Create Newsletter for your Blogger Blog

Add Sub domain on a Blogger Custom Domain

Newsletter is a good option when you want to send custom mails to your blog readers. It lets you send content rich HTML emails to your readers.Its not like the Feedburner Email Subscription(which just sends post updates via email at regular intervals) .You will be able to compose and send the newsletter at any time. Here are the steps to enable and send Newsletters.

1. Go to http://google.com/friendconnect and login there

2.Click on your Blog Name from the Left Pane.(If your blog is not already there, then add it)

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3.Click on the Send a newsletter Option

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4. Click the check box which says “Ask visitors to subscribe immediately after their first sign-in". After that Click on the Newsletter Gadget Tab.

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5.Customize the Colors and other Options and Click on the Generate Code Button and Copy the Code from there.

6.You need to add this Code to your website. If you are using blogger, then Go to the Layout > Page Elements and Click on the Add a Gadget Link

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Opt for HTML/JavaScript Gadget

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and paste the copied Code into the Box Which appears and Save the Gadget

7.Now your blog readers will be able to subscribe to your Newsletters.

When you have enough subscribers, you can Compose the Newsletter from the Compose newsletters tab ,When you are done with creating the newsletter, Click on the Preview and send newsletter button and Click on the Send newsletter button from the popup preview window. you can see how many recipients will receive the newsletter.(In my case it is Total recipients : 539 as shown in the screenshot)

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Newsletter subscription is just one of the different Friend Connect Gadgets. There are many more on the Friend Connect Website.You can read about them  at Some friend Connect Gadgets that you might not know about

48 comments :

  1. Great Aneesh! I have placed this widget on my blog ;) But, I don't have enough subscriber yet. Definitely, I will get more subscribers. Thanks for the information about this. Really don;t known before ;)

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  2. Thank you so much! I've been using other services that were much more complicated than this. I really love your blog!

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  3. thats great. I have been looking for a solution to send newsletters from blogger as I am stuck with blogger for sometimes and do not really want to step out of it. LOL

    This is really cool and thanks for letting me know.

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  4. Thank you! After hours of searching, finally some answers I could use and implement immediately. Very easy to understand instructions. I wish all answers were this helpful.

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  5. sir this is ranjan buda ....my blog name is http://uniquebuda.blogspot.com/
    i want to have maximum visitor on my blog ... i had done a lot still i am unable to compell it ...and its loading is also bit slow why??pls help,,,i presume i had posted famous content stil i am unable for same ...mail me at uniquebuda@gmail.com

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  6. Excelente blog amigo, sigue posteando trucos para nuestros blogs, gracias

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  7. thank you for telling me now i can send newsletters!

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  8. Aneesh,

    I don't notice your pageran before but, now your pagerank is 6. Congrats if it increased :)

    I shifted my domain to www.hacktutors.info

    Is this reason to drop my PR to 0 :(

    It's so bad. What should I do to get back my page rank? Before my PR was 1.

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  9. @Anup - don't worry. the PR juice will flow from your old blog to your new one :) .There is nothing for you to do.Wait till the next PR update.. It will take months though.

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  10. Thanks Aneesh for your info. I was dropped in tension before :P

    I will try to gain more backlinks in DoFollow blog.

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  11. Sounds great. I didn't know that this could be done. Thanks for the lesson.

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  12. Thank you so much for the help. Your instructions are thorough and simple. Grateful, Victoria

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  13. Great info. In your opinion, is it better to have the newsletter "Subscribe" or the "Follow" feature? Or will the "Subscribe" button also add the visitor as a follower?

    Thanks!

    http://www.Poverty-in-the-Philippines.com

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  14. i am trying to do it...i guess this is great!

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  15. Your blog is very helpful though i have a question. I did everything up to point 7 but then. Where can i find Compose the Newsletter from the Compose newsletters tab.
    Hope you vcan help me,
    thanks a lot
    Loes

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  16. usefull info...... tq a lots..

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  17. Hey can use this post on my blog. Please.

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  18. Very thanks. See my blog of blogger's stop at http://blogginggallery.blogspot.com/

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  19. just good...wish all info were this easy and usable!

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  20. what's the minimum # of subscriber's you must have in order to send out a newsletter?

    Hugs,
    Gina

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  21. Is there a way to remove the "View Newsletter" link in the widget? I'd like to keep the newsletter exclusive to my members.

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  22. Great tip, thanks for that help. =D

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  23. My question is how do you capture the email addresses of your subscribers? I may want to use another service later and want to be able to transfer the subscriber list to this service. I can't see in the Gaget a way to capture this list..

    Also, I used the gaget and sent myself a test email and there was no way to unsubscribe to the newsletter..

    This newletter gaget seems to not be very practical. Any answers?

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  24. Wery good information, easy to do while following your steps! Keep up the good work!

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  25. Any idea to make a subscription to the newsletter by just entering an email?

    I mean, some people don't know how or just don't want to have a profile in my blog, or google account or what ever... and they just want to supply me with their email to receive the newsletter. Can be this done with the friendsconnect newsletter?

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  26. Thanks for the information i was looking for it for creating the newsletter for my blog on blogger

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  27. this is great! i was looking all over for just this! thanks!

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  28. Thanks for sharing such a nice quote. I liked this.

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  29. Thank you very much!!!
    I will try Short Cartoon news letter on my blog!

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  30. Thank you for nice aticle here
    by the way I really need you few minute so see why it was not displayed in my page http://www.cgrecord.net( just displayed like a empty box )
    I knew you received alot of requests bu I hope you can support me to solve this. I appreciated
    Thanks and keep doin you talent work

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  31. HEY SO THANKS FOR THE INFO, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW WHY WHEN I DID THIS IT SAID :
    We're sorry...

    This gadget is configured incorrectly. Webmaster hint: Please ensure that "Friend Connect Settings - Home URL" matches the URL of this site.

    WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??? WHERE DO I CHANGE THIS, PLEASE HELP, YOU ARE THE BEST SOURCE UP TO NOW!

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  32. Dude............... This so works! I even edited the code and it was just left with the button to subscribe! This website is awesome thanks for the info bro!

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  33. After Google Stopped Google friend COnnect, this is not working!

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