[Massplanners] Planning Department e-newsletter

[Megan Fournier]

Hi Maureen,

OCPC uses MailChimp, however I do feel that Constant Contact can be a better/ more user-friendly option for newsletters. Cost wise, I believe MailChimp is cheaper but with less features.

Canva is another option for free however, you would need to send out through your own email and not through a larger system such as MailChimp and Constant Contact.

Feel free to reach out if you want to discuss more.

Megan

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Subject: Re: [Massplanners] Planning Department e-newsletter

We use MailChimp in Lynn and it works fine for us! We do English and Spanish versions. We have enough subscriptions that we pay a monthly fee now but it's not crazy.

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Maureen,

You might want to look into Substack, which is a blogging platform, technically, but sends blog posts out as email. So it functions like an e-newlsetter. It's free to use and (unless you turned on a paid option) would be free to subscribers.

I use it for my blog and find it very user-friendly and intuitive.

On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 10:19 AM Maureen Pollock via MassPlanners <massplanners at masscptc.org<mailto:massplanners at masscptc.org<mailto:massplanners at masscptc.org%3cmailto:massplanners at masscptc.org>>> wrote:

Dear fellow planners:



The Montague Planning Department is interested to create an e-newsletter for community members who wish to sign-up to receive emails about Planning Department news, updates, upcoming events, and more.



I am hoping to find a platform that is either free or low budget that provides a design/layout template. Does anyone have recommendations to provide?



Any guidance would be much appreciated!



Sincerely,



Maureen



Maureen Pollock (she/her)

Town Planner

Town of Montague

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