in Newsletter Design (Newsletter Design 101)
How important is "Design" to a successful newsletter? Most would probably answer, "Not particularly," although the author remembers design consultant Jan White's remarking, "I understand that newsletter subscribers are information sponges, but must they be made to suffer so in the process?" This paper provides some basics for effective newsletter...
Tags: Corporate communications, AllBusiness.com, newsletter
White papers 2003-01-15
Internet Newsletter - How to Add Audio Files to Your Newsletter
Online newsletter can benefit from the multiple advancements in web technology, such as supporting HTML, Flash movies or audio files. Many webmasters consider that inserting an audio file in the newsletter makes it more recognizable and more dynamic. This is true, as long as a few technical issues are very...
Tags: Corporate communications, EzineArticles.com, newsletter, web technology, HTML, benefit, Internet, Web
White papers 2006-09-21
The Marvelous, Mysterious Life of an E-Mail Newsletter
The article asserts about a lot of the marvelous, mysterious life of an e-mail newsletter. The technology allows us, among other things, to know exactly who is opening and reopening the newsletter and when, what they click on, where they subsequently go on the client's web site, how many times...
Tags: Corporate communications, MarketingProfs, newsletter, e-mail, career, Web site, industry, Web
White papers 2003-02-25
Tips to Make Your Company Newsletter More Cost Effective
Done correctly, a newsletter can be an excellent investment for the company. Whether one is using a customer newsletter to boost sales and referrals or an employee newsletter to educate workers and provide recognition, one should definitely expect a payback that offsets the costs of publishing the newsletter. The payback...
Tags: Corporate communications, CompanyNewsletters.com Inc., payback, newsletter, investment, sales, customer service, worker
White papers 2003-01-01
Ten Tips To Make Sure Your Company Newsletter Gets Read, Not Tossed
From the executive summary: ‘There are only two kinds of company newsletters: those that are read and those that are tossed. Through its design and content, a company newsletter needs to capture the attention of potential readers and keep it. A newsletter will not receive any results if the Web...
Tags: Corporate communications, CompanyNewsletters.com Inc., newsletter
White papers 2003-01-01
How to Make an Employee Newsletter Your CEO's Best Friend
Does your CEO take your employee newsletter seriously? Do you, as editor of the employee newsletter, get the support and funding you need from upper management?” Fortunately, front-line employees usually relish the benefits of a company newsletter more than upper-level managers. Ask any employee whose accomplishments have been highlighted...
Tags: Corporate communications, CompanyNewsletters.com Inc., newsletter, CEO, worker, benefit, financial, job
White papers 2003-01-01
Put Your Newsletter to Work
A quality newsletter, sent regularly, is one of the best ways to present yourself as a trusted professional. It helps one to develop and maintain relationships, say thanks for referrals, make announcements, publish testimonials, and notify clients of home tours. Three elements make a successful newsletter: Content is king, First...
Tags: Corporate communications, AllBusiness.com, newsletter
White papers 2005-11-01
A Copyright Primer for Newsletter Editors
To the delight of attorneys everywhere, newsletter editors are making themselves easy targets for lawsuits because they either ignore or don't understand copyright laws. As a newsletter industry insider, the author frequently sees and hears of many examples of copyright infringement. In fact, as a newsletter publisher myself, the author...
Tags: Corporate communications, CompanyNewsletters.com Inc., newsletter, copyright law, industry
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Partner Power
Wishing for more subscribers to the company's e-newsletter? Then create a co-registration campaign to connect with a new audience - visitors on other websites will be able to sign up for the person's newsletter on the spot. Newsletter owners with a list size comparable to one's might do a free...
Tags: Corporate communications, Entrepreneur.com Inc., newsletter, Web site
White papers 2005-08-01
Three Types of Newsletters
Promotional Newsletters is a newsletter that is frequently used by businesses to promote a product or service. It is also known as a marketing newsletter. A promotional or marketing newsletter is typically sent to current or prospective customers free of charge. Not strictly a sales pitch, the promotional newsletter does...
Tags: Corporate communications, newsletter, marketing, sales
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Create A Quick Newsletter
This easy-to-use template can be customized to create a simple but professional newsletter. The ZIP file contains instructions and the newsletter template.
Tags: Corporate communications, BNET, newsletter
Tools & templates 2006-11-13
Recipe for a Newsletter
After almost 20 years, Apple Annie's Cider Press, the newsletter produced by Apple Annie's Orchard and Apple Annie's Produce and Pumpkins is still on a roll. The newsletter is distributed once a year, usually mid-June, right before the orchard and farm open for the season. Included in the newsletter are...
Tags: Corporate communications, AllBusiness.com, newsletter, Apple Inc.
White papers 2005-09-01
Using Blogging to Promote Your Company
Using Blogging to Promote Your CompanyUsing a Blog and a Newsletter TogetherOne of the things that got me into blogging was making my monthly newsletter easier to produce. Instead of rushing to put together a newsletter every month, I blog throughout the month and then select my favorites from http://blogginginnovation...
Tags: Corporate communications, newsletter, blogging
Discussion threads 2008-01-11
How To Put Together A Great News Letter
Ever wonder how to keep in touch with customers? Educate your sales force? Get credit for your expertise? Maybe a newsletter is what you need. Of course, a newsletter isn't right for everyone. This paper explains things which can be done by newsletter: build loyalty; educate; boost credibility; stay in...
Tags: Corporate communications, Sales force management, newsletter, sales force, sales
White papers 2007-07-01
Newsletter Design Clinic: 3Cs
The first lesson of good newsletter design is to practice the 3Cs: Consistency; Conservation (Clutter-busting); and Contrast. As with any design, these are not hard and fast rules. There is rarely only one way to do something. But one should follow these guidelines and he or she can turn a...
Tags: Corporate communications, newsletter
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7 Best Practices For E-mail Newsletters and E-mail Newsletter Marketing
Many companies in modern day time has found that it is crucial to have an internet presence in order to be viewed as a real company. In fact there are many consumers who make buying decisions based on the information contained in a company's web site. Along with that has...
Tags: Corporate communications, newsletter, podcasting, best practice, e-mail, blog, marketing, Web site, Web, Internet
White papers 2006-06-22
Internet Newsletter Marketing - Then and Now
Almost every newsletter publisher has a website. It's become a little like accepting credit cards. Having a presence on the web - putting that URL on all the materials - helps establish one's bona fides as a legitimate publishing business. Newsletter publisher websites are giving away less "Free information" than...
Tags: Corporate communications, Web site development, Web technology, AllBusiness.com, newsletter, credit card, Web site, Web, Internet
White papers 2004-09-07
Would You Launch Your Newsletter Today?
What would a person say to someone considering a new venture in newsletter publishing in 2004? Is it reasonable to admit that the salad days of the business are behind people? The author has conducted a lot of interviews with publishers and the stories of the ones who started from...
Tags: Corporate communications, AllBusiness.com, newsletter
White papers 2004-02-15
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