Comments on: How much e-trash do you eat?

By: HandyAndy

HandyAndy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:37:59 +0000

I don’t read any if you mean cover to cover, like a book with real content.
There are a few I scan throw for pertinent content before deleting.
These include TechNet, MSDN, Intel Partner, Symantec Partner, Seagate Partner and the MS Security newsletter.

I have dumped culminis and channel insider recently because I have come to hate newsletter with links instead of articles. Almost as much as newsletters you can’t unsubscribe from because you need some long forgotten code. Outlook junk mail works wonders for those :>)

ps this little window needs a spell checker!

By: vlad

vlad — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:22:23 +0000

Amy,

I was more interested which newsletters you read – to see if we can pick apart valuable ones from the worthless ones.

They are all nearly the same 2-3 column layout.

Headline: Buy or shit today or die, it quadruples in price tomorrow!

Left column: Here is all the other shit we sell.
Right column: Here are quotes from people dumb enough to buy our shit.

Middle column: Shit fiesta, anything goes!

It’s damn disturbing how identical they all are, and I look at SPAM patterns for living.

-Vlad

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:19:46 +0000

You really want email saying yes, I read newsletters? Ack.

I read the headline. If the headline grabs my attention then I’ll scroll down past the ads and read the article. Oh and I never click on a link to read the rest of the article. What’s with that? If a newsletter arrives I expect it to contain content.

By: Stuart Crawford

Stuart Crawford — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:36:21 +0000

Vlad, I have to admit that I have went through and unsubscribed from a bunch of newsletters myself.

I am finding old fashion postal mail is having a much better impact than email.

People are just saying no to email

I think RSS will be the way to go over the next little while…

Stuart Crawford
Calgary, AB
http://www.stuartcrawford.com

By: vlad

vlad — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:00:28 +0000

This isn’t about the Vladville newsletter, which I’ve been tweaking and trying to come up with something I can do consistently and professionally (ie, direct opposite of the blog).

I am asking on behalf of Own Web Now, my business. We have a newsletter but it tends to be a non-event for us so we go months without doing it. Just trying to figure out a way to change that.

-Vlad

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:57:34 +0000

I assumed your newsletter was just a way to email you the blog posts, is this the case? I allready use rss popper and read this in my outlook 03.

By: vlad

vlad — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:25:49 +0000

Actually, what might be even more helpful would be finding out which newsletters you actually subscribe to.

I currently only let the following through:
- Maintenance notices from our largest vendors, including security alerts.
- TechEd newsletter
- Karl’s newsletter (pretty much the only valuable SMB newsletter IMHO; though this one is about to bite the dust because it seems to be coming in on weekly basis and I just don’t have that kind of time in my life)
- US CERT advisories
- Adsense, Quickbooks, Payroll and 401-K management newsletters (keep my mind on my money)
- Starting to grow on Friendfeed’s daily summary.

Aside from that, is there a valuable newsletter out there one can learn from?

-Vlad