« Pluck Migrating Into Firefox | Main | No Five Cent Cigars Here »

A Tool for Both Blogs and Email

I had a dream the other night that some programming genius came up with a publishing application that created content for a weblog AND an email newsletter all-in-one! In other words, inside one app, content could be easily repurposed so that there was no need for re-entering it. You post to your blog and, within the bowels of the app, that content could easily be morphed into a format suitable for email.

If anyone knows of such a tool, please let me know. I've said that, for the time being, the ideal marketing communications mix is a combination of blogs and email, with RSS thrown in for good measure. Those are the areas I'm emphasizing now, and I'd like to know if such an application exists. If it doesn't, why is someone is not working on creating it? If someone did, I know it would be a hit!

PrintView Printer Friendly Version

EmailEmail Article to Friend

Reader Comments (4)

Hi PaulYes that's a great idea. Something that comes close to this, or least falls in the same category,is a product called NewsGator, developed by Greg Reinacker.

It puts RSS newsfeeds into Outlook, so you use one application for both your email and your RSS feeds.

It's very nifty.

Riaan
October 9, 2004 | Unregistered CommenterRiaan
I'm familiar with NewsGator, and have spoken with Greg once or twice. I like the product, but favor Pluck as my RSS reader.

However, that's on the receiving end. I'm looking for an app that will help me on the delivery end.

Thanks for the suggestion though. NewsGator is a great tool!
October 9, 2004 | Unregistered CommenterPaul Chaney
There is a way to do this now, although it is more of a workaround then an intended use.

Several blog systems have ways for the owner to post to them via e-mail. S the process would be:

Write the newsletterSend to listList includes the email addy you would send mail2blog posts toBlog system posts entry and creates RSS feed.

Viola!

Formatting and other nice things are somewhat limited but, as they say, content is king.
October 11, 2004 | Unregistered CommenterC McMahon
A separate application that could pull feeds via RSS/Atom and/or handle any type of export.. loads up your stories, you drag and drop onto a template chosen from a list..

I can see a need. :)
October 11, 2004 | Unregistered CommenterJonathan

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
All HTML will be escaped. Hyperlinks will be created for URLs automatically.