29 Advanced Digital Newsletters That Help You Learn
A list from ZudePR.
You Should Read This If:
- You want to find a more time-efficient way to curate content
- You’re an SME struggling with web marketing
- You’re a public relations practitioner
- You’re bored of reading the same old content and want some new authors
- You want to learn more about digital marketing and SEO
- You want to learn. Full stop
Here’s my 29-strong email stack, sectioned into my interests. There’ll be links to the newsletter sign up pages. And a short explanation as to why I read them.
Postanly
A curated top-10 weekly email. Very difficult to categorise. Covers topics from digital marketing through AI to how poverty changes kids’ brains.
UX Design Weekly
User experience (UX). That’s where it’s at, is it not? For people trying to get their message across online. I subscribed because I wanted to learn more about UX as it applies to websites. And I love well-designed things.
Curated by Kenny Chen. Weekly.
Andy Crestodina
There is no better blogger writing about website strategy. I’ve learnt more from reading and applying the Orbit Media co-founder’s instructional tips than anyone else. He also posts a lot of good information on LinkedIn.
Not just websites either; wider web marketing as well.
Digital PR
Scott Guthrie
Scott really dives into topics. At the moment, he’s focussing on influencer marketing and I am learning a lot from a series of posts he’s writing. Subscribe to his list and he sends the posts to your inbox.
I enjoyed his daily short thoughts blog posts in December too. The Seth Godin of UK PR.
Dan Slee
I look forward to reading Dan’s weekly comms2point0 emails. The tone of voice is lovely and there’s always reading material I’ve never read before.
One of the few emailers I reply to occasionally. Probably because it feels like you’re having a conversation, reading Dan’s stuff.
Paul Sutton
An original voice. A good writer. And a man not afraid of putting the cat among the pigeons. Never anodyne, always thought-provoking. One of my favourite PR bloggers.
PR Resolution Bi-Weekly
Stella Bayles brings you good stuff on new PR, sort of a UK-PR-SEO perspective on things. A well-curated newsletter with content I’ve often not read elsewhere.
Stephen Waddington
Prodigious. Agenda-setting. A must-read for any UK PR. I know two guys who put out quality blog posts every two days. Neil Patel and Stephen Waddington. In and around doing lots of other stuff. Makes me tired even thinking about this bloke’s work ethic.
The blogfather of UK PR.
The Battenhall Monthly
Recommended by fellow Scottish PR Scott Douglas. Because things move so quickly, monthly newsletters seem to have gone out of fashion.
But this one is great. It’s a well-designed round-up of the last 31 days’ digital PR happenings.
Learning
James Altucher
James has no filter. He lets it all hang out. He is brutally honest (about himself) and has lived an amazing existence. Building up successful companies, selling them for millions, losing it all.
There’s a lot everyone can learn from James.
Brain Pickings Weekly
Imagine being able to read all day, go to the gym, live in Brooklyn, and have 230,000 people hanging on your every word each week. The beautifully-designed Brain Pickings Weekly by mid-thirties Bulgarian writer Maria Popova is unique.
“A subjective lens on what matters in the world most and why.”
Benjamin Hardy
My current favourite (perhaps because it’s new year). “Our lives should be designed around our highest ideals.” Hear hear. There are so many gems in his writing.
You may have read him in The Observer too.
This Week on Crew
Crew helps people build websites and the like. It’s more than that, though. What they also do is write very high quality, well-designed blog posts, about working smarter. They’re usually aimed at me: someone working in the digital and creative industries.
They also pass on posts they’ve read and like at the foot of each weekly newsletter.
Brian Dean
I’ve always been a fan of nicknames with the letter o at the end. Backlinks still drive Google Search. Brian from Backlinko tells you how to get them, ethically.
He also asks questions in his email and responds to answers.
The Moz Top 10
Rumbled! The inspiration for Zude’s Top 4. Quite simply the best occasional curated email I receive in my inbox; from Meredith @ Moz, usually. A woman with taste in all things digital marketing and SEO.
Michael Pozdnev
This is a fella who practised SEO for 15 years (and still does). Then wrote his first blog post a few months ago. The thing is, he clearly wanted to write the world’s best blog on his chosen topic (using Brian Dean’s skyscraper technique I would wager).
I noticed, and his subsequent ones have been impressive too. Kudos.
Rand’s Blog
The man behind Whiteboard Friday, and founder of Moz. Having stepped down as CEO in 2014, he now has more time to share his knowledge.
If you’re interested in SEO, this one’s a must.
Search Engine Land’s Weekly Recap
As it sounds.
Whitespark Local Pulse
Whitespark is a citation-builder. It helps you get business listings online. This is a key element of local SEO, which is of paramount importance to most small businesses’ marketing efforts.
A very handy daily curated email to keep up-to-date with all the latest worldwide happenings in local SEO.
Hiten’s SaaS Weekly
SaaS is a term which will mean nothing to people NOT working in techy startup land. It stands for Software as a Service. All those new online tools/apps you use to make your life/work easier.
Digital marketing seen through a startup business owner’s eyes. So lots of great information on ROI, a topic dear to every SaaS CEO’s heart.
Remotive Tips
If the first thing you ask after walking into a coffee shop is: “Where’s the router,” this one’s for you. I know so many people now who work in the most weird and wonderful places.
This bi-monthly emailer is chock full of tips on how to make work fit your life, not the other way round.
Digg Deeper’s Daily Wrap
A well-designed minimalist daily newsletter that shows me the most shared stories by my Twitter friends.
Medium Daily Digest
My best source of reliably interesting content. You curate it yourself. In that, it knows who you follow, whose stories you recommend, and which “channels” you subscribe to.
It gets to know your interests and emails you daily. And Medium is sooo nice-looking too.
Nuzzel
Like Digg.
Upvoted Weekly
I get all my best “and finally’s” from here. Reddit is amazing. I love it. Here are the most “upvoted” stories on Reddit during the previous week.
Ryan Holiday
Read my post on rediscovering reading for why you should subscribe to Ryan’s list.
David Kadavy
I signed up to David’s list to get a free email course on design. It is brilliant. He’s a great writer. I don’t want to actually design websites. I just want to appreciate more about the thinking that goes into their design.
He’s now started a reading list email too. David is interested in similar topics to me, and I am grateful for his suggestions.
Glenn Leibowitz
Glenn’s based in Taiwan. For the life of me, I can’t remember how I got to know him (through starting writing on LinkedIn back in mid-2014 I am reliably informed).
I’ve watched with interest his blogging and now his excellent Write with Impact podcast. I’m reading a book by one of his podcast interviewees. A great writer, senior comms person, and, now, mate.
Neville Medhora
This bloke cracks me up. His posts are like nothing I’ve read before. One the other day was on writing a sandwich board! And how small tweaks to signage can have a huge impact on ROI. You gotta read it.
Instructional tips and case studies about writing commercially.
You now have 29 sources of new learning. Which, for the sake of 30 seconds a pop, you can curate straight to your inbox. And read at your leisure. Writing you want to read. You’re in charge.
And if you think passing on content that you recommend is important/worthwhile, you have a streamlined content curation system too.
Read the full article here: 29 Advanced Digital Newsletters That Help You Learn.
What newsletters do you subscribe to and love?
You Should Read This If:
- You want to find a more time-efficient way to curate content
- You’re an SME struggling with web marketing
- You’re a public relations practitioner
- You’re bored of reading the same old content and want some new authors
- You want to learn more about digital marketing and SEO
- You want to learn. Full stop
Here’s my 29-strong email stack, sectioned into my interests. There’ll be links to the newsletter sign up pages. And a short explanation as to why I read them.
Digital Marketing
Postanly
A curated top-10 weekly email. Very difficult to categorise. Covers topics from digital marketing through AI to how poverty changes kids’ brains.
UX Design Weekly
User experience (UX). That’s where it’s at, is it not? For people trying to get their message across online. I subscribed because I wanted to learn more about UX as it applies to websites. And I love well-designed things.
Curated by Kenny Chen. Weekly.
Andy Crestodina
There is no better blogger writing about website strategy. I’ve learnt more from reading and applying the Orbit Media co-founder’s instructional tips than anyone else. He also posts a lot of good information on LinkedIn.
Not just websites either; wider web marketing as well.
Digital PR
Scott Guthrie
Scott really dives into topics. At the moment, he’s focussing on influencer marketing and I am learning a lot from a series of posts he’s writing. Subscribe to his list and he sends the posts to your inbox.
I enjoyed his daily short thoughts blog posts in December too. The Seth Godin of UK PR.
Dan Slee
I look forward to reading Dan’s weekly comms2point0 emails. The tone of voice is lovely and there’s always reading material I’ve never read before.
One of the few emailers I reply to occasionally. Probably because it feels like you’re having a conversation, reading Dan’s stuff.
Paul Sutton
An original voice. A good writer. And a man not afraid of putting the cat among the pigeons. Never anodyne, always thought-provoking. One of my favourite PR bloggers.
PR Resolution Bi-Weekly
Stella Bayles brings you good stuff on new PR, sort of a UK-PR-SEO perspective on things. A well-curated newsletter with content I’ve often not read elsewhere.
Stephen Waddington
Prodigious. Agenda-setting. A must-read for any UK PR. I know two guys who put out quality blog posts every two days. Neil Patel and Stephen Waddington. In and around doing lots of other stuff. Makes me tired even thinking about this bloke’s work ethic.
The blogfather of UK PR.
The Battenhall Monthly
Recommended by fellow Scottish PR Scott Douglas. Because things move so quickly, monthly newsletters seem to have gone out of fashion.
But this one is great. It’s a well-designed round-up of the last 31 days’ digital PR happenings.
Learning
James Altucher
James has no filter. He lets it all hang out. He is brutally honest (about himself) and has lived an amazing existence. Building up successful companies, selling them for millions, losing it all.
There’s a lot everyone can learn from James.
Brain Pickings Weekly
Imagine being able to read all day, go to the gym, live in Brooklyn, and have 230,000 people hanging on your every word each week. The beautifully-designed Brain Pickings Weekly by mid-thirties Bulgarian writer Maria Popova is unique.
“A subjective lens on what matters in the world most and why.”
Benjamin Hardy
My current favourite (perhaps because it’s new year). “Our lives should be designed around our highest ideals.” Hear hear. There are so many gems in his writing.
You may have read him in The Observer too.
This Week on Crew
Crew helps people build websites and the like. It’s more than that, though. What they also do is write very high quality, well-designed blog posts, about working smarter. They’re usually aimed at me: someone working in the digital and creative industries.
They also pass on posts they’ve read and like at the foot of each weekly newsletter.
SEO
Brian Dean
I’ve always been a fan of nicknames with the letter o at the end. Backlinks still drive Google Search. Brian from Backlinko tells you how to get them, ethically.
He also asks questions in his email and responds to answers.
The Moz Top 10
Rumbled! The inspiration for Zude’s Top 4. Quite simply the best occasional curated email I receive in my inbox; from Meredith @ Moz, usually. A woman with taste in all things digital marketing and SEO.
Michael Pozdnev
This is a fella who practised SEO for 15 years (and still does). Then wrote his first blog post a few months ago. The thing is, he clearly wanted to write the world’s best blog on his chosen topic (using Brian Dean’s skyscraper technique I would wager).
I noticed, and his subsequent ones have been impressive too. Kudos.
Rand’s Blog
The man behind Whiteboard Friday, and founder of Moz. Having stepped down as CEO in 2014, he now has more time to share his knowledge.
If you’re interested in SEO, this one’s a must.
Search Engine Land’s Weekly Recap
As it sounds.
Whitespark Local Pulse
Whitespark is a citation-builder. It helps you get business listings online. This is a key element of local SEO, which is of paramount importance to most small businesses’ marketing efforts.
A very handy daily curated email to keep up-to-date with all the latest worldwide happenings in local SEO.
Startups
Hiten’s SaaS Weekly
SaaS is a term which will mean nothing to people NOT working in techy startup land. It stands for Software as a Service. All those new online tools/apps you use to make your life/work easier.
Digital marketing seen through a startup business owner’s eyes. So lots of great information on ROI, a topic dear to every SaaS CEO’s heart.
Remotive Tips
If the first thing you ask after walking into a coffee shop is: “Where’s the router,” this one’s for you. I know so many people now who work in the most weird and wonderful places.
This bi-monthly emailer is chock full of tips on how to make work fit your life, not the other way round.
Suggested Content Emailers
Digg Deeper’s Daily Wrap
A well-designed minimalist daily newsletter that shows me the most shared stories by my Twitter friends.
Medium Daily Digest
My best source of reliably interesting content. You curate it yourself. In that, it knows who you follow, whose stories you recommend, and which “channels” you subscribe to.
It gets to know your interests and emails you daily. And Medium is sooo nice-looking too.
Nuzzel
Like Digg.
Upvoted Weekly
I get all my best “and finally’s” from here. Reddit is amazing. I love it. Here are the most “upvoted” stories on Reddit during the previous week.
Writing and Reading
Ryan Holiday
Read my post on rediscovering reading for why you should subscribe to Ryan’s list.
David Kadavy
I signed up to David’s list to get a free email course on design. It is brilliant. He’s a great writer. I don’t want to actually design websites. I just want to appreciate more about the thinking that goes into their design.
He’s now started a reading list email too. David is interested in similar topics to me, and I am grateful for his suggestions.
Glenn Leibowitz
Glenn’s based in Taiwan. For the life of me, I can’t remember how I got to know him (through starting writing on LinkedIn back in mid-2014 I am reliably informed).
I’ve watched with interest his blogging and now his excellent Write with Impact podcast. I’m reading a book by one of his podcast interviewees. A great writer, senior comms person, and, now, mate.
Neville Medhora
This bloke cracks me up. His posts are like nothing I’ve read before. One the other day was on writing a sandwich board! And how small tweaks to signage can have a huge impact on ROI. You gotta read it.
Instructional tips and case studies about writing commercially.
You now have 29 sources of new learning. Which, for the sake of 30 seconds a pop, you can curate straight to your inbox. And read at your leisure. Writing you want to read. You’re in charge.
And if you think passing on content that you recommend is important/worthwhile, you have a streamlined content curation system too.
Read the full article here: 29 Advanced Digital Newsletters That Help You Learn.
What newsletters do you subscribe to and love?