Fastest Ways to Create A Newsletter
Today I’m going to focus on the fastest ways to create a newsletter from scratch.
Get yourself a decent template
The most obvious thing to say is that if you’re trying to produce your newsletter quickly that’s going to be a lot easier if you already have a off-the-shelf newsletter layout template to use.
This applies equally whether you’re producing your newsletter online or offline. And obviously you will need different types of templates, depending on your final medium for distribution. Be in no doubt – if you want your newsletter done quickly then working from a ready-made newsletter template will speed things up dramatically.
Have your newsletter content ready to go before you start to layout your newsletter
This might sound like motherhood and apple pie, but I’m always amazed by how many people start work on their newsletter in the full knowledge that they don’t have anywhere near enough articles to fill it.
So rather than trying to put your newsletter together without all material to hand, work to gather the content first. By getting organised in advance you’ll find that you can concentrate on the production of your newsletter much more easily.
What I’m encouraging is for you to group your newsletter work. First gather your article content, next start to lay it out… and so on.
Plan ahead by more than one edition at a time
I previously talked about how you can combine various different methods to ensure that other people help you to work on the content of your newsletter. This is smart because it will provide you with a kind of flexibility that you need to ensure that each edition can be ready well in advance.
And if you need to then you can always swap one article out for another, thereby removing any delay that might otherwise be caused to your newsletter’s production.
Theme each edition of your newsletter
Rather than having each edition of your newsletter tackle a bunch of random subjects, a faster way to create your newsletter is to theme each edition around a narrower subject.
So for example, if your newsletter is generically about fly-fishing, then you might promise a ‘special edition’ which focuses on fly-fishing rods (in particular).
Plan ahead and get inspired
I’m always on the lookout for subjects or articles that I think will fit neatly within the various newsletters I produce. By thinking ahead I always find the actual production ends up to be pretty straightforward. So be on the lookout, even when you’re not specifically in newsletter production mode.
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