Do you have a newsletter for your blog?

[Ben]

I set one up last week. So far it's been well received.

Do you have a newsletter? What do you include in it?

[adbox]

Hey Ben,

I do. I use aweber's blog broadcasting to notify my readers of any new updates. I have the automation turned off so whenever I do off the wall programming related posts my software customers don't get turned off.

I also set up a similar service for a client and his users love it. We include a jquery drop down at the top of the page for opt ins and also a checkbox for commenters asking if they would like to subscribe to the newsletter.

I haven't done this on my own yet... but I should. But his site is political and mine is marketing/development industry related so he gets a lot more commenters.

[Ben]

Hi adbox I really like Aweber - the editor's not the best (but they appear to have a new version in the works). The tool itself is really good, and the stats are very useful.

I like the idea of doing custom opt-in forms - the default code is very bloated. I tidied up the code a bit, but I should read up on it a bit more to find out what I can safely remove.

[swood]

I have a newsletter for my blog VidsToWatch. At the moment it only displays the latest videos posted on the blog, but i'm going to change it a bit in the future and see what else i can add

[QuirkyJessi]

Nah, I don't for my current sites. I really don't think I'd have the right audience for that, especially considering many of my subscribers already get email notifications when I post. If at some point there's something I find relevant to announce to everybody, then I would send out a mass email, but I don't think I have enough reason to send out a regular newsletter.

[AgentHomes]

I do not have a news letter for my blog. I always figured that my blog with the newsletter in and above itself.

What sort of content are you putting in your newsletter that you are not posting on the blog?

[FunkenWagnel]

I used to have a newsletter for my old parenting blog, but haven't set one up for my new personal blog. I wouldn't be sure what sort of content readers would be after?

[Ben]

Originally Posted by AgentHomes

I do not have a news letter for my blog. I always figured that my blog with the newsletter in and above itself.

What sort of content are you putting in your newsletter that you are not posting on the blog?

I'm currently sending a couple of email types via my newsletter:

1. A weekly summary of recent posts on the blog, for those who don't check in daily. I don't summarise every post, just a selection (otherwise it would get to be a bit much).

2. An "extra" email that looks at one post on the blog in greater detail, with quotes from a couple of other bloggers.

The content is derived from the blog, but the newsletter goes further and presents the blog posts in a different format with additional content.

[Egeria Woman]

I have created a newsletter for my blog. My audience is young women so it is often easier to get them to read it all at once instead of every day. I also have the need to announce new workshops and other events.

I create newsletters for my website clients and that work has \helped me refine content types and focus.

[KevinDoyle]

I haven't experimented with newsletters myself but I suppose it's just another option to get your content across to an audience. As long as you can get enough people signed up then it's worth doing.