TypePad + FeedBlitz + Widgets = Easy Email Newsletters for Bloggers

Later today (Thursday, March 30th) at about 10am US Eastern Time, TypePad will formally announce a new set of features called "Widgets" that will enable their users to quickly add massive functionality to their TypePad blogs in a few clicks, dramatically simplifying the process.

FeedBlitz, the leader in RSS and Blog to email messaging solutions, is one of the inaugural services selected to work with the TypePad Widget API to deliver an email newsletter publication widget for TypePad users.

The FeedBlitz email widget makes publishing a blog-based email updates (a newsletter, in effect), almost as easy as subscribing to one. All a TypePad blogger needs to do is give their email address to the FeedBlitz Widget Generator and they then choose the blog(s) to add email update capabilities to. That's it. The Widget does the rest, automatically.

Meanwhile, the blogger confirms the email address using the standard email confirmation link sent to her by the Widget generator and then they can configure their blogs using all FeedBlitz's array of capabilities, such as:

• Real-time analytics
• Subscriber management
• Post truncation
• Email format tailoring
• Schedule customization

For new and interested TypePad bloggers there's an FAQ here - and enjoy! FeedBlitz will of course continue to work with all blogging platforms and other applications supporting RSS, Atom or OPML. If you have an API or a service that can add value to the email newsletters published in partnership with FeedBlitz, mail us.