{"id":6198,"date":"2024-02-27T13:59:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T12:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justshareforyou.store\/?p=6198"},"modified":"2024-02-27T13:59:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T12:59:37","slug":"why-i-started-the-casual-corner-why-you-need-a-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justshareforyou.store\/index.php\/2024\/02\/27\/why-i-started-the-casual-corner-why-you-need-a-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Started The Casual Corner (Why You Need A Newsletter)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n I\u2019ve tried to consistently keep a newsletter many times over my 8 years of blogging. And I just couldn\u2019t do it.
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\n So I eventually gave up on trying. But the\u00a0more and more social media takes over our lives, the more I want to focus on my website and growing connections with the audience I already have. And that\u2019s where the newsletter idea popped back into my mind. I don\u2019t really consider myself super creative. I kind of always just went with the flow, didn\u2019t really put a ton of effort into trying to be creative. But writing. I could write for days.\n <\/p>\n

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\n I love writing and I love making connections. So a newsletter honestly makes PERFECT sense for me. Over the last few months of being at home, I\u2019ve actually turned to my inbox more than ever. I LOVE newsletters. I obviously make sure only to sign up for newsletters that I truly want to read. And that\u2019s what I want The Casual Corner to be for YOU.\n <\/p>\n

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\n why i started the casual corner
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\n I started
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\n because I wanted to make sure I was giving my audience another chance to really connect with me. I really think I have an amazing audience and I feel very lucky about that. I wanted to make sure I was providing something valuable \u2014 even if that meant just allowing us to connect more!\n <\/p>\n

\n I also wanted to be creative. Since I just CANNOT get on board with videos, Reels, or TikTok, I figured a newsletter would be a great space for me to be creative and step outside my comfort zone of blog posts and
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\n . While I\u2019m already pretty personal around here, I get
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\n so, what is the casual corner?
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\n The Casual Corner
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\n is a place where you\u2019ll get to know me, Dana, on an entirely different level. When you first sign up for
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\n , you\u2019ll receive a Welcome series, where I tell you a little more about myself, share personal stories of how I got to this point today, and what you can expect going forward. From there you\u2019ll receive 1-2 EXCLUSIVE emails per month. This can be a whole range of things: tips, tricks, personal stories, and ways we can truly become Internet besties! My very first exclusive email goes out
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\n THIS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26th!
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\n So make sure you
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\n !!! I would quite literally LOVE. YOU. FOREVER.\n <\/p>\n

\n And if you\u2019re already signed up, I LOVE YOU FOREVER.\n <\/p>\n

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\n long form content = connections
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\n I think over the years, I really learned that CONNECTING with your audience is what makes YOU unique as a blogger\/influencer\/whatever you want to call it. There\u2019s a lot of successful people out there who don\u2019t give a shit about who follows them. And that makes me a little sad. I want people who follow me to
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\n One of my biggest realizations was that I\u2019m good at connecting with my audience because I actually do care. I noticed whenever I was putting out long form content on the blog, I would get a much larger response from people. That\u2019s when I really started combining my outfit photos with longer, more meaningful content. There\u2019s SO much I want to say and DO around here, and I think the newsletter provides that cool, exclusive platform for me.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Between TikTok news and Instagram glitches, there\u2019s more than enough reasons why you should create something other than a space on social media. Although it likely will not happen, Instagram can shut down TOMORROW. And a lot of people would be stuck with absolutely nothing. I\u2019ve heard too many stories about people who put A TON of effort into their Instagram accounts, only to have them hacked and deleted (PS: You better have 2-step authentication on ALL your platforms).\n <\/p>\n

\n I\u2019m still in the process of really learning about newsletters, but there\u2019s SO much you can do. Segmenting is my new favorite thing because it will allow me to tailor content for subscribers and give everyone what they want. It\u2019s actually all very interesting. When people trust you with their email addresses, that means they really want to hear what you have to say. So with that, comes a job to provide valuable content for them. Having an email list allows you to dig deeper into analytics, see what your super loyal readers\/followers are loving and not loving, and give them some special attention.\n <\/p>\n

\n Since I\u2019m so excited to be talking about newsletters, I\u2019m going to do an entire post about how I design and edit my newsletters in a new-to-me platform!\n <\/p>\n

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