[epub] Re: Listbot to drop their free service?

["Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian" <drmani@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi all.

Listbot's dropping their free service is perhaps just another indication
of the unsustainability of the "for-free" model of web based services.

Ezines are going to be costly affairs.  Added to the time and energy spent
in planning and creating one, publishers now have to bear an extra
expense in distributing their newsletters.

In conjunction with the slump in online advertising sales, this means the
only *rational* way to run an ezine is to generate revenues in some other
ways from it.  This could mean charging a fee for subscription, or
using it to directly sell products or services to subscribers, or for the
lucky few, find sponsors/advertisers to bear the costs involved.

I'm sure we'll all look for and come up with more innovative ways to
turn an ezine into a money-spinner.  Any ideas, folks ?

-- 
Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian, M.D.
Ezine Launch : the ebook to help launch your ezine
http://www.EzineLaunch.com


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