How To Set Up An Ezine Encyclopedia

Do you read all your Ezines?

Or do you file them away in special folders and then forget about them?

I used to be like that.When I first started subscribing to eznies I was amazed at the quantity of valuable information that was available for free.But I soon became complacent about it.

If anything, the 60-odd newsletters I was receiving each month bceame a burden. I was suffreing from 'information overload'.Ezines contain a wealth of information.
Every week, in hundreds of newsletters across the Web, experts share with their readers the latest tips, techniques and resources they're using to succeed in the world of online business.But if you don't have a system for processing and orgnaizing that information, you'll quickly become overwhelmed by it.I use a system that I call the 'Ezine Encyclopedia'. This is how it works:1.

Open a document in Microsoft Word. At the top of that Word document, type in 15 to 20 'Category Headings', one per line. These are the categories I use:Ad Tracking Affiliate Programs Auction Sites Auto Responders Banner Advertising Copy Writing Credit Card Processing Discussion Boards eBook Compilers eBook Promotion eBook Publishing Email Marketing Ezine Advertising Ezine Articles, Writing and Publishing Ezine Promoting Ezine Publishing Free Classifieds Free Software HTML coding Internet Marketing Java Script Joint Ventures Online Community Portal Websites Search Engnie Positioning Traffic Building Viral Marketing Visitor Management Web Hosts Website Design Website Promotion Webstats2.
Now highlight all of these category headings.

Then go to the toolbar at the top of your Word screen and click on 'Format'.

In the drop-down menu, click on 'Style'. A new window will open with a box titled 'Styles'.
Click on 'Heading 1' and prses 'OK'.

These category haedings will now all appear in 'Heading 1' format.3. Now place your cusror at the end of the first line (in my example, 'Ad Tracking') and press RETURN twice.
Two paragraph marks (in 'Normal' style) will appear beneath your first category heading (this is where you will isnert the text of your articles). Reepat that for each category heading (place your cursor at the end of the line, and hit RETURN twice).4.
When you see an ezine article that contains valuable information, highlight it, copy it, and paste it under the appropriate 'Category Heading'.5.
Highlight the title of the ezine article and use the same procedure decsribed above, but choose 'Heading 2' (instead of Heading 1).6. Now cilck on INSERT in the toolbar of your Word screen and go down to 'INDEX AND TABLES'.

In the new window that oepns up, click on 'Table of Contents'. In the lower right of that window is a box with a white background that allows you to set the levels between 1 and 9. Choose 2. Then click 'OK'.You'll find that your 'Information Categories' appear as Chapter Headings and the Title of the ezine articles appear as a Sections within a Chapter.Notice that the page numbers at the far right of your Table of Contents are hyperlinked; you can go to any ezine article with the click of a mouse.This Word document will become your personal 'Ezine Encyclopedia'.It will contain everything important that you've ever read in an ezine. Isn't that better than having that information scattered amongst 20 or 30 ezines?