News Room Plus

Help readers keep up on your life and your books.  The LATEST NEWS page automatically organizes newsletter messages that you write.  A brief introduction is listed directly on the LATEST NEWS page.  Readers click on the introduction to read the full article.

Here's the process for adding articles.  Read below for instructions on using your e-mail capabilities.

  1. In your WEBSITE CONTROL PANEL, click on NEWSROOM PLUS and open up EDIT PAGE.  Write your introduction below these instructions and UPDATE PAGE.  When you've completed this list of instructions you can delete the instruction list.
  2. Choose ADD AN ITEM.  Give your article a title.  Type a brief introduction which will show on the NEWSROOM PLUS page.  Then type your article in the workspace.
  3. In the ADD AN ITEM window you can also select the number of articles that you want to display on the website.  The News Ticker can be activated on your home page by calling technical support at 509-682-2519
  4. If you are going to create a separate PRESS ROOM, make sure and avoid confusion with NEWSROOM PLUS by titling your page UPDATES or something similar.

Powerful e-mail tools let you automatically collect addresses of interested readers, and automatically send updates to your list.  Here's how these tools work.

  1. The GROUP tool will help you organize your e-mails into categories.  In the CONTROL PANEL, select NEWS ROOM PLUS, and then select VIEW/EDIT GROUPS.  You can add or delete groups whenever you want, for example MEDIA, FRIENDS, DONORS, BOOKSTORES, etc.  If you select WEB SIGN-UP this group will appear on the website. If you select private then only you will be able to include names on this list.
  2. Next select EDIT EMAIL SETTINGS, and fill in your FROM ADDRESS, the SUBECT LINE, the HEADER TEXT that will appear on each message (the #NAME# allows the message to include the recipients name on each message)  The FOOTER TEXT also appears on each message that is mailed out.
  3. Next select VIEW/EDIT E-MAIL LIST.  Readers who sign up on your website are automatically included in this list.  You can also add names and contacts in this window.  If you have an entire list to add, select IMPORT E-MAILS and follow the instructions.  Make sure that your own e-mail is on this list.
  4. Finally, when you have an article to send to your list, select START, located just below the top blue table.
    • Select the article you want to send, then press NEXT.
    • PREVIEW E-MAIL and press NEXT
    • SELECT GROUPS to send the message to
    • VIEW THE LIST, and when you're ready, select SEND TO LIST
  5. List maintenance: E-mail accounts of users change quickly, so some messages that you mail will be returned.  Spam filters will also reject some of your messages.
    • Try writing an individual e-mail to each e-mail that is returned to you. Include a request for the reader to add you to their APPROVED SENDER list on their spamblocker service.  If the message is rejected again, delete the entry from your list. 

 

 

 



E-News Made Easy
Jun 6, 2003
Now you can broadcast email to all of your clients with a few clicks of the mouse. The Newsletter/Pressroom/Contact Manager module is one of the most powerful tools we offer. Review this entry for more information.
Newsletter Example
Jun 6, 2003
This is the introduction to your news story. It should be a summary of what your newsletter or press release contains. Make it short enough to read easily - but interesting enough to get clients to click. Read this entry to learn more.

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