We know some of you have been having problems with duplicate comments being added to your newsletters. We think we’ve fixed the problem and removed the duplicates. Please let us know if you are still having problems with duplicate comments. Thanks!
We’re still putting up several new templates a week. Here are a few selections from this week.
Invite friends over, get out and see fireworks, BBQ, support our troops, but most of all have fun. Send a newsletter invite right now while you’re thinking about it!
We just rolled out a new feature on LetterPop that makes template browsing a lot easier. When you go to the “create” page you will now see a category drop down menu. Just select a category from that list to see the matching templates.
There was an unanticipated side effect to this enhancement that is worth mentioning – it showed us some categories that need more templates! So check back often as we add templates to fill out some of the sparser categories.
And as always, send us feedback. We are adding lot’s of new templates each week. Most of our decisions to build templates are based on how you are all using LetterPop. We hope the new ones are helping you share more of what’s important to you with who’s important to you.
The site should be running significantly faster now after a much needed server upgrade. Everything on the site should be faster but you’ll probably notice the improvements the most in the newsletter builder.
We just finished rolling out several significant updates. First, for everyone, you can now create a subscribe link and button that you can put directly on your website. From your address book, click the “Get subscribe button code for your site” link. Choose a few simple options and then copy and paste the resulting code into your website. Your site visitors will then be able to subscribe directly to the LetterPop mailing list you designate.
Along with this, the unsubscribe feature has been updated and allows your readers to unsubscribe from just your mailing list (prior to now, readers could only unsubscribe from all LetterPop newsletters).
The biggest new feature is for LetterPop customers on the Business plan. Business customers can now view statistics on each mailing they send including number of emails sent, opened by readers, viewed, and unsubscribe numbers.
We hope thse new features make using LetterPop and integrating it with your existing websites and website analytics easier than ever.
Good news, we’ve made some recent improvements to our backend template editor that’s making it easy to crank out new templates. Here’s one version that has two flavors – “yellow blend” and a choose your own image version which is below on the right.
We’ve just released a slew of new changes including a few on the back-end that will allow us to create new templates faster. But the biggest improvement (and one of our most requested) is the ability to re-order your newsletter pages. You can now change the order of each of the pages in your newsletter.
To move a page:
You can now easily keep track of the conversations you’re having with other members in your newsletter comments. On your home page, at the bottom of the comments section, is a new link called “View recent comments you’ve made.” This link shows all of the recent comments on every newsletter you’ve also commented on.
Editable text areas are now more distinct with a special “Click to edit” background:
Finally, you can add a personal note to the email that is sent when you mail a newsletter. The notes are saved so sending the same newsletter again retrieves the old note. And they become part of your RSS feed as well.
We’ve heard through the grapeville that some schools and other organizations have put on LetterPop.com workshops. And we think that is a great idea. In fact, we are willing to help. If you have a school, business, club, blog, or organization that would benefit from an in-person hands-on workshop, let us know. We would be glad to arrange for Dave, John, or Cory to drop by your office and put on a FREE workshop for your organization. LetterPop is a powerful tool for communicating with elegance and simplicity over the web. Our personalized workshops are a great way to learn all the benefits of using LetterPop for your organization. Here is what your organization will receive:
For now we’ll need to restrict our workshops to organizations where there will be 5 or more attendees and that are within 81 miles of LA or San Diego. Though, if your organization really really wants to fly us to Hawaii or France and put us up in a nice hotel, we’ll flex 
Don’t be shy! Email support@letterpop.com with your request.