Comments on: A Solution for the Mailing List Conundrum

By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:52:05 +0000

Brad: Let me know how it goes. It’s been working for me for all of 1 week (3 issues). It’s good to have this kind of pressure after making the commitment to your list.

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By: Brad Blackman

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:49:28 +0000

I need to do the same. Rather, I need to actually do more for my newsletter, since right now the blog and the newsletter are the same list, but I don’t send out newsletter-specific stuff often enough. Interesting that you are rolling them together.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 22:13:28 +0000

In reply to Ruth Soller.

Ruth: Did you receive an email this morning with today’s blog post (activate your marketing)?

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 22:12:34 +0000

In reply to Lisa Call.

Lisa: Hang tight! I have a feeling the Monday email is going to change quite a bit. But if it doesn’t, I promise we’ll figure something out.

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By: Lisa Call

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:55:00 +0000

In reply to Ruth Soller.

Ruth to get analytics on your rss feed you can burn your feed through feedburner.
http://feedburner.google.com
I set mine up years ago but as I recall it is pretty simple.

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By: Lisa Call

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:52:15 +0000

In reply to Alyson Stanfield.

So I got the newsletter today and it had nothing more than what I get via rss – so essential a duplication of info.
I would love an option to only receive email from you if it had something in it other than what is available via RSS. Can you segment the list that way so those that prefer RSS don’t get unnecessary emails?

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By: Ruth Soller

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:26:36 +0000

Alyson, I always read your articles and find helpful information; but I am not sure whether I am on both of your lists. I am eager to see how this works for you. I have a blog through FASO and seem to get traffic only when I post new paintings which appear on the Fine Art Views Daily newsletter. It is possible for people to follow by RSS; however, I do not receive any analytics about this.

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By: barbara techel

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 19:06:49 +0000

Thank you, Alyson. Yes, I certainly didn’t mean “capture” as using emails that you’ve not gotten permission to send to.
Thank you for your thoughts and what you use to store your list. My newsletter currently goes out through mailchimp.So I’ll have to see about combining this.
I’ll be curious to see how this all plays out for you and your switch.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:40:18 +0000

In reply to barbara techel.

Barbara: Thank you for your thoughts and question.
First, a little semantics. I don’t “capture” emails. This implies that I do it without people’s knowledge. I “collect” them because people sign up willingly. I know this is what you meant, but it’s an important distinction.
I use Infusionsoft to store my list and to email broadcasts from. Broadcasts are hand-crafted each time whereas RSS emails are on autopilot. Pretty sure you can’t broadcast from Feedburner, but maybe I’m wrong. I think you might be better off switching to something like MailChimp.
Maybe you can send 2 broadcasts a week with links to the posts.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:36:12 +0000

In reply to Grayson.

Grayson: Now you can subscribed. We fixed! Thank you for your patience.

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