Below is a excerpt from a Ezine Marketing Book I am putting together and this section talks about ISSN's.
I am hoping you can add such a automated feature within ListMail Pro.
I plan to promote ListMail Pro in my book as its to me the best email management script out there.
I just hope that you could add a tag that we can place in our ezine that would auto increment from one ezine issue to the next automatically. We could set up the tag features for each tag.
The tag would increment by each mailing as it got sent out.
This way a tag could be used across many lists or a tag for each list based on what the admin wants.
These tags could be simply used as issue numbers even if the admin doesnt have or care to use a ISSN for their ezine.
I guess a date format can work for this feature but having an issue tag that auto increments each time the tag is used would be cool to use either way.
We could have a combo of each maybe. We could input or ISSN # in a field when we set up our list?
Lots of ideas.
Thanks,
Richard Wing
www.BestDamnEzine.comThe Ezine ISSN
ISSN as most of you would have guessed by now is similar to the ISBN for books. ISSN or International Standard Serial Number is an 8 digit unique number given to Ezines. This number is especially useful if you wish to submit your Ezines to reputed libraries (online or offline) worldwide.
Like the ISBN, having an ISSN would unique identify your Ezine. However, there are certain guidelines that have to be followed in order to apply and subsequently get an ISSN. Firstly, you should depict an intention of continuing with your ezine publication regularly and indefinitely. You may not get an ISSN if your Ezine is only going to be published for a short period.
Secondly, each issue of an Ezine must be uniquely identified by a number in addition to the ISSN. For instance, the Ezine for the month of October in 2003 could be identified as 102003 or something of this sort. You could also associate a unique number considering some other factor. The key is to have a unique designation for each issue of the Ezine.
The advantages of having an ISSN are very similar to having an ISBN for an eBook. One of the biggest advantages is that ISSN would boost the credibility of your Ezine. An Ezine with an ISSN would be seen as much more professional when compared to an Ezine without one. Besides, you only get an ISSN if you have been publishing one for long and intend to do so even in the future. This also augments to the credibility factor. Another advantage is that copyright violations can be addressed easily if you have an ISSN.
Applying for an ISSN is quick, simple and above all free of cost. The following sites can be accessed to apply for an ISSN. They also provide a load of other information related to ISSN.
The US Library of Congress -
http://lcweb.loc.gov/issn/ (For North America Residents)
The ISSN organization –
http://www.issn.org/ (For all other countries)
