Comments on: Blogging Annoyance: Rant About Newsletters http://xfep.com/rant/blogging-annoyance-rant-about-newsletters/ Tips on Being a Better Blogger Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Leschinski http://xfep.com/rant/blogging-annoyance-rant-about-newsletters/comment-page-1/#comment-2400 John Leschinski Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:59:23 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=798#comment-2400 Most email newsletters are useless to begin with. Most email newsletters are useless to begin with.

]]> By: Newsletters on Blogs, Annoying or Open-minded? | The Blog Herald http://xfep.com/rant/blogging-annoyance-rant-about-newsletters/comment-page-1/#comment-2391 Newsletters on Blogs, Annoying or Open-minded? | The Blog Herald Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:37 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=798#comment-2391 [...] Thord Daniel Hedengren Oh my. David Peralty of XFEP is annoyed with e-mail newsletters that are just rehashes of the RSS feed. I publish one of those myself, and without the [...] [...] Thord Daniel Hedengren Oh my. David Peralty of XFEP is annoyed with e-mail newsletters that are just rehashes of the RSS feed. I publish one of those myself, and without the [...]

]]> By: David Peralty http://xfep.com/rant/blogging-annoyance-rant-about-newsletters/comment-page-1/#comment-2389 David Peralty Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:59:36 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=798#comment-2389 Actually, that's just the Subscribe via E-mail option, as not everyone is into RSS. Though I should really accentuate that so people understand its reason for being. Thanks for pointing that out. And the reason for my rant was that entrance to an online contest was only made available by subscribing to an e-mail newsletter which is primarily just an e-mail blast of recent posts that I get to see on his RSS feed I am subscribed to. Actually, that’s just the Subscribe via E-mail option, as not everyone is into RSS. Though I should really accentuate that so people understand its reason for being. Thanks for pointing that out.

And the reason for my rant was that entrance to an online contest was only made available by subscribing to an e-mail newsletter which is primarily just an e-mail blast of recent posts that I get to see on his RSS feed I am subscribed to.

]]> By: JamieO http://xfep.com/rant/blogging-annoyance-rant-about-newsletters/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 JamieO Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:46:48 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=798#comment-2388 You do realize that there is a 'Want great tips, tricks, and advice delivered to your e-mail?' newsletter form in between this rant and your comments area yes? More importantly, for those who have not yet come to grasp the simplicity of rss - and outside of the blog / IT niches that is quite prevolent - an email based system is as simple as it gets. You do realize that there is a ‘Want great tips, tricks, and advice delivered to your e-mail?’ newsletter form in between this rant and your comments area yes? More importantly, for those who have not yet come to grasp the simplicity of rss – and outside of the blog / IT niches that is quite prevolent – an email based system is as simple as it gets.

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