Mid-Winter Conference Training 2017 Email Mid-Winter Conference Training 2017

Presenters Jason “Bald is Beautiful” Graven Christie “Ask Me About the War of 1812” White

What is the internet anyway?

Email More and more transition from regular postal mail to free email will be taking place whether we like it or not Email allows us to communicate directly in real time without having to wait Email never rings as “busy” Email provides confirmation that an email has been read to include date and time for better accountability tracking (no one can blame the post office) Email is free

Email services There are several bulk email service providers available. Depending on the size of your Post or the amount of emails you wish to send, services like mailchimp are free. For larger Posts, services like Constant Contact are available for a price. The Department uses Constant Contact

Email services Email provides you the ability to replace (or begin to transition) from traditional postal mail to free communication with members. If you have a newsletter, allow members to sign-up to have their newsletters emailed to them instead of traditional mail Over time, the reduction in mailing costs will save time, money, and manpower.

How to create email newsletters

discussion What prevents your Post from creating e-newsletters? What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks? How can I coordinate my new e-newsletter with my new Post Facebook page? What kind of things can my Post do with the money we save from not mailing out the newsletter? My Post has never done a newsletter before, what content should we include?