Comments on: Four Reasons Why Your Local Blog Needs a Mailing List

By: Hyperlocal News Roundup : HyperlocalBlogger

Hyperlocal News Roundup : HyperlocalBlogger — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:17:05 +0000

[...] The REAL Reason Why Bloggers Need A Mailing List, http://www.davidrisley.com — a good complement to my previous post, Four Reasons Why Your Local Blog Needs a Mailing List [...]

By: Sometimes, RSS Subscriber Counts Don’t Matter

Sometimes, RSS Subscriber Counts Don’t Matter — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:08:55 +0000

[...] (Slight tangent: I wrote more about the need for mailing lists and email subscriptions on Hyperlocal Blogger: Four Reasons Why Your Local Blog Needs a Mailing List.) [...]

By: Hyperlocal Blogging with Matt McGee : hyperlocal 101

Hyperlocal Blogging with Matt McGee : hyperlocal 101 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:01:38 +0000

[...] and then using it on a regular basis with your online readers? I did a post on this late last year: Four Reasons Why Your Local Blog Needs A Mailing List and suggested that a mailing list is a must. Almost every commenter agreed. RSS just isn’t [...]

By: Philip John

Philip John — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:07:14 +0000

I’ve always had a problem with RSS – nobody knows what it is, what it means and frankly, they don’t care. Nor should they. I’ve always favoured using the word ‘subscribe’ instead and then helping people to do that.

I use Feedburner for The Lichfield Blog and our “Subscribe” widget gives equal prominence to the RSS feed link and the e-mail signup.

Saves the hassle of using mailing list software and, if you customise your blog (I’m thinking of WordPress here) you could even write posts that would only go out to subscribers, which might be useful (maybe for promotions).

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:17:13 +0000

We use Constant Contact for both our business and blog traffic. It’s great & allows you keep detailed lists of people, where they came from and what they are interested in.

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:40:13 +0000

I totally agree with compiling an email list rather than just relying on RSS. RSS is a great way to syndicate content but a personal email, to a potential client, is much stronger and effective.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:06:39 +0000

Ed. W. — I’ve seen people say good things about Aweber for mailing list management. I think ConstantContact is another one, although I may have the name wrong and Ed K’s iContact is what I’m talking about.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:32:22 +0000

What does everyone normally do when they do a Subscription Drive?
Am curious to know. Thanks

By: Ed Kuryluk

Ed Kuryluk — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:31:29 +0000

I’m using a Feedburner subscription. It’s easy, and I like how I can set it up to aggregate the days postings and get it to readers. And from what I am hearing, my readers like this too. I am currently doing a subscription drive, and the numbers are growing.

Aside from that, I am going to start using iContact or something similar to create a monthly newsletter. There are many people who don’t subscribe to the feed (people I meet at Chamber of Commerce events, local politcos, etc.) that I want to get in front of.

Someone mentioned Facebook. I created a fan page (wish I had done a group, arghh!) earlier this year. There are 6 times as many Facebook Fans as I have feed subscribers.

By: Ed Walker

Ed Walker — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:01:23 +0000

What’s the easiest way to setup an email list? And what software would people recommend for sending the emails?