I just wanted to create a very very rough guideline for the guest newsletter for newbie editors like me and may be some others.. This is not a template so PLEASE do NOT treat it is a template! We love unpredictability and surprises ! So I request you to use this as a sort of checklist to include stuff in your newsletter and let your creative juices flow !
Instructions for Discussion Title : Add new Discussion and the title of Discussion should be like this : Weekly Newsletter: JUNE 21-27, 2014 or if the week is across months then it should be like this Weekly Newsletter: JUNE 28 – JULY 04, 2014 .
Next : Copy paste this post’s content i.e. this template and start filling it out! Good luck! 🙂
(Keywords for this Newsletters will come here )
(Greetings here)
(One or two lines of summary of Newsletter here)
(An interesting Image relevant to the overall theme of the newsletter – do include link to the image source below the image)
Instructions for content sections: Each section below can be simply the section Name or short summary sentence or if there are not much happening in few sections, they can be simply be hyperlinked in one sentence at the end. Of course if nothing has happened in the section, encourage people to participate in that section.
(Upcoming week’s events , Open House, Meetups [if any] , Remind people to RSVP)
(Videos : If any interesting videos have been shared, link them here with an interesting preview pic)
(Discussions :
- Cover discussions from Last Friday noon to this Friday Morning
- Highlight Rodinstar awarded posts of the week
- Highlight Alok’s post(s) in the week. May be also highlight older discussion which has had lot of comments this week.
- Describe each selected post( Discussion) in one sentence each, while including title of post .
- Hyper-Link the title of post with the url of the post but only a few words [Tech glitch if you link the whole line] Valid Example: Rodinhooder Akhil has been looking for a tech co-founder forever! )
( Interviews: Check if there are interviews this week, List them [similar to Discussions] / encourage participation if little action this week here)
( Ask: Check if there are any interesting Questions this week, List ENGAGING ones only / write a short summary / encourage participation if little action this week here )
( Jobs: Check if there are any interesting Job Openings this week, List ENGAGING ones only / write a short summary / encourage participation if little action this week here )
( Blogs: Check if there are any interesting Blog Posts this week, List ENGAGING ones only / write a short summary / encourage participation if little action this week here )
(Special Announcements [which Editor might tell about] can be put here )
(Signing off:
- Short message [If any[
- Your Name [add your THRS page hyperlink]
- Your company email id , Facebook Profile, Company and personal Twitter Handle, and website URL so your company gets some mileage 🙂 )
More Instructions :
- Please complete the newsletter on Friday by 11am , AND INFORM the editor, so that editor can tweak if necessary
- Make sure the guideline contents and instructions are removed