With our March newsletter nearly ready to be emailed we thought it would be a good idea to say a little about how we have changed it and how it fits into our thinking on this blog.
For the first newsletters which we sent I would use my own email account which wasn't really ideal. We wanted to find a way to manage our address book better, allow us to include pictures and to link to other websites like our blog. The website we use for this is an American one called Mailchimp. They offer a secure and professional service and we hope that you will find the new newletters better.
When you first open your newsletter you might not see the photo's we have included. If this happens you need to look for a message near the top of the email which will say something like "Show photographs from this sender?". Click this and you will then see any photographs.
We have started our blog for two really important reasons:
1. We wanted a way to quickly and conveniently let you know about what is going on at the Tea room
and
2. We wanted to give you the chance to talk back which you can by using the "comments" box on any of the posts.
We have also started to use Facebook as we know that there are some of our visitors who are already into this new way of keeping in touch. To be honest we don't yet fully understand Facebook but if you want to check us out then our page is here.
We are also looking at ways to show videos about Lanercost as well as pictures.
For the videos we have are on You tube here.
For pictures we are collecting them on Flickr
At the end of the day what is important is you, our readers and visitors are the people who help to make Lanercost special and we hope that these small changes will help us to talk and stay in touch.
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