https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 17:09:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-938121 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:29:16 +0000 travelingnanny 938121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mr.bee- sort of. I can't quite articulate what I thought it would be. Hmmm. I will try and brainstorm some suggestions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936339 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:47:52 +0000 Mrs. J 936339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I got it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936283 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:24:57 +0000 bisous 936283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Got it! I was a little confused at first, but I did read it after figuring it out it was mass email. As someone whose job includes newsletter publication, I think it's awesome that you are so receptive to all this feedback--adds to what I love about the community feel of HB. Very cool that you are going to experiment...looking forward to seeing what else you try! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936256 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:13:06 +0000 softcream 936256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>got it ... the only indication that it might have been a newsletter was the unsubscribe link at the bottom, but even then i thought maybe you started emailing blog posts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936240 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:07:17 +0000 Adira 936240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I have to say, I really LOVE that you guys are so open to suggestions from the community and are willing to try a bunch of different things! I LOVE this about Hellobee!!! Thank you so much for all that you do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936206 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:59:50 +0000 mrbee 936206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: We'll try a few different things out along those lines! I do like the idea of email-only content though... we'll be experimenting more with that sort of stuff in the coming months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936194 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:54:56 +0000 honeybear 936194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Thanks! Maybe you could post previously-sent newsletters somewhere on the site? I don't know if that would be easier or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936152 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:42:29 +0000 ktdid23 936152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks @mrbee :-) I really appreciate it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936134 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:37:42 +0000 mrbee 936134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: We will probably try out a format like that in the coming weeks... stay tuned! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936129 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:37:07 +0000 mrbee 936129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ktdid23: I'll send it to you later tonight, along with anyone else who expresses interest! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936127 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:36:42 +0000 mrbee 936127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: Ok it turns out that resending the email to a smaller list of people is a decent amount of work...</p> <p>I'll wait til the end of the day to see if anyone else is interested, then try to send it at that time to everyone who has expressed interest! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936126 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:36:21 +0000 ktdid23 936126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Just saw it! Subscribed - will the tantrum newsletter still come to me? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936101 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:32:03 +0000 mrbee 936101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ktdid23: Hmm, I don't see you on the newsletter list? You can subscribe on the frontpage!</p> <p><a href="http://www.hellobee.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936080 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:27:29 +0000 mrbee 936080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I don't think we have the resources right now to pull together a weekly list of members who gave birth! Maybe over time we can make a newsletter that's more community oriented... not quite there yet though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936071 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:26:22 +0000 Smurfette 936071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love @LemonLong: ideas. That is what a newsletter to me should be. This was just a blog post. I would rather have a newsletter with highlights from say the last month in the blog. Such as CIO was a hot topic and include links to the threads about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936020 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:15:25 +0000 ktdid23 936020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee - I didn't get it &amp; it sounds like it'd be right up my alley right now! Could you please send me a copy? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-936010 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:10:54 +0000 mrbee 936010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonLong: sounds like you'd prefer a more traditional newsletter format? We may experiment along those lines in coming weeks…</p> <p>Over time, we will probably have to figure out a way to target our emails by the age of each person's baby… and maybe split up the newsletter into separate TTC, pregnancy, and parenting newsletters? We're not quite there yet, but hopefully launching our newsletter is the first step in that direction! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/3#post-935994 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:06:46 +0000 Adira 935994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ooooh, I really like @LemonLong's suggestion! Especially the list of members who gave birth! I'd love that! And I agree - the content of this newsletter was so specific and didn't really apply to me at all and there was nothing else to it, so I kind of felt meh about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935990 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:06:11 +0000 mrbee 935990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: the newsletter went out this morning around 8 am or so? So if you signed up after that, you would receive the next newsletter… but not this one.</p> <p>I'm currently dropping off some blankets at the laundromat, but after I get back to my desk then I'll send you a copy of this morning's newsletter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935981 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:04:01 +0000 LemonLong 935981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Got it, everyone else already mentioned the header/graphics. I skimmed it, but didn't really read it. It sounded like a blog post to me. I'd rather see news about the website, maybe a list of members on the forum who gave birth that month,snippets of funny or thought provoking posts someone made on the blog/forums with a link to it, a list of the blogs published in the month, anything new coming up, or a contest/product review, etc. </p> <p>The content this month just didn't engage me because my LO isn't at the age of having tantrums and there was nothing else to draw me in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935962 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:59:44 +0000 anbanan15 935962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Mine looked like @mrskc:! It took me a moment to realize it was the newsletter, but I liked it overall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935951 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:57:22 +0000 honeybear 935951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just signed up for the newsletter this morning. Do I have to do something else to receive it? I clicked through the confirmation email. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935949 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:56:44 +0000 NeekieRose 935949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Awesome!! You guys are so great at responding to feedback. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935936 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:54:27 +0000 mrbee 935936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: Glad to hear it was a timely topic!</p> <p>We'll be adding some more design elements to the next newsletter…. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935921 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:50:37 +0000 Sammyfab 935921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got it...and it was super timely because my LO has been throwing tantrums like crazy recently! :/</p> <p>I will admit though that I haven't read it yet. It looked like a super lengthy email to me and like others, I would prefer a header and more design to make it look less like plain ol' text. It's kinda like thread posts that are crazy long paragraphs (or no paragraphs at all...yikes) that I'm too lazy to skim over - but not as bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935906 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:43:50 +0000 mrbee 935906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NeekieRose: We just commissioned a design for the newsletter header! :)</p> <p>@mrskc: Not sure why the font isn't showing up larger... will look into that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935814 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:16:30 +0000 cmomma17 935814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Got it and didn't read it. But only because I don't have a toddler yet and I purge emails ASAP because I get so many! I'll definitely read in the future when it's a topic I'm interested in.<br /> Congrats on your first newsletter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935793 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:12:48 +0000 mrskc 935793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got it and I figured it was the newsletter. This is how it looked to me in my email. The font is so small and it looked like so much text so I didn't read it. Sorry. I do agree with others in that maybe there should at least be a header. </p> [attach=684/13/mq1jxc.338x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935752 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:05:01 +0000 NeekieRose 935752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got it and agree with what most people are saying; the lack of design made it really confusing. I thought it was something I had received by mistake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/we-sent-out-our-first-email-newsletter-this-morning/page/2#post-935697 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:52:16 +0000 rsp213 935697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Got it and the topic was extremely timely! :happy: </p>