02.15.01

Today, WebSiteNotes brings you information on how to start marketing
in newsgroups. Newsgroups can be an effective way to get the word out
about your product or service.

Newsgroups are also useful for product feedback. You can easily find
out what is being said about you and your product. This gives you an
edge in fighting the flames in case a fire breaks out.

We have included some basic information to get you started along with
some tips to keep your campaign rolling. There are also links where
you can search for newsgroups and some software to make the whole
process easier.

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We hope that you find this newsletter interesting and useful.

Patrick Stoddard, Editor

Marketing to Newsgroups

Getting Started on Usenet

http://usenet.about.com/internet/usenet/msub_intro.htm

About.com has several links to get you started with
Usenet. This is a good introduction to newsgroups, names of
newsgroups, and how to use them.

Deja News

http://www.deja.com/

Search Deja's website for Internet marketing groups
and others that target specific products.

Liz's 22 Usenet Survival Tips

http://costumejewels.about.com/blusenet.htm

Tips for promoting your site on Usenet from Isabelle Bryman.
Learn what works and what doesn't. These tips are very
useful if you are unfamiliar with newsgroups.

Newsgroup Software

Forte's Free Agent News Reader

http://www.forteinc.com/agent/freagent.htm

You can browse newsgroups at will, dipping into threads as they
interest you. Free Agent makes it easy for you to quickly sample
threads and newsgroups. You don't have to subscribe to a newsgroup
to see what's happening

Cost: Free

News Rover

http://www.newsrover.com/

News Rover automates the process of searching for messages,
downloading them, decoding file attachments, and reconstructing files
that are split across multiple messages. News Rover does all of this
automatically while you are at work, sleeping, or browsing the 'Net.
Download the free demo.

Cost: Free to try, $29.95 for the full version

Apicviewer Freeware

http://www.aadsoft.com/apicv/apicv.htm

Multimedia Freeware that lets you automatically search, download,
display and email your favorites pictures, videos, movies and sounds
from Usenet newsgroups

Cost: Free

Newgroup Services

NetFiber Newsgroup Services

http://netfiber.com:8080/usenet/services.htm

Subscribers use Netfiber Newsgroup Services to make scheduled news
postings to Internet newsgroups. I don't know about you, but I can
always use a little help.

Cost: $10 per year

UseNet Server

http://home1.gte.net/docthomp/freenews.htm

Tired of having to change news servers so often? UseNet Server offers
incredible speed and over 65,000 groups. Try the free 24 hour trial
password.

Cost: $6.95 per month

Airnews

http://www.airnews.net/

Airnews is a subscription-based, premium Usenet News service
available to anyone with a connection to the Internet. The news
systems at Airnews currently carry over 33,000 newsgroups and have a
total of over 18.8 million articles available.

Cost: $9.95 per month