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Re: EzineAnnouncer vs Newsletter Promote? *LINK*
Posted By: Rebekah Nahai In Response To: EzineAnnouncer vs Newsletter Promote? *LINK* (Jason Potash)
Date: Tuesday, 7 January 2003, at 1:47 a.m.
Hi all,
I just wrote a review of the two products a couple of days ago, so hopefully it's of some help.
Newsletter Promote vs. EzineAnnouncer
If any length of time has elapsed since you've been marketing online, chances are you've heard of promoting your business through free article writing and distribution.
By attaching a resource box to the end of your article and sending it out to publishers and article banks, you've created an efficient funnel for generating free publicity for your website.
After a while, however, the task of distributing your article by hand, over and over again, can become tedious and downright boring.
Desperate times called for drastic measures, and inevitably, two marketers came up with the idea of producing a tool to promote articles to multiple sources "at the click of a button."
Those ideas developed into software programs, and EzineAnnouncer by Jason Potash and Newsletter Promote by Paul Knapp were born.
Both programs claim to increase e-zine subscriptions by "up to 700%" and automate your article promotion process "by up to 100%." The results will be so great, they claim, you'll be utterly and completely swamped in a sea of new subscribers and basking in the light of the massive free publicity.
If you're like me, your first instinct is to jump on such a perfect opportunity without further ado. It's for this precise reason that I returned to the EzineAnnouncer website time and time again to read the sales letter in its entirety, debating my indecision as to whether I should shell out the $69 or not.
I downloaded the trial version, played around with it, and was satisfied with the easy interface the software offered. Yet considering the demo provides very limited resources compared to the full product, I wasn't able to nearly experience its full potential.
My mind was changed when I stumbled upon Newsletter Promote. Similar features and much smaller price tag ($37) had me convinced, and I handed over my hard-earned money.
Outright disappointment greeted me upon completion of the download. The product proved to meet the opposite of my expectations for several reasons.
First, Paul Knapp claimed in his sales letter that "only e-zines with over 50,000 subscribers were listed, as anything less than this is a waste of time." I'm curious then, Paul, why are there listings with subscriber bases of 13,000?
While the latter number is still a good size, it merely shows that he contradicts himself, shooting down the product's credibility (and desirability).
Second, while the article submissions support merge features (Hi Bob, How's your e-zine Bob's Ezine?), the same unconvincing, pre-fabricated message is sent out to all the publishers. The instructions make it unclear as to whether this message can be changed or not.
Since the e-zine publishers who are listed must recieve that same generic e-mail over and over again from Newsletter Promote customers, they recognize the fake nature of the letter and undoubtedly send each message to the trash can -- without even reading the article. Thus, the entire purpose of the software is defeated.
Lastly, there are some broken links to article submission sites, as well as a couple of irrelevant e-zine categories. Once again, credibility is shot down and the desire for a refund keeps growing by the second.
After contacting both Paul Knapp and the credit card company he uses asking for my money back, no reply has been sent and no refund issued. Unless you have a burning desire to purchase a poor product that doesn't deliver as promised -- as well as find yourself tapping your foot impatiently as you wait for the refund you'll inevitably ask for -- I suggest you stay away from NewsletterPromote.
On the other hand, here's a link where you can test-drive the software for $11...
http://www.newsletterpromote.com/11.htm
Beware, I suggest only taking advantage of this offer as a last resort if your business is on the sharp edge of crashing and burning. Otherwise, I don't suggest it at all.In a match between EzineAnnouncer and NewsletterPromote, EzineAnnouncer has my vote all the way. You get over 1,000 resources to instantly promote your e-zine and articles as well as several valuable bonuses well worth the $69. Jason Potash truly overdelivers by offering a full risk-free year to decide whether you find the software useful or not.
You can read more about EzineAnnouncer and the benefits at
http://www.scamfreebiz.com/go/ea.htm===
In all fairness, I haven't actually bought the full version of EzineAnnouncer -- however, that doesn't necessarily affect my review of Newsletter Promote :-) I enjoyed the simplicity and customization of the demo version of EA.
Have a great night,
Rebekah Nahai
TheSalesLetterEditor.com
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