Eight Steps Newsletter Writing; 3- Selecting the Content
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A newsletter is effective only when the content in it talks about readers’ interest. So while selecting the content the writer must need to know what the reader would like to read. The ‘news’ of course has to have some pleasant effect on the reader, so that it can stimulate the readers’ interest in what other things you’re saying. In order to make the reader getting involved in your word, firsts of all break the news in two forms, i.e. preview and review. The former one is a speculative analysis of the events or happening, and the later one is the explanation and commentary on the past happenings along with speculations of the effects of these happenings. The second important matter for the content of a newsletter is the element of regularity in it. This regularity depends on the number of issues you aim to have in one year. Always keep a room for something new in each issue, so that the reader shouldn’t fell that he’s getting bored by the repetition. Presentation is said to be the redeeming feature of any object, so it is of a newsletter. Try to think a totally different angle with which you’re going to present the news. Most probably the news you’re aiming to tell your readers is something they already know, so just change the angle and present it in a way they’ve never experienced before. And finally keep a balance in the features of the content, i.e. not unrelated content should be the part of the newsletter. |
Qurratulain on July 4th 2007 in Newsletters