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<p><em>Unless you're interested in underlying tech, there's no need
to follow this discussion. We'll resurface when we have some
ideas to share.</em><br>
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<p>So you know how I've been thinking, and <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_qBLMFixutrDI4Q-GAWrHXbqRi-n4pil4vUCNmybuiA">I
shared</a> with John lately, about how much communication effort
goes into the email newsletter, and that the effort (and assets)
should go to the website, to serve as reference for parents
throughout the year and future newsletters? I think I found one
way that might be done.<br>
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<p><a href="http://mailchimp.com/">MailChimp</a> (I don't know about
Constant Contact) allows email campaigns (correct me if that's not
correct terminology) to be generated from RSS feeds! Set it to
mail out weekly on a certain day, and it checks a feed for new
content, formatting it to your choosing into something that looks
like a newsletter.<br>
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<ul>
<li><a
href="http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/what-is-an-rss-to-email-campaign-and-how-to-i-set-one-up">How
can I create an RSS-Driven Campaign? | MailChimp.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.mailchimp.com/rss-to-email-tutorial/">RSS
to Email Tutorial | MailChimp Email Marketing Blog</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/rss-to-email-merge-tag-cheatsheet">RSS
to Email Merge Tag Cheatsheet | MailChimp.com</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Keeping the website fresh becomes a newsletter necessity as
newsletters are assembled by simply tagging webpages.<br>
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<p>Anyway, I just wanted to note the technique somewhere.<br>
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