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Newsletter Solutions is an exciting new how-to newsletter about writing, editing, designing and producing newsletters. Developed with newsletter professionals in mind, it offers advice and tips on all aspects of newsletters. That's everything from editing and writing to designing and photography to production and direct mail.

The Slot: Wonderful site. Info about copy editing, grammar, style.

The Eye is a resource for writers, editors, designers, project managers, communications specialists, and everyone else who cares about contemporary publishing practices. Any aspect of effective printed, electronic, visual, or spoken communication is likely to appear as a topic in the Eye. If you think that sounds like a lot of territory to try to cover, you're right. But the Eye is up to the challenge. In fact, it's our mission.

Roger C. Parker: Words of design, presentation and writing wisdom from the author of "Looking Good In Print" and "Design for Dummies." Great resources on this site.

Barbara McNichol, professional editor: Barbara McNichol, creator of the nationally-known "Word Trippers" column and booklet, develops articles, brochures, book proposals, and other marketing materials. Barbara will polish your writing without changing your style. For editing, proofreading and revisions, contact her at Editor@BarbaraMcNichol.com or 303-450-7377.

RKS Marketing Resources: Specializes in creating effective websites for small and medium-sized businesses and organizations in Northern California. They also do an excellent job redesigning and updating sites, as they did for our Put It In Writing site.

The Publishing Business Group: Offers consulting services, business tips, a publisher's bookstore and links covering every aspect of the newsletter and magazine publishing business.

John Alston: John is a keynote speaker and performance strategist, who works with organizations, institutions, and individuals striving to infuse a new spirit into their professional or personal efforts to get rid of "head trash." With poignancy, humor, and common sense, John affirms the greatest antidote for the bittersweet nature of competence, personal responsibility, and ongoing personal development. He provides thought provoking and "spicy" insight, and usable skills while pointing out that, "Life doesn't stop because we have a personal crisis; it goes on. My job is to assist people in ways of improving the only thing that reality respects - performance."

Multicultural Marketing: Michael Lee, Certified Speaking Professional, speaks on how to effectively market to people from other cultures. He has authored a series of books on targeting the multicultural marketplace.

Eve Abbott, the Organizer Extraordinaire: Author and national speaker, Eve has taught thousands of corporate and entrepreneurial clients how to work at least 25% more effectively through her presentations and hands-on individual consultations.

Craig Harrison: Motivational speaker, corporate trainer, communication coach. Craig speaks on communication skills, success and customer service. His popular presentations include "Your 16-Second Success: Riding Your Elevator Speech!" "Take the Chill Out of Cold Calls," "Handling Difficult Questions & Questioners," "Speak Up...Speak Out: Assertiveness Skills," and "Holding Serve - The Role of Service in Customer Retention." Craig is on the board of the National Speakers Association, Northern California Chapter.

Debbie Allen: Voted Who's Who of Marketing Experts, international professional speaker and author of Confessions of Shameless Self Promoters. Debbie has built and sold six companies and is a recipient of the Blue Chip Enterprise Award sponsored by the National Chamber of Commerce. Debbie is an expert in marketing and retail business. Her articles have been featured in Entrepreneur, Selling Power, Sales & Marketing Excellence and many other publications. She is a frequent guest of radio and TV and presented to thousands from around the world. Visit her website to download a free chapter of her book, sign up for her free newsletter and learn more about her Power Marketing.

Confessions of Shameless Self-Promoters^TM: Edited by Debbie Allen, Confessions of Shameless Self-Promoters^TM is a unique marketing book which will provide you with tips, tools and a wealth of ideas to help you market and promote your business to another level of success! These solid, implementable ideas can be put to use immediately to see dramatic results to your marketing efforts. Confessions of Shameless Self-Promoters^TM is a book of individual marketing success strategies, motivation, and how-tos with a creative and innovative slant. Vivid points, inspiring examples and cartoons are illustrated in this 198-page paperback book.

Kathleen Mohn, Productive Business Communicating: Kathleen trains people in large organizations to write with confidence and speak with clarity. She also delivers a one-day program called "Designing Your Career," intended to help employees do their best work within their present organization.

Jim McCraigh: Speaker, author and business development specialist.

Speaking About Work^TM: Dr. Rhoberta Shaler will assist you and your team to communicate, cooperate and collaborate for individual and organizational success. Explore this site for information, free tools, subscriptions and articles to help you get started right away!

Cuclis Communications: A public relations firm specializing in public relations programs, publicity campaigns, and marketing materials for health and human services, advocacy, and public affairs organizations. Cuclis Communications can increase demand for your services, get attention for your cause, and empower your organization to raise more money They get results through creative strategies that don't require a huge marketing budget.

Motivation123.com: Want to get motivated? Get your free Motivation123 Idea-Kit, free motivation newsletter, and hundreds of quick and easy tips to help you reach your goals and improve your attitude.

The Motivational and Inspirational Corner: America's motivational headquarters, where you'll find motivational and inspirational quotes and stories. Home of the Power Up Passage of the Day and the Power Performance Program.

U.S. Newspapers: Links to more than 3,300 United States newspapers.

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Magazine CyberCenter:  An online "newsstand" that includes over 1000 newsstand-sold magazines. You can search the database by title or topic. Once you've found magazines you want, review a recent table of contents, order a subscription, locate a nearby retailer, jump to the publisher's home pages, or e-mail the editors.

Magazinedata - Media Kits Online:  This site offers a directory of magazine media kits. The information can be extremely helpful if you are trying to research a new market or learn about your competitors. If your magazine isn't listed there, be sure to add it.

Magazines on the Internet:  This is a comprehensive list, by subject, of magazines you can contact online. There is also a listing of major publishing companies, the best such listing we've seen so far.

Newsletter Access:  This searchable directory of 5,000 newsletters includes excerpts and ordering information.

News Directory  This is a directory of the web sites of printed publications including magazines and newspapers. Search the directory for a title or by subject, and naturally, you can jump directly to the publication when you find one that interests you.

Publist:  has licensed the Ulrich's International Periodical Database of over 250,000 publications and put it up online. Go there to find all the publications on any topic you can imagine.

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Business plan books and software: In our online bookstore, we have a list of recommended literature and software, specifically related to writing business plans. A business plan is an important prerequisite for publishing success.

Calendar of publishing events: This calendar is a new element of our Web site. It lists upcoming events that are relevant to publishing professionals, including conferences, seminars, tradeshows and trainings.

DoubleClick: As internet advertising specialists, these guys develop solutions which make advertising work on the Internet for Web publishers and Web advertisers. They can manage your ad sales and marketing efforts on the web. Check out their site and see if they can help you.

PromoteOne:  This group offers help promoting web sites. They've got a book, links and other useful resources for web publishers.

The Publishing Law Center:  This award-winning site is dedicated to teaching people about laws surrounding the publishing industry.  If you have legal questions, look here for informative answers.  They'll help you to "stay on the right side of the law."

Publishing software: Our Web site's bookstore has a shelf dedicated entirely to providing useful publishing software for people who need tools to help with Web design and management, magazine page layout, graphics manipulation, business plan development, or subscription fulfillment.

Education and training for publishers

Stanford Professional Publishing Courses: Stanford offers several different programs for mid-level managers in book and magazine publishing companies.

Folio: This magazine trade magazine also offers a series of conferences and seminars around the country. Check for dates and locations.

MPA courses: The Magazine Publishers of America offers dozens of excellent classes and seminars, mostly in New York.

Niche Media Seminars: This private company offers advertising sales training seminars all around the country.

Robin's Nest - Resource for writers 
Writer's Way - Lots of well organized links 
Writer's Corner Links 

Copyright Brochure - Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Association 

Newsletter Editors' Resource List - Journalism links 

Directory of Organizations for Small Presses and Self-Publishers - Laughing Bear

Publishing On-Demand - Laughing Bear

Web Site Tips and Tricks - Laughing Bear [see site for more links]

Postal Rate Decision Page - Direct Marketing Association
USPS Business Rate Calculator 

Idea Exchange - (Sappi) Idea bank for design and printing techniques  

Book Links
Magazine Links
Printing Primer - International Paper

Writing That Works - Business writing newsletter; writing techniques, editing and style, 
Grammar Patrol 
101 Writing Answers 
101 Publishing Answers - Newsletters, e-publishing,  
101 Content Answers 

Choosing the Right Style Manual - Writing That Works; common differences, tips to deal with it  

Society for Publication Design 

Online Journalism Review (OJR)
A Journalist's Guide to the Internet



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Publishing Associations
American Business Press (ABP): The ABP is an association of business-to-business publishers. One excellent service is providing educational materials and references for publishers.

Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC): Around since 1914, these guys do circulation audits for more than 5,000 advertisers, magazines, and newspapers. For a one time fee, you can gain access to many of their member's audit reports.

BPA International: They have set the industry standard for media auditing accuracy, integrity and objectivity since 1931. They do audits of both print and online publications. On their site, you can view audit reports for many of their members for free. A great resource for researching the circulation and distribution patterns of successful publications.

The Editorial Freelancers Association: The EFA is a wonderful resource for hiring freelance editors .

The Independent Press Association: The IPA is a wonderful non-profit organization that helps small and independent publications of all varieties. They have some 400 member publications all over the US. They offer a range of services from paper buying to newsstand distribution and education programs. If you are launching or running a small magazine or newspaper, we suggest that you contact IPA to see how they can help you .

International Regional Magazines Association: IRMA is an association of city, state and regional magazine publishers. They hold conferences and offer other services to their members.

Magazine Publishers of America (MPA): The MPA is the industry association for consumer magazines. Established in 1919, the MPA represents more than 200 US-based publishing companies with more then 1,200 titles; more than 75 international companies; and more than 90 associate members providing services to the industry. MPA dues are tied to magazine revenues, and most of their services are geared toward the larger, established companies who belong. Tiny, independent publications are better off joining the IPA (See previous listing). But if you happen to live in New York, check out the MPA courses and seminars which are open to everyone, and very well done. They also have an unbeatable resources library that anyone can use.

National Writers Union: This group offers workshops and other excellent services for writers. Publishers can use the organization to connect with good writers. You can also download a sample article contract from them.

Newsletter and Electronic Publishers Association (NEPA):  The NPA is an association dedicated to helping newsletter publishers succeed. They offer excellent conferences, and their site includes listings of companies that provide custom publishing services. NPA membership can help first-time publishers quickly learn the ropes and network with experienced people.

Society of National Association Publications (SNAP): Promotes the interests of the voluntary associations and societies that are members. They offer conferences, seminars and publications addressing the unique needs of their members. We find their resources useful for all publshers who want to provide compelling information.

Western Publishers Association (WPA):  The WPA is an association of magazine publishers and suppliers to magazines. The organization offers seminars and other member benefits. Their site will explain. It also provides a job bank and a member directory. For the price, which is very fair, I think the WPA is a good bargain if your business is located in the Western U.S. Give a look.