So the rules are changing and social media is changing which means I have to make changes. I am in the process of updating and improving the right sidebar.
I am writing this post to inform you of the changes and what your best options are depending on what you want. I have done a lot of research and some testing. I have chosen free products to achieve what I want as to mailing post notifications or newsletters, or auto-sharing my posts to social media. I have no affiliate links and make no money from this blog. I pay for hosting, tools, plug-ins, etc so I use free options when I can.
A list of options follows with a glossary of how they work below them:
If you want to receive an email for all post notifications, immediately after posted:
This is the way it worked with Mailpoet, but the only way I know to get that option is to follow through WordPress. I need to update to add a button on the right sidebar to follow. In WordPress reader, then you can choose immediately, or a daily or weekly digest.
If you want an email, with a daily digest of post notifications in the previous 24 hours:
For this option, you can subscribe on the blog on the right sidebar. I am using Followit (suggested by my good friend Rachel @Waves of Fiction). Followit is actually an RSS reader, but it will send a daily email at the time you subscribe, so if you subscribe at 1pm, you will get an email daily at 1pm. The blog posts are daily at 1am ET and 7am ET. So I set my emails for myself at 12 noon, because FollowIt only grabs RSS feed with a 4-6 hour delay.
I chose this option for my current Mailpoet subscribers. I am in the process of importing. Unfortunately I did not test all the settings enough before importing so you first 10 will just get a headline with a bunch of junk ads under it. If you unfollow and refollow you will get the actual email without the junk. Plus if you refollow at the time you want your daily email, it will be at that time. I’m sorry I didn’t have this better tested for you.
Other options:
Feedly – There is button on the right sidebar under follow Books of My Heart.
Personally I use Feedly which is an RSS reader which does not send any emails. It gives me the blogs I have followed and whatever posts are currently available I haven’t read since my last look at Feedly. I almost always look at Feedly daily.
Bloglovin – There is button on the right sidebar under follow Books of My Heart.
I have followed a couple people this way, a long time ago. It does send some emails but I am not sure how they are set up. It did not work consistently for me. But if you use this reader, it is an option.
There are numerous ways to access blog content, by following on 
Mastodon right now this is Custom 1, 
Facebook, 
Instagram, 
Twitter, or 
Goodreads. At some point, I might get Threads or BlueSky connected. I removed the Mailpoet subscription form but somehow the WordPress was on that form so I need to put it back on its own.
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.
Friend or follow me at Goodreads.
Just wow! 🙂
It’s been making me crazy this past week. Mailpoet stopped sending my emails on Jan 24 and I have worked on learning enough about DNS management to have it work but I haven’t been able to do it. So I went a different route.
I hope it works out the way you want. I’m having some issues with my MailPoet subscriber list. But I’m going to stick with them for now. I also use the free versions of things as much as I can.
Thank you. Because of my hosting, I don’t have an email @booksofmyheart.net. I spent about a week on trying to get this set up but it just isn’t working with Mailpoet. So I am trying something else. I follow you on Feedly which is great for me. Everyone has different things they like so that’s why I did the email. I found several friends just have a follow through WordPress email and don’t use an email program at all.
I guess I was lucky that all of that new setup work I had to do for MailPoet worked for me. I’ll have to look into Feedly. I know I get weekly updates from WordPress on a number of blogs I follow, but I have no idea how that works. But good luck. I know this stuff can be quite a headache and takes up a lot of time for something that was meant to be just fun and interesting.
yes I’m just the sort who wants everything to work the best it can. I haven’t had any luck with setting up Mailpoet for the changes. I have used it for 7 years until now. A lot of people only use WordPress follow subscriptions for their blogs and it does send emails.
I hope it all works out for you. Their are so many social options and its hard to choose which to set up for your blog to make sure you get the most people the best options to follow.
Thank you. It’s been a rough week but I may be finally making some progress.
I’m so relieved, this post just popped up in my Follow It email!
Thank you Tammy. It’s working but everything gets to you a day late. I am trying to get the emails set for noon ET so that they will pick up my posts at 1am or 7am. Yours is set for 12 AM instead of 12PM so everything is a day behind. I’ve asked followit to fix this since their import didn’t work the way it specifically says. But if you want to change it you can unfollow and refollow at teh time you want to get an email, or just switch to a WordPress email.
I follow blogs using feedly. I find it the best way to keep up with the blogs I like and not clutter my inbox with emails. I do subscribe to author emails to find out when they are releasing new books, freebies, etc. As for my own blog – it was set up so long ago, I don’t know if there are options. I use Icegram plugin (Free) to send daily emails of my blog posts.
yes, I’m the same. I use Feedly and only get a few author emails which I seem to continually have to pare down. But some people want email so I try to provide options.
I did the Follow It, because I have other blogs that way. We’ll see how it goes!
Thank you Lisa. I follow you on Feedly.
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