Hello and welcome to the first issue of Curators. A monthly look at the world of curated content publishing with Curated.
Each month you'll get a little news about what we've been up to, maybe an interview with one of our publishers and links to a few articles which you'll certainly find useful if you're interested in publishing curated content.
Interview with Lon Riesberg of Data Elixir
We love to highlight the great work of people who are publishing with Curated. We're going to kick off this week with an interview with Lon Riesberg who has been publishing Data Elixir for the last 7 months and has already built a subscriber base of over 10,000 people.
While we're on the subject...
How to Create Emails Your Users WANT to Receive
Derek Skaletsky with a great article on the whole concept of Curated. You want to publish content that people will find genuinely interesting and want to read. Digest publications get a mention in here of course, but he takes a good look at several different types of email.
Building an Audience of 223,991 Subscribers
Robert Bruce interviews Peter Cooper about his ever expanding network of technical digest newsletters, including Ruby Weekly, JavaScript Weekly and HTML 5 Weekly. The interview (Direct Link) covers Peter's background and how he has built a successful business around his newsletters.
The Ultimate Guide to Preview Text
Lauren Smith with a look at what preview (or pre-header) text is in email. If you're publishing with Curated you don't need to worry about the how part of this article, just add an issue summary in the editor before publishing. However, if you weren't aware how important it is, you'll want to give this a read.