@Loralea – Yes offline reading is a real bonus. I wish though airlines and airports would give us free wifi though!

@Janna – There is an ease and convenience with email that is still absent from RSS. Even amongst techies email is still very popular.

@Rajesh – I hope so

@Alexander – No, focused not basic

@Slade – It’s an experiment, just hope it works out. I am hoping blogs + newsletters makes for a powerful combo …

@Roger – I hope you get value for money

@Terry – Aweber, so far I am very very happy

@Guilherme – There is a cost in the Aweber subscription and the additional time, but I think it will work out with me ahead over time. We will see

@Jen – Hope so!

@Jermayn – I think so too. Most people have agreed

@Tim – I have found that with my feedburner email digest, people reply to the mailer. That is why even with the people marking it as spam rather than unsubscribing I really don’t want to take my email address off it.

@Kathy – Agreed, email newsletters will be around for a long time yet. Just unfortunate all the spam filter, bounce, etc problems we have to live with.

@Loralea – Yes offline reading is a real bonus. I wish though airlines and airports would give us free wifi though!

@Janna – There is an ease and convenience with email that is still absent from RSS. Even amongst techies email is still very popular.

@Rajesh – I hope so

@Alexander – No, focused not basic

@Slade – It’s an experiment, just hope it works out. I am hoping blogs + newsletters makes for a powerful combo …

@Roger – I hope you get value for money

@Terry – Aweber, so far I am very very happy

@Guilherme – There is a cost in the Aweber subscription and the additional time, but I think it will work out with me ahead over time. We will see

@Jen – Hope so!

@Jermayn – I think so too. Most people have agreed

@Tim – I have found that with my feedburner email digest, people reply to the mailer. That is why even with the people marking it as spam rather than unsubscribing I really don’t want to take my email address off it.

@Kathy – Agreed, email newsletters will be around for a long time yet. Just unfortunate all the spam filter, bounce, etc problems we have to live with.

I’ve found that less “sophisticated” internet users don’t know how to subscribe to an RSS feed. Until RSS moves out of the “early adopter” phase, email newsletters are still the best way to stay in touch with readers.

I’ve found that less “sophisticated” internet users don’t know how to subscribe to an RSS feed. Until RSS moves out of the “early adopter” phase, email newsletters are still the best way to stay in touch with readers.

-TimK

-TimK

I think it makes sense personally…

I think it makes sense personally…

I think this totally makes sense for your blog. Maybe not for all, but for most other blogs as well.

Why?

Well, your blog is derectly attached to your profissional identity as a consultant os this area. That means that you should be interested in attracting all levels of users you can get, and users from all possible use philosophies.

And what about other blogs? Well, I think the same thing apply. No matter what level a user is, if (s)he whats a way to keep up to date with the blog, the blogger should probably be wise enough to provide it.

The worst case scenario is that no one will subscribe, and, in this case, you won’t be spending any computational resources whatsoever. Taking into acount that takes some 15 minutes to set up a mailing list, doesn’t seem like a huge failure.

I keep a mailing list on my blog from the very day I started it and one of the reasons is that I didn’t managed feeds technology very well then, nor did my initial readers that were mostly friends, so it really paid of for a long time, and still does.

I think this totally makes sense for your blog. Maybe not for all, but for most other blogs as well.

Why?

Well, your blog is derectly attached to your profissional identity as a consultant os this area. That means that you should be interested in attracting all levels of users you can get, and users from all possible use philosophies.

And what about other blogs? Well, I think the same thing apply. No matter what level a user is, if (s)he whats a way to keep up to date with the blog, the blogger should probably be wise enough to provide it.

The worst case scenario is that no one will subscribe, and, in this case, you won’t be spending any computational resources whatsoever. Taking into acount that takes some 15 minutes to set up a mailing list, doesn’t seem like a huge failure.

I keep a mailing list on my blog from the very day I started it and one of the reasons is that I didn’t managed feeds technology very well then, nor did my initial readers that were mostly friends, so it really paid of for a long time, and still does.

BTW – I have subscribed to your RSS feed.
Now you want to pester me even more? OK, I am now an Authority Blogger subscriber. For the price I’m sure I’ll get my money’s worth.

BTW – I have subscribed to your RSS feed.
Now you want to pester me even more? OK, I am now an Authority Blogger subscriber. For the price I’m sure I’ll get my money’s worth.

I actually can’t wait to see how this combination works out for you — as I came into blogging through years of email newsletter development and in the past year have abandoned email newsletters for blogs with feed via email deliveries.

Email newsletter templating and bouncing and managing all that madness in addition to a blog — not to mention, additional cost/ overhead — Yikes!

The list of why I chose blogs over traditional newsletters once and for all goes on…

I, for one, look forward to hearing about your experiences and the comparisons you will make between the formats.

I actually can’t wait to see how this combination works out for you — as I came into blogging through years of email newsletter development and in the past year have abandoned email newsletters for blogs with feed via email deliveries.

Email newsletter templating and bouncing and managing all that madness in addition to a blog — not to mention, additional cost/ overhead — Yikes!

The list of why I chose blogs over traditional newsletters once and for all goes on…

I, for one, look forward to hearing about your experiences and the comparisons you will make between the formats.

Hehe, thank you for all the great posts.
- Alex, Denmark

Hehe, thank you for all the great posts.
- Alex, Denmark