Ducks 'n a Row

email

Email List Link Party

18 Comments

If you are the owner of a mommy blog  or food blog, this party is for you! We will be joining each other’s email lists throughout the month of January in this ongoing party. Just remember to come back and follow everyone throughout the month till the party closes at 11:55pm ET January 31st. Join the linkup for the month of January 2018 where we will join each other's email lists! #bloggingtips

The inspiration for today’s party came from an email I received from Social Media Examiner yesterday sharing the grim news that Facebook is eliminating their news feed feature. WHAT???? (Note: the email said that this is so new that they haven’t even shared it on their blog. They are learning more about it first.)

Many bloggers have experienced great stress over Facebook. Remember the early years when every Facebook follower was like gold? Everyone saw our posts. We got engagement with the sheer numbers of who liked our page. Then algorithm change after algorithm change came out of the blue and, with every one,  we cried out  “Ouch! Ouch! and OUCH!”

I am one of the bloggers who finally gave up on Facebook, in the traditional sense. It was too much trouble to try to keep up with.  I do belong to some great Facebook groups that are a real blessing but I haven’t pursued getting new Facebook followers for a while now. Twitter and Pinterest are my go-to social media venues with a little Google+* on the side. *Google+ is another well that went dry but it does still seem to help get Google exposure so I intermittently post and follow others.

I have come to realize that the advice that I heard from the seasoned bloggers over the years – and ignored – is the best advice. Content is king and EMAIL LISTS are essential. In theory, everyone who signs up to follow you by email really WANTS to. They expect to hear from you. They may even look forward to it.  I have no idea why I was shy about it except, perhaps, that it requires more writing. But, I wish I had hopped to it and pursued email list building a long time ago.

So, in celebration of another fun Facebook change coming down the pike… a change we may hate… how about having a blog party? 

This is probably a one-time deal. I am creating this linkup to be ongoing for the whole month of January. It is for family-friendly blogs, only. I call them mommy blogs or food blogs but you know whether your content fits with “family friendly” …craft blogs, faith and inspiration, DIY blogs, home decor, frugal living, homeschooling .. the topics are endless.  Since, by participating in the party, we are agreeing to follow everybody by email,  it is vital that the content is something we would want to see. No adult sites, gambling, dark or political blogs allowed.

I will be re-posting the party a couple of times this month to stir up interest. Please set a reminder for yourself to come back and follow those who have joined later. Full participation will make this a great party and build all of our lists!

If you are a blogger and would like to share this party on your blog, too, let me know! You can email me at ducksnarow1@gmail.com and use the subject line I WANT TO GUEST HOST the EMAIL LIST LINK PARTY.

Share the news? Please TWEET this party and make it great!

Hey bloggers ... come to the Email List Building Party where we all subscribe to each other's email lists! All family-friendly blogs are welcome. #momblogger #foodblogger #crafts #DIY #kidsactivities #linkup Party ends January 31st! Share on X

FRIENDLY REMINDER =>>> CONFIRM YOUR SUBSCRIPTION REQUESTS WHEN THEY COME TO YOUR EMAIL INBOX!!!

This blog contains affiliate links. ♥

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Email Overtaking You? Declutter!

Leave a Comment

Email inboxes can get just as cluttered as a kitchen counter full of junk mail, if you let them. Subscribe to lots of newsletters and alerts and you can easily get 10, 20 even 50 new emails per day! Even if they are all your “favorites”, they can become overwhelming clutter when left unchecked.

Here are some ways to tame the “Email Jungle” and enjoy a peaceful, clean inbox:

Empty Your Inbox illustration by Christopher Hitz

1. Keep up with it daily. Empty that inbox of everything that is not truly essential before the sun goes down.

2. Save what you want to keep for later use. Use folders or labels to identify senders and move those emails out of the inbox to safe storage.

3. Archive. No time to think about it? If you have let it grow to hundreds, even thousands, of emails you may have an unmanageable mess. If this is you and you use Gmail, “select all” and archive them. For other services like Yahoo, create a general folder as a holding tank. “Select all” and then move them safely out of the way.

4. Delete. Live dangerously and delete them all! If your email account is only used for pleasure and not bank notices, bills and other essentials, you can do this. Most of us don’t want to take the chance of throwing away something really good, though. Gmail allows you to archive and have the best of both worlds. You can move them out of the way quickly to the archive and find them in a pinch if you need them. That is why Gmail is my preferred service.

Do you have a system that works for you? Let us know how you handle the “Email Jungle”! Comment below. Also, we’d love to see your links. Enter them below. Share a favorite post and we’ll all visit you.