Lots of people like to send out E-Newsletters that have a big pretty image and zero text. If you like to send out E-Newsletters like that, a lot of people will see nothing but a blank email, like this one. (It’s a very successful E-Newsletter if you have anywhere near 50% of recipients clicking “display images.”) You should always include at least enough text in an E-Newsletter that anyone who doesn’t want (or know how) to download the images can still take something away from it, otherwise a lot of people are going to see nothing but whitewash.
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That looks like a GMail screen snap. GMail has a e-newsletter feature? What is it, it allows you to send some kind of timed email to all or some of your gmail contacts? can someone email me and tell me more? I have had a gmail address for years, but I use a mac, and also have my mail mail client get mail from gmail. I am probably one of the last folks on the planet that still is using a local email client. So… while I have been a gmail user for years, and gmail page type features, could be be a total mystery to me.Can someone tell me more about what this e-newsletter will is talking about.OK… I know that I could google it. But this is also an attempt to start to understand the community features of this posterous commenting system too. So all you grumps, that will say RTFM cut me some clack.Let’s talk to each other.Cheers! RichGriese.NET
One other question.Is this cool commenting system that effectively allows one to use TWITTER ID logins to have people leave comments, AND seems to store the comments someplace… is this a third party app? Can I add this to my blogger/blogspot blog?Cheers! RichGriese.NET
Happy Holidays, Rich! This is actually a screen shot showing what it looks like when someone sends me an E-Newsletter and I receive it via my gmail inbox. I have actually been hoping that gmail would release an E-Newsletter feature/product as well, although I doubt they’ll do it, because it positions them a little too close to the old fashioned marketers, and they more interested in being associated with social marketers.
Also, the commenting system IS very cool, but I’m not sure if you can use it on blogger. Posterous bakes everything into their system, so we don’t have the option of substituting other third party apps, even if they themselves used one to install the commenting system. I have another platform on WordPress that I can check with to see if they have plugins that accomplish the same thing.Hope you’re having great holidays! Cheers