Curated News Curated Crash Course Is Back Today At 4 PM Central
Curated Crash Course returns today at 4 PM CT!
As usual, the first 30 minutes include a tutorial on getting started with Curated followed by a Q&A session that begins at 4:30.
This is built to be a come-and-go Zoom call, so feel free to hop in whenever you can and leave when you have to.
If you have any questions about Curated or newsletters, we created a Google Form where you can submit them.
Seth will answer them live at Curated Crash Course during the Q&A segment of the session, but if you can't make it, he’ll send you a recording so you can see your questions answered.
How To Add A Social Share Image For Your Newsletter That Looks Great Wherever It’s Shared
Did you know you can customize the image that’s shown when you (or your readers) share any link to your newsletter on a social platform?
In Curated, this is called a social share image and you can add one to your newsletter by going to your publication’s settings, clicking on Logo and Favicon, and uploading a Social Share Image.
Some social media platforms, like Twitter, crop social share images to a square shape, so here’s a few tips to make sure your newsletter’s social share image looks great everywhere it’s shared:
Above is an example of a social share image for the newsletter Opt In Weekly. The white dotted line indicates how it would look if it was cropped to a square.
If you have any questions about setting up your social share image, let me know!
From Mobile Scroll To Collected Link
Seth’s enjoying some vacay time this week so I (Ashley) get to take over this section.
I thought I’d share one of my favorite ways to collect links to my Curated newsletters when I’m on my phone scrolling social sites, especially now that people post more content right in social feeds and they function as micro blogs.
A few minutes of setup will let you to use a secret email address to capture links directly to your Curated account.
Using your secret email address:
Every user of every Curated publication (aka each newsletter) has a unique email address for that specific newsletter.
Go to Collected Links > Click the blue Learn How link in the top center of this page > Scroll to Collecting Links via Email > Copy the address > Save it as a contact in your preferred email client.
Now, when you see a post you want to collect, look for a share via email option (this varies per platform; in LinkedIn you have to click the 3 dots at the top right of a post—not the Share option below the post—then pick the app you want to use to share). Choose your email client and send it to your secret email address. The link to the post will be waiting for you in your Collected Items when you go to draft your next issue.
Bonus: You can automatically assign links to a category when collecting them via email by inserting the word you chose for the “Tag for Email Submissions” (e.g. “news”) when you configured your categories.
So, when I see a LinkedIn post that would be a great newsletter tip, I quickly share via Gmail to a contact named Opt In Weekly with newslettertips in email body.
New to Curated? Make a copy of this Getting Started with Curated Checklist to help launch your newsletter (public, private, or paid).
Next Curated Crash Course Session Is June 2
Curated Crash Course for today, May 26 is canceled, but Seth will be back on June 2nd to walk through creating a Curated account and answer any questions about newsletters.
If you have any questions about Curated or your newsletter before June 2nd, reach out to our support and we’ll be happy to help!
How To Collect Links To Your Publication From Slack
Hey, everyone. Seth with Curated Success here.
Did you know you can install a Curated integration into your Slack?
With this integration, you can save links that have been shared in your Slack chat directly to your publication’s Collected Items.
Here’s how to set it up:
Note: If you have multiple publications that you want to connect to Slack, you’ll need to follow the steps above for each publication.
Once you’ve installed the Curated integration, you’ll be able to save a link to your publication’s Collected Items by hovering over a Slack message with a link, clicking the three dots at the top right of the message, and selecting “Collect link”. You can see this in action in the GIF above.
If you have any questions about this Slack integration, you can reach out to me or check out our full help doc.
New to Curated? Make a copy of this Getting Started with Curated Checklist to help launch your newsletter (public, private, or paid).
The Next Curated Crash Course Session Is June 2nd
Curated Crash Course for today, May 19, and May 26 are canceled, but Seth will be back on June 2nd to walkthrough creating a Curated account and answer any questions about newsletters.
If you have any questions about Curated or your newsletter before June 2nd, reach out to our support and we’ll be happy to help!
New to Curated? Make a copy of this Getting Started with Curated Checklist to help launch your newsletter (public, private, or paid).
Got Questions? Attend The Last Curated Crash Course Before Seth’s Wedding
Curated Crash Course is today at 4 PM CT!
We'll be taking a 2 week break from Curated Crash Course after today's session as Seth is getting married! If you have any questions about Curated or newsletters in general, be sure to stop by today before our break.
As usual, the first 30 minutes include a tutorial on getting started with Curated followed by a Q&A session that begins at 4:30.
This is built to be a come-and-go Zoom call, so feel free to hop in whenever you can and leave when you have to.
If you have any questions about Curated or newsletters, we created a Google Form where you can submit them.
Seth will answer them live at Curated Crash Course during the Q&A segment of the session, but if you can't make it, he’ll send you a recording so you can see your questions answered.
