Average/best length of newsletter article?
Chris Borokowski
athloi at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 30 09:48:17 MDT 2007
Best length for a column: about 1,000 words
For a blog, about 500-750 words
In any true "newsletter," I would adapt article length to content. I'd
keep news items short at under 250 words. I would make feature articles
under 750.
--- Geoff Hart <ghart at videotron.ca> wrote:
> I'm not surprised, since there's no such thing, at least not in any
> meaningful way. The only universally applicable answer is: "As long
> as it takes to communicate what you're trying to say without boring
> the reader." Every newsletter has different requirements, both
> because of the preferences of its editors and the patience of their
> audience.
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