Hashnode Newsletter Feature - For Busy Developers

For developers that want their newsletter but do not have time to manage one

UpdatedMay 26, 2022

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Catalin Pit

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Nitin1mo ago

Does Newsletter feature has been removed from Hashnode?

Kamil Gierach-Pacanek5y ago

Ow, that would be so outstanding to have that integrated mailing system here with the custom mails 😍

Also, I'm thinking that importing mailing list from other systems would be crucial - I wonder what about GDPR and all of that privacy policy relates stuff - won't the existing 3rd party subscribers have to agree on transferring their data over the Hashnode?

From the technical point of view - I think it not ever much of a deal, comparing to the legal side.

I'm looking forward to see how it will work out 💪

Catalin Pit5y ago

Stay tuned!

Maxi Contieri5y ago

Amazing Feature.

I've been using it for a long time.

I would change the snippet below the article (currently are the unformatted first lines) to SEO meta describes, which I think describe the article better.

Same tip for the home page

Catalin Pit5y ago

Do you mean in the newsletter that is sent?

If so, I'll pass the feedback to the team! 🙌

Ana Vela5y ago

Such a great feature! Hashnode just gets better and better 🤩

Catalin Pit5y ago

I agree with you, Ana Vela! 😆

Andrew Baisden5y ago

Wow this looks awesome excited to give it a go.

Catalin Pit5y ago

🔥

Braydon Coyer5y ago

Super excited to hear about the future additions to this - allowing custom emails to be sent to our user bases is going to be fantastic!

Catalin Pit5y ago

For sure, can't wait for those!

Apoorv Tyagi5y ago

The future improvements looks amazing specially designing and formatting your emails. I can't wait to use this!

Catalin Pit5y ago

Me neither, haha!

Asrin Dayananda5y ago

Starts setting up my blog :)

Catalin Pit5y ago

Yohoo! Let me know if you need any help!

Asrin Dayananda5y ago

Catalin Pit Setup my hashcode blog to https://blog.azcodez.com/

Don't know if this is a bug but when i click rss feed button ? Maybe i need more setup

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"> <channel> <title> <![CDATA[ Azcodez ]]> </title> <description> <![CDATA[ Azcodez ]]> </description> <link>https://blog.azcodez.com</link> <generator>RSS for Node</generator> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:18:43 GMT</lastBuildDate> <atom:link href="https://blog.azcodez.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/> <language> <![CDATA[ en ]]> </language> <ttl>60</ttl> </channel> </rss>

Catalin Pit5y ago

Can we talk on Discord, Asrin Dayananda, please?

It's easier to solve issues than in blog comments.

Asrin Dayananda5y ago

Catalin Pit All good now, It was my domain routing issue. Thanks

Rutik Wankhade5y ago

Once the feature to send custom emails for a newsletter will come, we won't need to rely on any other tools at all. Just one sweet place for everything.

Catalin Pit5y ago

My thoughts too! Can't wait for future improvements!

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Perhaps you want to start a developer newsletter, but you do not have time or other resources.

I am in the same position - I do not have the necessary time to create and maintain a newsletter. But that's where the Hashnode Newsletter comes into play.

Figure 1

With the newsletter feature, you can allow readers to subscribe to your blog, and it also sends an email automatically each time you publish a new blog article.

How does it help?

Usually, you need to use a separate newsletter service. Moreover, you might also need to pay for that service.

Now, you need to spend time creating weekly newsletters from scratch, and that's very time-consuming. First, you have to create and design the newsletter and then embed your content.

This is where Hashnode comes to help. Hashnode does that for you automatically, which means you can focus only on writing.

In the past, I tried multiple services to maintain my newsletter. However, even though they are more complex and have more features, you have to craft the newsletter manually. That's the biggest blocker for me, and that's where Hashnode helped me.

Also, the newsletter feature will get more powerful in the future. You can see the new improvements coming later in the article.

How to enable it

You can enable the newsletter from your blog dashboard. See figure 2 below.

Hashnode newsletter service Figure 2

However, for more thorough information, I recommend checking the official documentation. You can see the "newsletter" section here.

How does it look

Once you enable the newsletter feature, the subscribe form will appear at the top of each article.

hashnode newsletter feature.png Figure 3

In figure 3, above, you can see an example from a Hashnode blog. Or, you can scroll at the beginning of this article to see it live.

Future improvements

The newsletter feature only allows people to subscribe to your blog and it sends automatic emails at the moment. But the good news is that we are constantly improving the newsletter to make it more useful for you.

Here are some improvements we plan to add in the near future:

import subscribers from another service
send custom emails to your subscribers
export subscribers
design and format your emails

Until then, you can allow people to subscribe to your blog and send an email each time you publish an article!

Conclusion

What's your experience with the Hashnode newsletter? Let us know in the comments!

Also, if you have other suggestions for the newsletter feature, we are all ears!

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