Comments on: Newsletters Are Alive and Well http://www.meryl.net/2005/03/01/newsletters-are-alive-and-well/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, social media Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mark http://www.meryl.net/2005/03/01/newsletters-are-alive-and-well/comment-page-1/#comment-796 mark Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:06:44 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2005/03/01/newsletters-are-alive-and-well/#comment-796 <p>I agree entirely - none are dead - I prefer email!</p> <p>[BTW I recently unsubscribed from Lockergnome this year after many years of happy devotion - the new format is just content-less]</p> <p>best regards 8)</p> I agree entirely – none are dead – I prefer email!

[BTW I recently unsubscribed from Lockergnome this year after many years of happy devotion - the new format is just content-less]

best regards 8)

]]> By: Ian McCallam http://www.meryl.net/2005/03/01/newsletters-are-alive-and-well/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Ian McCallam Wed, 02 Mar 2005 01:40:36 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2005/03/01/newsletters-are-alive-and-well/#comment-795 <p>But RSS does provide a way around the whole Spam issue and certain eNewsletters ending up being blocked by your spam filter or being diverted to your bluk/trash. Likewise placing your newsletter out via RSS also stops any bouncebacks.</p> <p>I would still favour an eNewsletter over an RSS aggregator..I think there is also the perception for many people in the workplace that surfing an RSS aggregator might not seen by others as 'working' - whereas checking your emails and reading content via that - will always be deemed as working.</p> But RSS does provide a way around the whole Spam issue and certain eNewsletters ending up being blocked by your spam filter or being diverted to your bluk/trash. Likewise placing your newsletter out via RSS also stops any bouncebacks.

I would still favour an eNewsletter over an RSS aggregator..I think there is also the perception for many people in the workplace that surfing an RSS aggregator might not seen by others as ‘working’ – whereas checking your emails and reading content via that – will always be deemed as working.

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