Making the Most of FeedBlitz Archives

I Need This Post to Go Out ASAP – How Do I Do That?

As part of the FeedBlitz support team, I’m regularly asked how can I send out a post immediately? We understand that sometimes a post is time critical, maybe there is an announcement of a flash sale or a correction needs to go out. FeedBlitz gives publishers the ability to send mailings immediately via two methods.…

Making the Most of FeedBlitz: Customizing Your Email Templates

These last few Thursdays we’ve been exploring how to customize your email templates, starting off with the “easy” template editor, and then, if you’re brave, moving up to the ATE “ the Advanced Template Editor. Today we’re wrapping things up with a few odds and ends, some FYIs so to speak, when it comes to…

Making the Most of FeedBlitz: The Advanced Email Template Editor (ATE)

Last week, we took a look at customizing your email templates – and started off with the “easy” template editor. Well, today we’re stepping it up a notch, so buckle up, as we venture into the ATE – the Advanced Template Editor. The ATE gives you complete control over the layout of your emails, by…

Making the Most of FeedBlitz: Simplifying the Subscription Form

This week, we continue our look at the FeedBlitz philosophy behind subscription forms. As mentioned last week, our approach is to keep the subscription form on your site as simple as possible. Any extra data collection or work (such as CAPTCHAs for anti-spam, custom fields or social media authentication dialogs) will take place on a…

Making the Most of FeedBlitz: The FeedBlitz Subscription Form Philosophy

The approach we have historically adopted at FeedBlitz is to keep the subscription form on your site as simple as possible, and for any extra data collection or work (such as CAPTCHAs for anti-spam, custom fields or social media authentication dialogs) to take place on a separate page. This approach as a couple of benefits.…

Making the Most of FeedBlitz: Automate your "Contact" Newsletter

Many small businesses have multiple mailing lists “ their “Blog Subscribers” and the “Newsletter” list. These may reflect differing subscriber acquisition approaches, history, or content differences. “Newsletters” typically contain very similar content to the blog, perhaps with a small amount of extra editorial. They often have no online presence other than potentially a web-based archive…

Making the Most of FeedBlitz: Creating an Automated “Newsletter” Mailing

Sometimes a daily email can be too much. Sometimes there’s room for a weekly alternative for people who just don’t want to hear from you that much. And it’s a cinch to set up. Here’s how: Pick your mailing list from your site navigation. Click the orange “Settings” button. Click the green “Clone” button. Change…

Making the Most of FeedBlitz: Content-Specific Mailings with Filters

Let’s say your blog covers PR, online advertising and social media. For the sake of argument, let’s also assume that you blog about each of these topics equally. If a reader is only interested in what you have to say about PR, then your posts about online advertising and social media, while no doubt highly…

Making the Most of FeedBlitz: Email Your Blog’s List Without a Blog Post!

Do all mailings from FeedBlitz have to be blog or RSS-powered? No! Sometimes you want to reward your email subscribers with a special offer, have some breaking news you want get out ahead of schedule, or have a deadline you want to remind them about just before it expires. Newsflash! To send an email blast…