[romefloydhumanesocietychairs] Re: New Email List
- From: asusieburns@xxxxxxxxx
- To: "romefloydhumanesocietychairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <romefloydhumanesocietychairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:12:17 -0400
So is there an app for that
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 16, 2014, at 2:31 PM, dwoodrick <dwoodrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone!
>
> I wanted to talk a bit about our newest feature at the Rome Floyd County
> Humane Society.
>
> I’ve been working for the past few weeks on building a user-friendly, easy to
> use, and cost effective solution for a mailing list/newsletter for us. Our
> old system was ineffective, cumbersome and had a host of problems. I thought
> I’d start off by going through some questions and answers about the new list
> and how I plan to use it.
>
> Q: What is this new email list thingy?
>
> A: This is an email list/newsletter. Basically it’s a way for us to keep in
> touch with members and non-members alike.
>
> Q: How often are you going to email them?
>
> A: Right now, I’m planning on once a week. Sometime Friday or Saturday. We’ll
> see how it goes.
>
> Q: Who’s going to get these emails?
>
> A: I’m starting the list with all current members, members whose membership
> have lapsed in the past couple of years, and folks who have shown an
> interest. This list will be open to the public, and anyone can sign up or
> sign out if they wish.
>
> Q: Can anyone post to this list?
>
> A: No, all post are moderated. That means that only what the administrator
> (me) allows to go through, will go through.
>
> Q: What will be in these emails?
>
> A: Below is a basic outline of what I’m planning to do:
>
> Pet of the week
>
> A) Pet of the week from petfinder
> B) Adoption info
>
> Events
>
> A) Upcoming
> B) Most recent
>
> News
>
> A) RFHS news
> B) National HSUS news (Condensed from the HSUS emails)
>
> Links
>
> A) Membership info and renew link
> B) Volunteer info
> C) Paypal Donation button
> D) Amazon link
> E) Big Crumbs link
> F) Website, Facebook, ect
>
> This is just a first draft, and is subject to change. If you have suggestions
> I’m happy to hear them.
>
> Q: Can we add pictures or attachments?
>
> A: No. This is a free service we’re using, and embedding images, or adding
> attachments is a no-no. If this goes well, we can always upgrade to a paid
> service that will let us do that. For right now I feel this is the best way
> to go.
>
> Q: Why don’t we use….
>
> A: I looked into many, many email lists and services including Constant
> Contact, iContact, MailChimp, ect, ect. The problem is most of them are fee
> based. Right now free is about all we can afford.
>
> Q: When will this start?
>
> A: Hopefully this Friday I’ll send out the first email. I hope to have
> everything prepared to go by Tuesday or Wednesday. Welcome emails will start
> going out then, welcoming everyone to the list.
>
> If anyone has any questions, or suggestions please let me know.
>
> Thanks!
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