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Doc Searls,
Doc Searls Weblog,
May 17, 2024
You'd think, with newsletters being "all the rage now", that I'd be seeing an increase in subscriptions. Why, early adopters "blogged here two years ago about the idea of writing a solo newsletter." But it's not so simple. What's actually happening is that a few platforms (most notably Substack) with some good marketing popularized the idea of bloggers and columnist using a 'newsletter platform' to write. There would be monetization, of course. You could also use WordPress (use the Noptin plugin) or Ghost but you'll have to set up or find a mail transport service (I use MailGun; I wrote my own client for it, but the WordPress plugin will do this for you). But hey - if you do think email newsletters are all the rage, you can still subscribe to OLDaily some 23 years after the first email left the server. Just saying.
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