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How to Take Your RSS to Email from Meh to Yeah!

RSS to Email is a form of email automation that uses a feature almost every website has, though for some it’s a hidden feature: the RSS Feed. Utilizing the RSS Feed, you can send automatic emails to notify your subscribers of changes to your site, most common in the form of new posts to your…

Page posts are missing / showing with my personal identity

If a post to a Page walll appears to be missing it is likely that the update has actually been posted using your personal identity instead. On your Page’s Wall, choose to see updates from “Others” and see if the post you expect is there. First, go to Newsletters | Mailings | Facebook, disconnect and…

Facebook "Like" Button in Emails

FeedBlitz now adds a Facebook “Like” button to post-driven emails by default. Added at the foot of each email, the Like button extends the reach of Facebook’s social media graph to your email list, increasing the number of opportunities for your post to be “liked” and spread around Facebook to a larger number of user…

How to Migrate Email Subscribers from FeedBurner

The full tutorial on migrating from FeedBurner to FeedBlitz can be found in our handy FeedBurner Migration Manual. This answer assumes you’ve already migrated RSS readers from FeedBurner. 1. Access your FeedBlitz mailing list from the site navigation. 2. In the subscriber block, find the import option. 3. Select import from FeedBurner. 4. Enter your credentials…

Does FeedBlitz use double opt-in?

For all subscriptions created online, FeedBlitz requires dual opt-in. This ensures the highest quality lists for publishers using FeedBlitz, and that we maintain our excellent delivery rates. When someone enters an email address online at FeedBlitz to start a subscription, the user must also: a) Successfully pass the CAPTCHA image verification test (an audio equivalent…

Can I remove the CAPTCHA and / or the dual opt in for my web form?

If you are interested in integrating with FeedBlitz, please read our blog post first: The FeedBlitz API: Workflow for Building a Plugin FeedBlitz enforces best practice, this ensures the highest quality lists for publishers using FeedBlitz, and that we maintain our excellent delivery rates. The CAPTCHA and dual opt-in serve two different but essential purposes:…

Ads have started to show up in my subscribers’ emails!

If you have ads appearing in your newsletter, you may need to check the billing status of your account. If there is a problem with a payment, we continue to deliver your newsletter for a 15-day ad-supported grace period. To remove the grace period ads, simply update your billing information from within your FeedBlitz dashboard. If you…

What is the difference between the "easy" and "advanced" email template editors?

Your newsletter’s template is the design, layout and formatting HTML into which your articles are inserted by FeedBlitz, creating the finished newsletter. Both template editors are available under Newsletters | Settings. The Easy template editor allows you to upload a logo, position it on the screen, and make some basic font and layout choices. It’s…

My logo graphic does not display correctly in Outlook

Uploaded images and logos may display incorrectly in some versions of Outlook, which may display the image too small, scrunched up into a small square. It is an Outlook bug, but the good news is that it is easy to work around in FeedBlitz. Start by clicking your Newsletter from the Account Dashboard. Next, click…