The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week, and showcase books and things we have received.
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Sunday, well I started with new messages from FS Poster. They had me emailing with a support manager and now they are referring me to a developer. I have 4 accounts attached (but not Threads) and nothing works. The 3 things I want to do are: Auto-share my posts to social media, do a Revive Old Posts a couple times a day, and do a direct share for something like a sale / deal. I sent the update code to Ashley along with my exported settings file.
It’s another cold morning. I’ve finished off my Feedly feed. I packed up soup last night for the neighbors and I took one to Abby’s mom this noon. Now I am on to more Sunday post visiting before the WTZ Chat. We had the chat with some of my old favorite chatters and some exciting new people. After, I worked on cooking a new batch of food for Lulu. Marley’s mom came over and learned how I make her food and I gave her a quart of the chicken wild rice soup.
Monday, same stuff new week. Ashley loaded the new code for the FS Poster plugin. Now there are logs and they all show as Not Sent. I’m moody about the books I’m reading. I set up some upcoming posts. I reviewed free email accounts for your domain name, and new mail subscription software. My daughter and I walked Lulu. I finally did a menu plan for this week.
Tuesday, Ashley helped load the DNS info so I could get an email that is at my domain name. It’s setup to send and now I just have to get so it can receive. I walked Abby and Lulu even though it was sprinkling a bit of rain. My neighbor was home and still not feeling well. I went to Aldi and Trader Joes and then to Papa Murphy’s for pizzas.
Wednesday, I awakened to the sound of the DitchWitch and the Google Fiber people making trenches in my yard. Lulu and I went out to talk to him. We will see how this goes. I tried something else to update the DNS info for the next step in email management. The weather is nice, humid and warm. I took my daughter to a chiro and then we stopped in at the Asian store.
Thursday, another warm, cloudy and humid day, which was very pleasant for walking. After the walk, I went to Costco for a few items and then Harris Teeter. I got the email working, so now I have a sending email @booksofmyheart.net. Then I needed to get it setup in Mailpoet. This did not go as well.
Friday, I started working on the Mailpoet issues right away, found another tip online, and got it working! I visited blogs. Lulu and I took a bit longer walk so we could see the swans. Very nice weather, no rain as has been predicted the last 3 days. I went down the rabbit hole on some research.
Saturday, the post emails haven’t been working and I figured out I have to update the settings on each email form. So I did. I spent some time doing research and did not get my reviews written. Another nice day with the rain not yet, so Lulu and I walked the longer route again and saw the swans. This week was lots of time on emails and auto-share and blog setup stuff.
My post emails still don’t seem to be working. Hopefully I can figure that out. Otherwise you can follow on WordPress or Feedly for now.
How do I do it?
I’m not even to the point of having FS Poster working in any way whatsoever and I’m facing a new challenge. Apparently there will be an issue in February with sending emails from a Gmail account and they will be classified as spam. I am going to try some things including I may have to pay for a new email account. (Update: No I was able to setup with a free account on Zoho Mail)
But I’m also going to look at a new email provider for the blogs. I’m interested in hearing if anyone has experience with MailerLite or Sender. Also, do you have other suggestions. I currently use Mailpoet. Tell me what you use to email your blog subscribers or do you only use WordPress?
MailerLite allows 1000 subscribers and up to 12,000 emails a month. However if I had 1000 subscribers, that would mean I could only email notifications for 12 posts. I’m not anywhere close to that limit but it seems like not worth making the switch if I have Mailpoet working and it allows up to 2000 subscribers and 5,000 emails. If I get to 1000 subscribers, emails will be a problem with a free plan. I haven’t looked at Sender yet: I think it is unlimited emails.
If you have any tips for me, please comment.
February is the next Series in a Month #SIAM for COYER
I’ve decided to use my KU subscription and read the 4 books in the Callahan & McLane series by Kendra Elliot.
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- Vanished
- Bridged
- Spiraled
- Targeted
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Reading Reality. These are the exciting ARCs I received this week (If you click on the cover, it will take you to the Goodreads entry):
My sincere thanks to PICT Tours, Grand Central Publishing, Macmillian Audio, Tantor Audio.
(If you click on the cover, it will take you to the Goodreads entry)
I finally got around to selecting my January First Reads.
Now the really scary one. This is all the Kindle and Audible freebies I grabbed this past week. You can see why I need to do Thrifty Thursday to be sure I read a few at least one each month.
I really meant to cut back on freebies BUT they are free so I guess that won’t be happening.
I’m not including things like reviews posted or upcoming as they are always in the right sidebar. And, my challenge status is also there.
Anne
I read all types of books but my favorites are urban fantasy and romantic suspense.I like some romance and some action / adventure / mystery in everything.I like sex in my books but please, only between TWO people.Intimate conversation is equally important to the sex in a book.It lets me see the characters.The other thing I enjoy is humor.
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I hate having blog issues and I don’t bother with automatic send outs. I just don’t care enough to figure it out, lol. I have Follow.it for email subscription, but I honestly have no idea what their limit is for subscriptions before it stops being free. I’m sure I’m nowhere close.
Your walk out by the swans looks very pretty. I just saw the audio of The Boy Who Cried Bear up on Netgalley. I have the e-ARC already, but I’ll request the audio since that’s the way I prefer to “read” the series. I already pre-ordered a hardcopy for my shelves since it’s one of my favorite series. I’ll look up that David Baldacci.
Thanks for your info on mailing. The auto-share is working ok (not FS Poster) but the mailing stopped working Jan 24 when I started setting up my own email in my domain. I’ve already finished The Boy Who Cried Bear (audio)! I do love the series.
So I never mentioned it but your post emails have been going into my spam folder for quite a while. No matter how many times I tell it “not spam” it’s not learning. I did receive a couple of spammed post emails this week, so I’m still getting them, I just have to go searching. Sorry you’re having so many issues, good luck working them out.
yes, that’s because I have always been sending from gmail. So I have set up my own post domain email but the changeover isn’t working yet. Thanks for letting me know though.
Yay Lulu💜
Too bad about your email woes. I only use WordPress so I got nothing.
Nice haul this week. I’m always up for a new Baldacci. Happy reading!
Thanks for the info Jonetta. I may only be using WordPress or Feedly at the rate it is going. I don’t have many subscribers by email anyway but I do like being able to do regular posts or a weekly digest.
You are so on top of all the stuff! I am glad to have Ashley at NoseGraze though, she is so helpful! So you’re getting Google Fiber? That is what I have for internet. It works pretty good I think. I hope you get some things figured out this week!
Thanks Lisa. I hope I can get something figured out this week!
I used to use MailChimp but it’s been a while since I logged in and I’m pretty sure they’ve changed some of their policies since the last time I used it. I haven’t kept up with any of that lately so I’m not much help. I hope you manage to figure it out soon! Enjoy your new books!
Thank you!. I just like to figure things out. I could just use WordPress and the autoshare I have is working. I am a constant improver person. lol
I don’t have the energy to set up any of the automatic posting. It just takes a minute to do it manually. I am amazed by how much grocery shopping you do every week. I can barely get to a single store during any given week…lol. They dug up our neighborhood for fiber last year and tore up the flower bed area around my mailbox. I don’t think many people in my neighborhood were happy and not many have signed up for the service. I hope that you have a wonderful week!
yes I’ve been researching and fiddling with auto-sharing and my email program. Somehow I don’ want to have to do it manually because it wouldn’t be at the same time every day like the computer auto-shares can be. I combine my grocery pickups with med appts or other errands. Some GF items are only available at certain stores so I get them when I am near. Like Monday while my daughter has an eye appt, I’ll pickup only 2-4 items, mostly we are out of milk. yes Google Fiber ravaged our lawns too. But their prices and service are very good.
I’m sorry about the mail and blog issues. I hope you are able to get it all straightened out.
Your books all look good. I hope you enjoy them. Have a great week!
Thank you Yvonne. I’m frustrated at times and at other times it’s interesting and fun to see what I can do.
It is SO frustrating when you have blog issues. I am one to panic, so I just use WordPress for mail now. I hope you get it figured out, Anne.
Thank you Jody. It can be frustrating. I have a WordPress follow. I am going to do some more fiddling with things. For post notifications I am already trying Followit which Rachel recommended today.
I hate blog issues as well and when you not sure how to fix it that kind of annoying to. Hope it all works out for you that way you can spend more time reading.
Thank you. For sure that would be awesome.
I’ve only tried MailerLite and it worked for only a short while and then stopped. Never could figure out why. I may have to check into Mailpoet. The weather here has turned nice and so I have the windows open, which the cats are loving. I hope you enjoy your new books and have a great week, Anne!
Thanks Wendy. It depends on your purpose. I wanted to send emails quarterly for Library Love in addition to post notifications. And I wanted to do a weekly digest. Mailpoet is easy but has some real fussy aspects. If your only purpose is to send post notifications I’d go with WordPress (which can have daily or weekly digest formats) or the one Rachel just recommended to me Followit.
I am sorry for all the blog problems! I used to send a newsletter when I began but I have abandoned the idea with GDPR…
yes a bunch of things are just more and more complex these days.
Sorry you’re having trouble with your newsletter/email subscriptions. It’s always a pain to have to figure it out. I follow people via Feedly anyway because I like having everyone in the same place rather than spread out emails. Have a good week!
Thank you! I use Feedly for myself and don’t do email subscriptions but I want to make sure those who do prefer email can get them.
I hear the frustration you are having with the blog and have had times where I was ready to give up. I hope things get sorted for you soon.
Thank you Jodie. Well I’m unlikely to give up but when they change things and then stuff doesn’t work I hate that. I was happy with what I had and then a bunch of things changed, new socials, new email rules. I’ll figure it out.
The fiber people did tha there last summer, they dug EVERYTHING up. Al summer. Good grief. We had a hole in our yard, flags everywhere, equipment in the street and people’s yards.
yes Greg that happened here too. But Google seems to have consistent prices and service so I’m going to give them a try.
Ours was AT&T I think. but with XFinity charging me a FORTUNE I might go with them too.
Well I won’t say the install went great but it might work out in the end. I’m still testing it out.
I hope your email/post issues are resolved soon, I know I should be more proactive with the blog but I just don’t have the patience.
I’m glad you are enjoying some mild weather.
Wishing you a wonderful reading week
Thank you Shellyrae. If they would just not have new social media and email rules everything would have been good. lol I’ll get it worked out.
Sounds like something of a frustrating week with the various online/blog issues. I follow via Feedly so no issues there. I hope the Google Fiber people don’t leave a mess!
Thank you Tanya. Same for me, personally I use Feedly. But there are people who want email so I’m trying to provide that option as well.
Oh gosh, I’m sorry to hear you’re having so many issues with mail and the blog. I only use WordPress so I don’t have any advice, but I hope you’re able to find solutions that work for you.
Thank you Suzanne. I personally use Feedly to visit on a daily basis. I do get some emails through WordPress. For my own site, I sort of do all the methods so I can keep track of how they are working.
It just needs to stay cold for a while. My yard cannot handle anymore rain!!!!!!!
It’s been wet here but no heavy rain and mostly overnight. The ground hasn’t really frozen because the temps just get to about freezing at the coldest, so the ground is kind of mushy.
I don’t do auto posting, just manually put it all up where I want it. I use Mailpoet and apart from some issues with my subscriber list, I like them and will stay with them. I used Mailchimp when I first started, but their free options are becoming very limiting and it just wasn’t working for me anymore. Then I signed up for MailerLite, but if I want to send out an automated newsletter every week with an RSS feed of the new posts on the blog, then I have to pay for the service. I found that out after a free trial period.
Thank you for all your information in you comments. I would stay with Mailpoet if I could get it to work.
Goodness, I’m sorry to hear about all your tech troubles. If you can’t get Mailpoet working, you can use a mailing list service and zaps from Zapier to have it send your posts. Or maybe there’s something from Jetpack? Anyway, it looks like it was a busy week otherwise!
Thank you. With Mailpoet it is the DNS modifications which won’t work. For the time being, I went to FollowIt which has no restrictions on number of followers or emails as it is an RSS reader really. I don’t know yet if I will like it. But I do need newsletter capabilities occasionally so I may have to figure it out or try out Mailer Lite. I hadn’t considered Zapier although I did look at it once but ended up with dlvr.it and Buffer for that purpose.
Email and website stuff can be so tough to figure out. I hope you can get it all working soon! Sounds like you had a full week and lots of walks with Lulu :). I hope you’ll enjoy that Laura Greenwood book, I read the first book in that series and enjoyed, but haven’t read that one yet even though I have a copy.
yes and it keeps changing. Thank you Lola. I also have the desire to improve things as I go along but this is actually a change in rules of email providers.
I love your commitment to making your blog and outreach work. I no longer have this commitment, so if something breaks, I don’t know how long I’ll keep blogging. My blog turned 14 last Sunday and I completely forgot until the next day when I was looking at my calendar. I kept putting off blogging, answering emails, and visiting other blogs all week. I’m losing my passion for it. *sad face* I DID finish the second WTZ book – wow, what a ride this series is so far!!
Everyone has cycles. You have to choose what works for you and do what you enjoy. I’m a constant improver of my organizations, systems, etc. What works for me doesn’t always work for others.
I’m so glad you are still enjoying reading though and I really hope you will be able to do the Read-along with us other times too because it is fun to have your thoughts on the books. I’m reading the next WTZ next week.
Everything about blogging seems overwhelming to me lately. Just reading about your woes stressed me out a little bit. Hopefully this week is smooth sailing!
I’m sorry I stressed you out as well as I was majorly stressed out, which continued into this week but it’s settled now. I have things to figure out yet but I’m no longer so stressed. It was just a perfect storm with too many issues at the same time. With some things sorted, I’m fine.
What a hassle!!! I hope you get all the blog / email stuff sorted out so you can move on! Must be frustrating.
So nice of you to take soup to the neighbors!
Thanks Jinjer. Things are moving along now, so at least my total stress out is over.