The blog email newsletter – does it need to change?

Posted on March 18 2023

Several people have asked me over the last week or so whether they can have email updates from the blog more often than those sent out now. Currently, they go out once a day, and late in the evening.

I am a bit reluctant to send out emails for every post but that would obviously be a possibility, and we may be able to offer that option for those who want it.

Alternatively, the mail could go out earlier in the day given I rarely post to the blog from late afternoon onwards (it should be apparent from blog activity that I am a daytime and not an evening person, and an early riser at that).

So, your opinion would be appreciated. You can vote twice:

What do you think about the Tax Research email update?

  • Leave it as it is (52%, 82 Votes)
  • Bring it forward so it goes out in the late afternoon (5pm) rather than much later in the day (25%, 40 Votes)
  • I don't know, but show me the results anyway (14%, 22 Votes)
  • Offer the option of an update every time you post a new item (9%, 15 Votes)

Total Voters: 149

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17 Responses

  1. Robin Gardner says:
    March 18 2023 at 9:14 am

    I’ve just unsubscribed from the emails because I check-in regularly to the blog site and the email rarely alerts me to something I haven’t already seen. However, I’m sure they are useful for people who don’t spend as much time on their iPad as I do!

  2. Richard C says:
    March 18 2023 at 1:06 pm

    I find it so much easier to use an RSS feed reader browser extension. That way I never miss a post, without having to manually check the site.

  3. Deborah Booth says:
    March 18 2023 at 3:22 pm

    I now have your blog website easily accessed, on my laptop, so no more reading your posts and comments a day late, BUT, how about an app for a (i) phone ? I tend to read more on that if I have the chance.

  4. Richard C says:
    March 19 2023 at 12:14 am

    For aLurker, the feeder.co browser extension can automatically detect feeds for a site and create feeds. I can confirm that it’s still working for this site.
    For Deborah, there’s a feeder.co app which can do exactly what you need. Just pull the feed to your account from the browser, then you can read each new post in the app.

    p.s. I’m not connected to them, just a big fan.

    • Richard Murphy says:
      March 19 2023 at 9:07 am

      Thanks

      I admit I could not see how to load the feeder.co feed, but maybe I should not have been on an iPad

    • aLurker says:
      March 19 2023 at 11:02 am

      @Richard C
      Thankyou for the suggestion.
      I followed up on it by registering for a feeder.co account.
      On attempting to make an RSS feed for the blog URL I find this to be a paid option.

      ‘Upgrade to get custom RSS feeds
      And more amazing features with Feeder Plus

      Upgrade to Feeder plus to build custom RSS feeds. Click to upgrade now’

      So next I downloaded and installed the browser extension (for firefox) as you suggested.
      I find that it seems to only offer a browser bar button that provides a button menu that takes you to the feeder.co website.

      Am I missing something else? Are you a paid user and see more functionality than this?

      I just want an RSS feed that I can add to all my other RSS feeds in my feed reader!

      p.s. Sorry to take up so much of Richards personal bandwidth on this. 🙁