| | 2018 is here. We ended the year on a high, thanks to the release of MailPoet Version 3 last September. Needless to say, we've been feeling pretty darn good about our progress.
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Yes, we still do have a few things to improve. For example, reinstating the image alignment (to the left or right) in the post widget. This and other improvements are coming, rest assured.
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Since the launch, we’ve been focused primarily on reliability to ensure that the experience is stable across all your websites. This is a mission mostly accomplished.
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What do we have in plan for 2018? Check out the post below. Otherwise, enjoy the blog posts and links!
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| Kiefer and the MailPoet Team |
| | | | | A New Year, A New MailPoet, and a New Focus
| It took us nearly 2 years to release the new MailPoet. That’s a long time! During the first rewrite of the plugin, we realized that we were headed in the wrong direction and made the tough decision to start over from scratch. We call it “the lost year”. In the end, the second rewrite proved to be a smart move. |
| | | | | | | Newsletters, Welcome Emails, and Latest Post Notifications: Which One Should You Use? If you’ve used MailPoet (and we hope you have!) you’ve no doubt created and sent an email or two. If you haven’t, that’s okay too! Everyone needs to start somewhere - and this post is a good place to start.
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| In MailPoet, there are three types of emails: newsletters, welcome emails, and post notifications. What are the differences between the three? In this post, we’ll cover each type of email, what it can (and can’t) do, and when (and when not) to use them. |
| | | | | | | Once Per Month: A Guide to Creating Your First Monthly Newsletter Creating a monthly newsletter is easier said than done. A great newsletter requires focus, strategy, consistency, determination, and a whole lot of other heavy-sounding adjectives. It can feel overwhelming to even the most battle-hardened marketing executive.
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| In this post, we’ll go through a simple, easy-to-follow process to creating your first monthly newsletter. No matter what your website or business is about, you can learn to create a great newsletter. Let’s get started! |
| | | | | | | We’re Hiring! | Want to join MailPoet? We’re hiring for two open positions: a Minimalist Ruby Dev / DevOps Engineer and a QA (Test) Engineer. Read more about the positions at We Work Remotely: Ruby Dev / DevOps Engineer and QA (Test) Engineer. |
| | | | | From the Archives Building an Audience with High-Quality Content | Having a loyal audience is the holy grail of the email marketing world. More valuable than clicks, page views or Facebook followers, the size and quality of your audience will ultimately determine your success. In this post, we’ll walk through the process of creating and building an audience for your website and email newsletter. |
| | | | | | | Interesting and Insightful Links Every month, we like to share thought-provoking, useful, or just plain cool links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them!
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Going global with your startup? Check out this post on Y Combinator, perhaps the single best startup accelerator in the world. Our favorite tip? You’re going to need to get on an airplane sometimes. While remote work is awesome, it helps to meet your coworkers in person. What is color? And how has our perception of it changed over time? This fascinating article from Nautilus explores the history the “color puzzle.” Why aren’t critics critical enough? In this essay on Slate.com, Ben Yagoda explains the “The Reviewer’s Fallacy” - the particular problem of reviewing media which, most of the time, is “terrible.” WordPress is officially 15 years old. That’s right - it’s been a decade-and-a-half since the software first became available. Where were you fifteen years ago?
Studying for a big exam, test, or interview soon? Try the tips in this comic guide on the University of Buffalo’s website. Perhaps the most useful piece of advice is to manager your time well - it applies to just about everything! | | Stick to Your New Years Resolutions! |
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